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Current V. II Snail is a bitch and he should burn in mech hell
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I'm gonna pre-load the bath with salts.
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It's not really cold until it hits, like, 20 F. And even that's gentle. It hit -14 F once.
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Oooh, Burger.
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I'm a generally chill gremlin that can be kinda particular. I grew up with plenty of electronics and video games, mostly with games like Final Fantasy, Zelda, and StarCraft. I like to blend magic and technology in my writing, bringing fantasy into space and sci-fi.

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I don't have BotW, wish I did, but I've played a lot of other Zelda (and Nintendo. And other) games. That would be my hobby, I suppose, and I'm actually on-and-off working on my own game. I've been playing for long enough, I like to think I might know enough to put together something competent, y'know?
My partner says, if you want to care for succulents, it's better to go too little than too much. Let the soil dry out before you water again. They're fairly knowledgeable about plants.

Any other hobbies you've had a hand at?
Hmm. Alright. Uh, well, there are phone apps that can help you remember when to water them and things like that. It can be hard to discern how much is the right amount of water, though.
That might be a good start. You can control their climate a bit that why, by keeping them indoors. Try a succulent, perhaps?
Are you planning on gardening again this year? I read your bio.
Trinity Algretto
Fenixtear Guild Hall



Brand new, was he? Not even a guild mark, yet, apparently. Some people put them in difficult places. She'd put her guild mark at the top of her chest when she joined Blue Pegasus, and the location had just kind of stuck. She'd never bothered to put it anywhere else. "Yeah. Though, unless you're handy with hardware, I don't know how much work we'll work together, honestly. I don't take jobs... Usually, when someone wants a mage, it's because there's going to be a potential fight involved. Often enough, anyway." She turned to see that Kaden had returned. Was it getting to be that time already, folks were coming back? Since she was here early, maybe she should go grab an instrument.

As she brought her gaze back around to Ronan, the energy make mage caught sight of the dog next to her! Now hold on, this was an unknown dog. You can't just dive- w,wait, hold on... That's a wolf, that's no dog. She regards the animal with a renewed, respectful caution. "Hello? Wolfy-I-don't-know-the-name-of?" She smiled sweetly, coming out of her seat and moving a bit more in front of the wolf. Still in work slacks, she didn't mind sitting on the ground, legs folded under her and her butt on her feet. "You're cute, and majestic, wanna be friends? Are you... Here with someone? You're clearly not just some wolf off the streets, no, you've been far too polite. I hardly noticed you, I'm impressed." She didn't want to extend her hand just yet. She'd play it cautiously.
Jesse was taking notes for their first report when Zarah mentioned Terra by name. In the brief moment she was stunned, Lyra recovered first and responded,
"Haha, wow. Can't hide anything from you, can I? Yeah, I'm from Terra. Can you do me a favor and keep it a secret for now? I don't plan on keeping it a secret forever, but, uh…" she paused to consider how to phrase her sentiment.
You're going to trust them, just like that?
Sure am, just a bit. Hey, I thought you trusted me?
"I don't want to start a war or anything, y'know? This is usually pretty big news, people can react in all kinds of ways. You seem pretty stoked, though, and I don't get anyyy… weird vibes off you," Lyra looked the young lady over once. Exploration equipment and other tools. What she didn't see was any form of crystal. No trinkets, no decorative effects on anything, nothing. Usually, where there were Aeva, there were more crystal deposits. Then again, there was only one Aeva here, that they'd heard. The Embrace hadn't heard any more, either. Had a shard fallen here from space? That would explain the lone Aeva and no Aevon. Whatever the case, speculation would get her nowhere.

"To answer your earlier question, yes, I have a ship. It'd take a while to get there, since I flew a fair bit of the way… s-" they asked about Jessica. She couldn't tell if they'd heard what she said just then. She supposed they did, but found this more important, and she didn't disagree. "Jessica. She's… I guess you could call her a kind of spirit. A new kind of spirit we call Aeva. Zigma is, as well. Usually, they're found with accompanying Aevon deposits, though. I suppose you don't know what that is, ah," she considered for a moment, "that blue crystal stuff he came out of. We don't think the Aeva have existed before, but we can't be sure. We haven't found any records regarding previous Aevon discoveries, at any rate."
"As for my ears, these are uniquely mine. The tail, too. We can talk about how I got them later, I'm not sure I even really understand it. Apparently I'm the first one," which was a really isolating thought, but she usually tried not to think about that too much. "Ah, hey, I think I saw- is that your settlement by the lake? This way, right?" She started walking toward the village or town she'd seen before, and that The Embrace had identified from a distance. The wings on her flight pack folded back in, so the pack itself resembled a smooth, white shell.
Lyra… you're not alone. The small, blue, woman-shaped light came out of hiding and moved up to perch on Lyra's shoulder. She jingled lightly, like wind chimes.
Wind chimes, her favorite. There was always something so soothing about the sound, and Jesse always had a way with making it so melodic and pleasing. "Thanks, Jess…" She smiled and turned to walk backwards, looking to see if Zarah had any other ideas. Hey, wait a minute. She stopped, looking up at where Zarah had come running down to meet her, "hmm… If you came from up there, is that way faster?"
You do you, man. Thanks for the attempt, I think I learned a lot about GMing from the experience.
The apocalypse has come and gone. The majority of what was once the Galactic Terran Empire has been demolished, and before the rest of the galaxy could be struck, the threat disappeared. None remain who remember why.

The remnants of civilization that survived on Earth discovered a new material. A crystalized form of energy, dubbed Aevon, opened many doors for New Terra, leading them back out to space and beyond.

Terrans discovered a prophecy within the crystal. It drove them to be strong, and it drove them out to unite the galaxy, and spread their new resource among the stars.
"This planet is so different from Terra. I suppose I've seen a few ruins, glancing around, but you couldn't throw a stone without hitting some old apartment building or something back home." Lyra had really been enjoying her flight up, and now she was taking her time to enjoy the serene mountain landscape. It was beautiful, almost as though the land had been untouched… almost. Something about this place felt strange. Jesse agreed with her about that, so she wasn't imagining it, but neither of them could really pick out what it was. "Though, as nice as it is here, I'm definitely glad The Embrace was able to hone in on where we were looking to go, specifically. I could have spent weeks running around without a solid lead."

It was a good thing we found that salvage for them when we did. Without that scanning array- oh.

Just as Lyra heard something nearby - a voice? - Jesse felt something nearby and gave her a notification on her visor. An unassociated Aeva, their objective, was nearby. Lyra's vulpine ear swiveled around to search for whatever she'd heard, just in time to catch the question repeated for her to hear. She turned to see a girl and - hey, the Aeva she was looking for! That was easy, though she had hoped to meet on her own terms. Though… that didn't matter, she was basically here to make friends, right? This was just fine.

Make friends and introduce an entire planet's population to the wonders of the Aeva and civilization in space, without causing their society to melt down. No pressure or anything.

The girl, absolutely ecstatic to see her, stopped right in front of her and rattled off a series of very informative questions. This girl was aware of space travel? Well, if the young lady was going to be so informative, Lyra should be courteous. "Zarah and Zigma. Ooh, what pretty names," she liked the way they sounded in her sensitive ears. "I'm Lyra. Jessica's currently hiding in my tail. Jesse~, come say hi, babe," she cooed, coaxing her light blue friend out from the fluff. Jessica chimed softly before ducking back into her fuzzy abode. "Haha, oh, fine," a shake of her head and Lyra's attention came back to Zarah and Zigma. "Sorry, she's shy these days."

Now, how to respond to those questions of hers. Lying wouldn't get her far, not since they both had Aeva, and she didn't like it anyway; made things complicated. She'd probably have to correct misconceptions later, too, so better to just be honest or avoid questions that might be problematic in the public. Whatever "public" meant around here, she simply didn't know enough to make a spectacle of herself just yet. Spectacular as she might be to locals (tail, ears, Aeva, tech), she had to be cautious. Not everyone would be as receptive as Zarah.

The girl had asked something else, as she came skittering down the slope to meet her. Perhaps she would leave the questions about her spaceship for now. "Trazie? Is that what you call the world?" She'd dance the line between being an offworlder and being from, say, across the sea until she felt confident she wouldn't be sparking something nasty by admitting she's an alien from Terra.
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