The Deck, Saturday Morning

[not_of_the_nora]

The weather had gotten drearier over the past few weeks, and that suited Aloy just fine. Too much sunshine wasn't good for the land - regardless of what the people of this time did to keep the food and drinks flowing freely.

No, a rainy morning was fine. She'd been tinkering on something that might be a step towards plugging herself into the portal system for a while now. She took the device, a mess of wires and two skillfully autopsied phones, and sat down with it on the porch.

Her Focus was on, showing her a multitude of facts about the device she was working on, and helping her block out the world.

Tinker, tinker...

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[unusual_sith]

Rain wasn't exactly something Lana sought out, but growing up on Dromund Kaas she'd gotten used to it, and living on Korriban had given her an appreciation for it, so she wasn't going to stay inside just to avoid it, either.

When she got out to the deck, she noticed the other people there. Well, meditation here was out, then, but socializing worked.

She nodded to the girl she didn't know on the off-chance she was seen.

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Greeting, Lana!" Sidon flashed her a grin before ducking his head a bit. "Have you stepped out to enjoy this wonderful weather, as well?"

[unusual_sith]

Lana chuckled. "I don't find it as wonderful as you probably do. I was coming out here to meditate. How have you been? Did you enjoy our trip the other day?"

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Oh," Sidon gushed slightly, "I thought it was positively wonderful." Because of course he did. "If only we'd had more time! I feel as though I only managed to discover half of what the museum I'd chosen to visit had to offer, and that was only the one! I suppose that means another trip should be in order, and I certainly wouldn't mind that. I've heard that you managed to get quite a bit more out of it, though; Vette mentioned running into you at the Air and Space museum. How did you like it?"

He wondered if Lana's review would as...er...disparaging as Vette's, then he should feel very glad he hadn't found the time for that one.

[unusual_sith]

"It was...interesting," Lana answered politely. "Which museum did you choose to see?"

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Hardly as disparaging as Vette had sounded, but it did not seem...encouraging. Perhaps he'd have to find the other one Vette mentioned, Prompto, the excitable one with the camera, and ask if he, too, had been a bit disappointed, too.

Spoiler alert: he had not.

"Just the Natural History one," he said with a nod. "I've been fascinating with the variety of animals and creatures on this world from the very beginning, so it proved to be quite enchanting. I particularly liked the dinosaurs and mammoths. It feels nice to not be the largest creature in a room sometimes..."

[unusual_sith]

"Oh, I went to that one later, too," Lana said. "I found their history fascinating as well. And they have some interesting crystals."

She smiled up (and up) at Sidon. "I'd imagine so. May I ask if you've achieved your grown height?"

[in_sidon_we_trust]

And to that, Sidon laughed a rather big laugh that he couldn't help. "I should certainly hope not!" he declared. "To go down in history as the Zora's smallest king would be a wretchedly embarrassing legacy indeed! No, I have quite a ways to go still, as those with the royal birthright of king will grow to an immense size indeed. Why, I doubt my father could even fit in our gymnasium here at the school and, if I'm lucky, I may one day surpass him in size, though I imagine I've still got a good hundred years or so before I can even compete with his massiveness."

[unusual_sith]

Lana blinked. "In that case, I'm glad to have gotten to know you now. It would be much more difficult if you were that much larger."

[not_of_the_nora]

"Okay, so the deck draws a crowd," Aloy observed, looking up. "Good morning."

[unusual_sith]

"Apparently so," Lana answered. "Good morning to you. Lana Beniko," she introduced herself. "Are you new as well?"

[not_of_the_nora]

"No, I've been here for longer than I'd like," Aloy said wryly. "I'm Aloy. Hi. And welcome, I guess."

[unusual_sith]

"You're another one that's here involuntarily?" Lana guessed.

[not_of_the_nora]

"Isn't that most of us?" Aloy asked, still wry.

[unusual_sith]

"Is it?" Lana asked. "I came here on purpose. I don't know that many other people yet." Sidon had come here voluntarily, Sabine...sort of had, Vette hadn't, Nell hadn't. So maybe, fifty fifty?

[not_of_the_nora]

"I feel like most of the people I talk to got stuck here somehow," Aloy said, "But I'm not exactly a social butterfly."

Barring today, apparently.

[unusual_sith]

"I think it's about half and half of the people I know," Lana said, "but I don't know everybody here yet, either."