Gaius Worzel ([personal profile] crosspear) wrote in [community profile] elnysa2017-07-31 07:26 pm

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Have any of you tried a fruit called the 'doreh'?

[It’s a brief question. Gaius addresses the network early in the morning, hopefully after people have eaten breakfast. There have been a few things on his mind for a while, so he might as well ask now before the network turns to death talk again.]

I spoke with one of the workers on Thesa before coming here, and he shared some with me. It’s a green fruit with several leaves, and it has a bumpy texture...you might have seen it before. When you slice into it, the juice is purple. It's delicious and tastes like honey and plum, but...if someone offers you the same fruit in a different color, you might want to be careful. I’ve heard the other colors of doreh have side effects that are...less than desirable.

[How ominous? He seems to know what’s going on, at least.]

With all the conversation topics we've had, I'd also like to ask...were you religious where you're from, or was your world religious? I've visited the temples here, and they're...unique. [It's so hard to pick just one word.] I've been thinking about my own faith...a lot changes when you end up on a different world, doesn't it?

[He pauses for a moment, and then shakes his head slightly.]

Haha...it sounds a little heavy when I phrase it like that, but I'm still interested in hearing about your worlds if I haven't lost you all yet.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-01 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Doreh, hm? I'll remember that.

[ something tells him he probably shouldn't ask, but he can't deny he's a little curious: ] Do you know more about these side effects? [ ...he's already been acquainted with how odd this world's flora and fauna can be, so the more he knows the better. ]
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-01 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the obvious discomfort just raises archer's curiosity... though he has a gut feeling he may already understand the cause of gaius's apprehension. ]

Try me.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-05 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
I had an inkling that would be the case.

[ he just gives a long, very audible sigh on his end. you can almost hear him shaking his head. ]

This world really seems to have a affinity for such things.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-07 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ a sigh. gaius is, of course, entirely right. and that's what's most frustrating about how understanding he's being about all this. ]

You're rather accepting. And if they require your participation in their... "worship"... would you really be alright with that?
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-12 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I? I've never thought of it that way, but perhaps you're right.

[ he's never been the type to beat around the bush, at any rate. ]

A good answer. We may need to cooperate with these people, but there's no need to get caught up in their nonsense. [ a bit harsh, but what else are you supposed to call it? ] Unfortunately, the longer we remain here, the more likely it becomes that we need to. Old cultures are rarely tolerant of outsiders.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-13 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Without exception. If anything, I'm surprised that this place has been so accepting of a large group of refugees to begin with... a city like this normally wouldn't be equipped to handle such a large influx of non-native inhabitants.

[ honestly, he's a bit suspicious of the warm welcome; it feels like only a matter of time until the other shoe drops. ]

But this is a different world... who knows? Perhaps their values are just different.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-16 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
A little too convenient, to be sure... but nothing to worry about quite yet.

[ he is definitely worrying about it already. and that much is probably apparent in his tone. ]

As long as they keep their strange fruit away from me, anyway.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-18 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always a catch. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is. So far the native people's eccentricities are easily overlooked, but that might not always be the case.

[ not to mention the occasional whisperings of their conflict with some other group. ]

...hm, well, perhaps you could pull that look off. [ weirder stuff has happened. ]
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dang... live good, not long

[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-19 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
All we can do is wait and see.

[ sadly not everywhere can be as chill as the nord highlands. ]

Regardless, I owe you one for the useful information. [ about the fruit, at least; he might have ended up trying one otherwise. ] I'll find some way to repay this debt.
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[personal profile] fakers 2017-08-21 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Archer.

[ just that... even though there's no need to hide his true name here, it's still not one he wants to give out willingly. ]

And you? [ he normally doesn't care enough to ask others their names, but he owes this guy one so he should probably have something to call him by, other than "aphro fruit kid." ]