Well that gets a gasp and a delighted clap from Flan. "Very, very cool! Oh hyperflexible, that's handy as hell! In my world, I've got a friend who can extend their limbs but they're like, a doll basically - long story, doesn't matter here - but you're flesh and blood! That's a hell of a party trick, I love it."
She listens and nods along, and yeah yeah, oh this is all familiar. "Got it, got it, federation on paper, fuckery in practice. Gosh you've gotten around, that's nice! We don't have interplantary travel where I am, so like, I can go through Earth's solar system but it's just empty and cold except for haunted astronauts and stuff. So I stick planetside where there's people and beer and live bands. We're doing the democracy thing right now mostly, though it's all capitalism too, so it's kinda messy. And I work for my country's local government so I'm up to here-" Hand goes up to her pink heart sunglasses. "-in the local bureaucracy. Luckily, I'm also in charge of the archives for my job so mostly I add new haunted and cursed objects to our inventory and document it and like, make sure they don't fight with each other. It's good pay, steady work, not a lot of bullshit down where I am."
She takes another sip of her whiskey and sets her glass down, walking over to the vending machine. After a little debate, vends the pack that looks like it's got the smallest filters and grabs it for Brutus, tossing it to him. "So, fifth ring, that's heading towards Cradle? And you've been mostly outside of it - is there a final ring, or do the rings just stretch out so big that there's no way of getting out of 'em?"
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She listens and nods along, and yeah yeah, oh this is all familiar. "Got it, got it, federation on paper, fuckery in practice. Gosh you've gotten around, that's nice! We don't have interplantary travel where I am, so like, I can go through Earth's solar system but it's just empty and cold except for haunted astronauts and stuff. So I stick planetside where there's people and beer and live bands. We're doing the democracy thing right now mostly, though it's all capitalism too, so it's kinda messy. And I work for my country's local government so I'm up to here-" Hand goes up to her pink heart sunglasses. "-in the local bureaucracy. Luckily, I'm also in charge of the archives for my job so mostly I add new haunted and cursed objects to our inventory and document it and like, make sure they don't fight with each other. It's good pay, steady work, not a lot of bullshit down where I am."
She takes another sip of her whiskey and sets her glass down, walking over to the vending machine. After a little debate, vends the pack that looks like it's got the smallest filters and grabs it for Brutus, tossing it to him. "So, fifth ring, that's heading towards Cradle? And you've been mostly outside of it - is there a final ring, or do the rings just stretch out so big that there's no way of getting out of 'em?"