[ video | open and locks ]

[radars]

[ Locked to Edmund (NPC), also open to Raven ]

I find myself in need of a bit of walking-around money. May we talk about trades?

[ Locked to Erik, also open to Raven ]

You're not the Erik I know. I'm not the Charles you know. We can leave it at that.

[ Open ]

My name is Charles Xavier. I am one of the awakened, from the ship. As far as I know, we are all from different times, and perhaps from different universes as well, and none of us knows how we came to be asleep on an unfamiliar spacecraft.

Has anyone a theory to present?

And one more thing. This may seem like an odd question, but... is there a large population center, nearby? I don't mean under the dome.

[ ooc note: Charles is talking about Israel's mind, which feels to him like a large population center even though it isn't. ]

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audio; locked

[lehnsherr]

1962. I only met the two of you recently.

audio; locked

[radars]

1959. I've known you since I was thirteen years old.

[radars]

No, not the city. -- I know it's an odd question, I didn't expect a good answer.

I've never seen a spaceship either.

[Locked]

[outer_npcs]

Trade is what I'm here for.

Money isn't exactly something we have. Salt and spices are highly valued and easy to carry. Oh, and soap, if you happen to know how to make some. I'm guessing you don't have any of that.

[Locked]

[radars]

Food, then. Credit.

I've nothing on me to trade.

audio; locked

[lehnsherr]

[A quick add-up, and his voice is tight when he continues.]

I wasn't there in '42.

[equivalent_trade]

Well, for all I know, there's a whole bunker hidden underground. That's what I'd do if someone was bombing my city, anyway.

[Well... sort of.]

And now you're talking about different worlds? I don't have time for this science fiction stuff!

Re: Locked.

[rpondicus]

Right.

Mostly, I want to see how the locals deal with him.

[video]

[waspromisedcake]

[Ugh, video. Don't people realize these things have text?]

My theory is we're test subjects.

audio; locked

[radars]

'41, actually. You were in Germany. Where I found you, as a boy working for the cause of the Allies.

You kept talking about Shaw. '42 was when you killed him. You and I, working together. We were unstoppable.

[radars]

It seems this 'science fiction stuff' has time for you.

[video]

[radars]

And why do you believe that?

[ Hey, cut him some slack; he's never seen video transmissions before. Shiny new toy. ]

[Locked]

[outer_npcs]

I might have something you can do in trade. Got any skills?

Locked.

[radars]

I'd be interested in that, too.

I'll know more when I meet him in person.

[video]

[waspromisedcake]

Prior experience.

[Oh, fine. She's still getting used to the whole 'talking' thing.]

[Locked]

[radars]

A few.

Some that I'd think twice about hiring out to the highest bidder.

Locked.

[rpondicus]

Let me know what you find out?

audio; locked

[lehnsherr]

Shaw's still alive. We were on our way to face him before all of this happened.

audio; locked

[radars]

As I said: I'm not the Charles you know.

[original_fine]

No one is. But what do you mean?

[video]

[radars]

This doesn't look like a facility or an arena to me.

[equivalent_trade]

Great observational skills. Anyway, I don't mind sharing the information I have, but if you don't have any, I'm gonna go find some answers.

[Locked]

[outer_npcs]

Ever work with brick and motor? I got a project that needs to be finished. Rebuilding part of an old structure here. Not to big. We need a new storage silo.

audio; locked

[lehnsherr]

You've made that much clear already.

[eternaliyah]

How large a population center do you mean?

There may be more towns we haven't seen, but... [he shakes his head] ...no more than that, I think.

[If there were more than stragglers here, if this place had a nation or even a city-state type core, he would have met them already. That was just - how it worked. If they had to rely on chance to run into one another they never would.]