[ As exciting and fun and novel the unfamiliar is, Jester's grateful for the familiar bits by her side.
Because this? This is — a lot, a little. Not to far removed from her concept of reality like the weird moon base they were in until they ... weren't, but still strange enough where no one has heard of the Empire or Nicodrana or — the worst of all — the Ruby of the Sea. The cabbage soup is kind of gross, the people aren't quite friendly enough for Jester to constantly pester. She briefly wonders what would have happened if Fjord weren't here.
Maybe it would have been a little lonelier. Maybe it wouldn't have.
Either way, the point is — it's kind of like when they first met, when they started traveling together. The port city, the people in need, them getting into something a little over their heads for a bit of coin, a bit of lodging. Jester, being the easily distracted individual she is, agrees easily when Fjord suggests that the lighthouse might be a good place to start. She's missing most of the spells she had, but — well, she could be missing all of it, technically.
Thankfully, most of it isn't hard. Until it is, because there's more snake people and the Captain's neck twists a weird angle and — it may have been no problem for the 7 of them, but for just the two?
Jester collapses on to the ground when the battle is over, breathing heavily as she stares up at the ceiling. Her muscles ache, her head spins. The physical exertion is ... refreshing, in some ways, now that it's over, but she's also pretty sure she could curl up right now and sleep for at least half a day. Fortunately, she still finds it in herself to laugh when Fjord's words cut through the silence. Absentminded and distracted at first, until— ]
Oh! It's like— [ She snaps her head upright again, turning to Fjord, eyes wide. She crawls over to him to peer into his face. ] It's super like the temple, huh? [ Don't ask her how she hadn't made the connection until just now. ] Except I guess it's a lighthouse and not... a temple. But the snake people are pretty similar. [ Jester's helping. ]
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Because this? This is — a lot, a little. Not to far removed from her concept of reality like the weird moon base they were in until they ... weren't, but still strange enough where no one has heard of the Empire or Nicodrana or — the worst of all — the Ruby of the Sea. The cabbage soup is kind of gross, the people aren't quite friendly enough for Jester to constantly pester. She briefly wonders what would have happened if Fjord weren't here.
Maybe it would have been a little lonelier. Maybe it wouldn't have.
Either way, the point is — it's kind of like when they first met, when they started traveling together. The port city, the people in need, them getting into something a little over their heads for a bit of coin, a bit of lodging. Jester, being the easily distracted individual she is, agrees easily when Fjord suggests that the lighthouse might be a good place to start. She's missing most of the spells she had, but — well, she could be missing all of it, technically.
Thankfully, most of it isn't hard. Until it is, because there's more snake people and the Captain's neck twists a weird angle and — it may have been no problem for the 7 of them, but for just the two?
Jester collapses on to the ground when the battle is over, breathing heavily as she stares up at the ceiling. Her muscles ache, her head spins. The physical exertion is ... refreshing, in some ways, now that it's over, but she's also pretty sure she could curl up right now and sleep for at least half a day. Fortunately, she still finds it in herself to laugh when Fjord's words cut through the silence. Absentminded and distracted at first, until— ]
Oh! It's like— [ She snaps her head upright again, turning to Fjord, eyes wide. She crawls over to him to peer into his face. ] It's super like the temple, huh? [ Don't ask her how she hadn't made the connection until just now. ] Except I guess it's a lighthouse and not... a temple. But the snake people are pretty similar. [ Jester's helping. ]