Sunday must have been exhausting for you, maybe even upsetting. A new town, new faces and a an ominous order from a man without a face... who wouldn't be a little frightened? Hopefully, all of that is forgotten when you climb out from under your blankets this fine Monday. Rise and shine! A new morning is a new start!
If you make your way to the lounge, you will find a few copies of the local newspaper provided for your perusal. Once you go outdoors, you'll find the weather forecast 100% accurate. It's pretty impressive.
It seems that quiet mornings like this are going to be your everyday life now. Maybe you should see this whole stay as a vacation? Go out and explore the town, meet your fellow motel guests and meet the townspeople. They're sure to welcome you with a smile!
This week's special in the diner is lemon pie made with love (and a top-secret recipe)
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cartesianism2018-09-30 10:28 pm
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[Lingering one place means time lost somewhere else.]
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[She pops the bite into her mouth, looking up toward the ceiling thoughtfully.]
...I've been lots of places, but all of them were in the Empire. When you put it like that, it kinda feels limiting.
Where all have you been? All over the world, or...?
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That's right. There's times when I even went to the other side of the equator - it's hard to travel when it starts to snow, so I try to travel in places during their warm seasons if I can.
I still haven't seen nearly all there is to see. But I'm glad to have seen everything I have.
Can you tell me more about the Empire? Maybe we can trade stories.
[...Of course Kino's going to be curious.]
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I guess that makes sense. I know the trains still run in winter, but even then, it's probably easier to get from place to place if you're on an airship or flying on something else.
[There's some tidbits for you, Kino!]
Hmm... well, it's really big. And Gramps is annexing new places all the time. He's trying to get the railroad going all over the country. You can get most places, but there are some places that are a little harder to reach and then you gotta get there on foot from a train stop town.
The Emperor's in charge of everything now more than he was. I mean, he was always in charge, but before, the nobles that run the provinces had a lot more power. They got pretty locked down after the civil war, though.
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Your country has flying machines?
[This is legitimately a shock because what the fuck is Kino's Journey technology.]
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Airships are pretty common. I mean, you're prolly not gonna get to ride one unless you're rich or workin' with the government somehow, but, yeah.
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[This is a game changer.]
Well, only a very basic one. If it's a ship... does that mean it can carry a lot of people at once?
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[Interesting!]
Yeah. The one we were using during the war, we basically had the entirety of Thors on board by the end of it and it was still pretty roomy.
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[Kino is shaken!]
So... you participated in the war?
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We basically just went all over the western part of the Empire on the Courageous and helped people out with stuff. Usually stopping the Noble Alliance from ruining everything, y'know, like you do.
[Millium, most places don't have a horrifying caste system like your country does?]
We just wanted to take back Thors, really. So we gathered up all the students that scattered and then came back and fought and took it back!
[YEAH! VICTORY!]
...Oh, and then we beat up Duke Cayenne and his big scary Divine Knight demon thing. That part was pretty awesome.
[Why is this an afterthought.]
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It sounds like your country's been through a lot. Is it currently in a recovery period?
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Ever since Gramps came back, we've been cleaning up after the Noble Alliance's messes and then it's right back onto annexing.
I haven't gotten to go on any of those missions, though.
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[If it's a mission...]
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They usually send Al off with Rean to help with the annexing. Not me.
[...She sounds disappointed about that.]
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CS2 spoilers
Al – Altina – She's like me. She's got a puppet just like mine and... well, I guess she's an Ironblood, too. [She doesn't sound so sure on that part, but in her defense, that was kind of a recent development.] Rean's my classm— my friend. He's got this thing called a Divine Knight – it's a really big... um... people keep saying the word "robot"? I think it's what you guys call a robot. But anyway, Gramps sends him in when he wants to annex a country and they don't wanna give in right away.
But like I said, I don't go on those missions, so I don't really know any more than that.
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You have lived a very interesting life, Millium.
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Yours sounds way more fun. [She looks away, more than a little wistful.] Kinda like it was back at school. Going fun places and learning new things...
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[Kino nods in acknowledgment. She wouldn't want to give up traveling for anything, if she can help it.]
Would you like me to tell you stories about some of the places I've seen? You've already told me a lot about your country.
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Yes, please!!
[She quickly reorients herself, elbows on the table and plopping her chin into her hands as she gazes at Kino expectantly.]
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[Kino thinks it over as Millium gets herself settled. And then:]
I'll tell you about the strangest country I've ever visited. I was napping in a forest when the earth began to shake, so I hit the ground thinking something was coming. Well- I was sort of right.
When I looked, a giant machine moving on huge caterpillars was tearing slowly through the forest. I hopped on Hermes, my motorrad, and we followed to see where it went.
It turns out it was a moving country. The people of the country spotted me and asked if I meant to enter as a visitor, and when I said yes, they stopped the country to let me board.
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Woah... they made an entire country move? On caterpillars?
[She sounds mystified.]
So— so what was it like once you got in? And what's a motorrad?
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[And with that aside out of the way:]
When we first entered, there was a huge glowing pillar. I was told it was the country's reactor, used to power everything in the city. But since it would overheat if it didn't use up enough energy, they had to keep moving.
Past that... the inside was clean. They had a park for everyone to relax in at the very top where sunlight could reach, and lights for everywhere else. I hear they even recycled all of the water used.
[Which could be gross to some, but Kino didn't much care.]
It was a pleasant, peaceful country. Everyone inside could see the outside on large screens on the walls, to see where traveling.
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[Millium knows what a motorcycle is, thanks to Rean, and this is rad.]
That! Is! Awesome!
[She settles down her cheering some to hear out the rest of the story, though, completely enraptured.]
Wow... that sounds like the coolest place ever. I wish I could see something like that someday...
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The world is a huge and unbelievable place. There's no way you could possibly see everything it has to offer in a single lifetime - no, not even hundreds of lifetimes.
[But that's precisely why Kino so loves to travel and try to see as much as she can.]
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