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[thegrifter]

Who; Cole Cash and YOU
What; Introduction & Catch-All
Where; All around town
When; Last week of April & All of May
Warnings; Will update as necessary



i. arrival (fountains » market district tavern)

One should never discredit a shiny sack a midget shoves into your hand before running off into a crowd and Cole wasn't one to disregard the usefulness of anything handed to you for free, but he'd think about that later after he found the guy and made him start talking. There were a lot of people milling around, though, and as he cut through the crowd he lost track of Raimon quickly.

"Fuck," he cursed under his breath to no one in particular, running a hand over his unruly blond hair, the few days of stubble peppering his chin. He was a tall man, broad of shoulder and sporting two pistols in shoulder holders at his sides. Fingerless gloves and rolled up sleeves coupled with dark cargo pants and combat boots finished the picture of a man who was accustomed to combat, and accustomed to a place far more advanced than this one. His brows lowered on the street outside the Market District Tavern as he took in his surroundings. Locals moved around him on the street as he looked around, taking in the market stalls, the cobbled streets, the...actual tavern? The giant birds hauling actual carriages?

He reached into the pocket of his shirt, producing a slightly crumbled but serviceable pack of cigarettes and sliding one between his lips, not really minding he was in the middle of everything seeing as people were just giving him a slightly wide berth, and he lit it with a zippo lighter from his pants pocket.

"Well, Toto. I think we're a long way from Kansas." It would seem less weird if he were talking to anyone in particular.

ii. the market district tavern

Cole is the best at what he does, and what he does...is drink, which is to say he goes with the best way to process this new place is to try out their liquor. The little guy did give him some coin. He'd better get to wasting it. Walking into the tavern itself feels a lot like going to a Ren Faire to him, only the corsets are way better done, and he isn't paying with cash, but actual coins that weren't minted by a machine. So weird, but he could groove with it. He takes a seat at the bar, and the tavern keep gets his order. "Something harder than the beer," is his only specification.

The keep slides a glass of amber liquid his way and he smiles, pleased, at the aroma. "That's what I'm talking about."

iii. network || text

[He could have gone shopping, but Cole is aware some of the people here have been here for a while and they might be a place to start.]

Hey, old-timers. I hear some of you have been around for a long time. How familiar are you with the products available around here? Best place to find arms and armor? Alchemy ingredients?

[He may be attempting to pretend he's in a video game and figuring out how someone would refer to something normal.

He may also be looking into how to make explosives. Who knows?]

(OOC: If you'd like a personalized prompt here, just let me know, or feel free to start your own! This will also be used as a catch-all for logs throughout May (with potential even shinanigans)

Comments

[thegrifter]

"Maybe I will." He smiled, though, looking a little sheepish. "So, magic's not really real for many people where I'm from, and alchemy? That's just a legend, so I'm curious."

[orangewayfinder]

Terra shook his head. "I've heard of how magic isn't real to some people." Of course not everyone would be used to a talking duck or mouse or chipmunks either. But that was how his world worked.

"Guess it's a matter of finding out."

[thegrifter]

"Yeah, exactly." He was just a normal, curious guy who did not in any way feel exposed and helpless without an arsenal at his disposal that he was interested in beefing up using whatever technology (or equivalent) this place had to offer. Not by any means.

"So, this place must get interesting, all these different cultures and histories clashing."

[orangewayfinder]

"And people act like nothing's out of the ordinary when a place or thing suddenly appears." Terra replied. Somehow he still couldn't wrap his head around this one facet of life here.

"But I don't know if the locals would talk to us outsiders." It bothered him to say that even if it was very true. But it wasn't like he or anyone else were trying to hurt anyone here.

[thegrifter]

"Maybe it's not to them." He'd heard weirder stuff, if he was honest. "What makes you think they won't talk to us if all this is normal to them?"

[orangewayfinder]

"Other people have tried before, but maybe things have changed since I was here last." People did change their minds and their attitudes, but he did remember the strange looks he and Namine had received at trying to find a place to donate all of those coats.

The questions they received as to how they'd gotten them and all of that, well some had been downright insulting. Namine had been upset and that was when Terra took over.