deercountry | Working out of the doldrums

Who: Luz and various, depending on the heading
What: Finding ways to keep herself busy!
When: November
Where: Disaster House/Farther Shores

A) Scars (in and around the disaster house)

This had been hard for the days after the second capture: sleeping on her back was a no-no, and anyone who'd heard her during the night knew that she was feeling pretty uncomfortable, so there was definitely no sleeping on the floor: the bed was a must. After that though, there was no more sleeping.

Because, well, nightmares tended to claim Luz's thoughts. It was bad enough when they were about the dark warehouse but then they started mingling with the cave and the mountain men and now Luz's dreams were pretty much built around being a snack while being bled dry. So if you weren't actually in the Disaster House you might see Luz up on the porch, a drink in her hand and eyebags for days.

What a time to be alive.

B) A-boat scavenging we go! (OTA)

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Look, it's been a hard week, and Luz can't just stay in her house going crazy, no matter what her body might say! So Luz is bundled up pretty tight, bag on her back, and is already gone from the house to start looking over some of the boats in this newest arrival of Sleepers. If you were also looking to search through the boats you might find a rather chipper Luz, who's managed to extract a few rare goods from one or two boats.

"Hey, give me a hand! Maybe we can find some stuff easily, together!"

C) And then there's a time for fighting. (OTA)
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So much for a peaceful search! Not that Luz thought it was going to stay peaceful in the first place, but she had definitely been hoping she wouldn't be thrown into the scary, violent side of things until a little later! But nope, there was literally evil blood coming from the ground, and Luz's glyphs, while effective, definitely was not going to be able to hold against ALL these enemies.

She could definitely use some help.

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[Luz was not from Zib's world: she was not about to start asking questions unless he supplied the answers to begin with].

Oh, right, I did see the network post! I did try to tell you that you wouldn't just be able to leave, you know. There are plenty of smart people who've been brought here, and trust me, they'd leave if they could. You can fly it of course though, otherwise I wouldn't be able to fly around on my staff.

[Well. That made for a loaded answer].

Looking for exploration, and a slight distraction.

[Zib huffs a bit at that.]

I know you did, but look, I can't just give up and not try to find a way. I refuse to just accept defeat if an idea worth pursuing is given the opportunity of testing here.

[The metal hand puts down what it was holding, seeking again to dig through what's here as his own method of distraction, even if he does ask--]

So what is it that you are trying to distract yourself from? Just so I know not to potentially step on a landmine while we're talking here, so to speak.

Hey, that's all you, Zib. I had already felt that there was only so far I could go, but I pretty much live with a scientist, so. I knew that you'd test out your limits anyway. Besides, it's not like you met Cynthia before anyway.

[Luz had known full well that this place was supposed to be their NEW world and what not. Just being able to leave would have been silly].

Oh, nothing here! I just...had some pretty rough experiences some time ago, so I was pretty much trying to see what I can scrounge up for the house. A new adventure is always welcome over rampant depression, after all.

That's not my--ugh, forget it.

[He doesn't really want to argue about this anymore, instead focusing on the task at hand.]

I'd ask what these "rough experiences" were, but then again, I guess you would not be trying to find a distraction if you were wanting to talk about them.

Forgetting!

[Ok, it was Zib, so she could at least speak about this plainly].

Being offered as a sacrifice in this warehouse of blood sacrifices. It was pretty harrowing, and something I do NOT recommend.

Oh... yeah, that doesn't sound like a good recommendation.

[Thank god, for once Zib is agreeing on something being too extreme even for him.]

I'm sorry you had to deal with something like that.

It's an understatement to say it's not.

[From the many many bodies to seeing Lysithea have to mercy kill one of the mangled to Luz HERSELF being harvested for blood? There was little doubt as to why Luz had to immediately put it out of her head, because otherwise she'd have never wanted to leave the house].

Be glad you weren't there. There was way too much stuff no one's meant to see. So yeah. the less I think about that, the better.

Which is why I'm here!

... I hate to say it, but I've probably had worse than being offered as a blood sacrifice happen to me, depending on who you ask back home.

[He's mentioned the Nightmare Realm to Luz before, but that's honestly only the tip of the iceberg of the list of fucked up things that have happened in his universe.]

But I still wouldn't want to get involved in this sort of thing I can avoid it, so I am glad I managed to avoid all that somehow.

Hey, if you had something worse happen, you can keep the crown of 'bad situations that got worse very quickly.' I just want to be able to sleep peacefully again.

[She definitely didn't need to see the sights and smells of that place in her nightmares over and over, whether she was awake or not].

Just try to stay away from those blood zealot guys and you'll be fine. In the meantime, distractions will suit me just fine, so I'm here, looking to see what I can salvage. Might be something important for the house, or at least something Varian can use.

Fair enough.

[Speaking of Varian, though--]

I have to admit, I'm not really sure what would be useful here for that guy. We both like science, but he's called an "alchemist" rather than a scientist, right?

Thank ya.

Varian likes to expand what he knows, even if his version of science is a little less sciencey than he knows. Besides, he wants to build a car. If I can help make that happen, I want to see what I can salvage.

He's trying to build a car? Why?

To drive, of course. You know, he's not even from a time where they HAVE cars yet.

Wait, really? What time period is he from then?

Um. It's not specified Earth time, but their most progressive means of travel is a zeppelin, I think. It's pretty rudimentary!

Huh... I guess that is pretty basic. Or at least not as advanced as I originally thought?

[Varian can do alchemy, but people are still using zeppelins? Weird.]

Nope, definitely not! Varian is definitely grown leaps and bounds from what his world allowed!

That's amazing... it's no wonder he seems so smart in comparison to a lot of people I knew back home, even with all our modern technology and junk.

Right?! He's pretty dang smart, and he's always trying to broaden the knowledge he's got. Plus, its thanks to him I have a home here to begin with!

[She might give him some grief, but any time she can take to praise him for his intelligence and generosity, Luz is taking!

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