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Tuesbirdy · 06-10-2017, 10:40 PM

You want to continue the conversation.
Roll 1d6 (+0 EMT) to avoid awkward moments...
You rolled 6! Partial success!

The lift hums and clacks along its descent.

MAGNOLIA
_____I imagine you're close to your family?

She nods emphatically.

MARTA
_____Always have been, despite spending so much of my childhood at the temple.
_____Closeness... I don't think it's necessarily about how much time you spend with people, but rather, how much you bond over what time you have.
_____You know?

Not really, but you nod for her to continue.

MARTA
_____Not that it's difficult for them to visit. They're only an hour away by coach.

MAGNOLIA
_____How convenient. I suppose Orona will be as far away from them as you've ever been.

Another nod.

MARTA
_____I'm a little nervous, but I know there's no need.
_____After all, it's only a couple hours' flight to the coast, right? I can always visit for the odd week...
_____By your leave, of course, Madame.

MAGNOLIA
_____Of course.

You wouldn't insist on keeping her at your side all the time. It sounds a little suffocating on both your ends.

MAGNOLIA
_____Have you ever been to the coast? I wonder what the sea is like.

MARTA
_____I've never been, myself. I hear it's pretty, though, and sort of scary? I don't know how to swim.

MAGNOLIA
_____That makes two of us.

Silence. The lift clicks and clacks and sways. The temple is only five floors high, but the lift's gone untouched for so long it practically moves at a snail's pace.

You realize after a minute that she's been waiting for you to contribute to the conversation.

MAGNOLIA
_____I think...
_____I think I might like it in Orona. One imagines there's more to do there than at the temple.

MARTA
_____Oh, definitely, Madame.
_____Most of my interests keep me indoors... it'll be nice to get some fresh air, maybe pick up something new.
_____What are you thinking of doing in your spare time, once you're settled?

What indeed?

>_

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