Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-28718853-20200820153125/@comment-37028137-20200926191905

(Greetings All,

@ Flame I tried to clear up the dialouge a tad since I noticed you thought Vellantha was explaining about the Starships when it was actually Nicholas talking their ears off. It made sense in my head, but my head doesn't make much sense to begin with. So hopefully this is easier to follow. Sorry for being confusing.)

I watched Wanda listen to Nick’s explanation all the while keeping a polite smile on her face. I could literally or at least telepathically see the gears of the Ghoul’s brain working extra hard to process the amount of new words being flung at her by my friend. Most of them were more than likely meaningless to her and I felt sorry for the woman having to withstand Nick’s barrage. Tilting her head to one side like a confused puppy Wanda gave Nick a wide eyed stare. Struggling to speak Wanda managed to overcome the tidal wave of information and mumble a diplomatic response.

“Star...ships? Are they like airships that are specifically designed for nighttime travel?”

Nick raised an eyebrow in thought and scratched at his chin for a moment until his eyes sparkled brightly.

“Hmm airships for nighttime travel that’s rather a good conclusion to draw. No, that’s not it, but it was a good guess all the same.” Nick rummaged through the pockets of his suit coat pulling out a long assortment of objects including a yoyo, chewing gum, toffee, skis, a cricket bat, a metronome, a whiteboard, and a faded piece of yellowed paper. “Well look at that it’s the first draft of the Magna Carta before I got them to stick in the bit about legal precedent in serf’s rights! I wondered where that had gone to.”  Putting the paper back in his suit coat Nick set up the whiteboard and took a blue marker drawing a large circle in the middle with several smaller circles around it in various places. “Now then Ms. Wanda you mentioned airships and are no doubt familiar with the seafaring variety as well. Both of those travel through the air or sea to reach their destination. In any case I’m sure you’ve gone stargazing? Well think of the night sky as a dark ocean filled with pin picks of light. Each of those lights is a world, a destination; we’re just so far away we can’t see them. A Starship is a behemoth creation much like the ships you are familiar with but instead of traveling through the air or water it is able to travel into the sky at great speeds.” Nick drew an arrow from the main circle out to one of the smaller ones as he talked. “Once the ship has ‘set sail’ into the sky it travels through a long void or waves before reaching one of those stars that you’ve seen in the sky. That is its destination another world. Does that make sense?”

Nick was smiling encouragingly almost willing the woman to understand a hopeful twinkle persisting in his eyes. When he finally turned away to begin putting away the many items he’d conjured up I leaned down to eye level with Wanda.

“Hey Wanda would you do me a huge favour? Even if you didn’t understand that please, please say that you did. Nick’s a wonderful friend but he can get caught up in trying to explain something he finds fascinating. It’s his way of trying to share something with others but we could be here a long time if he keeps talking. And I’d really like to hear about you and your people.” I blinked hopefully at the Ghoul in earnest.

(A tad long I know sorry I'm trying but I can't help it.

Cheers,

The Weary TimeLord.)