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[keyandstar]

[ After having gotten over the shock of... Well, everything, and after having herself a good cry, Lirael examined the journal she'd found next to her neatly folded clothes.

It seemed like it had to be magical, and yet she could feel nothing from it. Was it dangerous? It didn't seem like it. Just strange.

Hence, after having read a few entries and come to the conclusion that this had to be some kind of communication device, she tentatively wrote: ]

Is this Ancelstierre?

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[voice]

[keyandstar]

... No, it's not a French word. It's the name of a country.

[voice]

[all7seas]

Oh.





Then.............no. It's not.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

[ This man sounds drunk... ]

Do you know where we are?

[voice]

[all7seas]

Aye! I do.

[Maybe drunk, or maybe just maddeningly unhelpful.]

[voice]

[keyandstar]

[ Well isn't that just charming? ]

And?

[voice]

[all7seas]

And what? You're absolutely horrible at askin' questions, woman.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

Where are we?

[voice]

[all7seas]

Luceti. That's Italian for "light and fresh."

[voice]

[keyandstar]

Italian being another language, I assume. Are you from here, then?

[voice]

[all7seas]

Nah. I'm just as stolen as you are, darling, which -- now I think on it -- is rather ironical.

Here's a nugget of wisdom: find a place to live. Don't go out alone at night. And if you see a pirate, always feed him cream puffs.

He likes 'em.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

What does this pirate look like, then?

[voice]

[all7seas]

Devilishly handsome, him. Hairy-ish. Brown eyes that melt the soles from the shoes of every maiden from here to there. That sort.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

Oh, that sort. Don't think I've ever met one of those.

[voice]

[all7seas]

That would explain the pristine state of yer shoes, then.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

My shoes?

[ Wut? ]

[voice]

[all7seas]

Completely unmelted.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

[ ... ]

[ Yeah, she should have caught that one. And now she just has to laugh, despite the circumstances she's in. ]

It's true. Maybe I should avoid this man, these are the only ones I have now.

[voice]

[all7seas]

If you value your soles? Then that is excellent advice from yourself, darling. Otherwise who can tell what will happen, eh?

Hope you get yourself unlost and such. Welcome aboard. It'll make you stronger, or....


It's not so bad.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

Thank you. Maybe we'll even meet one day, when I've managed to find myself a second pair of shoes.

[voice]

[all7seas]

One never knows in this place. Hopefully under happy circumstances, eh? Luck to you, lass.

[voice]

[keyandstar]

I'll try to be optimistic. [ She's never been good at it. ] Luck to you as well, pirate.