( audio ) un: jd

[baum]

Hey. Hi, I'm new, I guess.

[ Water can be heard sloshing the sides of the boat around him. Of course, maybe you're on his boat, in which case you get to see him in person, huddled with the device in his hands and his lit candle between his knees. ]

Uh, I don't...fully understand what's going on here. I mean, I read the short version. Taravast, Sa-Hareth. I get it, I'm not in Kansas anymore.

I don't get what we're supposed to be doing. Does anyone know where we're sailing to? And they said keep the candles lit. What happens if we don't, does anyone know? It sounds like magic, and fairytales, and nothing that makes any sense to me. And why can't we sail during the day, is something after us?

[ Something's always after him. This is...well it's a new kind of horror, and it reads like something out of a nightmare, honestly, but he's taken unbelievable horror in stride before. It's just normally the product of science fiction and not fantasy.

But he can deal. Probably.

Also, he should establish allies if he can. Without drawing potential threats to himself. There's a reason this is audio and not video. ]

Name's John Dixon. Uh, for all that this is new to me, I'm a pretty good handyman, so. Let me know if there's somewhere I can pitch in.

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[baum]

Wait a second, they're fond of transplants?

[ Does that mean what it sounds like it means? Because that's horrifying. ]

Are you saying they want our bodies?

[beitangmoran]

Actually, the bodies seem secondary. Our souls and powers are of more interest.

[baum]

Well, I'm pretty attached to my soul. I don't have any powers, though, so maybe they won't want me at all.

[beitangmoran]

You might not think you have any, but they might have a different opinion. There is a thing I can do which in my world is completely normal, but people here see it as magic.

[baum]

Yeah? What is it?

[beitangmoran]

I get visions of the future.

[He says as if it's the most natural thing in the world, which to be fair, it is for him.]

[baum]

[ John blinks. ]

Uh huh. And to you that's...not...an unusual ability?

[beitangmoran]

It is the normal ability of the Star Master of the Aquarius. Just like super speed is normal for the Master of Aries, or Invisibility for the Master of Cancer.

[baum]

[ John passes his hand over his eyes. ]

Okay.

Well, to me that's pretty superpowered, and I can't do any of that. Aquarius, as in, star signs?

[beitangmoran]

Yes, as in star signs. My country is ruled over by the constellations, each represented by a Star Master. I am the Star Master of the Aquarius. My companion Xunxian is the Star Master of the Gemini.