( 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.

Comments

[enucleation]

Yes, you can contact him directly.

A heads up, he is a pragmatic and no-nonsense man. Seems to enjoy civility... perhaps a bit too much.

[baum]

Too much, what does that mean? That sounds kind of opposed to pragmatic, no-nonsense.

[enucleation]

It means he will go straight to the point and not sugar-coat anything. However, he cussing and screaming will probably not help you at all.

[baum]

Because I have so many issues with that.

[ What he's actually known for: sarcasm. No one here will even care. Dial it back, John. ]

Honestly, it sounds like he'd be my kind of guy.

[enucleation]

[ and the merchant doesn't sound at all like the man who enjoys sarcasm either. But, well - ]

Then I hope your talk will go smoothly.