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[bearshermark]

[An aggrieved breath brushes through Eleven's crystal. He sounds tired and annoyed in the moment, as though speaking directly to someone of something]

I'm trying to grow things, here.

For Goddess' sake, I only just planted this patch yesterday.

[He sighs, temper easing, though his voice remains underscored by a thread of tension]

..Has anyone found anything about the dark waters? How to remove them or purify them or.. something. I've been working around them much as I can, but something will surely need to be done to clear it up if this village is going to thrive after we've gone.

[He's going to leave one place better than they found it okay.

..Maybe. Hopefully]

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[balancedwire]

What can you tell me about the dark waters?

[ He wasn't around when they first started, after all. ]

[bearshermark]

Hm.

[He's asking for information on them himself]

Natural wells have dried up with its appearance. It taints crops. A source of unnatural drought, by the looks of it.

[balancedwire]

[ Maybe they both can figure something out, possibly. ]

How long ago did it start?

[bearshermark]

Ah..

[He's trying to remember when he'd heard the first well ran dry]

..A few months ago? But, it sounds like this isn't the first time it's happened.

[balancedwire]

So, it's possible that it happens every so often then?

[ Now he's curious. Who could be doing what to the wells? They both definitely needed to learn more about this. ]

That's a bit distressing to think about.

[bearshermark]

Yes. It seems that way. I'd like to find a way to get rid of it, but for that it seems we'll have to find the source.

[balancedwire]

I'm sure we'll find it eventually. If there's anything you need, let me know. I'll do what I can.

[bearshermark]

[Why thank you, stranger]

For now I think, it would be good to keep an eye on the patches of dark water in the village, and any others that come up. I can show you the ones I know of, if you like..?

[balancedwire]

[ Helping is not a problem. ]

I'd like that.

[ Might as well introduce himself too. ]

I'm Xie Yun. Where do you want to meet up at?

[bearshermark]

My name is Eleven.

[Gonna hopefully breeze by questions there]

We could meet by the poppy fields? Last I knew they were fine, but I'd thought so about this patch yesterday so I'd like to check up on them.

[balancedwire]

[ Luckily, for Eleven, the young emperor has a bit more decorum than to ask about a name. ]

By the poppy fields, then. If there's anything else you need to check up on, let me know. We'll do it all at once.

[bearshermark]

As you like. I'll be there within the hour.

[Rather faster than that, but he's not trying to impose]

[balancedwire]

I'll be there.

[ If Eleven gets there before he does, that's fine with him. ]

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[bearshermark]

[Eleven reaches the fields within half the time he'd mentioned, but given the breadth of them, he gets a start on peering over the riot of color for any darkened patches and walking the perimeter with a careful eye]

-> action

[balancedwire]

[ Within the hour. Between being someone that wanders around the world, as well as the station he'd held, he does what he can to be there before the hour is up. Which means that there is still time left, as it were, on the clock.

The fields had not been that hard to find, even if he was getting used to the things around them still. ]

Eleven?

[ It was also, in a way, a point to let the other know he was there. ]

[bearshermark]

[Eleven glances up to spot an unfamiliar face and smiles. He edges around the fields to approach]

You must be Xie Yun?

[balancedwire]

[ He gives the other a smile in return. ]

That would be me. How much have you scouted so far?

[bearshermark]

[He casts about for an estimate]

Nearly half, I would say. So far I haven't been able to see any infection by the dark waters, so that's a good sign..

[balancedwire]

What does the infection normally look like?

[ That way he knows what he's looking for. ]