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[golemized]

[ There are a great deal of fumbling noises coming from this broadcast, followed by a low mutter of "Pigeon crap!" This continues for about a minute before Shale realizes the device is on, and then there's silence until she flips it toward her.

Hi, Tranquility. ]

I'm to use this to communicate, am I? They ought to have made its buttons larger, but I suppose it will do, strange as it is. Some sort of magic, perhaps? But so fragile. Likely the work of humans; they're rather fragile themselves.

[ There's a pause here for a quick laugh before the golem behind the camera continues. ]

This is not Ferelden, that much is certain. It is not the Deep Roads either. In fact, I have been told we are on a ship in the Void. Bah! No darkspawn to crush, and yet there are still birds. They will keep their feathered fiends away from me, if they want them to live.

If the Warden or its companions are here, they should speak. I have already spoken to the Warden they call Bethany, but I mean the Warden. And if none are here, I would like to know where I might be able to squash some things.

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[video]

[fuckinghysterical]

[WHY DO YOU REMIND HER SO MUCH OF RAGING RAVEN, ...WEIRD, ROCK THING?]

Bad experience with birds, I take it? Heeheehee? [Look, she's even being sympathetic here.

She pauses a moment, smiling, before she submits herself to a question on her mind.]

Is this a suit of armor you're wearing?

[video]

[golemized]

Many.

[ She was stuck in place for thirty years. Birds sat on her. Birds pooped on her. ]

It is not. I am a golem.

[video]

[fuckinghysterical]

[She goes silent for a few moments, trying to figure out if the weird, rock thing was fucking with her or not. She really did look like a slightly more rustic version of the Beast suits, from her world.]

S-seriously? Ahaha? [Oh man, she had heard stories, even if the golem wasn't Scandinavian-based.] You're not fucking with me, right?

[But oh yes, the bird thing.] A-about the birds, though-- I think most of them stay in the Oxygen Gardens, so as long as you stay away from those, you should be fine, heheh! [She won't even ask spec

[video]

[golemized]

I am fairly certain I am not equipped with the proper parts for that, unless it has bizarre fetishes that I do not wish to take any part in.

[ That was a joke up until that last part. Fluids are gross. ]

Hm. As long as they stay away from me when they are not in these "Oxygen Gardens", I suppose I can let them live. For now.

[video] aksjdfh oops my reply got candlejacked, sorry about that

[fuckinghysterical]

[It takes her a few moments to understand what the fuck she was even talking about, at first, but once LB gets it, she grins.]

Hahaha! Well, I guess I don't have to wonder about mating habits of your kind, in that case. I'm pretty sure I'd be too small for you anyway.

But yes! I think you should be good, in that regard! I've heard about people keeping pet wolves, but I don't think anyone carries around any birds, heheh!

[video] it's okay! i probably... should have asked you if you wanted to fix that...

[golemized]

Yes, most likely. [ AND WE'RE DONE TALKING ABOUT SEX NOW ugh flesh creatures are disgusting. ]

Wolves? That will be a whole other matter. I have had dogs lift their legs on me -- I will not suffer it now that I can fight back.

[video] s'all good, bro. it wasn't anything important anyway!

[fuckinghysterical]

Wait, things pee on you?! Eehee?! [Okay, mating habits don't bother her, but that's gross even on her standards.] Why would you even let things do that to you?

video;

[ringbearer]

[ well. that is--kind of terrifying. and that talk of squash sounds..particularly frightful. yet the part of him that's so curious is the one that's blinking into the screen, fascinated. ]

And what shall we call you? If we should find this Warden and tell them of your whereabouts?

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[golemized]

An intelligent question.

[ In all honesty, Shale seems surprised. ]

I am called Shale. And what of it -- and is it a human child? It is hard to tell through these things.

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[ringbearer]

[ in another time he might have politely told her that he was quite well-learned but this was not that time. in fact he furrows his brows. that 'human' term. ]

No..I am a hobbit, Frodo Baggins is my name. Well met, Shale.
[ does it have a gender? what is it? is it old? how tall is it--]

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[golemized]

[ Well, at least he looks properly disgusted by that term. ]

A hobbit? I have never heard of such a thing. What is it?

[ You're not the only one with questions, Frodo. Shale just isn't shy about asking them. ]

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[ringbearer]

We are small folk, who live in great number mainly in the Shire, in Middle-earth. We usually do not get involved with the affairs of Men.
[ unless you're a baggins--or a gamgee, or a took or a brandybuck. oops. he gestures to his video, at himself with his small height, ears and feet. ]
..And what are you?
[ the really important question ]

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[golemized]

Perhaps it is related to dwarves. I have not heard of Middle-earth, but I suppose that is not surprising.

I? I am a golem. [ And... well, once a dwarf. ]

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[besiege]

[ Oh, don't mind Cat she is totally staring like a massive, obvious fool for a long moment before she actually says anything, and - miraculously enough - she almost looks like she might be cracking a smile. ]

Got a loud and annoying kid who could do with a bit of squashing, 'f you fancy it.

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[golemized]

[ Shale is rather used to it. Even back in Ferelden, golems aren't common. ]

Only a bit?

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[besiege]

Well, if you meet him you'll probably want to do more than a bit.

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[golemized]

Should I ask why you have not done it yet yourself?

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[besiege]

Don't reckon I've got the height for squashing. Jus' beating him up when necessary.

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[golemized]

[ Wistfully: ] I was taller, once. It made quite an impressive sight when I would squash on a flesh creature. Now it is still quite impressive, but I am much closer to its fluids.

voice;

[meal]

[Someone familiar! That's more enough to bring her over, thank you very much.]

Hello, Shale.

video; because how does changing the settings with giant rock fingers

[golemized]

Ah, hello. Has it found its companion?

[ She's still thinking of a nickname for you, Edyne. ]

[meal]

Tristan-? [A little quiet quieter,] N-no, I have not.

... I'm sorry to hear you haven't found yours, either.

[golemized]

Will it be all right, without its companion?

[ Shale is kind of awful at concern, but she's trying. The girl intrigues her. Maybe it's the magic unicorn thing. ]

[meal]

He is my brother, [another lie, albeit an easy one,] And I do miss his company, but he would not want me to be upset.

[She then attempts to brighten her tone, even if she's only slightly successful.] How are you, Shale?

[golemized]

Kin, then. I have no siblings, that I can remember, but I have a sister-in-spirit.

[ Moving on... ] Bored. What is there to do upon this ship other than watch the others scurry about like mice?