Friday, 23 January, 1953. Early Afternoon.

[duetch_thrust]

-=Marching through the snow in poorly fitted clothing, shivering hard and going off in German=-

I don't remember dying. Damn it! I hate this city.-=Falls into sullen silence until he reaches Midgard, where he stops for a while, looking up at the building. A fit of coughing comes, leading to hunched shoulders and heavy breathing. Fingers wipe at

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[vedransun]

[Coming home with goodies, by the look of it, too!]

[Slows down, watching for a little before sneakily walking over and getting a closer look.] You don't look so good... Maybe you should get dry and warm up?

[duetch_thrust]

-=That might have been a slight jump=-

Ahh...excuse me.

-=Colours slightly=-

I have just had a walk. I...ahh...will be fine.

[vedransun]

Perhaps you will... But you should still get warm. Even a Nietzschean would get sick from the way you look.

[No need to exaggerate, Trance.]

[duetch_thrust]

E...excuse me? Ahh. Mein English is not perfect.

-=offers her a confused look=-

You speak of Nietzsche, ja?

[vedransun]

Ooh...

[Starts to nod, but then shakes head.] Homo Sapiens Invictus. Humans altered to a new race, based off of Nietzsche's work. Very strong, and immune to many poisons and diseases.

[Ai. Poor Alfons]

[duetch_thrust]

Invictus? Ahh. Latina?

-=frowns at her=-

You...ahh.

-=frown gets deeper=-

You are blue.

[vedransun]

[Nods] Sorry, I'd explain in your language, but... Save for English, Earth I'm not so good with Earth languages.

[Starts to smile, and waves tail to tap at Alfons' shoulder] Purple, really, with a tail. It's how I am. [Offers hand for a shake] My name is Trance.

[duetch_thrust]

Earth...languages?

-=slow blink, followed by a surprised backwards jump at the tail-tap=-

Ahh. I...ahh. Ahh.

-=slow swallow; still shivering a little=-

You must be...ahh. New. Ja?

[vedransun]

[Nods] Just like other planets have their own languages.

[Notices the shiver, and hand that was offers goes to rest at his back.] Let's get you inside, hm? I suppose I'm new, still. It's been about a month at this point, I think. You're not new?

Maybe it's an Elric thing.

He's from 1923; give him some slack?

[duetch_thrust]

You mean Mars?

-=Cold or not, voice picks up a little=-

Are you a Martian?

-=doesn't seem inclined to move inside yet; far too distracted now=-

Did you see Earth before here? You flew, ja? Met humans?

-=Energy drops at that name...that might have even been a wince=-

She doesn't know that? =D Psh. xD It's all Ancient Earth to her. She's trying, at least? Maybe...

[vedransun]

[Shakes head]

I'm from much farther away from Mars, and from... Thousands of years, perhaps? In the future from your time, most likely. Earth met the rest of the universe a while back, from the time I came from. Most of us fly through space just like... Carriages? Bikes? Cars? I'm not sure which are more common in your time.

[Smiles] Actually, most of my best friends are humans.

[Did catch that possible wince, though.] Ah... I said something that wasn't nice, didn't I? Sorry...

...you caught the rocket geek, Trance. Grats?

[duetch_thrust]

-=Shakes his head=-

Nein. Ahh. I am not an Elric.

-=Awkward pause=-

Ahh. You have rocket ships? How far away? Jupiter? Saturn?

-=A very expectant breath=-

Another star? I...I do not know names in English for them. Ahh. At the library, there are books with pictures. How do you get out of gravity? Ahh, it is...

-=Closes eyes=- 11 kilometers per second, ja? To rise from a world like Earth? What fuel?

She's lucky that way.

[vedransun]

[Starts to grin]

Well, there's several systems, and there are countless stars to reach and visit the ones that have a system around them. Harper would have been able to explain it better. He's the mechanic back on the Andromeda; The ship that I lived on. I can try to answer, though...

[And thus comes the sneaky bit.] In fact, I could answer all of your questions, while you get in to something dry. I'm not going to let someone's health get worse, when it could be prevented. Deal?

I'll even stand outside your bedroom and answer while you're changing.

[duetch_thrust]

-=Seems to calm a little, shrink back some, even=-

Ahh.

-=Shuffles his feet and looks at the ground=-

I may not have anything else to wear. My room assignment is new, ja?

[vedransun]

Ah... Well, if there's really nothing else, you could wrap up in the blankets as your clothes dry?

I think you'll really like hearing the change in fuel and energy sources, too...

[duetch_thrust]

You...ahh. Please, do not be worry over me.