Arrakis - Sietch Tabr - Tuesday Morning

[atreideslioness]

When the students exited the portal, they'd find themselves on a large ledge high above the desert floor; sun blazing overhead and sand stretching out for as far as the eye can see

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Personal Rooms at Sietch Tabr

[atreideslioness]

Adults have their own yali, and students were RNGed into rooms.

Feel free to start a thread with your room number for social funtimes, and please remember to keep anything naughty to your personal journals!

Room 3

[likethestore]

K-Mart got her stuff -- what little she'd brought for the short trip -- settled into her room and then set about getting ready to go outside.

Sunscreen was a bit of a novelty to her, though.

Re: Room 3

[walks_two_paths]

Savannah ducked inside her assigned room to get settled and put sunscreen on. She had almost decided not to come, but she didn't want to disappoint Ghanima -- or have K-Mart make frowny faces at her. Those were both things she would rather not face right now.

She handed K-Mart the sunscreen. "On."

Re: Room 3

[likethestore]

"I know, I know," K-Mart said, gesturin to the open duffel bag. "I was looking for mine, I swear!"

Explore the City

[atreideslioness]

Trail one of the bemused Fremen as you make your way through the city. It's a stone labyrinth carved into the mountains and bedrock of the planet, moving up and down and filled with twists and turns to make it defensible against any invading forces.

Do try not to get lost/stabbed/locked in the Death Still.

Re: Explore the City

[likethestore]

K-Mart was all over the chance to explore and get lost. Except not seriously getting lost because hi, still had other things to do. Plus she had to be responsible. But the kind of lost where you have to stand still and think for a minute before remembering the way out? She could do that.

Which why she was wandering around cheerfully and taking note of landmarks, such as they were.

Re: Explore the City

[bigdamndestiny]

It was more than a bit like the catacombs beneath Camelot. Really now, it was just sad how much time Merlin spent down there before the whole... bit with the dragon.

If his damn near blindingly pale skin didn't mark him as a stranger, the fascinated look of glee might have.

Re: Explore the City

[bitch_prince]

Arthur's expression didn't so much feature glee as careful observation. The lack of a sky above his head might not have fully helped settle him, either, but he wasn't about to spend the day cowering in his room.

"This looks welcoming," he muttered.

Shopping!

[atreideslioness]

There's a small bazaar in a large cavern, with baked goods, pottery, textiles, and other handcrafts. The merchants will take your money, just because it looks neat and they know they can pester Ghani to change it out for them.

Re: Shopping!

[weetuskenraider]

No, Tahiri was not actually going to bring sand or a sandworm back for Ben, but she was going to bring him something. Just . . . what, exactly? She could be here a while, deciding.

Re: Shopping!

[likethestore]

K-Mart was all over the shopping. For one thing, hi, shiny new place to shop. For another, she had people she could buy stuff for. For a third, she was still making up for lost time.

And since she had the crapload of cash that Benicio had given her for her fifteenth birthday a couple months back, she had plenty of money to burn... if she could figure out an exchange rate or something.

Re: Shopping!

[cutsthestrings]

Fiona had one objective: an instrument to bring for Eliot. Hopefully, she'd be able to find something he'd like.

Underground Reservoir

[atreideslioness]

See the underground basin where they Fremen keep water in-trust for the Dune terraform project. You can't go swimming in it, but you can wander the vegetable gardens or the fruit trees, carefully tended along the shores. There's people picking the ripe produce if you want to chip in and help out, they won't mind.

Re: Underground Reservoir

[endsthegame]

Ender's feet had carried him down to the reservoir instead. He was interested in their efforts at terraforming for reasons that were entirely his own. He made a slow stroll of it, examining the gardens. He wound up watching a few people here and there; he might have even exchanged a word or two, but chatty, it wasn't.

Re: Underground Reservoir

[a_demosthenes]

"Not surprised to see you here," Valentine said, finding her brother and offering him a smile as she redirected her own stroll through the reservoir to join his.

Re: Underground Reservoir

[endsthegame]

"I didn't realise I'd gotten so predictable," Ender said, crossing his arms behind his back.

The Kitchens

[atreideslioness]

Everyone works at cooking in sietch, even a Princess Royal. If you can chop vegetables or make bread, congratulations, you've been drafted by one of the gossipy old aunties that runs the kitchens. They probably don't speak English Galach very well, but they can make themselves understood.

Try and run, and they'll beat you up.

Re: The Kitchens

[doesnt_vomit]

Brennan was quickly drafted to chop vegetables, and she rolled up her sleeves and got to it, trying to interview the aunties about Fremen culture as she went. She was fascinated by it all.

Re: The Kitchens

[irulan_atreides]

Irulan moved to the kitchens after her harrowing thoppter ride with her stepson. She paused and noticed something, or someone out of place.

"I see the aunts found another victim," she said, "would you like me to speak with them so you can leave?"

Re: The Kitchens

[doesnt_vomit]

"Please don't," Brennan said as she grinned up from her spot at a cutting board. "The chef was talking to me about her childhood. I've never been off Earth before; this is fascinating to me."

"I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan," she added, almost as an afterthought. "I'm an anthropologist. I usually work with corpses, but living people can be fascinating on their own."