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One rainy street looks much like another

Aug 26, 2011 00:14

When: Friday night, August 26
Where: Coming into town along Main Street
Who: Carrot Ironfoundersson & OPEN
What: Someone's about to be very, very, very confused
Rating: Depends on who finds him! For Carrot's part, probably no higher than G

( If you could kindly direct me to the Hubwards Gate... )

abraham sapien, !open, !arrival, carrot ironfoundersson

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icthyo_taco August 26 2011, 16:31:22 UTC

This really shouldn't become a habit, Abe thought as he gathered the books he wished to take home into his side bag. Night had fallen fairly quickly outside the library's windows. It was probably because of the encroaching rain that stole the sun too early in the day. He blamed this on the fact that he had now been out of water for over 12 hours and his skin was first to give protest, tightening around his knuckles as he turned another page of another book ( ... )

cptn_carrot August 26 2011, 17:03:17 UTC

When a figure stepped out of the shadows and hailed him, Carrot stopped. He neither ran nor panicked; though he'd never seen anyone like this individual before, most people had never seen anything like Nobby Nobbs before, and that was no reason to panic. (Or maybe it was; people were entitled to their opinions when it came to Corporal Nobbs.)

Nearly as surprising was that Carrot didn't recognize the person. He knew nearly everyone in the City on sight, and he surely wouldn't have forgotten this... man? Based on the voice, he guessed male, although he didn't want to inadvertently cause offense. Female dwarfs were indistinguishable from male dwarfs most of the time.

The other thing he noticed about the voice was that the accent wasn't Morporkian. He wasn't entirely sure where that accent was from ( ... )

icthyo_taco August 26 2011, 18:54:07 UTC

Abe couldn't smile noticeably but he came closer ( ... )

cptn_carrot August 26 2011, 21:12:09 UTC

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Sapien." This person's appearance was really quite striking. Carrot wasn't bothered by the lack of a shirt; he himself often went shirtless when he was laboring at something, and maybe Abraham had been trying to keep his shirt dry as he walked home. But he recognized the attempt at courtesy and appreciated it, so he let it pass unremarked-upon. While it was generally acknowledged that men might appear in public sans shirt without causing offense, it was equally understood that on social occasions, shirts were to be worn.

"The Century of the Anchovy," the young man replied, politely refraining from adding 'of course'. Perhaps Abraham, being foreign, used a different calendar, but the centuries were marked the same Disc-wide. "This is the standard Watch uniform." His brow furrowed. "What situation is this, that you're saying I've found myself in? Is this not Ankh-Morpork ( ... )

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