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 Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:09 am
((mmm soup))
Tara gave the girl a strange look. "It's made of plastic, metal and glass." She pointed to the parts that were made of each. "You open it like this," she slid it open. "When you meet a pokemon you press this button, and it's information will come up on this screen." She paused pointing to the things she described. "When you want to look at the pokemon you've already scanned you press this button here." She pressed it with a beep. A list of names came up. "You scroll like this to find the one you are looking for and press this button." She scrolled to Pidgy and a picture came up. "When you catch a pokemon more detailed info comes up. Right now it's just a picure and where I saw it. But this is a pidgy." She turned it so that the other girl could see. "I didn't go to quckly did I?"
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 12:18 pm
She stared at the thing, confused, and felt each of the particular components herself curiously. "They... Kinda feel like those beads another tribe near our lands used to make." She chuckled softly, suddenly feeling the odd urge to put the device on a string around her neck.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:33 am
"I wouldn't be surprised. Humans have be making beads out of glass and metal for a long time. Glass is just melted sand and metal isn't too hard to find in areas with no people." She chuckled. "I remember when my mother took me to a museum where they had a class on glass bead making. It's really hard! All my beads were lopsided." She made circle with her hands and showed how one side drooped. "My mom loved them though. She made them into a necklace." She sighed. Talking about her mother had made her suddenly homesick.
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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:22 am
The native hummed softly, smiling at the girl. "Sounds like you miss your mother. Why not send her a message? I'm sure some of the local wildlife could help." She smiled, remembering the days when she was at her own home. The eagles and larger birds usually knew the natives, and would willingly carry messages to and fro, or an arrow could be sent back to the village from wherever she might be in the wilderness, and suddenly she, herself, was homesick. "I've never made beads of anything but wood. Mine were never perfect either... Always a little flat, but they made for fair painting surfaces to design with."
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:08 am
Tara looked at the girl, again wondering where she had come from. "I don't think the animals would help. I just need to get to town and then I could phone her." She sighed. "You don't a pokenav or a compass do you? Mine broke a few days ago. If you had one I bet we could find the town."
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:15 am
I looked you over, confused. "I... Don't know what those are." Did you really expect me to, given my knowledge on anything else yet? "Oh, the tribeless at the border gave me this, too... Does this help?" I tugged another sheet of plastic from my satchel, offering the device up to you. It would quickly present itself as a Pokenav, with a built-in map system and directional compass.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:57 am
Her eyes lit up. "That's a Pokenav." She took the offered device and flipped it open to check the battery. "Oh please....Yes! It's got a full charge." She turned the device so the rabbit girl could see. "Here this is a map of the island. And if we press this button. It zooms in and we can see where we are. Let's see. North is that way," She points sightly to the right and turns to face that direction. "Then the town is that way." She points left. "Man I got really turned around." She closed the Pokenav and handed it back. "Did you want to come? I'll buy you lunch."
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:59 am
I chuckled softly, smiling, but remained quiet until handed back the device. "I doubt I'll particularly need it much. I can usually find my way." I stared at it for a few moments anyways before shrugging. "What do you mean, 'buy you lunch'?" I asked softly, never having really understood the mental workings of the tribeless. Trading was performed between tribes for things they didn't have, but... What was buying? "I'm glad I could help." And what was 'Lunch'?
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:38 am
Tara was starting to understand how the other thought.
"Oh, sorry, let me put it another way." She thought for a moment. "When we get to town I can trade what we call money, for stuff. Like food for both of us. Lunch is just a word for a meal in the middle of the day." She hoped she had guessed her knowledge level right.
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:44 am
I blinked softly, humming. "Well... I guess that makes sense." I smiled, petting the rabbits gently. "So... Does noone hunt their own food, here?" I watched you quietly, curious, with my head tilted. "What does your people DO all day, are there animals you care for?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:09 am
Tara laughed. "As a wanderer I hunt food whenever I'm outside of a town. But many city goers can't. They earn money by performing tasks for people. Selling the things I just showed you, or by working to make them function. People in smaller towns usually trade what they don't need for money, and use that money to buy what they need. It's a little round about but it allows for a trainer to use money to buy food and supplies without having to carry something large to trade."
She stopped laughing, suddenly serious. "The down side to having a monetary system is that it's a single item worth something everywhere. There are people who spend all their time and energy acquiring money." She shook her head. "You can't eat it and it can't keep you company at night. But some people really do treat money like it's the most important thing in the world."
She smiled, "As for me, I only carry enough to buy a hot meal or a warm bed for the night. I make necklaces and bracelets out of things I find. I send them back to my family, they sell them and send the money back. Sometimes I think my mother sends back too much. Can't fault a mother for worrying though." She stopped realizing that she had talked for so long. "Sorry, I didn't mean to ramble."
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:38 am
I smiled, nodding. "So your main trade affect is universal? That seems terribly inneficient. Why not sell your bracelets yourself and send home some of the profits, if they need the same thing? Would that not be more cost-efficient?" I shrugged, smiling. "Well, at least it seems it would to me... Rather than having to wait for your parents to make profits and send them back. You would less often... have to wait for a meal..."
I looked over the rabbits again worriedly. "So... My friends have no need of fear in this village we're going to, right?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:36 pm
She shook her head. "My parents have a buyer on the mainland. It's hard to sell my jewelry sometimes." She smiled, "Besides my parents have their business they don't need any money from me."
When she head the question about the rabbits she nodded. "They should be fine. You may get a few strange looks but as long as they stay close no one will bother them."
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:57 am
I nodded softly, bending and pulling them in a little closer. The rabbits seemed to know what that meant, the two on my shoulders scooting closer and the tiny albino making the long, tedius climb up my back to perch on my head, as though it were at some point in our travels common practice. "I hope we won't have trouble..." I looked up, watching the skies curiously. "Where are all the birds here?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:58 pm
Tara looked up as well. "I have been wondering that as well." She frowned. "Normally they are everywhere." She stood, "Well there isn't much we can do. If it's a hunt that has silenced them then we will not see it." She offered a hand up. "Shall we go then?"
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