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Episode 9 - Life in Elsewhere
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It’s been a week since ID first stepped through the Planar Door. What does she do in this strange and sometimes dangerous new environment?
Go shopping, of course!
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Introduction to 'Somewhere Elsewhere' Episode
00:00:20
Speaker
Hey, welcome back to Somewhere Elsewhere, a world building and actual play podcast. And today we're doing the actual play part. I am Janiel. And I am Jerrica.
00:00:31
Speaker
And before we get to our situation in the lazy superhero world, I have a question for you.
ID's Morning in Augman
00:00:39
Speaker
For me? Yeah. Oh, no. It's been a week on the buzzard.
00:00:44
Speaker
What has ID been up to? but Let's start with like the first day you wake up. You fell asleep. You wake up the next morning. Kind of do a brief summary of what your first 24 hours on the buzzer's like. does Elsewhere have day and night?
00:01:00
Speaker
It's weird. When you fell asleep, you're getting kind of like a warm golden glow from this fragmented plane that's bisecting the sky of what you now know as Augman, the plane that you're currently on, or the plane or fragment you're currently on.
Exploring the Buzzard's Rooms
00:01:16
Speaker
When you wake up, that's dark now. So you kind of get the gist that day and nighttime cycles and elsewhere are kind of scrambled up because these planes seem to be on different day and nighttime cycles.
00:01:28
Speaker
But you wake up and you feel pretty well rested, like you got a good night's sleep. So what do you spend the first day doing? Like, what are you doing in your new room and...
00:01:39
Speaker
Well, first thing, I'm going to check every single other room in the hallway to see which one's the best. Okay. Yeah, you wake up and you go down this hallway and there are numbers on the doors, like how a hotel would have numbers on the doors.
00:01:53
Speaker
And they're all in order. And you see on some of these doors, something you didn't notice yesterday when you're kind of walking around, you see locks on them.
Confrontation Over Locked Doors
00:02:05
Speaker
And you could have sworn those locks were not there before. And they look different than the rest of the aircraft. Knowing who you are, I.D., you kind of put the pieces together and think like, oh, he put these on last night. This motherfucker. So he he may laid down some ground rules about you not getting into locked the doors or locked hatches or anything. So he went around and and locked additional doors.
00:02:29
Speaker
but the doors you see that are locked are things like electrical room. Like you see like the old electrical room sign that was in this aircraft originally. And he told you that he doesn't you messing around with the equipment that's on the plane. So he put a lock on that door.
00:02:44
Speaker
But the other rooms you look into, they're kind of the same as your room, except some of them are mirrored, like the beds in a different corner or whatever. There's a couple that have more windows because they're a little bit larger, like they're like a suite.
00:02:56
Speaker
so some of them have two beds. Some of them have a bath versus a walk-in shower. so there's a couple different styles of rooms here. There's a couple that very, very small, cheap rooms, which just has, like, a bed and a bathroom, but there's no TV. They're very small rooms. It's, like, the most affordable rooms in the plane, you guess.
00:03:18
Speaker
You can notice something else. You're kind of going down the tail section of this plane, and you finally get to the end of the aircraft, where instead of just ending, there's two doors.
00:03:30
Speaker
Two person doors to the right and left at this kind of broad end to a hallway. And they both say office on them. These are not signs that were from the original aircraft because they look like Odie's handwriting, like laser engraved panels.
00:03:46
Speaker
And they are very thoroughly locked. But you can look through a little, like, window in them, a little porthole window. can see that there's stairs just leading up. And you're not really sure where these stairs lead to because it's the tail end of the plane. Like, where can these stairs go up to?
00:04:02
Speaker
But that's kind of like the dead end of this hallway. So, the door in which the stairs are behind. yeah i want to try and pick that lock. So, okay. So, fuck me.
00:04:15
Speaker
Um, sure. Go ahead. Roll 2d6s. You're gonna break rules already? Not even 24 hours on this thing, and you're gonna break one of the sacred rules here?
00:04:26
Speaker
see you got- you you like to get me when it comes to, like, springing things on me, but- Mm-hmm. It's a two-way road, my dear. Mm-hmm. but I'm just shocked that you betray the trust you've been given.
00:04:39
Speaker
I mean, this is Aidy. She's already shown she's been selfish, and- Oh! How dare you? All right, 2d6s. I don't think
Exploring the Ship's Facilities
00:04:47
Speaker
I get any bonuses for this. Seven!
00:04:51
Speaker
Seven total? Yep. That's a mixed, right? Yep. So, how are you picking these locks? I should specify kind of lock this is. It is a lock. You know this door is locked.
00:05:03
Speaker
But it is unlike the outer locks on the outer doors. The outer doors are like, they're not quite a padlock, but it's it's more of a standard looking mechanical lock that you would need a key for. This, you don't know what this lock is. you don't know what opens it.
00:05:15
Speaker
There's no keypad. There's no thumbprint scanner. There's nothing like that. But there is heavy fixer tech on this door. A lot of it. How are you trying to pick this lock apart? which There's no like oh way to get key picker in there.
00:05:30
Speaker
Okay. You should have mentioned that. I told you was a locked door a lot locks on it. a very sophisticated lock. Okay. How about we do this?
00:05:40
Speaker
How about she doesn't try to unlock that lock, but the other locks are more simple, right? You have to like the electrical room and stuff. So you're not opening the office doors. Okay. There's two of them. like Yeah. Okay. So she's going to look down and then she's going to look around like, all I don't know how to get in here.
00:05:59
Speaker
So she's going to go back down to the electrical room and pick that lock. and Okay. And that's more like a typical lock. you You're just sticking a lock pick in there. Okay. When you do that, and you start to creak that door open, it immediately slams shut and Odie's behind the door, kind of like watching you.
00:06:18
Speaker
He was, you kind observing from some somewhere in this, and like nearby, but you're too preoccupied trying to pick this lock open. Miss Idy... Well, hello.
00:06:29
Speaker
Good morning. Good morning. I guess. Is it morning? It is morning in Augman, yes. The day nighttime cycles in Elsewhere honestly do not matter anymore. What are you doing?
00:06:42
Speaker
I'm just looking around. What are you doing? I specifically said that one of the ground rules in the buzzard is not to attempt to enter any locked door.
00:06:53
Speaker
No, what you said was don't go through any doors that are locked. Yes. I didn't go through. You are attempting to do so. I have You don't know what my intentions were.
00:07:04
Speaker
You're picking the lock. Yep. For what reason? See if I can. Well, you did. Yep. And that's where I'm stopping you. Sure. Okay. All right. So no more of this.
00:07:15
Speaker
What? I'm just stretching my legs, so to speak. Well, can I direct you to other places in the buzzer that are far more interesting? Yes. Besides the bedrooms and the electrical rooms and... And all the locked doors. And all the locked doors. Yes. More interesting than locked doors, really? That's what you're going with? Yes, the locked doors that could potentially kill you, yes.
00:07:36
Speaker
Okay. um So where's the kitchen? Oh, and he leads you down the hallway, back towards the front of the aircraft, kind of like the middle front, like past the rainforest, you know, the whole Plane of Magic room where Gremley's at.
00:07:50
Speaker
And
Personalizing ID's Space
00:07:51
Speaker
he takes you to like a second floor up a little flight of stairs, and there is a full kitchen. Like, you guessed that people on this ship were preparing meals for the crew, maybe some of the passengers that paid for a meal in flight.
00:08:06
Speaker
This is a pretty full kitchen. And it's clean. It's almost sterile in here. Like it's it's a beautiful kitchen. I'm kind of surprised he didn't just rip that out because it's like he doesn't need it Doesn't need it. No, I'm just surprised. But like, why waste the time tearing shit out?
00:08:24
Speaker
Yeah, there's like a fully like big kitchen here. And you notice that there is like some fruits on one of the counters here. he says, I suspected you might be hungry in the morning. So I went down where Gremly is and picked a bunch of fruits.
00:08:40
Speaker
They are completely safe to eat. I verified that. Gremly eats these too. Yeah, but he also eats magic. He also eats magic, but there's no chemicals or anything. I did an analysis on on these, and there's nothing in here that could harm you.
00:08:53
Speaker
Just don't eat too many of them. You might get nausea. I suppose that's common with a lot of fruits and new foods. Okay, Mom. I'm just saying what's but safe and not safe on this ship. Again, the purpose of the locked doors versus the fruit that is readily available to you.
00:09:07
Speaker
Is there a sink in this room? Yeah. As we're having this conversation, she's just kind of walk around and like check things out, like run her hand on the counter or whatever. going to turn the faucet on. Does it work?
00:09:19
Speaker
Yeah. And he says, I never really worked with the plumbing on this. Maybe let it run for a few minutes
Visit to the Market District
00:09:25
Speaker
before you consume it. So let me see if I understand the situation.
00:09:31
Speaker
When I first got here, I needed water. Yes. And so you led me not to here, but into this forest, and you made a a ah cup out of yourself to give me water.
00:09:47
Speaker
As I said, the water here is drinkable, but it's been sitting these pipes for who knows how long, so I would just let it run for a few minutes. And I didn't have those few minutes when you were you were having a panic attack.
00:09:59
Speaker
Well, hold on. Hold on. Panic attack, I think, is an exaggeration. You fainted. I had low blood sugar. Then you can make use of the fruit.
00:10:09
Speaker
Are there... And she's like, oh, is there cabinets? Yeah, I mean, there's dishes, utensils. Okay, so she she's gonna, like, grab a glass and, like, run her fingers in it to see if it's dusty or whatever.
00:10:20
Speaker
rinse it but like yeah everything here has been like not used and who knows how long so so she's gonna rinse the glass out and then she'll fill it up and she'll take a sip how does the water taste not great but like it's water the water you drink from gremley's pool is actually it tasted so much more refreshing than this okay well considering where she's from Like well water, but like you can really taste the minerals or whatever. it Right. But so considering where she's would it taste that different than what she's used to? and you don't have metal pipes to carry your water. You had a well water. Sure. But like it could have had heavy minerals in it.
00:10:56
Speaker
I know. It tastes kind of like copperish, like metallic instead stony. So it's a little bit different. Earthy taste. So that's the reason why asked you to run a few minutes. i I guarantee you it does not taste very pleasant.
00:11:09
Speaker
Well, I'm sure we can fix that. I mean, surely there's some way to tap into the, to Gremley's pool, yes? oh we can do that. We can certainly ask him to borrow some of the water
Shopping in Elsewhere's Market
00:11:21
Speaker
in this reservoir. I'll ask him.
00:11:23
Speaker
Okay, so like, you're spending day kind of exploring this ship. I have one more question. Okay. um One more question, though. Why were you spying on me? Miss Heidi? And how long were you doing it? I heard you get Were watching me sleep? No, I heard you get up and I was going to lead you to the kitchen for breakfast. From the other side of the plane?
00:11:42
Speaker
From the other side of the plane, yes. You heard me get up. Okay, one thing I have to explain to you how fixers and their stations work. When I am plugged in, I become this place in a way.
00:11:55
Speaker
I tap into all the technology here and I can hear everything. If there's cameras, with there's several cameras down this hallway and not in any of the rooms, but down the hallway so I can keep an eye on things, I can see everything.
00:12:10
Speaker
I heard you get up. I saw you walking down the hallway, so I thought I would greet you. And there I found you. That's creepy. I guess in the way you see it, but the way fixers operate is normal.
00:12:23
Speaker
We're gonna have to work at a schedule where you're not doing that while I'm sleeping. all right, so you're spending the first day exploring this ship. What is the place where Gremly lives? Is that called anything?
00:12:34
Speaker
I have it on here as the garden. So, yeah, the part where Gremly's at, the big center of the ship under the wings is the garden. so you're spending your first day of exploring this ship, right? Oh, yeah. Okay.
00:12:45
Speaker
Are you, like, exploring every nook and cranny that's not locked? Yep. Okay. And maybe some that are. You can successfully do a lock check without him fucking knowing about it and get in trouble. You're exploring this ship, and it's a big aircraft. Like, the majority of it is that garden, but you go up, and it is divided into big, like, four stories that are pretty spacious.
00:13:08
Speaker
and the front of the plane kind of tapers a little bit, so there's only the two primary stories there. As you're exploring around, you explore it back to front, top to bottom. You see that there's like a library that is full of books written in different languages that you don't understand. And you guess that like just from the gist of this room that Odie has collected these himself from various worlds he's visited because he's just very curious and he has a few that are open on the desk that he's just researching different worlds and different creatures.
00:13:37
Speaker
And this is not a locked room? It's not a locked room. Okay, it's a fair game. Yep. It's as many, many bookshelves. And you kind of guess that like this was formerly some additional passenger seating because you see areas where some seats have been ripped out of the floor and bookshelves have been put up.
00:13:53
Speaker
There's still windows along the walls where people would look out and see, you know, as they're flying. But now they're just like there's bookshelves everywhere in this room. There's also different storage rooms and you go through them. And one of them is just like a walk-in closet with all these clothes.
00:14:07
Speaker
And it's just like rows. It's like a department store. It's just clothes and clothes and clothes and clothes and clothes. Has she seen him wear anything but his leather jacket and whatever? Not yet.
00:14:18
Speaker
I only know him for like a day, couple days. Yeah, that's true. But yeah, like this is essentially a closet. But like you see a lot of clothes in here that like, this might fit me. Maybe you can partake in his collection of clothes.
00:14:30
Speaker
There's also like the central deck when you go down in there. And he mentioned this before. You find a workshop. It is a fully stocked workshop. There's tools and stuff in here. There's um some equipment, some saws.
00:14:43
Speaker
There's tool rooms. And you see that some as equipment might have been, like, repurposed original equipment rooms to maintain the aircraft, because you see some equipment in here that was, like, maybe to fix the overhead crane that's in the central cargo area.
00:14:56
Speaker
You see some piece of equipment that's come ripped apart that you can kind of guess that Odie maybe... scavenged some parts out of it. It looks like an old floor sweeper that they use to clean the floors of the aircraft, but it's obviously it's not purposed anymore. It's it's being utilized for something else.
00:15:10
Speaker
And you also see that this used to be passenger seating. There's seats that are, some of them are still there that he maybe uses them to sit down in, but a lot of it's been kind of ripped out. Is there like a tiny little screwdriver?
00:15:23
Speaker
screwdriver. I mean, it's it's a tool room. There's all sorts of stuff here. Okay. She's going to pocket ah a small, like, flathead screwdriver. Okay. And you still have that thing from Des, the the lighter? Mm-hmm. Okay. You're collecting some some stuff.
00:15:35
Speaker
And then you go on the lower deck and you see that a lot of this has been locked up. And it's hot down here. And you see one room that is bolted shut. Like, it is very heavily locked. Like, it's a traditional lock. Like, you could attempt attempt to lockpick it, but it's there's a lot going on here.
00:15:52
Speaker
And it is made of the same kind of iron that the planar door is made out of. You look at the signage on it, which appears to be a new sign because you've seen a few of these signs around the place. You notice when you're walking around the reason why you know what all this stuff is. There's nameplates everywhere now. You get gist that Odie has made these laser engraved plates and put them on various doors around the buzzard during the night.
00:16:16
Speaker
He's labeling stuff for you to make it more convenient. Labeling and locking. Labeling and locking. He is baby-proofing, he is ID-proofing his domain. We're trying his very best, anyway. The signage on this big iron door is planar door fuel cells.
00:16:31
Speaker
So this is what he specifically told you not to mess with. And the closer you get to this door, it is it is hot in here. it is hot, dry, like, it feels like you're standing next to a fire that you cannot see.
00:16:45
Speaker
So it is unpleasant down here. So that's what's down in like the lower guts of this plane. That's pretty much like what this plane is. From what you gather, this plane must have been able to fly for many days at a time.
00:16:59
Speaker
Because it is so big. It is so fully staffed. I mean, there's a kitchen. There's a lounge area. like What plane has this? They used to have planes like that. The Concorde, right? Yeah, not a fully staffed kitchen or whatever. Yeah, and they had bars and...
00:17:14
Speaker
yeah I mean, I guess for like many hours, like, you know, if you're flying across the world or something. And then they stopped doing that for some reason. But like the fact that there's like sleeper rooms and stuff, they're like hotel rooms. This is for like long term stay.
00:17:26
Speaker
So you get to just that the buzzer at one point was basically a flying cruise ship. A cruise ship and cargo hauler. But yeah, that's kind of like your first day here. are you doing it for the next few days? Are you um doing stuff with your room or? So she's going to spend her time split between she's chosen the biggest room with the nicest view. Okay.
00:17:50
Speaker
And she's going to claim that for her own. So the largest room, it's a bedroom with two beds in it. It's a big hotel room style room. There's a little TV that's defunct. Like it's obviously not picking any TV stations anymore. does it turn on though?
00:18:03
Speaker
It turns on, it just shows a blank screen. You have a a bathtub and shower. You have a nice bathroom. This had like a mini fridge at one point. It's in there, but it doesn't work.
00:18:14
Speaker
Might work if you mess with it. You have two windows in this room and they're kind of big. They're kind of like more rectangular than like the porthole windows you would see on a plane. And you're still on the right side of the plane where you have that view of this kind of diagonal world that has bisected the sky of Augman where you see that mountainous horizon and this big spire pointing towards the sky.
00:18:38
Speaker
But that was the one that was showing this golden sunset when you went to sleep. So that's kind of what your view is out of this world. Cool. She's going to get rid of that other bed. Okay. If she can. i don't know if that they're built in or whatever. i You can move it What are you doing with it?
00:18:53
Speaker
Throwing it in a different room. Oh, okay. just She doesn't need remodeling she doesn' need two beds. And you have a lot of extra space now. So she's going to spend time like getting her room situated and she'll still be like kind of exploring still throughout the week.
00:19:08
Speaker
She'll spend some time like relaxing in the the garden, you know, just kind of sitting under a tree or whatever and going through her journals and writing and studying or whatever. nice Is she able to find another lock somewhere?
00:19:25
Speaker
to pick it? No, no, no, no Like a lock that's not being used. I'm sure like in the equipment room. Okay. Yeah. Why? So she's going to affix a lock to her bedroom door. Okay. Not that she doesn't think that Odie couldn't get past it. It's a statement. Yeah.
00:19:39
Speaker
And then she's going to like make a makeshift sign that says. i boys allowed. Ivy's room. And then another one that says off limits. make that sign? There's a laser engraver, obviously, around the ship somewhere because he's made all laser engraved plates. Oh, yeah. So she'll start, like, carving something and then she'll, like, stop because that's how she would, that's how her people would. And then she'd be like, wait, what am I doing? She'll find the laser engraver and.
00:20:08
Speaker
Let's just say that she goes through a few before she figures out how this thing works. There may be a etched line through one of the walls. Oops. He gave you free reign, so. So she makes these little signs. She's going to pilfer the library for some books.
00:20:26
Speaker
and She'll sneak those away to her room. She's going try and fix that fridge. Okay, cool. Why don't you roll for that? Okay. This is a, let's see. No, it's not a figuring things out roll, is it?
00:20:36
Speaker
I mean, you've never seen a fridge before in your life. Yeah. And like, maybe you don't know, like you didn't know what it was. or odi's It's like, oh, it's a mini fridge. It's supposed to keep things cool. So now you know what it does. just need to get it to get cool.
00:20:47
Speaker
Well, that's a five. That's unfortunate. Yeah, so you're tinkering around this fridge, but again, like you've never seen a fridge before in your life, and it has to be missing something that like you're just not quite getting. So like no matter what you try to do, you plug it in and it's just not getting cold.
00:21:02
Speaker
It's a project have to work on a little bit more. Maybe you have an understanding of what this device does, and maybe then you can learn how it works and everything.
Discussing Fixers and OD Units
00:21:09
Speaker
So, say it's day five.
00:21:12
Speaker
When you wake up, you get breakfast and everything. He sees you grabbing our piece of fruit off the table or whatever. Is that all he has to feed me is fruit? He sees you getting kind of tired of fruit or whatever, and he gives you a tap on his shoulder and he actually gestures to you to follow him.
00:21:27
Speaker
And he goes to the planar door. And he says, wait right here. I'm going to bring us to a new destination. And it's going to be a little tricky.
00:21:39
Speaker
See, I'm sure you realize by now that planar door doesn't have a back half to it. The back half is somewhere in the multiverse. So planar doors are very delicate instruments. They are very difficult to make.
00:21:52
Speaker
You can theoretically make them out of any door. They really want their other half to be as close as possible. That is why this half of the planar door is bolted down so firmly.
00:22:05
Speaker
The other half, I can't have it in too close proximity to this door, otherwise I could cause a collapse, which is mildly catastrophic and also ruins planar door. I saw that you were getting a little tired of the food I had available, so I figured we can do a bit of shopping.
00:22:20
Speaker
And the best place to do that is the Market District. And it is here and elsewhere. it's It's not beyond our plane. So it's relatively close to the door, but not within the danger zone, I suppose.
00:22:37
Speaker
And he goes up to his controls and you see him throttle the controls back and he suddenly plunges it forward and very carefully places the door down and you feel a tremor go through the floor, just how it activates normally.
00:22:52
Speaker
And that little coin slot that you saw him put a coin in to go to the Anthromal's world, instead of just being lit red, like it still needs a coin to activate, it just instantly lights up green.
00:23:03
Speaker
And he says, you do not require any permissions to travel anywhere and elsewhere. It's free you to go as you please. However, I did mention elsewhere is quite dangerous if you get too close to the edge of the planar fragments. But the market district is one of the safest places in all of elsewhere.
00:23:20
Speaker
So I figured that we do a little shopping together and he actually gives you a little sack of coins. What do these coins look like? They're strange. So the coins here, i not to worry about currency in this campaign. Like if you want to buy something in elsewhere, you can buy it unless it's like extreme.
00:23:38
Speaker
Then you steal it. nice Yeah, you become a thief in elsewhere. i'll They'll go over well, as I'm going to explain. I mean, I got a planar door. I can go wherever I need to go. So do all the other fixtures. Anyway, the coins in here are different shapes.
00:23:53
Speaker
You see some that are round. You see some that are square and some that are triangular. And they have hollow centers and they have these engravings on them. And you notice that on all of these coins, no matter the shapes, they all of this chain around the border.
00:24:10
Speaker
And you also see something familiar on the round coin. You see that spire that you saw way off in the distance in that mountainous horizon. You see the mountains, you see the spire in the center, and you see the chain around the edge of this circle.
Reflecting on the Journey with Odie
00:24:25
Speaker
but That's kind of what all these coins look like. They're made out of various metals. Like the round coins seem to be made out of different metals. It doesn't seem to be that the metal matters very much. It's the shape that seems to indicate their value.
00:24:36
Speaker
And, uh, he says we can take those and peruse the market for food, supplies, clothing, whatever. So you waited a whole week before mentioning this? Well, I was going to take you earlier, but figured getting used to the buzzer was the first step.
00:24:53
Speaker
Exploring elsewhere is different, and you will soon see why. Do I have to um change my appearance for this? Not at all. Okay. I guess let's go. Okay. And he opens up the door and you step through and you're kind of in between buildings like a back alley.
00:25:11
Speaker
But you also see something else strange here. You see that he parks his door next to a similar looking door. You can now tell that's another planar door. And you look down in the alleyway and there's easily a dozen of them here. They're all closed and they all look similar. Some look like normal wooden doors.
00:25:31
Speaker
Some are iron. Some are huge. Some are a little bit smaller than Odie's. They're all different styles here in this back alleyway. And it's loud here. And when you look to the left down this this street, you see people.
00:25:45
Speaker
And he guides you down this street and out into the main drag. And you can smell food. You can hear music. It is festive here. Like, and it's more packed and festive than even, like, the Anthemol's rain god celebration. Like, it is it is packed here. You hear vendors shouting prices and items they're selling. You see vendors, you know, cooking and selling food.
00:26:10
Speaker
The people here are interesting. You see a lot of human-looking people. And as you're exploring this place, Odie's kind of like talking to you about this place and these people here like quickly giving you a you know, summary of what's here. The humans you see walking around, they're from Ogmin because that plane is very much similar to Earth and everything.
00:26:30
Speaker
And you see them just enjoying life, chatting with other people. You see some chatting with this other humanoid, but he has the face of a bearded dragon, like a bearded dragon lizard.
00:26:40
Speaker
And he's very tall, spiky. He's covered in like leather armor. You see other humanoid-looking people, but they're wearing dark clothes with extremely pale skin and bright red eyes.
00:26:51
Speaker
You see a carriage girl on the street being led by a horse that appears to be made out of glass. You see a very tall figure kind of approaching down this main drag.
00:27:05
Speaker
They're easily eight feet tall and made of iron. They look like a giant suit of armor. And through the slits in their helm, their kind of knight-shaped helm, you just see fire, like an orange glow.
00:27:18
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And they're walking with kind of like a heavy stride with long, flexible arms that are nearly down to their ankles. And walking beside them is another humanoid figure, very human looking, until they turn to look at something off to the side of the street.
00:27:34
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You see another fixer. They have a lens over their left eye, and you see that they have an AB designation a string of numbers. And the light from their lens, their triangular-shaped lens, is more magenta.
00:27:47
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OD's in comparison is a mint green. You see another fixer down this main drag a little ways, and they're absolutely enormous. They're almost as tall as that metal figure that was walking around, and their lens is square, and it has a yellow glow to it.
00:28:04
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And all of them are wearing kind the same uniform top that Odie has under his leather jacket. And Odie's pointing these people out, and he specifically points to the iron figures walking around. And he mentions that those are the golems of Venker.
00:28:21
Speaker
And they are the ones that establish the government of elsewhere, known as the Iron Chain. So that's where the currency comes from. They're kind of like, these golems that are walking around are almost like the police force. They're just patrolling things.
00:28:36
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And he also mentions that sometimes they're paired with fixers to try to repair some of the damage or contain some of the damage that is around elsewhere, like around the the edges of the planes. was wondering, I'm like, okay, but why are... Yeah. Fixers are not...
00:28:52
Speaker
I mean, Odie's an anomaly, right? So they're not going to go want to go to the market. No, they're they're strictly here. And when you look at these fixers, like even when you make eye contact with them, they don't pay you any mind. And it's weird because even these other people, like if you shoot them a glance, like they, know, some of them kind of like wave hi to you, like just an art person.
00:29:10
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But these fixers, when they look at you, there's zero expression to their face. It is stagnant, machine-like. And you get you just get this cold feeling from them. Like they just,
00:29:22
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don't have any feeling whatsoever. And compared to Odie, who looks very similar to some of these people, it is just complete polar opposite of him. And he mentions that he was like that too at one point. He's an anomaly, but fixers were made to be tools, and so these people are walking around like machines.
00:29:40
Speaker
So there you have it. ah So while we're walking and just like looking at and taking this all in, she's going to be like periodically looking down at her antenna. And how many of the people that she sees show up in there?
00:29:59
Speaker
So you flip through your antenna and you see that you're still in the plane of Ogwin. You're still somewhere in the plane of Ogwin because you see a lot of people show up. You see dogs, cats, what have you. But just you get the impression that the plane of elsewhere, since this has shattered and combined, that people just kind of live together now.
00:30:18
Speaker
They live in the livable spaces of elsewhere. And since Odie mentioned that this was one of the safest places in elsewhere, there's a lot of people here.
00:30:29
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A lot of people. And you get the gist that they're from every single plane. Pretty much everyone you look at are different. You see a lot of Ogminians, they're human-like, walking around all shapes, colors, what have you.
00:30:41
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But then you also see people that are clearly from a different plane. You see the lizard people, you see the vampire folk. You see the crystal animals. You see the golems. You see creatures flying around the sky that you've never seen before. Like, they're kind of like dragons, but they're feathered. Odi says that they're from the plane of Assembur, which is the plane of air.
00:31:00
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So he's like pointing out all these creatures where they come from. So you're learning about all the seven planes currently. You're learning about where these people come from and the different shattered planes that make up it elsewhere. Okay. What kind of things are you shopping for? Are you getting food? are you shopping for clothes? Food okay is the higher priority. Oh, yeah. And it smells fantastic. Like, there's so many vendors here, you don't even know where to turn. There's people roasting meats, roasting vegetables. There's people cooking fish. There's a lot of things being cooked and baked here. as a bakery somewhere. You smell bakery. You smell bread. You follow your nose, and you're trying different places out.
00:31:34
Speaker
So she's going to take out that sack of coins, and she's just going to turn to Odie. So, how much is this? What can I get for this? Oh, a lot. So, if I need anything, I can go to my creator and request items, and I get what I ask for, usually. So, if I need some sum of money, she'll give it to me.
00:31:58
Speaker
Interesting. I do want to specify that I don't normally reach out to my creator. Her relationship with me, it's complicated. But if you ever need something that can only be procured by higher power, i will reach out to her for you.
00:32:14
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It's awfully generous of you. Well, I want to make sure you're comfortable and have what you need. Her face is such that it looks like she's making a like sarcastic comment or something, but then she she doesn't say anything and her face kind of softens and she just says, you know, you're awfully patient.
00:32:34
Speaker
i It's hard to tell sometimes if that is my design or simply my personality, but I like to imagine that is who I am. It's slightly off-putting, but she says that in a way that's not... It doesn't come off like she's insulting you.
00:32:48
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and She's just stating it. She's having a feeling. oh well, um, I apologize if that's not what you expected. It's just not anything I've ever been used to. Everyone in my village has had no patience for me. They don't want to give me the time of day, including my parents, so...
00:33:11
Speaker
I'm sorry they feel that way. I feel that you're wonderful and and very bright. Okay, that's, um, that's gonna be good for now on this.
00:33:21
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And she kind clears her throat. So I'm going to stock up on food. Yes. Are you going to do anything? I really don't have a need to be here, but it's nice to enjoy the sights every now and then. Okay, good. You can carry stuff for me. Yeah, yes, I will do. And she just like saunters off.
00:33:39
Speaker
Okay, so like you're you're there for a while. what kind of things you stock up on? um Okay, so she buys food that she eats immediately. and She like gorges herself on like meats and pastries and just just sampling everything. All kinds of stuff.
00:33:55
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And then she like gets some stuff to take back. She tries to like find some semi non-perishable stuff, stuff that she can like cook with later. She also is going to go check out the wardrobe situation. I'm assuming that there's all kinds of clothes of all kinds of styles. Like you go to this one clothing vendor. It's a like a pretty looking like snake lady. And she's like showing all these different hats and stuff. She's like, oh, that won't, doesn't suit you. Like she attempts to play dress up with you, but she's like not really sure how to approach you. So she's like, sometimes she's just like hands you stuff. She's like, oh, this might look good on you.
00:34:30
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are you going for more function than fashion? Oh, very much function. Okay. And she goes over to, like, one section of this store and she, like, pulls open a curtain and it's just, like, work clothes?
00:34:43
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But they're, like, nice. They're not, like, janitor uniforms. They're just, like, they're functional clothes. They're very fashionable, but they're made for a purpose. Will this suit you better? ah What she's looking for is like combat gear, sort of.
00:34:57
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Damn. Not like armor or anything, but like she wants a good pair of boots. Okay. And she wants like pants that let her like move, but still be like functional, like still have pockets and stuff. Yeah, stuff like that. like Kind of adventure adventurer gear. I mean... I think this woman just kind of like knows your vibe. She sees you go like to different sections like ooh work boots and ooh like cargo cargo pants. Would you wear cargo pants or like? Yeah probably. Okay and she gets like more your vibe and she's just like she's like handing you stuff like she sees you like the thing you're going for and like all the stuff she brings you is kind of what your style like So she's got like ah this tech like tactical gear on the bottom. But on the top half, she's like she gets like some tank tops and like colorful like over shirts and stuff. It's a very mix of of styles. Nice.
00:35:47
Speaker
You get a ton of nice clothes from them. What else are doing your shopping trip? Is there like a um a Radio Shack situation here? technology shop? Yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure. And you see some of these golems, and you also see a couple fixers here. You are seeing these fixers actually peruse the technology. Like, maybe they're also looking for technology to bring back home to study it or to repair some of their own stuff.
00:36:12
Speaker
But they're, again, like, emotionless faces, but you do see them considering things, picking things up and, like, scanning them, looking them over. but you see, like, these Vanqurian golems, like, very, very tall, like, eight foot tall, that staffing this place. You see a couple other people here, too, but it's mainly fixers and golems here.
00:36:30
Speaker
You see Odie, like, he's in this place, but he's, like, he's not super comfortable here. She's gonna turn to him. oh Oh, my gosh, can you do me a huge favor? Can you... i think I left my money bag back at the clothes lady. Can you... can you go check on it for me?
00:36:45
Speaker
Uh, yes, certainly. Oh gosh, thank you so much. And he leaves. So she goes in and as she does, she pats the money bag that she has hidden and she's going to look around.
00:36:57
Speaker
Who's at the counter? It's a golem. It's a very tall, like silver golem. Is there anybody else there too? There's a couple of minions here and then like a leopard gecko person. But like there's no fixers like around the... There's a couple fixers, but they're not paying you any mind. Okay, but are they sort of like not near the counter or are they near the counter? There's one near the counter that like wants to make a purchase.
00:37:20
Speaker
They're line. Okay, so she's going to like kind of look around and wait for that fixer to like buy whatever they're buying and and leave. And then she's going to approach the counter. Good day to you.
00:37:32
Speaker
As the golden looks down at you. Good day you, miss. I'm wondering if you might be able to help me. Oh, what can I help you with? I'm looking for some interfacing equipment.
00:37:43
Speaker
interfacing how? I need to be able to connect devices to other devices. Oh, ah are you saying a wireless connection? Is that your preference?
00:37:57
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Um, whatever's the most efficient way of transmitting data. He nods and he gestures to another golem behind him that is gone for a minute and then they come back and they hand you several pieces of equipment. Like what kind of thing are you looking for? Like cables and stuff like that. Oh, so like wired and non-wired stuff? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah, he brings you some cables, like various lengths of ah different kinds of cables. And he also brings you some, like these little boxes. but They have little screens on them and little antennas sticking out. They're almost like like small walkie-talkies. He explains that like this is, it's almost like they're equivalent to a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth kind of system that he brings you.
00:38:39
Speaker
But then he looks at these cables and he's very tall. So he leans down and he says, what ports are you using? Can you show me what you're trying to connect and what you're connecting to? She stops and she just was like thinking because she knows that she can't show him her antenna.
00:38:58
Speaker
So is there any ports on the antenna? Not really, because it's a cobbled together thing. yeah So there's buttons and stuff. There's nothing you can like open up and plug into it. I'm just ah I'm working on a little project and I just need I'm just going to just various things. I'm um I'm doing like ah a sort of like a salvage sort of project. It's just to see if I can get some stuff working with just pieces of random stuff, you know, for a challenge.
00:39:27
Speaker
Oh, okay. So you're once a mix of things? Yeah. Okay. And he hands you all this stuff and like he kind of explains what they're for. Like he shows you the wireless connection kind of thing. Like you get the from him explaining how it works that it functions like our Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. it's It's a wireless paired thing. But then he hands you like three different kinds of cables.
00:39:49
Speaker
One's pretty much an HDMI. He hands you different things that you can plug in different things. And one's just like a power cord. Well, you went data, right? he meant You mentioned data. So he hasn't handed you the power cord, but it's like different kind of cables, different kind of connectors on it. Okay, awesome.
00:40:03
Speaker
um This is super great. This is exactly what I was looking for. Also, do you have any, um, any, and she like turns and like pulls out one of her journals, like, and like flips through it real quick.
00:40:16
Speaker
Do you have any biometric scanners? He looks around and he looks, he looks back at that golem that was helping him and just shrugs their shoulders. And you hear something come behind you and they say, i have one.
00:40:30
Speaker
I turn around. You see Odie, but it's not Odie. It's a different string of numbers, and they look a lot like Odie. Instead of a long, shaggy hair, their hair's tied back.
00:40:45
Speaker
They have the same mint green glow from a round lens, and they're staring at you with a blank, emotionless expression. And they are handing you this thing in their hand,
00:40:58
Speaker
Oh, um, but thank you. How much do you want for it? I do not require currency. Oh, that's very kind of you. Can I give you something in exchange?
00:41:09
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They glance down at your wrists. Uh-oh. They give you a look, but then they don't question it. Does she see that, that he's glancing at her wrist? Yeah. So she, like, moves her arm, like, so she shifts, so that's kind of like, behind her.
00:41:27
Speaker
This fixer glances back at that golem and they say, side projects. Interesting. And this fixer just leaves, walks away. um She turns back to the golem.
00:41:38
Speaker
That guy, right? And that golem kind of looks around the room. it's sir He leans down and he's like, I personally do not like working with the fixers, but they are our greatest assets currently.
00:41:52
Speaker
Not very um personable, huh? Zero personality. Except for that one. And he looks at Odie, like the actual Odie coming back, and he says, I never understood that one. He's very broken.
00:42:06
Speaker
Kind surprised that Grimor won't fix him. Wow, yeah, he looks he looks like he can use some help. I'd like to check out, please. Okay, yeah, he rings you up. Oh, and as she reaches in to get her coins and she's like, oh, um, ah and then she pulls out this data pad that's been dead for probably thousands of years. do you have a, um, charging device for this?
00:42:28
Speaker
He's can see it? yeah Yeah. He looks at it and he waves the other golem behind him over like his his help. And they get excited and they find something from behind the counter and hand it to you. And it fits perfectly in there. And he hands you the the pad and the charger back to you. That's great. I have been trying to find something for ages now.
00:42:50
Speaker
Like I have some really interesting data on here. um Mainly poetry. Not gonna lie, as she lies. But you know, you know how it is. i'm Always happy to help, ma'am.
00:43:01
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How much? What's the total? And he brings up, like, your total of of everything. Yeah. 300. Yep, honey. Like, you have a shit ton of money in here. Has she figured out how all the different pieces work? Yeah. Okay, so she just hands, like, a handful. Yeah. Gives it to them I can get the specifics of what the coins mean later, but, like, I'm not going to worry about currency. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's fine. It's such a thing to get hung up on. Yeah. Like, when we play D&D, sure, but, like, here, gonna about it. that's fine. ah So Odie walks in, he's like, I didn't see your your coin sack, I'm sorry.
00:43:29
Speaker
You know what? Ugh. I feel like such an idiot. I had it the whole time. i'd put it in a different place. I don't know why. i'm I'm sorry. Oh, no worries. I misplace things all the time.
00:43:40
Speaker
But yeah, I and she like grabs her bag or whatever. And she like pulls out the cave that he just gave her that's still connected to the pad. like I found a charger for this though. Isn't that great? That's awesome. I'm glad you were able to find something that works for you. Yeah. And she puts it back.
00:43:54
Speaker
All right. I think um I think I'm good. OK, so you done at the market. Yep. All right. So you head back to your planar door and he undoes the door. He unlocks it and he steps through.
00:44:06
Speaker
Um, she follows him. You can just leave this, stuff i'll I'll come and get it later. um thank you, and I appreciate you helping me out with that. Oh, anytime. Yeah, so weird thing happened.
00:44:19
Speaker
Um, I saw you, but it wasn't you. You saw another Odie unit? Well, I mean, looked exactly like you, but very, I don't know, stiff in a way.
00:44:35
Speaker
Well, uh, so these serial numbers, any fixer who has those first two digits, any OD unit, they are all modeled on the same template. We all look identical.
00:44:45
Speaker
Oh, that's unfortunate. It is. So I apologize for you running into me, but not me. yeah Did you happen to catch their number? Probably right.
00:44:56
Speaker
Roll for it. See if you see if you got their number. I said a string of numbers. i probably should have had your roll for that initially. It's like that's fine. See if you can recall it. Seven. Mixed. You remember it's it's similar to OD3171, but you can't really recall it like what the ending of it was.
00:45:14
Speaker
And he says, oh, okay, unfortunate. I was just curious. You see, there's not very many OD units left. I was just kind of wondering which ones are still operational.
00:45:25
Speaker
Oh, yeah. um I don't know. Do they all wear their hair the same way? Oh, absolutely. There's no deviation from that at all, which is why I'm such ah an anomaly amongst them. At least I'm instantly recognizable.
00:45:37
Speaker
Unless I start wearing my head or back, I will never do that again. She raises an eyebrow. oh It's uncomfortable. And I don't believe that's quite me.
00:45:49
Speaker
It took me centuries to find myself, and I'd rather not deviate from who I am. That's an admirable philosophy to live by If you cut your hair, does it grow back?
00:46:01
Speaker
I never actually attempted to cut my hair. I do not know. i don't I don't think so. I'm not organic. Right, that's why I was wondering. like So if like you go short, like that you can't go back? I don't think it could be replaced.
00:46:13
Speaker
Which is why I'd rather not trim this. Yeah, that would kind of... But I guess... And she's just thinking to herself at this point and kind of like musicing like musing out loud to herself. like Anyway, thanks. um I will be in my room.
00:46:29
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Um...
00:46:31
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Yep, bye. And she like she like scurries off. I'll be back for those as she calls back. Okay, they'll be here waiting for you. And she like hurries into her room, closes the door, and locks it from the inside because she's she figured that out. Oh yeah.
00:46:47
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And then she like dumps the bag on her bed and she's just like looking at all of her treasures. Yes, new stuff. And she looks at her antenna on her wrist and she says, ah we're going to have some fun, my friend.
00:47:15
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