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[If Sylens tends to know more than Aloy, and he's only at the level of "older youth," then that means Aloy's at...]

I better not think that one through.

Well, you have to tell me how he reacts when you do.

[Not if.]

I will.

[ she skips forward to throw open the glass doors of the theater excitedly, ]

But now it's time for our delve!

[Aloy smiles after her, and will press her Focus as they proceed in, looking around before she decides where to go. This is where someone ran into Featherface, she recalls - but she hasn't heard anything new on them, so maybe that's in the past.]

Eager as an Oseram.

[She squats to peer at some stray popcorn on the floor. That's different.]

If it anywhere has something a little more advanced to experiment with, it's gotta be here.

[ it's not the popcorn that catches her eye, but the display case of candy ]

...Huh. Some of this looks new.

[She stands again, abandoning the popcorn to come look at the display. Best not eat floor popcorn anyway.]

Colorful packaging...something like some of the items in Foodland?

Looks like it! If we can find where it opens...

[ she doesn't have Aloy's coordination, so she's going to look for a way around the counter rather than hopping it ]

[Making her way over, and hopping the counter because she wasn't even raised in a barn.]

Things around here tend to have pretty simple mechanisms, right?

[ meeting her behind the counter-- ]

Usually! We could probably force it open if we had to.

I can probably break a panel, if if comes down to it.

[But she bets Beta can use an opportunity to solve it.]

[ nerdclone enrichment! she squatting down to check out the lock on the case ]
I think if you can find me something to do it with, I can just pop this open! Just needs force. Something solid, like a stick?

[She peers at it.]

Do you want my spear, or something a little smaller?

I can use your spear?

Just make sure I get it back in one piece.

Promise.

[ grabby hands ]

[Aloy unslings the spear, and holds it out to Beta.]

Here you go.

[ once she has it positioned, there's a moment where she really needs to put some oomf in it-- but then it gives, and she cheers ]

Got it!

[ time to raid the candy shelf like an ancient chest ]

[Don't chuckle, don't chuckle. Lets Beta hold onto the spear until she should think to offer it back, instead leaning in to claim some candy.]

They made this one look like tiny fruit.

[ just casually hanging onto the spear nbd ]

And it's not dusty...It looks like it was just put in. Is - There's candy shaped like fish!

Give it a try?

[ ripping those suckers open and noming ]

...It tastes very red.

[Snorts, and opens hers up, too.]

Probably better than tasting green.

Tasting green would be...a plant, I think. So maybe not so bad? We eat plants. This is red like...cherries but even sweeter.

Green could also be something spoiled.

Why would you eat something spoiled?

[ she asks it without thought. the zenith's benefits package doesn't include much, but at least going hungry had never been a threat. ]

Edited 2024-04-28 19:54 (UTC)

Sometimes the things you'd forage wouldn't come in like you'd hoped. Sometimes you didn't find an animal to hunt. You end up making do with what you already have.

[The Utaru had it so, SO lucky with the plowhorns.]

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