[action] Top of the world, looking down on creation...

[neverforgets]

[ On one section of the beach, about twenty feet from where the sand gives way to jungle, someone has planted a giant mallet head into the sand. A bright, red scarf is tied to the handle. The handle sticks straight up--

And up--

And up--

And up into the sky. If you're good at estimating height, you might guess it's two hundred feet up above the ground. And at the very top, you can see the shape of a person up there. ]

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[neverforgets]

[ UNHELPFUL. ]

... [ Blinks. ] You fly? How?

[cleanedslate]

[ as much and as often as physically possible! ]

Rockets. Well, technically, repulsors. [ might be enjoying your blank expression ] It's part of a system I designed.

[neverforgets]

[ So confuse. ]

So you're like one of the Science Department guys. [ Managed to grasp that much. ] Think you can walk an' talk at the same time, man? [ Would like to give you more chances to talk about yourself! But maybe we should keep moving. ]

[cleanedslate]

I'm like the science department guy. [ no idea what you're talking about, but does it matter that much? ]

And that is a tough one. [ his eyes flick down to the hammer again ] But I think I can manage. Why, somewhere you gotta be? Appointments to keep?

[neverforgets]

Just the one our captors gave us. [ Holds up the device. ]

I saw some water 'bout a mile or so that way. [ Points off the the west-northwest location, into the jungle. ] Thought I'd go check. [ Hefts the hammer like it doesn't weigh a thing, and settles it on his shoulder. ] Want t'come along?

[cleanedslate]

Well, sure, but we've got days for that.

[ he says, up until he gets to that last bit. ]

Water, inland. So, probably fresh, at least? [ yeah, here's a subject he knows nothing about, but some vaaaague memories of middle school survival videos. and water is a good thing to have, as little as he likes being led around by his nose. ]

[neverforgets]

Yeah, small river, I think.

[ Glances up at the sun, shading his eye. ] An' days move faster than we always like to think, man. Much as I don't like any of this, it's better than starving or dying of thirst. [ And water and food might help him stave off this... sickness he suspects he has. ]

Name's Lavi.

[cleanedslate]

It's still not a complicated task. [ dismissive little hand gesture ]

Tony.

[neverforgets]

[ Hehe. ]

Sometimes uncomplicated is good. [ He's going to start walking toward where he saw the water. ] What's your world like, Tony?

[cleanedslate]

It's Earth. Mostly water. Bad sitcoms. Worse reality TV.

[ coolly ]