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Welcome to the NPC mailbox. Characters are free to send letters to the various NPCs currently in charge of the city. All replies will also be written and sent via messenger bird. Replies may take a while as they are busy officials.

Requests to meet NPCs in person are doable, but there is no guarantee it will happen—at least immediately. Efforts will be made when possible.

Since inquiries are sent via letter, you can write them as long or as short as you wish.

To schedule a thread with an Arehtei, refer to this entry.

To send a letter, fill out the following form and include the message.

<b>To:</b> INCLUDE DESIRED NPC <b>From:</b> CHARACTER | <user name="JOURNAL"> <b>Date:</b> IC DATE (backdates are fine!) <b>Message:</b> <b>OOC Questions:</b> If you have any OOC questions or concerns regarding the topic of the message, feel free to add them here. We will also include OOC notes if necessary.

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[hadthehighground]

And Obi-Wan would take her up on that. As soon as he hadsome spare time in the afternoon a couple days from when he received her letter, the Jedi showed up. Carrying with him a small box with the samples he'd brought back from the surface and seeking Rebekah out. He'd already met her once so at least he knew who he was looking for.

[empc]

He may need to ask around, but he will eventually be directed to a small research lab on the third floor of the Observatory, where crystals line the tables and walls and Rebbekah is in the middle of studying one under what looks like an extremely complex microscope. She'll look up and greet Obi-Wan with a wave.

"Hey there! Don't mind the mess."

[hadthehighground]

Well he certainly seemed to be in the right place. Obi-Wan took a moment to look around and admire the assortment of crystals.

"Not to worry, I've seen much worse."

And cleaned up after it too. He was good at that. Cleaning up after people's messes. Literally and figuratively.

He then comes over to where Rebekah is and curiously looks at the microscope as well before setting his box on the table.

"This is quite the collection you have here. I hope you won't mind a few more additions."

Opening the box, the Jedi then pulled out a couple pieces of crystal pipe. Followed by some broken water cores.

[empc]

"Red gave me a lot to work with," Rebbekah laughed as she tries to make space on the table. "But I'm always open for more, so definitely don't mind!"

And it's then that she sees the contents of the box. The crystal pipe pieces are interesting, but she has to look at him a little curiously at the broken water cores.

"I'm...guessing you went out somewhere?"

[hadthehighground]

There was pause as she mentioned Red, and a small sad smile.

"Of course he did."

He hadn't spoken to Red since the Piphron incident. He's glad to hear he's doing well and keeping himself busy.

"Ah... these were scattered around the power plant I told you about. I don't know much about cores so I was wondering if these are any different from the ones we use now."

[empc]

"Right, the power plant!" Rebbekah almost smacked her palm against her forehead. "Sorry, just so much happening it's hard to keep track. Actually, that reminds me—"

Ever one to jump from one thing to another, Rebbekah suddenly moved to grab some slips of paper and a pen, and started to write before pausing.

"Okay you said power plant—where was it exactly?"

She would get to Obi-wan's real question in a moment.

[hadthehighground]

Obi-Wan can't help a chuckle, and an all too knowing look.

"I completely understand."

It wasn't as if he was unfamiliar with such a thing. And he waited patiently as Rebbekah grabbed a pen and paper before he launched into his explanation.

"A city on the edge of an ocean. It looked to have been submerged at some point since the water has receded quite a ways. The power plant itself was on the outside of it.

[empc]

"City...ocean..." Rebbekah murmured as she jotted it all down. As she proceeded to walk back and place the tag on the item, she looked at Obi-Wan curiously.

"Ocean...what was it like? Was it as deep red as the kind we tend to see from our under-island observatories? Or was it different? Oh, oh, was it related to Sosyne?"

[hadthehighground]

"It was, yes. And where there used to be water there was this thick mud that exuded negativity. We had to avoid it to keep it from affecting us."

Of course sometimes it had been hard to and it hadn't been pleasant. But they managed to pull through.

"Yes it was Sosyne's territory. When we stopped to meditate, our combined calm had some limited effects."

[empc]

"That sounds...kind of depressing," Rebbekah answered with a small frown. They could always see the red oceans from above, but to think that some of those areas are more like negative mud pits seemed sadder.

"And only limited? But that's better than nothing, right? So there's some hope!"

[hadthehighground]

Depressing? Obi-Wan lifts his brows at that, but he can't really deny it. It was depressing and really he put in a lot of effort to keep from feeling such things while he was down there. It only did more harm than good after all.

"Oh yes, there is hope. Perhaps with more people, a more lasting difference can be made there."

[empc]

"Exactly!" Rebbekah raises a fist into the air with a bit of cheer in her voice. At least she can stay optimistic even in times like these.

"Now, let's see what you have here," she says as she returns to the main topic at hand and looks over at the pipe and pieces of cores. She'll carefully pick up the core, turning it over in her hand.

"...Hm... Hm..."

With that musing hum, she walks over to the desk and pulls out a different kind of device. It looks similar to the microscope, but there are several different knobs and levels, and the tray holder is also shaped differently. Setting the core inside, she looks into the eyepiece and starts her examining.

"Yes...yes I see...ooh, how fascinating! These are indeed similar to our own cores, but the formation is different."

[hadthehighground]

Rebekah's exuberance earns her around amused smile. It's certainly hard to be pessimistic with that kind of outlook that she has.

The Jedi then waits patiently as she exams the core, folding his hands in his overly large sleeves.

"Formation? What do you mean?"

[empc]

"Like the internal structures! The same is true for your crystals and our crystals—although that's an interesting study in and of itself." She hums in some delight, thinking back on the initial findings. She would of course if Obi-wan asked, but her mind is already firing off in different directions.

"Basically it's like how all rocks and crystals have different internal structures depending on where and how they were form. So you could say that these cores might only be found in that area, whereas ours may only be found here and maybe whatever piece of continent the island originated from."

[hadthehighground]

"Oh, I see. So something of a fingerprint as to where they came from."

That would certainly make sense. He's no expert on rocks or geologic formations, but he knew enough that not all rocks are created equal.

"But would that affect the way that they work?"

[empc]

"It might, but I've only studied the earth cores from Shaarnath, and that's the only element they have. So I haven't really been able to compare like elements before."

She turns to open a drawer and take out a sample of said earth core.

"Incidentally, these are also different from ours, but the core you brought is also different from theirs! I wasn't sure if it was just because it was an earth core, as there are slight differences between the elements, but this looks like a water one. And there's a definite big difference there!"

As said before, her thought process is going in all different directions.

"As for affect in function, it's possible there's no real difference, but it's also possible that these may have different strength levels. I'd have to run a few tests to be sure."

[hadthehighground]

Despite going in different directions, Obi-Wan was actually following what she was saying. The man stroking his beard in continued contemplation as he looked between the two cores she had in her hands.

"Interesting. I would very much like to know what you find in your tests."

His gaze then turned to the other objects that he had brought with him. The crystal pipes.

"But what about these? Have you ever seen anything like this before?"