savetheearth | Plot: Come on, Locke - meet a visiting spaceman.

Who: Geoff Benwick and OPEN (to Locke City characters in the main log; phone-in thread is open to all).
When: June 1st-4th, afternoons.
Where: By Locke's City Hall.
What: One of Locke's visitors from beyond the atmosphere would like to make acquaintances of some of the city's other less-mundane occupants.

[Geoff had given his directions vaguely to the handful who'd been involved in cleaning up yesterday. He said he'd be by City Hall, starting at two, and that's where he is - close to one of the front walls, a ways from the door, dressed, as usual, for a proper impression. He's wearing a copy of the same suit he's been seen in already. As there's no need for them, he hasn't left a trace of his wings visible.

The suit, his look otherwise, and that aura he radiates have still caught eyes, and a couple of crowds of fans that it looks like the third of those things has already gotten him. He's turned away a reporter, or someone who professed to be a reporter, once. Asking nicely seems to have gotten him enough space to scan for the people who he might be looking for, eventually.

Speaking of which - anyone who does seem to be looking for him or heading his way with any kind of intent will get a wave over, a polite beam.

Either he'll wait for them to take their signal or he'll close some of the distance, and confirm they are who he thinks they are with an innocuous-enough greeting:]

Good afternoon!

What brings you here?

[OOC: If your character cannot, would refuse to, or just plain wouldn't meet with Geoff in person but you'd still like him to speak with them, you may have them call in if you like.

Remember that speaking with Geoff directly 1. leaves a person under the influence of a supernatural "charm" effect which makes him seem trustworthy by default, and 2. grants eligibility for a plot Echo.

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"The" network?

[So there's a one platform.]

As I said to another who spoke to me, you do seem capable of efficient communication between each other.

[ Oh. He didn't know about it? That was probably no big deal. ]

Yeah. It's... kinda weird. I actually thought you knew about it already. I just found out that I was one of... us, and thought that you might be able to tell us more about what was going on.

But I guess that was a bit of a long shot, wasn't it?

Ah, I have heard a small amount! [Light and mild.]

However, by all accounts, it appears that your people know more about each other than mine do about yours, at this time.

I apologize that we have little of use to tell you. While we intend to collect more information on what's occurring on your planet - hopefully to its benefit - it seems, again, that your group has gotten a - "head start".

[Which is slightly praising.]

[ Oh well, it was worth a shot. Even if she felt a bit silly for thinking this now. Why would the aliens know more about what was going on than people here? ]

I guess I should've figured that, considering what you said when you first got here. I'm just so confused right now that I'm trying to get as much information about what's going on as I can. I'm pretty new to, well, everything here, so I don't really know much about how everything works.

[ But it seems like such a waste to just leave the conversation there, right? ]

So... umm... to not make this be a total waste, I guess I might as well ask something else. What's your home planet like? I mean, is there anything super different than here besides the technology and stuff?

Somewhat. We have a single ruler on our planet, and the flora and fauna are very different from yours, but there are no words in any Earth language that can truly describe it. Some lose of understanding is inevitable across any language, and since we are also from a different planet it would appear that many of the objects have no real analogue.

Well... that kinda sucks. I mean, I guess it really should be expected, considering the all of the differences between cultures on this planet alone. But I kinda wish I could actually be able to understand how your world is different from ours.

Are different cultures your field of studies, or did you ask out of a more personal interest?

Personal interest for sure. I'm still a high-school student, and I actually don't have any idea of what I want to study once I make it to college.

But at the same time, it seems like a waste not to ask the person who's from another planet what his home is like, right? [ After all, this entire situation was pretty much a historic moment unfolding right in front of her. ]

You are definitely right in that, and I am sorry to have nothing to offer in reply to it.

My best wishes to your finding a field of studies that fits you well. [His voice is a bit more personal at the last words, not too much so but carrying firmly in it the notion that he truly wishes this stranger well.]

Thanks. And don't worry about it, not being able to answer me isn't really your fault.

And I do have time still, so I'm sure I'll figure something out. [ Though hopefully she won't change her mind twenty times in college, because that was a way to just find yourself in a ton of trouble. ]

[There is a short pause, but the conversation seems to have hit the small-talk stage and he can see another call coming in.]

It was a pleasure talking to you. I trust that we will cooperate well, should the need arise in the future.

[ Yeah. There's really no reason to keep talking like this now. ]

Thanks. I hope so too! [ Assuming that she gets the ability to actually help out, of course. ]

Goodbye for now, then.

[And with that, he will end the transmission.]

Plot: Come on, Locke - meet a visiting spaceman.

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