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It's probably immediately noticeable that Levi doesn't want to be here, as well as the fact that he doesn't seem to sleep. That or he only sleeps very little, a couple hours at a time while leaning against a wall or sitting in a beach chair, and he seems to conveniently wake up any time somebody comes anywhere close to him or touch any of his belongings. Perhaps he was only resting his eyes after all.

The truth is, he'd indeed really rather be somewhere else, but between people's company and getting all wet and muddy in the storm, he reluctantly chooses the former.

When he's awake, which is really most of the time, he does make an effort to help out -- dragging items to safety and helping secure the hangar before the storm, setting out whatever containers are available to catch rainwater, perhaps even helping to cook (who wants fish and fruit stew?), and such.

Other than that, he can be found glowering in a corner, obsessively cleaning the hangar top to bottom with whatever rags and container of rainwater -- with soap suds -- he's managed to find, and eventually perhaps trying to slip away once he's had enough socializing to start outweighing his distaste for getting wet.

[Now that the flurry of activity in preparing for the storm is over, the boring work of waiting it out begins. It does give Randvi a chance to speak with this new person, despite the fact that he looks like he’d rather not]

Hello. Senku calls you something, but I don't think it's your name.

Edited 2023-08-08 22:10 (UTC)

[ He doesn't move or, really, acknowledge her presence in any other way than his eyes turning toward her and staring her down for a moment. It's almost a little unnerving, but he might just not know what is considered appropriate as he doesn't seem hostile otherwise. ]

I'm sure I've been called worse.

[ Haha, yeah, he assumes it's that kind of calling him something, oops. Randvi may need to ask more directly if she wants to wrangle his name from him, assuming Senku had not told her yet. ]

I don't know. I don't know what it means.

[Another airplane people secret code phrase, maybe]

My name is Randvi. I found this place just over two weeks ago.

[ Fucking airplane people, amirite? ]

This base, you mean.

[ Because if she was referring to the island in general, that would imply that she came here differently from him, which might be something worth looking into. ]

[ He does mentally count back to when he had his talk with Senku. The dates seem to align, though of course they had plenty of chances to get their stories straight by now... but then, they would have had easier opportunities to get rid of him by now if that was their goal. They're probably telling the truth. ]

Lucky us.

[ He does mean that. The storm outside is something fierce and he would definitely not enjoy being on the beach or in the jungle right now, not to mention it would actually be fucking dangerous with the flashing lightning. ]

Yes. I awoke at the bottom of the cliffs on the coast to the west. I know it's not what most people are used to, but it's better than sleeping outdoors.

[ To the west. ]

[ Levi quickly thinks back to his own arrival; that had to be south if he got it right. ]

It is. [ He agrees with her assessment before moving on to the part that had piqued his interest; ] Were you able to confirm if this is an island? Heard from people in other directions, maybe?

[ He may or may not have decided that she's clearly the leader of the other kidnappees. ]

Steph found a map of sorts in the large tower that seems to confirm it.

[ Somebody FOUND A MAP and this is the first he hears of it? So much for "we're all in this together". He can't trust these people-- ]

Let me see it.

[Maybe if you talked to people…]

You will have to ask Steph. It's a strange device that is powered by the radio. I am working on a paper map if you'd like to see that.

[ Hey, he follows up with the latest gossip and radio people stuff! ]

And why is this "Steph" sitting on it? I thought you people were working together.

[ Anyway, actually, he would prefer paper, thanks. ]

I would.

There have been greater concerns, unfortunately. We discovered it the day before Martin reported the oncoming storm.

My map room is near the back of the longhouse here. I can show you.

Edited (Missed half the tag lol) 2023-08-10 23:39 (UTC)

[ He makes a vague noise of acknowledgement, not entirely convinced but accepting that explanation for now. ]

Go ahead.

[ What's "please" and "thank you"? Never heard of them. ]

[As Randvi approaches the small office at one corner of the hangar, she flips a switch on the device attached to the top of her radio to power an LED flashlight.

The office itself is a bit cramped, with a beat-up couch where she sleeps off to one side. Papers spread out on the desk are clearly the described map - though I don't think he can read English or Norse so its writing will remain a mystery for now - and next to it sloping metal shelves hold all manner of bizarre junk including piles of scrap electronics and a tusked skull with fur growing out of it. A small bundle of lavender is hanging over the desk to dry]

Here. This is what Senku, K and I have discovered, with additions from Steph and Jet in the north.

[ He follows her at a small distance, apparently pleasantly surprised when there is, in fact, a map. He indeed does not know any English or Norse or any normal languages, actually, aside from his world's weird version of Fantasy German, so the scribbles tell him nothing. ]

[ He does have experience reading maps, though, so at least he should be able to interpret the drawings themselves. If there are any things that look like landmarks on the map, he'll point at them and ask her what it is. ]

[ (Speaking of which, has she not shown it to Squalo? Is it still missing the volcano?..) ]

[I’d assumed he was too busy with his raft project, but sure if he took a second the volcano can be on there too.

She's obviously more familiar with the stuff in the general airfield/resort area, the caves and cliffs to the west and the enemy rivers than the rest of it, and a few of the things people found (Steph’s huge metal door) are hard to describe, but she walks him through it the way she’d walk scouts through her map at home]

I don't have much on the area to the east of us yet.

[ So are these all the landmarks he would be aware of after looking at the map? Airfield, resort, caves, cliffs, enemy river and huge metal door? Or is there anything else marked down? ]

[ He does at least seem pretty receptive to the explanations. It must not be the first time for him, either. ]

Hm. Have you heard from anybody who has been there?

[Both jails are on here since Jet saw one and Steph saw the other. Also Steph’s sinkhole, Jet’s hot spring, and the office building Jet’s crew saw on their way here]

Callsign HE412T has been there I think, but he makes a lot of references and it's difficult for me to understand him.

[ He might want more details on the office building, especially if she mentions the cliffs nearby. It just seems like a very precarious place to put a building. ]

[ That aside, he makes a noise of understanding. ]

You could ask the kid in a dress who looks like a leek. [ That would be Senku, obviously. ] He seems quite familiar with the radio dialect.

[She probably knows more about the building now since Jet is back but that search is still ongoing so just assume he will Learn Stuff]

Yes, he makes posts for me sometimes so we can skip the part where everyone talks about what I could mean.

[ Good good, the rest can be filled in later as long as I know what he can know Stuff about. ]

I meant to parse what He-Four-Twelve-Tea is talking about. But that's good.

[ At least they have a translator for the weird text speech nonsense! ]

I could go east.

[ After the storm, that is. He'd been thinking about doing more exploration, he just wasn't sure which way to go but the shape of the island is kind of coming together in his mind now. ]

From what I understand, there are a group of locals out there who speak a strange language which isn't translated as speech is among us. It's based on a dialect of English I don't know, but Senku can likely teach it to you.

I don't have to speak with them. [ He thinks he should be able to scout the location of the village without alerting the inhabitants, but then, who knows what kind of weird bullshit technology they might have. ] But I'll ask him.

[ And anyway, surely those people are not the only noteworthy thing on that side of the island. ]

The only other group of people living on this island shoot us on sight. I want to stay on at worst neutral terms with the people to the east.

They survived a crash of one of those vehicles, I think.

[ Okay, well, that sounds more like his world, actually. ]

...Do we know where this other group lives?

[ He'd hate to wander into their midst by accident. ]

[ The other news has him raising his eyebrows slightly, part surprise part disbelief. ]

The-- flying ones? That sounds unlikely.

[ The airships usually only had to be hit once to explode killing everyone inside, it's hard to believe enough people could survive something like that to, apparently, start a village. ]