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Hi all.

I've found in my travels that the best ways to get to know a community are to see what people do in their off time and find out where they go. So. Tell me anything.

What are your favorite places to eat?

What do you do with your time?

What are popular activities or hobbies around here?

For my own interestes, I have a few specifics:

Where is the nearest record shop?

Does anyone need an archival specialist? Data engineer? Librarian?

Also-- Does anyone know of a half decent mechanic that will follow instructions?

Thanks.

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I mean-- from some months before I arrived, Rider.

[It was a simple enough transition. Titles often times served better than names, as Athena knew from experience. While they were curious about the circumstances behind such a title, the good Priestess had already shared quite a bit because of the name situation.

Instead, it was Athena's turn to talk. Gently, they shifted so that their hand was in Rider's and took the lead in finding a bench in the park to sit on.]

I was trying to pick up some new additions for the University archive I work for, but my package got mixed up with others. I must've grabbed the wrong one, because not even twelve hours later--

[They sighed-- a wearied, frustrated sound by all accounts.]

It must've been a bomb, and it went live.

[It had to have been triggered by the physical force of their own crash landing on that unregistered world that didn't show up on any star map, but this was a question that Athena may never know the answer to. ]

Someone powerful died to keep me alive when it went off. And-- this is gonna sound crazy-- I sometimes think I hear his voice in my head.

[An empty bench was found at this point, and Athena stopped.]

Here we go. Right in the shade, too.

... I still don't entirely know what happened with all that, but I'm trying to figure it out. The locals revered him as a God... But, you know Gods better than most people. Death doesn't necessarily affect them the same way.

[Sure, Hades took care of matters in the underworld, but the Gods all are the ambrosia that granted them immortality. Besides that, there was no way to define the limits of life on an unknown world.

It was a mystery that would reveal itself in time.]

You can keep calling me Athena if it's no cause of discomfort for you. Otherwise...

A name for a name. My mother called me Mari, and my family name is Mackenzie.