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[lucetimods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Event stuff happening!
When: RIGHT NOW?? Can be starting on the 27th and onward.
Where: EVERYWHERE
Summary: Creatures and creations and whatnot from the Battle Dome are appearing all over. This is for the sake of having a mass log available for everyone, so have a free-for-all~
Rating: ...Unrated, too many people 8

Comments

Basically anytime... I'll try to make it work somehow :|a;

[semper_cogitans]

[If it wasn't in the midst of hell, it would be paradise.

There are shattered pieces of worlds Robert has never seen interspersed with Luceti - and occasionally, standing out like a brilliant star against the backdrop of space, a piece of home.

Glinting silver metal, the whorl of a transport tube, even the familiar Internet port-studded towers of the Randi Institute; flickers of Linden, of home glowing like embers amidst coal. He almost wants to cry. He's ached to see his home again, and to see it like this is both a blessing and a curse.

But it's dangerous, too. And he probably has yet to find out that the world is mostly simulated.

Still, Robert can be found taking in the view with a mix of terror and wonderment, recording all he can with a nanocomputer clutched to his chest, when he isn't fleeing from something dangerous. And occasionally, in a quieter moment, he may stop in a patch of Terra and just breathe, until it flickers back out of existence again.]

(OOC: If you want your character to deal with some place on Linden, or run into some of the non-human sapient species from Terra acting aggressively, feel free! Or you can just have them poke Robert here, anything works.)

Let's say the 29th if that's okay?

[shadedsunlight]

[Despite the dangerous and unpredictable nature of the event, having rested up, eaten, and properly armed herself for fighting, Ginia's quite enjoying herself. Exploring ruins, jungles, and unknown cities, observing monsters and other oddities from afar, battling and testing out her skills on things that grow near, it's really all quite the rush of adrenaline and the boost of confidence when she succeeds in a fight. Never enough to make her over confident, but enough to ensure she can pull her weight. A good feeling when you're only a human with some knives, guns, and a quick mind and reflexes.

Today she's out for another stroll, seeing what new sights Luceti has to offer. The mixture of a futuristic city catches her eye and she treads carefully, marveling at the architecture of the buildings and content to admire everything. At least things seem peaceful here.]

Seems fine to me! \o/

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert's a little less frightened than he was, by now, and he might realize that these are simulations - but more importantly he's busy enjoying this section of one of the commercial cores of Linden. It's not the Randi Institute, but it's still a piece of his home-world - tall skyscraper buildings glowing with electrical currents, with sprays of living plants spilling over from areas where it seems that the metal has been wrought specifically to contain them.

Ginia might notice, here and there, long smooth transparent tubes weaving in and out of the buildings - and occasionally a clear capsule rushing along them. This is a busy downtown core, of course, and that means public transportation... Of course, the simulation is mostly devoid of people.

Which is why the one human man standing there in the lab coat might catch her eye.

Right now, he seems to be taking three-dimensional photographs of this world, and the small computer he's holding in his hands blends right into the futuristic world around him.]

[shadedsunlight]

[To hear and talk about other worlds is one thing, but to see them is an entirely different thing. She'd be as bad as a child given free reign of a candy store if she wasn't aware of the fact something or someone could attack any any moment. While her posture and stance looks relaxed enough as she observes and admires her new surroundings, one hand remains close to her gun at all times.

She stops to admire the capsule rushing through the tubes, wondering about the efficiency of the transportation. What's the capacity? How does it handle during rush hour when everyone is coming from work? Or going to work? Are there ever any accidents? How is it powered? All these questions drive at her mind and she gazes a little longer at everything before noticing the man there.

She stops to observe him as he goes about his business, seeming to be more than at ease and comfortable with the world. How curious. Perhaps this is his world? Whistling loudly to get his attention, she smiles politely and waves over at him.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Right now there's nothing to be a bother, though that could rapidly change - especially considering that the non-human sapients represented by Terra seem to be loose here. But Robert doesn't seem concerned. At the least, his body posture indicates that he's not anticipating a fight. Or maybe he just isn't good enough to have any...

At any rate, the whistle gets his attention, and he whirls in surprise to see Ginia. Though she has a gun - he notices it only after a second, and almost doesn't register it - she seems overall friendly, and he returns the wave with the hand that isn't holding his nanocomputer.]

Ah... e-excuse me. This is... p-part of a commercial core of Linden, one of the megatropolises of T-Terra... my home.

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia gives a small nod of understanding, taking another look around now that there's a name. Linden, a nice name. Terra... she searches her mind, trying to remember where she'd heard the name before. That was right, a conversation with Helios. The one other world where nothing supernatural exists.

Her hand comes off her gun as she pulls a notepad and pen out of her satchel, quickly writing out a message and coming closer so he can read it.]

It's a beautiful city, I'm quite impressed by the architecture and the technology. May I ask what year it is where you're from?

And I do apologize in advance for all the writing; I'm mute. Please feel free to speak, it's fine with me. Though if you know sign language, that'd be good to know too.

[Because after writing for weeks when she could have been signing with Giles, she's since decided there's merit in asking instead of assuming everyone doesn't know sign language.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert steps closer to her - a little anxiously, a little mechanically - to read the writing.

The moment his eyes get to "sign language", he tries a few timid signs. They are very foreign - precise, though they appear out of practise; he hasn't used Terran Common Sign Language in ages, because he hasn't had to - and his communications may be a bit off at first:]

Terran Common Sign Language - haven't used it. For long time.

[He pauses, shakes himself slightly, and then tries again. This time it seems more natural - though still overly-precise, with similar quirks that the rest of his body language has.]

My apologies. Can you understand this better?

[shadedsunlight]

[Terran Common Sign Language. She's never seen the signs before - though there are some signs that seem familiar enough - but her mind automatically translates everything. Or maybe not her mind, but her wings as strange as that sounds. either way, she smiles and nods, setting her notebook and pen aside though not putting it away completely until she's sure.]

/I can actually, which is remarkable. Do you understand my signs? Though please, feel free to speak still. It's easier for me to sign than write, that's all./

[semper_cogitans]

[Likewise, Robert has never seen Ginia's signs. They're new to him. But he nods, speaking aloud.]

Yes, I... do u-understand you. Surprisingly. I have never seen s-signs like yours before, though...

[That's one thing he can't do with his signs - stutter.]

Er, my time period is 2332 A.D., Standard Terran Years - sh-shall I presume you are from a planet called Earth...? M-Most people are from a pre-Terran multiversion here, after all...

[shadedsunlight]

/And I've never seen signs like yours. I wonder how that's possible? No, never mind, I digress.

2332, 321 years after me./ [Ginia muses out loud as she gives another glance around, marveling at all that can be accomplished in three centuries. Then again, a lot could be accomplished if people weren't so dead set on trying to kill each other or take control.] /Yes, that's correct. Earth, North America, the United States of America, year 2011 A.D./

[semper_cogitans]

[That is actually a very nice number.]

... United States...? [Robert's voice is questioning, like he's searching for something, and then - aha.]

... Oh, a country. Terra has... n-no geopolitical boundaries, so I... must confess the idea is, er, r-rather new to me.

... This... l-latest event in Luceti is o-one of the strangest yet... but it is rather nice to s-see my home again. Even in pieces...

[shadedsunlight]

[As a world with geopolitical boundaries is strange to Robert, Ginia tries to imagine a world without. It raises so many questions - how are things governed? What's the level of violence or other crimes? Are there issues with population control? - but she restraints the urge to pick his mind with questions.]

/It must be a nice relief. Can I ask how long you've been here?/

[semper_cogitans]

Approximately s-six months... [Robert sounds surprised even to say it.] Almost half a year. It is... well, I w-would be more upset, but there are many things about this place that a-are enjoyable.

[He searches Ginia - not the best with people, but he doesn't recognize this voice.] A-Are you, perhaps, a New Feather...?

[shadedsunlight]

[She gives a small nod and a smile in return.] /I am. I came with the last cycle. I've heard so much about everything that goes on. I must say, for my first experiment, this is a little nice./ [If you dismiss the part with everything trying to kill you. Even the sparrows. Not even the sparrows are friendly anymore.]

[semper_cogitans]

It... c-certainly could be worse... at the l-least, this experiment is leaving our minds intact...

[And, actually, their bodies as well. These things can't kill you, though they certainly seem like they could.

... At least Terra is nice and friendly-seeming. Well, until dangerous enemies show up, anyway...]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia gives a firm nod of agreement. She's seen how dangerous the monsters can get and her mind goes back to the non-combatants around, but for a first experiment, it's not so bad.]

/It could be worse. While I admit I'll be happy to have my bedroom back as it was, this is... very nice.

Mind giving me a tour of this place?/