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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 ( Read more... )
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 ( Read more... )
Robert doesn't usually stay outside at this time, but the constant shifts of architecture have made sleeping difficult - when your bedroom isn't a bedroom half the time, it's hard to find actual time to sleep. So he's been driven outside, to study the way the simulations play havoc with the night cycle of Luceti (which he had largely suspected was simulated anyway).
And then he ends up in a city - an old city, pre-Terran judging by its construction. Certainly not unusual by Luceti standards, though. He almost doesn't notice anything awry until sudden movement draws his gaze - just long enough for him to watch Alice eviscerate the thug.
It's the horrible preciseness of the strike, the same way that Daisy gunned down the Covenant, that makes him stare openmouthed with horror. Not so much that this person he met barely a few days ago can kill, as that she can kill so methodically, where it's so easy and quick and precisely-engineered to destroy.
He doesn't make a sound. He just stares with some terrible mixture of fascination and horror. Even knowing these are simulations doesn't entirely erase the awfulness of that precision killing strike.]
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More disturbing is the manic grin on her face. It's all perfectly thrilling to her and fills her with unparalleled glee.]
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When he catches sight of that grin, it just underscores this in his mind.
He can't help but back off a little, hands shaking. Being seen by a person like this might not be the best idea. But he's not very quiet, and the scuffing of his shoes against the ground might give him away.]
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Her attention turns as she hears light scuffling. Oh? An observer? Or another mark? One hand pulls out a knife as she approaches slowly, each step strong and powerful, but still keeping herself small to minimize herself as a target.]
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But the first thing he tries is the tried-and-true Terran method - talking out problems.]
I - I m-mean you no harm... pl-please, you do not need to use v-violence...
[He scrunches back a little. The last time he felt like this, he was staring down Kusanagi's swords. That is a less than pleasant association to say the least.]
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/Easy there, small fry, I'm not going to hurt you./
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He noticeably relaxes at the signs - though this just underscores the resemblance to Ginia.]
... Ah... a-alright. My apologies for... f-for not making myself visible earlier.
[Still very nervous. This is a side of Ginia(?) that he's never encountered before.]
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/What are you doing out here so late? You'll get yourself killed if you aren't careful./
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The simulations have made it... i-infeasible to attempt to... stay indoors...
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[Alice pauses, realizing Ginia would be so rude about it. She takes a deep breath as she tries to backtrack.]
/If you need shelter, I can help you find some./
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I would... a-appreciate assistance, yes.
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Please e-excuse this question, but... a-am I correct in thinking that you are Ginia Solana...? [Because, without voices - the thing Robert is really good at recognizing - he has more difficulty identifying a person. Visual cues are... not things he picks up on well.] It is, er, difficult to see in these conditions...
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/Yes and no./
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Yes and no? [... Um. Does not compute. Robert just... sort of blinks at Alice.]
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He runs through a list of things that might fit that category. Clones? Transhumanism? Genetic modification? Some kind of identity disorder?]
... May I... a-ask for clarification, if... if you do not mind? [The "you" might be implied to be plural, however well Robert can imply anything.]
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