Conversation 001
Characters: meddlefussyfang and vatheon
Location: The Plaza, in one of the fountains. :/
Time: Mid-morning
Style: I'm starting it in prose, but if you want your characters to just text at her that is fine too
Status: Open!
( There Will Probably Be Spoilers During These Reunions. )
Location: The Plaza, in one of the fountains. :/
Time: Mid-morning
Style: I'm starting it in prose, but if you want your characters to just text at her that is fine too
Status: Open!
( There Will Probably Be Spoilers During These Reunions. )
Kanaya...?
They'd talked a bit before, and he had reassured her about Rose. He'd met Feferi once before as well, and was somewhat familiar with the trolls by now. Not very, but somewhat.
His own yellow eyes were taking her in, as if he'd expected to see a ghost. Maybe others would come back, too? ]
You're Kanaya-san, right? Talk about getting soaked... I don't think anyone's landed in the fountain before when they get here.
Are you okay?
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And to top the strangeness off, he knew her. At least the previous passersby had either been acquaintances or strangers. He's going to be getting a vaguely confused expression, with no familiarity on it.]
Ah, yes I am Kanaya. Did one of the others let you know I had... arrived here?
...I'm fine. I should have realized that remaining in close proximity to the fountain would negate the drying effect of the towels somewhat.
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No, I just saw your name back on the contact list. You've been here before, but I'm not surprised if you don't remember. We've actually spoken before.
[ On that note, he has another towel to offer her, at least. ]
There's somewhere nearby you can get some dry clothes, if you want? This is Vatheon, by the way.
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[Kanaya is still disoriented by the idea that, not only had she been here before, but she had no memory of it. What had the previous version of her done and said? How many people knew her and expected things of her that she would not be able to reciprocate?
She accepts the towel to begin wiping off her arms, and smiles as the suggestion of getting dry clothing.]
Clothing I can take care of easily enough. Did the past-me never demonstrate my wardrobifier?
[She fidgets with something, and suddenly her clothing is changed to a different outfit once, twice, three times. Each outfit is nicely dry, too, though she remains wet underneath.]
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Oh, that's alright. We only talked over the communicator. I wouldn't worry too much about it, if I were you?
[ He's noticed, Kanaya. Fretting will do no good, after all. But he can't resist asking... ]
How did you do that?
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[Kanaya's face, meet Kanaya's hand. Don't you remember trying to explain this to Vash earlier today? It didn't go smoothly, Kanaya. You started babbling at least once in that conversation.]
I don't understand the technology behind it well enough to explain it, unfortunately. The simple answer is that I am using my wardrobifier, which keeps a number of my favorite outfits stored and ready to switch off at any point.
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[ Moving on to her wardrobifier... ]
I think it's cool, anyway.
[ That's the most intelligent thing he has to say right now. ]
If it helps any, I think a lot of people from the universe you came from are here, so it's not like you're alone.
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I am already accustomed to strange temporal phenomena, due to my experiences during the last few weeks. Our text messenger program somehow allowed us to hold conversations with our past and future selves, and I do not want to run into the error of thinking of such alternate selves as being entirely separate entities.
[She got enough of that just hearing about the infamous memos in passing.]
But thank you for offering gestures of reassurance. And I apologize for completely forgetting my manners. You already know my name at least, but I do not know yours...?
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[ And as if expecting the next question, he adds: ]
No, I'm not human.
[ Moving on! ]
While that's probably true, you define your actions right now, you know? This place is strange, but not as weird as what you may be used to. I think you won't have any problems with it if you're already accustomed to the weird time, multiple instances of worlds and realities thing.
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But perhaps the apparent freedom of not knowing will be pleasant.]
After a while we became accustomed to the rules of the game we were playing, and the different worlds we were traveling through. Even when it fell apart at the end, many things were still familiar. I suppose the same will be the case here, even through the changes that the different people bring.
Thank you again for the encouragement, Naoki.
How long have you been here?
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[ He did have to consider that for a moment. ]
But it shouldn't be hard to get accustomed to here, either. It's not better for everyone, though, but it's not so bad, either.
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...I am not actually familiar with the term 'month'. I believe the kids we were trolling used it, but never gave me a context for what it means. Could you describe that time in weeks by any chance?
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[ He looks thoughtful for a moment. ]
Seven days make up a week, and four weeks generally make up a month. Thirty or so days. There's twelve months in a year--about how long it takes the Earth to orbit it's sun once. Does that help any?
[ He offers a patient smile. He, at least, like most kids, was taught the basics of the solar system of his world, though he generally tuned out math, because he tended to find it boring. ]
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Then five months would be... approximately twenty one weeks?
Yes, that was a very helpful explanation. I hope it will prevent most of the confusions and misunderstandings likely to arise. Already some of my peers are using these terms, and I would prefer to comprehend as much of what is happening as I can.
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[ A full-blown smile now; he's pretty pleased. ]
I can see why you'd want to know. It would be pretty confusing otherwise if people just kept saying things you didn't really understand and could only guess at, right? I'm glad I could help.
[ Not going to mention he didn't pay enough attention in class to go into specifics--he's hoping that won't be necessary though. ]
Personally, my planet was a version of Earth beforehand, so I'm pretty used to that kind of thing.
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[If this appears to be a sore topic, Kanaya is willing to step away from it immediately. But he was the one who brought the topic back, so maybe..?]
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