Comments | semper_cogitans: Report 002 [Voice/Written]

semper_cogitans

Report 002 [Voice/Written]

Jan 26, 2011 13:39

[Everything was utterly insane. It was more insanity than Robert could have ever theorized in all of the twenty-four years of his existence.

The first thing he had done after getting into his new apartment was read the "journal", one of the communications devices that were distributed by the Malnosso, the scientists - scientists that did not adhere ( Read more... )

+helios sprensonne, @helios sprensonne, +fenimore xelhes, +tsuzuki asato, !report, @litchi faye-ling, logic rage, +mizuno ami, wtf is going on, !event, +litchi faye-ling, !event: you are what you love, tl;dr, @mizuno ami

Comments 161

[Voice] blessingone January 26 2011, 19:40:41 UTC

[Even if he's calling for people she doesn't even recognize, it's pretty obvious that he's flipping out. She can't just leave someone like that.]

...You're new here, aren't you?

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 21:02:44 UTC

[Robert half-snaps, though the frustration is more from panic than anything.] Yes. I have only been here a few days, and already this... madhouse is descending into utter chaos.

[His tone softens somewhat - not much, mostly it just goes back to being rather cold - as he continues.] I apologize. I just... Is this always what these Malnosso do? [The next part is more to himself than her.] How could a self-respecting scientist even do this sort of thing?

blessingone January 26 2011, 21:51:55 UTC

[She bristles -- even if none of the words were really directed at her, it was annoying to get snapped at -- but, breathing out, she lets it go without comment. She had herself been generally unpleasant and irritable when she had first arrived, so she sort of owed it to the people who had been patient with her to do the same here. He'd even apologized, after all.]

They have plenty of self-respect -- it's respecting anyone else they have a problem with. [A sigh.] It's not exactly the same, but things like this happen a lot. There's usually a week -- or around a week -- of this and then it just...stops.

[Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 21:59:15 UTC

[Disgusting. Robert never even thought he could think that of an intellectual, but it was disgusting behaviour.]

Abominable. This... This is psychological torture at the highest extreme. And I thought having wing grafts forcibly affixed to my person was enough of a violation of my bodily rights. [His tone is wry.]

Perhaps this is done to see the resilience of the subjects that they have collected. Or perhaps they are measuring our endorphines, or our response times, or something. To be honest, even as a trained researcher I haven't the foggiest notion of what they could possibly be gaining from this, other than satisfaction at seeing whatever technique they are using at work. And surely it wouldn't be large-scale brain transplants... It happened far too haphazardly for that.

Thread 11

[video] purpledemoneyes January 26 2011, 21:33:12 UTC

Are those your friends?

[Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 21:37:03 UTC

[A pause on Robert's end, and he looks sad - briefly. Part of him still wondered about that, actually. After all, they'd only met briefly, and perhaps it was too soon to consider them anything more than acquaintances... but still.] I would like to think so.

At any rate, I am concerned for their well-being. And because of the insanity that has been occurring as of late, I cannot be sure if they are currently out of harm's way.

[Voice] purpledemoneyes January 26 2011, 21:38:29 UTC

I understand that. I've been worrying a lot about my friends lately, too.

Are you a new feather?

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 21:42:14 UTC

[Robert nods. He doesn't know if the other person can really see this, but it's reflexive.] Yes, if I correctly surmise. That is the term applied to ones taken into Luceti recently, is it not? If so, I have been here only a few days. Less than a full week, though it seems difficult to believe.

Thread 63

[voice] folkloristic January 26 2011, 22:11:47 UTC

Robert? Oh dear. Um, I-I'm fine. [ This is a really bad experiment to be first introduced too. But at least it's one of the harmless ones. Helios is actually very calm and almost sounds apologetic. ]

Re: [voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 22:15:55 UTC

Helios! [Robert doesn't bother to mask his concern. Nor would he have been able to if he tried.]

Clearly you can speak to me, and you don't sound particularly different, so I suppose the Malnosso haven't affected either of us... yet.

[He's suddenly sheepish. He probably looked like something of an idiot yelling after them.] Ah... well. It was a little unprofessional of me to do this, but... I... I was concerned. [That's an understatement, actually. The idea of losing a possible friend here, to something as sudden and unexpected as this, frightens Robert. Even if people are somehow revived from death in Luceti.]

[voice] folkloristic January 26 2011, 22:33:44 UTC

[ He'll smile on his end. ] It seems we're both fine. Thank you for the concern. It's hardly unprofessional, friends tend to care about one another correct? [ Even if they've only spoken once. Helios would like to think of the other as a friend. ]

I suppose you have a firsthand experience now to the Malnosso and one of their experiments. [ Just a sigh. It's been a rather crazy week. ]

Re: [voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 22:42:20 UTC

[Robert can't help but smile a little to himself. "Friend". He's... almost not sure what to think, but it's mostly positive. Mostly.] Generally they do. I am glad you consider me a friend, despite us only speaking once. Well, before now anyway.

And yes, I suppose that I do now. [There's some incredulosity in Robert's voice.] I never imagined that they had such complete and utter control over us, to be able to modify our bodies at will. And from internal knowledge of us, even. [Robert suppresses a slight shudder. How much do the Malnosso know about them? About him?]

Thread 46

[Voice] no_use_running January 26 2011, 22:22:31 UTC

I seem to be alright. I wonder if it means I haven't been exposed to the source of the change yet.

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 22:27:44 UTC

Thank heavens. [His voice is full of genuine gratitude, or relief. Or both.] I'm glad that you are fine, Doctor Mizuno... I was worried that I would perhaps have to track you down. And there are an abnormal amount of blizzards, lately - not that I know the typical weather for Luceti, but the sheer concentration is quite odd.

[Robert's tone shifts to something more introspective.] It is strange. Neither you nor I have been affected... But there appears to be no constant as to who becomes affected and who does not.

Re: [Voice] no_use_running January 26 2011, 22:39:14 UTC

No; usually there isn't. [Can he hear the self-deprecating smile in her voice?] You remind me I should have been trying harder to find the common threads in the occurrences before this as well.

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 26 2011, 23:16:29 UTC

Perhaps it is simply difficult to find them. [He caught that tone, just barely.] Don't become discouraged, Doctor Mizuno. The fact that you are trying at all means you have the mind of a genuine researcher.

Thread 13

[Voice] not_meatbuns January 27 2011, 02:30:04 UTC

Yes, I'm alright. To be honest, this could be much worse.

[She pauses for a moment, then remembers that voice in this situation is not going to be helpful at all. Soft cough.] ...Sorry. I probably should have mentioned; this is Litchi.

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 27 2011, 02:37:31 UTC

[The masculine-sounding voice coming over Robert's journal suddenly surprises him.] Oh, that's you, Doctor Faye-Ling? ... Or rather, you in the body of a friend of yours? [After all, it must have been someone that Litchi cared about quite deeply, if this experiment was any indication.

But Robert is relieved to know that all of his friends are safe. And if Robert was a little more shallow, Litchi happens to be rather handsome, currently.]

I'm glad to see that you're alright, if not quite... yourself at the moment.

[Voice] not_meatbuns January 27 2011, 02:59:22 UTC

Yes, this is... a very, very good friend of mine. Incidentally, he was the jet that was flying around the other day. [Only in Luceti.

Realizing that this entire thing is bound to be particularly overwhelming so soon after he arrived, her tone softens.] Are you doing okay? I know the first experiment can be particularly difficult.

Re: [Voice] semper_cogitans January 27 2011, 03:04:00 UTC

[So that's where the sound of engines had come from. Robert had thought he was just hallucinating. It was easy enough to think that, given the recent insanity.]

To be honest... I'm rather overwhelmed. This is so unreal, and seemingly impossible. I know that Luceti is a different universe, but are the physics here really so... non-existent? [He knows it isn't the right word. But it's hard to find a better one.] Everything feels... Well, it feels as if the entire system of logic just collapsed in on itself. And these experiments are hardly helping, though I suppose they serve as some objective proof of the matter... how I wish I had my nanocomputer with me, that I might do some research. [His voice seems... strained. Anxiety and the after-effects of adrenaline spiking has worn on him significantly.]

Thread 28