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[dissemblance]

Can we all take a moment to admire the fact that 2801 technology still supports emoji functionality? 🤩 👍 🕷 💁 🩰 💫 🍆 🧊 💅 👁‍🗨 🎯 🤡 🔋 🐈 💲 🧙‍♀️ 🐦💋 🐜 👽 🕶 ⚡ 🕵🏻‍♀️ 💦 💦 💦

It seems like they're pretty set on calling us 'Hatchlings', so... hello, fellow Hatchlings, I'd like to play a game.

Two truths and a lie. I'll start.

  ① Starbucks makes the best lattes.
  ② I've never watched All Dogs Go To Heaven all the way through.
  ③ My birthdate is May 21st. What year? Every year. 😉😉😉 But my party in 2018 was 🔥🔥🔥.

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[spalten]

I guess I'll have to forgive you. I don't want to lose access to M. BD.

[sunmon]

[ it makes her laugh, at least. ]

Perhaps not the best way to travel.
Though I hear ships on the True Sea can make passengers ill, so maybe I got lucky.

[freightcars]

What the hell are we speaking now if it's not English?

[cleaningsolutions]

I see and hear Human. There seems to be some kind of automatic translation happening. None of you would know this language naturally.

It wasn't actually designed by humans.

[lifetothefullest]

[Someone get out the 5D chessboard.]

You're a little ahead of me; it was 2014 when I was home, though the last Earth I was on it was 2512 or something.

[psychometries]

What am I, second viol?

I'll give it to you, though. BD's a lot more charming.

[cryptoherpetology]

As much as running back into the den of a deadly predator is something that's more or less encoded in my DNA, I'd like to get a slightly better grasp of the area before going back to get a better look.

But I'm not saying I don't want to eventually.

[ Or that he's not jumping in with the first group of reckless young people to trek out there. Damn sense of responsibility. ]

[psychometries]

Like a surface ship? I've actually never been on one of those either, but I've heard that too.

But as long as I'm not covered in... whatever that was, I'll take it.

[figlia_morbida]

In my defense, it can be hard to tell. I know some people who would genuinely mean it.

As for your concerns, I think it's already too late for that.

[figlia_morbida]

Oh my god.

Every day I find something new to hate about this place, but feeling old when I'm not even in high school yet may be the worst. 2801 is fantasy, but 2018 is too close. :(

This place being able to pull people from other times does explain a lot though, I guess...

[In that it explains why everyone is so weird all the time, unrelentingly.]

[baum]

Some people do, some don't. I am John, though, that's my name.

My country's made up of States, but we're all one country. It's probably gonna seem weird if you've never heard of it before, but the States all have their own government that looks after some things, and then the Federal Government looks after the rest. We elect our leaders, too. I don't know if that's the same in Ravka, the girl I was talking to didn't say that much.

[neversmall]

It's nice to meet you, John. Can I say 'meet you' even if we're not in person? It feels like I should be able to, but this is very odd. 🤷‍♀️

...I don't know of any countries in my world that are run via election, except perhaps the Merchant Council in Kerch. 💰 Ravka has a king. 👑👑 So yes, that does sound a little strange, but very interesting, and a little like I should go do something incredibly patriotic just for entertaining the thought. 😂

[baum]

[ Oh. Okay, he likes her. ]

We'll just have to meet in person some time, that'll fix it. :)

I've never lived anywhere with a King. Will you tell me about your country? The girl I talked to said there was a kind of magic. I've never seen anything like that either. Was it true?

[neversmall]

[ ...uh. Huh. Well, while she doesn't really mind talking about the basics of her home at all, she thinks that this sort of thing would be better in a more clear way of communicating than via text where anyone could see it and misconstrue it. She's been very open about some of what she can do since coming here, but it's a bit of a controlled release; people tend to not react well to Grisha, overall, in her experience. And when you've spent the majority of your life in fear of death, slavery, or experimentation, you tend to be a bit cagey about some things. ]

Well, we don't like to call it magic because that word tends to be accompanied with pitchforks and torches and horrible death, but yes, there are people with the ability to manipulate matter in my world. I wouldn't mind combining meeting in person some time with talking about this more. 😀

[baum]

It was where I'm from, too. That was a long time ago, though, and the magic they were talking about wasn't real. The girl had a name for it, I'm sorry. Small science?

[ It's safe to say he doesn't really get it. It had sounded like magic to him. ]

I'd like that. Meeting, I mean.

[neversmall]

[ ...okay, a long time ago in his world people hunted down those who they thought did magic, but it wasn't real? That's... confusing. ]

Oh, I'm not offended - I'm just trying to explain. You see, that's why it will be better to talk about this in person. These little faces are fun 😀😉😊😁😂🤔🎈🎆🎇🧨✨🎊🎉 but they're not really the same.

I'm fairly free if you want to risk coming by the theater and being roped into painting sets.

[baum]

I could paint a set. How will I know you?

[ ooc: also, do you want me to move this to a log? ]

[neversmall]

I'll be the one splattered in orange and yellow paint.🖌🎨 We're over to the left by the stage 🎭 after you walk in.

[ ooc: I'd love to continue it, so yeah, I'm game! ]

[sunmon]

Hatching from eggs isn't a common experience for those sailing the stars?
I'm relieved.

[baum]

See you there.

[spalten]

It can't be helped! It's the same with me and my mobile suit ... most people go for the Gundam first.

You're correct on that though. BD is very cute. Tell him I said so.

@CL4PTP

[annoyware]

2801??

[psychometries]

Can't say that it is, but there's always a first time for everything, right?

Did you ever find out what Starbucks or May is?

[psychometries]

I don't know. His ego is big enough as it is.

[ The joke isn't that BD-1 has a big ego, it's that Cal wouldn't tell him that he's the cutest, bravest, fiercest droid in the galaxy. His soft spot for the droid is parsecs wide. ]

I've been meaning to ask you about your Gundam, actually. Hopefully you don't think I'm going for it first.

[spalten]

Gaslighting and gatekeeping. You're the worst.

Go ahead and ask away. It's there to be admired, after all.