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soul_campaign2012-02-21 12:32 pm
dissenter) wrote in soul_campaign2012-02-21 12:32 pm
001 (jan. 27) / video.
[good afternoon Death City. hope you aren't tired of new arrivals yet because here's another one.
it's hard to tell where exactly this particular old bespectacled man is recording from because most of the screen is taken up by the biggest hat in the cosmos. don't be intimidated, though! he seems friendly enough, though his attention constantly flickers from his unseen audience to a point just beyond them -- as if he's almost more interested in the communicator itself than who's behind it. the quiet muttering doesn't help.] A mirror, eh? Curious choice...
[right, he's supposed to be talking to people. whoops! he blinks, starts, and smiles apologetically, refocusing.] Ah-- greetings. My name is Qilby, and I am an Eliatrope.
[an awkward, expectant pause as if he's hoping that by some stretch the term should be familiar to someone out there. or maybe he's just hesitant to address his next point.] ...I don't suppose I'm the only one that finds it rather tragic that by bringing us here and giving us these new abilities, they've stripped us of our powers that arguably could have been more useful to help end this conflict. And now we must figure out how to harness an entirely new set of skills... Well. They say you can't teach an old boowolf new tricks, and I doubt I'm an exception. [and his smile at his own "joke" implies that he is a very old boowolf indeed.]
That aside, I'm more than willing to try and learn. Tell me, how have people's experiences been? I'm afraid I haven't had to fight a war in a long time.
[and at that, he looks very tired.] A very, very long time.
it's hard to tell where exactly this particular old bespectacled man is recording from because most of the screen is taken up by the biggest hat in the cosmos. don't be intimidated, though! he seems friendly enough, though his attention constantly flickers from his unseen audience to a point just beyond them -- as if he's almost more interested in the communicator itself than who's behind it. the quiet muttering doesn't help.] A mirror, eh? Curious choice...
[right, he's supposed to be talking to people. whoops! he blinks, starts, and smiles apologetically, refocusing.] Ah-- greetings. My name is Qilby, and I am an Eliatrope.
[an awkward, expectant pause as if he's hoping that by some stretch the term should be familiar to someone out there. or maybe he's just hesitant to address his next point.] ...I don't suppose I'm the only one that finds it rather tragic that by bringing us here and giving us these new abilities, they've stripped us of our powers that arguably could have been more useful to help end this conflict. And now we must figure out how to harness an entirely new set of skills... Well. They say you can't teach an old boowolf new tricks, and I doubt I'm an exception. [and his smile at his own "joke" implies that he is a very old boowolf indeed.]
That aside, I'm more than willing to try and learn. Tell me, how have people's experiences been? I'm afraid I haven't had to fight a war in a long time.
[and at that, he looks very tired.] A very, very long time.
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a pause, as he tries to put a yoke on his obvious enthusiasm. he clears his throat.] I... Don't suppose that'd be something you could share with me, could it? It's just such a fascinating artefact and it's a shame people don't know more about it--
[and come on, this is all information he'll probably just look up on his own anyway, right?] But, if there's a reason for the mystery, then I could satisfy myself knowing that. [maybe.]
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[A bit of a pause while he's typing, and then he's linking this.]
Here's the most updated version of the document I made. It's for everyone's use.
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This is most impressive, Master Roy. And this is-- [a moment in which he double checks the dates...] --largely the results of only one month's research?
Security is all well and appreciated, but have you ever considered that you're in the wrong line of work?
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[Blinks, surprised at that next statement. Then he smiles.]
That's the first time I've heard that from someone.
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In any case, the information is very much appreciated. [a wistful tone...] Oh, I would so like to be the one to unravel BREW's mysteries... It bears an uncanny resemblance to some of my people's own technology, you know.
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[Now Roy's curious. Oh, alchemy...]
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And both have, at one point, been speculated to be sentient. [a little laugh.] Ah-- well, our Eliacubes were programmed to have an artificial intelligence, of course... But even I can't explain how some of them developed free will and thinking. Or if that is even the case with BREW.
I really would like to meet whoever it was that invented it...
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[joke's on you roy -- little do you know that long-winded exposition is on the top of the list of qilby's favourite hobbies.] And I believe by then I'll have even more questions about our new world here. We can trade.
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[a gracious smile.] Until later, then.
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