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eluvio2017-01-09 08:28 pm
realimperfect) wrote in eluvio2017-01-09 08:28 pm
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meditatio unum | video
The video feed begins in a rather dark room, the ship dark because, as a passing clock reveals, it is nearly 2 AM in the ship's day cycle. The girl in the picture is pale - so luminously pale, in fact, that the light source she does find to light this little feed makes her dark attire and blue eye shadow make her look a little... well, ghostly. She is illuminated by only the blue-ish glow of the light from outside and the faint nightlighting in the room, face glowing white in the enveloping blackness behind her. Thoughts run wild, now that they were orbiting the planet that they were meant to set foot on, now that she could see it and -
It brings a strange sense of wonder, but not in the way that a child plays with a new toy, or how she had looked at the stars outside of the ship the first time she'd crossed paths with a window. No, it's the deep kind of contemplation that comes with an almost nervous energy that kept her up and pacing well past the time she probably should have laid her head down to sleep, considering she had no idea what the coming days would bring. A manicured thumb nail reaches her mouth, though she doesn't begin to chew it, seemingly chewing ideas more than anything else.
"Seeing the view of this planet makes me wonder what my own looked like from orbit - what.. the people who were dropping back to Earth after thousands of years saw all that time that they were living in space, completely separate from the rest of us in our domes actually on Earth." She looks to the camera for a moment, and then away, before speaking again, just a little.. lower. More thoughtfully.
"Did they view it as something they would have to conquer, in their own way, as we're looking at this planet? Or was it more like a homecoming if your home had been left to gather dark and dust for years with no one caring for it? I imagine the latter, since humankind had been on Earth long before space... But then, what are we to this planet in particular?
"I remember a certain quote from Newton that said 'Thus this Earth resembles a great animall or rather inanimate vegetable, draws in æthereall breath for its dayly refreshment & vitall ferment & transpires again with gross exhalations, And according to the condition of all other things living ought to have its times of beginning youth, old age, & perishing.'
"So.. what happens if we land on this planet and find it's inhabitants much more worthy of working with than stealing from? Or exactly the opposite? Could we be the ones that bring old age and perishing, depending on what is already occurring there?
"Or am I just debating too fiercely with myself over something that isn't an issue? I'm sure Daedalus would tell me as much."
That seems to be all she has to say for the moment, contemplating quietly for a moment before cutting the feed without as much as a goodbye.
(OOC : Feel free to use brackets or whatever to reply - this one just kind of... came out this way and I wasn't in the mood to transfer it to bracketing. :) )
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I don't know what happens, if that's the case.
What I wonder is why we're taking a native relic in the first place.
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I only think of this because .. where I was born took something of value like this from another dome and it, and all of its inhabitants, died because of it. I don't wish to walk in my grandfather's shoes if I can at all help it.
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There is also that problem. But I think I will stay on the mission. It may mean I have a few alien prices on my head but, it is what it is. I've made a commitment and, let's be frank, I'm very curious about alien planets. We'll just hope that this relic is something like a special gem or something..
Who knows what aliens idealize anyway.
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There may be alien prices on all our heads by the time this is done.
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I would assume that it's not something that would just sit around and look good, that's for sure. Perhaps a fuel source or... life source of some kind. I suppose we'll find out when we get our hands on it, but I doubt in a space ship they're looking for something like a shelf decoration.
And justly so, I suppose.
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Of course there is. However, playing the part until there is hard evidence either way would be more advantageous.
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What's your name?
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Re-L Mayer.
And you?
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Cassian- easy enough to remember. Do you know anyone else on the teams?
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I have to admit I've been very curious about him. He seems like a more.. rudimentary, I guess would be the term, version of my entourage Iggy. We'd been together for close to sixteen years before he was.. put out of commission would be the easiest terms.
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I never programmed Iggy to be polite either .. I enjoy the kinds of things processors can come up with in a sarcastic tone of voice.
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She's still a little too sleepy to complete make sense of everything Re-L is saying, but she thinks she gets th gist of it]
Why are WE being asked to go down if there's a full crew here? And if this ship or is crew isn't supposed to be used for this kinda thing, then why are they floating around through space to begin with?
I was excited to see aliens and another planet, but it's not like I can do anything. I don't want to go down and get stranded or eaten or something. It's all really suspicious and weird.
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Well, think about it - why sacrifice your own crew when you can sacrifice a bunch of stranger if things go South? They may have originally intended to send that crew down, but with new fodder about....
Then maybe it's time to learn to do something, hm?
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[It's probably not a good idea to rile up a bunch of people with weird powers and abilities, as she's sure there's more than a few of them.]
Then again, everyone seems more interested in exploring and getting out of the ship. [She can't really blame them for that at least.]
I'm not exactly strong enough to be a fighter.
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Maybe they do. I can't say that I know their motivations in this place. They seem to be thinking very narrowly at the moment.
Getting out of a floating tin can is part of why I volunteered. Also because, admittedly, curiosity killed the cat.
You can change that, though. A little gym time and proper training can change a lot of things.
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I guess I can try to look for answers around here.
I don't think I'll ever be someone who can do hand to hand fighting or whatever. I guess Ic ould learn to use a weapon. Guns aren't really up close and personal, right?
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I'm just concerned that we may be stealing a planet's lifeblood, or something to that effect. However, it's impossible to know the motives of this place or.. anything of that sort until it's already begun and all of that, so... sitting around and hypothesizing may not be worth anything. However I feel as though I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mentally prepare myself to have an alien price on my head or something similar.
It wouldn't be a bad thing to do - I know I intend to do the same when we get back from this mission.
At least learn self-defense. It would be the most useful even if you prefer not to fight fist to fist. They aren't - I prefer them for that fact. I could show you a few things with my pistol when I get back. It's small enough that there's not a lot of recoil.
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[The offer comes as a surprise, but she's not remiss of the idea.]
You would? I'd like that. [Mio wants to ask why] How long is your mission thing supposed to take?
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It's easiest to make scapegoats out of those they aren't attached to, so.. it would be the easiest thing to do.
Ideally we will make it as short as humanly possible. How about I send you a message when I'm back and, barring any injuries, we can start when you have the time.
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Alright, that sounds good to me. Good luck down on the planet.
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(this is... apparently all she has to say for now. at least, hopefully, until she's settled in to contemplate...)
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Thank you?
[ She can honestly say that she's never gotten a response like that to any questions like this. ]
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I'd rather know more about you. Quoting Newton, all this deep philosophizing ... You must have learned that somewhere
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We can't say until it's already done and over with - which is the problem with it, really.
I learned many things in my school age years .. but my doctor was very keen on me learning a good bit of philosophy and learning to think critically .. so I suppose that's where he was coming from.
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Sounds like a therapist, more than a doctor amiga
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Well, he was the Director of the Division of Health and Welfare along with being my personal doctor.. he had a vested interest in keeping me sane, you could say. That and I guess he recognized my restlessness earlier than even I did.
Yes, though, that's if we manage to make it back.
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I'm assuming your job's a stressful one
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I hated the whole 'utopia' setting that was my former home. Well, that and being patronized because I was the regent's granddaughter.
I was an Inspector for the Intelligence Bureau. It was stressful, sometimes, but mostly long hours on cases. Nothing too hard to handle.
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A lot of places try to pull this, make everything sound perfect even if there are glaring problems everywhere else -
I guess it's good for tourism
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We were accepting in immigrants from other domes because.. well, we were wiping each other out dome by dome, if I'm honest. Someone had to make sure everyone was keeping themselves in line and make sure that they were taken care of if they didn't...
And well, not all fellow citizens who weren't good at following the rules had the connects and station that I did..
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Sounds like any planet with more than two men on it haha
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Well, you aren't wrong on that matter.
If it isn't literally killing each other it's unnecessary posturing, anyway.