eluvio | Project 1: [voice] un: hello

[The Eluvio definitely made him nervous, bringing back memories of a different highly technological setting, but Emil had already made the decision to keep his weird skull-like head up and carry on. That was all there was to do, right? So even though he was scared, he was not only going to wear the strange clothes they gave him and try his best at his first ever real job, but he was going to... try to talk to new people.

It still felt like a real accomplishment, even if he did feel a lot safer not using the video feed. He just didn't want to scare anyone..]

Hello, everyone! My name is Emil.

[There. A perfectly normal thing to say! He could do this. He was going to ignore his anxieties and be brave like his friends.]

This is really confusing, but... as long as I'm here, I want to help! I can use magic, and I can fight with it, so if anyone needs a helping hand, like in a dangerous situation... I could do that.

[He can feel himself growing more and more self-conscious, so he hurries to wrap it up.]

Oh! And... does anyone know where I could get some gloves? Really small ones?

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If you like to believe what people feed you, then I won't blow your world apart. However, it may land you in some pretty shitty situations around here, as a warning. You have powers that make you unique, so I'm sure you're no stranger to people subjecting you to things that wouldn't do to others.

[ Presumptive as hell, yes, but it seems to be the same across worlds so far as she's seen at the moment. ]

Edited 2017-02-12 15:19 (UTC)

[Good job, Re-L, you hit the nail on the head. Emil doesn't answer right away as he tries to think of a response. The crew who run this ship couldn't possibly have the same intentions as the group who made magic weapons out of him and his sister, right?

He's had enough of hurting people, inadvertently or otherwise. He doesn't want to be a tool of destruction anymore.

When he finally answers her, his voice is smaller, more upset.]

I... I guess you're right. I don't know much about anything here. But I won't use my powers to hurt people, no matter what.

[ Welp, that hadn't entirely been what she'd been expecting to get back if she's honest. Sure, he'd sounded young, but it still shocks her a little when he sounds upset in his response. She's not good with anything to do with emotions, and really the only emotions she's had to deal with regularly are Vincent's and Pino's weird, fledgling robo-emotions, so - ]

I'm not saying it's an assured thing that someone will take advantage of your powers or you entirely... However, I would be careful.

[ A short pause, and then - ] I went on a mission for the Eluvio not too long ago to retrieve a Relic and the mission ended in an unexpected end to the planet. It isn't what was intended by anyone who signed up for the mission but we cannot be sure that isn't what was intended by the higher-ups in the fleet.

Oh, no...

[A whole planet? Just gone? What would even be the upside to something that awful, if it were planned?]

But why would anyone want to cause that much destruction?

That is the question. I'm not entirely sure, but I know that all of us who went on the mission did not intend for that to be how it ended. Ending an entire warring race had never crossed my mind, even if we were the team to infiltrate and grab the thing ourselves.

[ A small pause, and an audible sigh - she's been struggling with this whole thing for a bit, Emil, sorry. ]

Long and short: This is why we have reason to question and caution new people like you. So that people can be.. aware and present when making decisions on the information given to them by the crew.

Wow... I'm really sorry you had to be in a mess like that. I hope you don't blame yourself for anything.

[He's talking a little out of personal experience, but he means it. If it were him in her shoes, he'd be wracked with self-doubt and guilt.]

I was back here and getting my arm taken care of while others were down on the planet getting what refugees that they could... I guess the only regret is that we went in on only the incomplete information that we had been provided.

Though, before, we didn't really have a reason to doubt what we were being given, either. [ Now, though? Her maybe unsubstantiated paranoia about this place may not be so unbelievable after all. ]

Well... maybe it was just a mistake. Maybe the captain didn't know what was going to happen either.

[He's being naive again, he knows he is, but in a way it's easier than questioning who's flying this thing and what their intentions are. He just doesn't know enough yet to say for sure that this girl is right.]

One can hope, but I personally don't think it was such an accident. And if this ship committed genocide, even passively, over some Relic... [ She doesn't complete the sentence, but the intent in still there she thinks. There's no need to put too much out there on the network, considering.

Since Emil sounded so young, perhaps a little like Pino, she'd just felt it appropriate to warn him in some strange place in her that's discovering things like caring. ]

However, since your powers can also be used to help, there's some good in all of this anyway.

[Aw, Re-L. You big softy.]

I really hope that's not the case. But I guess we'll just have to hang together and see what happens next!

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