Saaaame. I think Mistral-san can do it, but I'd be lying if I said I understood it. Magic's never going to be my forte.
[ he nods along because this is pretty nice to hear, actually. ]
Doesn't hurt to get practice in. Why not today, though? Sounds like we're going to be busy tomorrow, and then Wednesday is the whole... work thing, if anyone even does that at this point.
[ okay well there's a Look because what do you mean temenos can just revive the dead?! he's not going to question it. none of them have to understand it. we are simply going to steer this boat and begin a nice little cruise across the planet. or at least as far as they can go. ]
...honestly, no reason. I guess I just wanted today to be around actual people? [ a novelty still. ] Yuri's meeting shouldn't take all day and I still have a ton of hours in the evening that I can use. After last week I'd be surprised if any of us did the work.
[ unless the locals are in direct danger. that might be his own thing that'd get him to act. ]
[ just a shrug at that Look. what do you expect him to say here. ]
Fair enough, but you could do that anytime you wanted, too. [ he's not about to tell shoma what to do, though. ] I can't believe I was right striking all along. I only kept doing it in case they sent us more stuff from home, but what I'm concerned about is the "termination" thing, you know?
Being an extrovert isn't in my nature, you know that. [ sometimes wanting to be around people is a build-up. a process. something that must be done in steps. ] But you're right. We maybe should've considered that sooner, but it escalated really fast last week.
I know, I know. [ waves hand whatever it's fine. everyone at their own pace. ] Because the ship got mad at us for trying to stay longer on Rodin, I guess. It's been acting up more since then.
Yeah...those weird vines or whatever. The continuing theme really has been "do not resist" and it's starting to make itself hard to ignore. [ the boat moves... ]
Nobody's tried to stay off-ship since then, have they?
It's getting more aggressive... Though I think the vines are still the only direct action it's taken so far. I haven't heard about anyone staying off-ship since, but who can blame us for that?
Yeah...I can't blame anybody for complying after that either. None of us could have predicted it, and we don't know if it'll amplify even worse now that it knows we're starting to fight back. [ ... ] Whatever it is.
I don't know if the ship itself is a creature. I've been thinking it's more like a vessel for something else that attached to it. The Eudora's been in operation for a while. But that answer's not so great either.
That makes two of us. [ but they are on the ocean right now...so it's okay. ] At least this ship's not gonna betray us. It's a good break so I can think back over everything else we already know.
[ the answer is to steal a boat and sail away from the eudora... ]
To be honest? I didn't really think I was either. [ this was whimsy and time away from his own earth, really. ] But you're not wrong. Being here's been kind of a cool opportunity to try different things, even if I'm not good at all of them.
Yeah. I had this conversation with someone a little while ago, too. I keep finding new things I want to learn and try and this place actually gives me a chance to, even if the exchange isn't great. [ the boat turns to head around the little island. ] But I'll hold onto the good things. Supposedly there's good and bad in everything.
That, and in knowing about the good we might be able to pick out a few other things we hadn't thought about before because we were too focused on what we couldn't do yet. It's an extremely optimistic way of thinking, but...at this rate what do we have to lose?
[ he will politely not point out that the previous crew had lost their memories, sense of identity, and just about everything that made them them and that all of them may or may not be up for the same fate if they don't find a way out of here. but he believes in what he just said, and shoma is trying and he wants to respect that! so he just coughs up a few petals and tucks them into a pocket to toss later. no littering on an alien planet. ]
Right... I don't think I know near enough to be able to help with whatever we'll need, but as long as someone sees a solution, it doesn't matter who it comes from.
[ yeah. he's aware. he's very aware, but it's just one of those things you don't talk about, really. we are going to try and fix it! to avoid the same fate, and also to help the senior crew. they can't just leave them this way. ]
I'm going to say the same thing to you that I said to Throné. It's really not about how much you do or don't know. It's about doing what you can with what you do know and what you have. Skills, thoughts, all of that. [ ... ] Yuri's meeting tomorrow should be good for brainstorming.
A little less than two weeks or so, right? I've worked on tighter deadlines, but I don't like to. [ ... ] But the good thing is once everybody's caught up, we should make even more progress.
Mm...I get the feeling some people were like you and thought that maybe it wasn't relevant, or even that they didn't know how to share. And with everything going on, it was probably hard to bring it up in everyday conversation. But that's just a guess.
[ internally he is thinking that he was right and what they found really isn't relevant, as far as he's concerned. it's just gruesome. ]
I dunno, man, I'd think this kind of stuff takes precedence over everyday conversation. And if that was the problem, we could have had a whole meeting about it ages ago, even if the senior crew didn't remember yet.
[ maybe it's just easier to think about in hindsight, though. what does he know. ]
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[ he nods along because this is pretty nice to hear, actually. ]
Doesn't hurt to get practice in. Why not today, though? Sounds like we're going to be busy tomorrow, and then Wednesday is the whole... work thing, if anyone even does that at this point.
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...honestly, no reason. I guess I just wanted today to be around actual people? [ a novelty still. ] Yuri's meeting shouldn't take all day and I still have a ton of hours in the evening that I can use. After last week I'd be surprised if any of us did the work.
[ unless the locals are in direct danger. that might be his own thing that'd get him to act. ]
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Fair enough, but you could do that anytime you wanted, too. [ he's not about to tell shoma what to do, though. ] I can't believe I was right striking all along. I only kept doing it in case they sent us more stuff from home, but what I'm concerned about is the "termination" thing, you know?
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Nobody's tried to stay off-ship since then, have they?
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It's getting more aggressive... Though I think the vines are still the only direct action it's taken so far. I haven't heard about anyone staying off-ship since, but who can blame us for that?
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[ he doesn't want to be inside an alien? ]
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Something here must be. I still hate it.
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[ one ship they can trust... that isn't even theirs, damn. ]
Funny, I never really took you for the sailing type. Guess we're all learning new stuff here.
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To be honest? I didn't really think I was either. [ this was whimsy and time away from his own earth, really. ] But you're not wrong. Being here's been kind of a cool opportunity to try different things, even if I'm not good at all of them.
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It's a nice change from the ship, in my opinion. And the fresh air doesn't hurt.
I can't say I'm glad for everything here, but that's definitely one of the good parts about it.
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Better to focus on the good than dwell too much on the things we can't change yet, anyway.
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Right... I don't think I know near enough to be able to help with whatever we'll need, but as long as someone sees a solution, it doesn't matter who it comes from.
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I'm going to say the same thing to you that I said to Throné. It's really not about how much you do or don't know. It's about doing what you can with what you do know and what you have. Skills, thoughts, all of that. [ ... ] Yuri's meeting tomorrow should be good for brainstorming.
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[ it's just that he doesn't think he has much to offer even then. ]
Here's hoping. We don't have a whole lot of time left to figure it out.
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[ it's a little bleak that they don't ever get a choice. not just here, but at home, too. ]
I still don't see why we couldn't have shared all this stuff earlier.
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I dunno, man, I'd think this kind of stuff takes precedence over everyday conversation. And if that was the problem, we could have had a whole meeting about it ages ago, even if the senior crew didn't remember yet.
[ maybe it's just easier to think about in hindsight, though. what does he know. ]
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