We Are Our Avatars X (Closed, Ended)

[Kirke]

Femesh Daer, factory - Day 9
[color=0066cc]"Brilliant."[/color] - You say, your voice dripping with sarcasm. You then look at the Red Eyes and Yeager by the door. [color=0066cc]"I'd say you should just shoot me, but I tried doing so myself and it did not work."[/color]

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Factory, day 9
"Step away from my Revenant." Quan Chi told the guards.

Vala, day 9 6:11
"They'll be fine, I'm sure." Robin remarked, not entirely sure himself but putting it on to assure the others.

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:06​

Hearing what Anik said, Timea felt happier. Not enough to completely stop her being angry, but it did offset it. "I'm happy to hear it", Timea responded, her voice still showing some of her aggravation. Aware of it, she quickly added, "I mean it."

After this, Timea let out a "hmm", thinking about Anik's question. "I don't think it is. After all, what can be conveyed with text, that could not with just word of mouth? Granted, things passed along by word will distort over time. But the same is true of books, they too change as they're updated or otherwise rewritten when a previous book suffers too much wear and tear."
[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:17​

Timea stood by with crossed arms, giving the man a quick look-over when he opened the door. When Anik spoke, Timea chimed in, "she would have been taken here, yesterday." She didn't say more than this, opting to let Anik do most of the talking.

 

[Furioso]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 9
"Another time and place, and I would have released you, but I can't afford to right now." Said Yeager before he fired his gun at the Quan Chi ghost.

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10
Anik would detect that the man was a completely average civilian.
"...Ok, I haven't been kept up to date on that situation, let me go talk to Mr. Yeager. By the way, the door was unlocked. Come in and have a seat... just don't set anything on fire. I'll be right back." said the man as he headed back inside, and into an interior door. If Anik and Timea stepped inside they would discover that the room was basically a lobby, with a few chairs and a desk that was probably used by the man who greeted them.

 

[Drakmorg]

Nothing.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Factory, day 9
The bullet did nothing, passing through the ghost harmlessly.

 

[Silence]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:06

"Books still contain a lot of information. And what people read to me ... it was surely a lot less than what all these books had inside them. But I can't ask of someone to read me all of it. Even if it does change at some point." Anik said, "I suppose it is not an absolute necessity in a small community. But ... I have to be told everything. Other people could always leave notes. I ... had to wait until someone came back, without knowing where they went, if they did not tell me. Or rely on other people to tell me. Who were not always there or - even worse - did not tell me the truth. Something important on a note people just omitted, because they deemed it unimportant, but I wanted to know it, and only the person writing the note knew that I wanted to know it."

Now in memories which made her slightly more angry or sad, Anik stopped, and turned her thoughts to the future. "It's ... something more I would not need to rely on other people for. I know I wish to learn it ..."

[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18

"Thank you." Anik said, in a not very thankful tone of voice. She stepped inside and sat herself on a chair near the entrance, beginning to stretch her arm muscles, as they felt quite tense. Aside from clicking while going in, she also smelled the room as well, trying to find out if it had a particular purpose, aside from being the office of a secretary.

 

[Drakmorg]

Nothing.

 

[Kirke]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 9
You back away instinctively, and then look to Yeager. [color=0066cc]"Were you expecting that to work!? He's clearly not here in person!"[/color]

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:07​

Timea was quiet for a moment, thinking Anik's argument over. Ultimately, Anik won Timea over by arguing it would help with her self-reliance.

Letting out a "hmm", Timea answer, "that's a valid point. I don't fully agree, but I don't disagree, either.

But I really question how you could learn to read actual books by feeling the letters. When you were saying that, I imagined the text was carved out of a clay tablet. That's really the only way I can imagine this working."
[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18​

"I won't be entering. I have somewhere else to be", Timea informed the doorman, just before he left.

Staying outside, Timea held the entrance door open, placing two fingers against it, near the hinges so she could stand further away from it, and not damage it with heat. Looking to Anik as she moved inside and sat herself down, Timea asked, "will you be all right on your own, from here?"

She asked this more as a courtesy, as she couldn't enter the building, anyway, without damaging the floor.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Ignore

 

[Silence]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:07

Anik thought a bit, then answered, a little bit down. "Hmm ... I guess you are right that I will not be able to read the books I can't read now. But ... a clay tablet does sound really cumbersome. I don't think Matilda did mean that ... there is probably another, better method to read ... something? Anyways, while this would still not be perfect, it would be better than nothing. A clay tablet might be a thing I could use for notes ... but I could not write a whole text myself on that, if I would use 'normal' letters.
There had to be a lot of thought put into this writing for the blind. I doubt it is only made to read. Blind people need to write as well.."

[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18

Anik thought a bit, then answered: "... I am afraid of Yeager, not his employees. So ... if it is not too much trouble, could you stay here until he shows up? Just to ... that he learns that we belong together. Or something. I don't know." Her voice showed a lot of insecurity, far more than in other situations. "It's fine if you just watch for a moment, and stay outside.

... I'm sorry that I have to ask this of you."

 

[Chungus]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:08​

"I wouldn't know how any other method might work. But, if it's just the letters you know being impractical for you to work with, perhaps you'll be able to constrict a new type of script", Timea suggested, not knowing the script Anik knew didn't use Roman letters. Just a little more light-hearted, she added, "the script doesn't make any sense, anyway. It may as well be replaced."
[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18​

Timea blew a soft sigh on Anik's request, finding it a little annoying, but understanding why she was afraid. "I do doubt he'll do anything to harm you. The man is here to defend the city, hurting its visitors wouldn't doing that very well", Timea pointed out to try and reassure Anik a little. Shortly after, she added, "But, yes. I can stay a little longer. It's all right, I can understand the feeling.

I was afraid being near the sorcerer."

She wondered why Anik couldn't sense Yeager's heart, but as they were right on his doorstep, didn't bring it up. Letting go of the door, Timea crossed her arms again. While waiting, she first took a look at the interior of the lobby, then looked out to sea, looking at the waves crash against the piers.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Vala - Day 9 - 06:12

"I hope nothing bad happens. But if what I've heard is correct, it's unlikely there will be violence."

 

[Furioso]

Femesh Daer - Day 9
"No, but I had to try." replied Yeager. "Now vould you please get out of my building." he said to Ghost Quan Chi.

Femesh Daer - Day 10
After a few minutes Yeager came into the lobby. The secretary followed and went to sit at his desk. "Hello once again, vhat did you need?" asked Yeager.

 

[Silence]

Vala - Day 9 - 06:12

"That's good then!" Speedy said. "Now, we just wanted to visit you again, because you were really nice. And Vesh was really cold, it is far more cozy here!
Is everything alright? Did you find out what happened to Calibeth City? Can you create energy with magic?"

[hr]

Femesh Daer, Beach Area - Day 10 - 15:08

"I hopefully will find out." Anik said. "Well, maybe ... if I find nothing that suits me, I might as well try to invent my own script. It's a good idea.

But what do you mean, it does make no sense? What is the problem with the current one ...?"

[hr]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18

Hearing Yeagers footsteps and then his voice, Anik frowned, but answered curteously, while standing up. "Greetings.
...
I have heard that you have Shara as a prisoner. I would like to speak with her ... is she here?"

 

[Furioso]

Femesh Daer - Day 10

Yeager thought for a moment. "Such a modest request! I think that vould be acceptable. I'll take you to her." said Yeager, holding the door open for Anik.

 

[Silence]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:18

"I ..." Anik began, but reconsidered, instead saying: "Thank you." She made a handsign towards Timea, accompanied by a whistle, hoping she would look in her direction. "You can go now, I think it will be fine, Timea." she said, sounding more confident than she was.

Then Anik walked through the door Yeager was holding open for her, clicking. While walking, she asked him, trying to sound casual: "You did not do something to her, did you? ... One of your experiments?" She was quite worried, because she still was not able to sense Shara's heart at all.

 

[Furioso]

Femesh Daer - Day 10

"Vhat? Do you think I'm some sort of mad scientist? Of course I didn't do anything to her! How did you get from veapons manufacturer to "He experiments on people"?" replied Yeager, sounding both a little insulted and yet slightly amused.

 

[Silence]

Femesh Daer, Factory - Day 10 - 15:19

"Umm ... I'm sorry. I thought because what you did to these other people. They seem relatively fine now, though. But ... I can't sense Shara at all. And you never showed that you could do something like that, aside from being ... unsensable yourself. I guess you really are innocent then." Anik said, slightly surprised by his answer, but at the same time not doubting his words. "So ... something else did happen to her, didn't it? But she still lives?"