[ she knows what her personality is like, so she isn't going to argue with him. she continues to flick away on her I.R.I.S. and they are going to get closer and closer to the ceiling. ]
[ the chicken is very grabbable. it's not the greatest attacker because it's so fat and (anna voice) bulbous, but it is great at flailing. it flaps its wings wildly even with its throat grabbed.
she tries to reach over and take the bird from scien. ]
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he watches them get raised and closes his eyes. he yawns and stops trying to fix the I.R.I.S.]
Two of us altering it at the same time will just cause more issues.
Go ahead and cause harm. Have a learning bump.
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I don't want to cause harm.
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I wouldn't have guessed from your shining personality and natural sense of compassion.
[the audacity to say this when he's so much worse]
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[ she knows what her personality is like, so she isn't going to argue with him. she continues to flick away on her I.R.I.S. and they are going to get closer and closer to the ceiling. ]
Do you?
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But associating with those who can't tolerate my personality, or vice versa, is a waste of time.
[he has the self-awareness to say he's also a piece of work, but also he's not changing he will not improve etc etc]
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[ there is a flick of her wrist, and her I.R.I.S. disappears. ]
If you would be so kind, I know you are more capable in this.
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but he'll bring up his own wrist]
You'd be right, if their technology worked how it should.
[but he'll bring it up to tappy tap.... i want to activate the simulation room ara pick where they're going so they can stay trapped]
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she silently waits for him to figure it out, but her posture straightens impossibly when the Ye Ming Palace appears. ]
What...? But I didn't do anything.
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[he sounds slightly curious, but he also doesn't stop working with the I.R.I.S. bc this isn't what he planned on]
Your home? Or your cage?
[her profile does say 'being kept secret' so he's not sure if anything in her past is a welcome sight]
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Xingxing! Stop at once!
[ the chicken doesn't listen. ]
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me as this fucking chicken
scien is just going to immediately swat at it and then try to grab it by the throat aaaAAAAA]
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she tries to reach over and take the bird from scien. ]
Xingxing is a precious magic bird. Let it go.
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he will just toss the chicken toward her then. with floaty gravity. unclear how well it works]
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Come. Here! Why can't you listen even in a - whatever this is!
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[turns his head to cough out a feather]
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It feels and looks real enough even if there is no - gravity.
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You're learning.
Technology at this stage can deceive you in many ways. The sights, the sounds, even the people that you meet.
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Not too unlike illusory magic.
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[but he also pauses
and sighs]
Yes. Perhaps in your world, it would be akin to magic.
[it was clearly painful for him to admit this]
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[ she's used to it. she looks over at him. ]
Do you not believe in magic?
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There is no magic in Apréchéle. I was finally able to discern that once and for all.
Everything is explainable by science, even if the answers are hard-won.
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[ she tries to sit as neatly as she can in zero gravity. ]
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The citizens believe that our country is cursed, beloved by Death. I discovered the source.
[which i won't tell ara bc she's playing virche]
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she looks thoughtful, sounds curious. ]
Did that improve things for your country? Or will it?
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Yes.
Now that I know what's causing it, I can work on resolving it once and for all. But that is the work of humanity, not magic.
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