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- akashi kaoru,
- akira kurusu,
- all might,
- ari,
- arsene lupin,
- bruce wayne,
- connor,
- crowley eusford,
- damian wayne,
- dave strider,
- duo maxwell,
- estelle bright,
- gandharva,
- giorno giovanna,
- guren ichinose,
- hunk,
- izuku midoriya,
- jion haru,
- jonathan kent,
- jotaro kujo,
- keigo asano,
- kisa sohma,
- kohaku hearts,
- levy mcgarden,
- lottie person,
- maya amano,
- minato arisato,
- mogget,
- momose sunohara,
- natalie goodman,
- nico di angelo,
- okuni kumou,
- phosphophyllite,
- reim lunettes,
- riku nanase,
- rin okumura,
- ryan farrow,
- sadie kane,
- sandalphon,
- sasuke uchiha,
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- sidon,
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- summer moran,
- tonbokiri,
- tristan (archer),
- valvatorez,
- yuuichirou hyakuya,
- zelda
Event Ten.
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Pushed his sister in a well. Mother said, while drawing water, "My, it's hard to raise a daughter." | |
Welcome to Awash's tenth event log, and the intro log for this month, everyone! All new characters have found themselves waking in the well in the middle of the Town. Hopefully they can get a hand out! For more information, please go here! | |
t's pretty dark and miserable down in the well. The cavernous area feels much larger than a well should be, bodies milling about in the darkness and knee deep, frigid water. So you're here -- and you're not alone, and the only way out appears to be the thin circle of sunlight from above, the opening of the well.
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[ Elizabeth mutters that first in mild wonder, since even in the many worlds she's peeked into, she hasn't seen anything like an android. Much less one as human-like as Connor, which is why at this own divisiveness, she's quick to shake her head. She's not really sure what to say to that, since it's really hard to imagine him as a machine. She's fairly certain that even if she'd met an android before, she'd still be likely to apologize to it as long as it acted like a person.
...She'll have to think over the implications of that later, she thinks to herself.
For now, she'll at least give a little explanation in turn, since at least for herself, it's far easier to do that than to try and address concepts of humanity on the fly. ]
People here come from all kinds of times and worlds, so... I'm probably not the only person you'll meet that hasn't met an android before. [ She laughs a little, a bit sheepish, then gestures to herself ] I came from a city called Columbia in 1912. Unless you have a city floating over the United States, Columbia probably doesn't even exist in your world, for example.
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No, I don't believe there is... Not in the atmosphere, anyway. That is interesting, though. [Assuming it's real and she's not just making this up.] How does it stay up there? Does it ever have to come down to refuel and get supplies?
[Where would someone even land a floating city? Maybe it's more like a space station, and they just fly supplies to it periodically.
As fascinated as Elizabeth might be in an android, now Connor is fascinated by this.]
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Well, I can explain how it stays up fairly well, but... [ She laughs a little, since this is the part that usually trips people up, so she's interested to see if an android might know anything more than the average person. ] It'll make sense, I promise, but so I know how much else I need to explain, how much do you know about quantum physics?
[ Though, wait, she guesses she could explain the easier part first. She holds up a hand lightly as if to pause the conversation, but right after, she starts an odd gesture. She starts to twirl a silver thimble around her pinky in a sort of idle gesture, but when that gesture calls attention to it, it's clear that her finger is significantly shorter than it should be. ]
To answer your other question, it doesn't need to refuel. As for supplies... I'm not completely sure, to be honest, but I don't know as much about Columbia as I maybe should. I think they trade with the United States a little, but it's mostly self-sufficient.
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It makes him think of his own coin, though. He wishes he still had it, but Hank took it.]
A self-sufficient island in the skies. It's hard to picture... but I can see how it could work. [If Detroit has found a way to farm on rooftops, why couldn't a floating city do the same? They would have to account for atmospheric changes, but otherwise...]
As for quantum physics, I know enough, I believe. It would be easier if I could still download knowledge, but I'm sure I can keep up.
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[ Though when she says that so casually, it makes it all the clearer that it's a bit odd that she knows apparently a fair amount about it. She doesn't look very old (and in fact, her baby-faced features make her look a bit younger than she is...), but when she speaks, it with a surprising amount of authority on the subject. ]
It's called the Lutece Particle where I'm from. It's a particle that never falls. The research isn't really clear which it is, but gravity is either countered by it or doesn't effect it at all. So, things float. Columbia is able to harness them into mechanisms that let the buildings float, and then they can just be moved with propellers and the like.
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He can't even imagine asking Hank to explain any theories of quantum physics to him. He'd probably say, "Ah shit, Connor, why are you asking me about that," and then move on.]
I see. It makes sense... A material that counters gravitation pull naturally must be very powerful. I'd be interested to see more of what that kind of technology can accomplish.
[But of course, they're stuck in this nightmare from the past. How did anyone ever function like this...?]
Is Columbia the only place like that in your world?
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You and a lot of other people. I know it's not the only reason why, but I bet that's part of why Columbia seceded.
[ It's so obvious to her that she forgets to explain it briefly, and just continues on. Even for someone quite familiar with the concepts of other times and other worlds in a real, concrete way, it's not always easy to reconcile that the history she knows is the "odd" one for many people. ]
There's nowhere else like it, no, and I think that's for the best. It's... not really a good place. For a lot of reasons, that, um- [ She trails off a bit awkwardly, twirling the thimble around her pinky again. ] Well, it's complicated. You'll just have to take my word for it for now.
[ Though really, it's largely just personal why she doesn't have any love for Columbia. The technology may be amazing, but the fact that it was partially used to keep her a prisoner makes it much less endearing. So she pushes forth a smile, instead trying to get the focus away from her own shitty world and back to Connor's. ]
What about where you're from, Connor? It must have amazing technology of its own. [ To make you, she almost adds, but again thinks better of it. ] What year is it? Oh, and what's CyberLife?
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It's 2038. CyberLife was founded by Elijah Kamski, and is the world's leading manufacturer and retailer of androids. We design androids for both commercial and personal use, as well as for scientific purposes, and for use in the United States military forces.
I'm one of CyberLife's more recent models. I was first deployed in August of this year. My primary function is to assist police detectives on cases. I can do many things at a crime scene a human can't, though not enough to replace a human detective.
[Yet.]
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(It's also clearly a much better topic, since as she speaks, her posture starts to relax. Which also says something about how tense the former topic makes her, since a conversation about crime and investigation is apparently more relaxing...) ]
I can imagine that being helpful. Not that I'm really familiar with what it means to be a detective beyond stories, though. [ She shrugs, but it comes with a smile ] What kinds of things can you do that someone else couldn't?
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At least her question is straight forward enough.]
I can analyze DNA samples instantly through sensors on my tongue, as well as reconstruct the movements of those at the scene with enough evidence instantly. I can also scan for substances undetectable to the human eye, like the thirium or "blue blood" that I and other androids have in our bodies.
[So yeah, he licks blood and uses his weird computer brain.]
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But naturally, it makes just as much sense that they would be able to do much more than that. It's just also pretty far beyond her imagination for science fiction, even though she lived in a floating city. ]
That's incredible. It must be very helpful, since it sounds like you're less likely to miss something.
[ Though there is a simpler question she has... She knows she's seen the acronym before, but she doesn't really remember anything about it. ]
And, sorry, since I'm sure my questions must seem silly, but what is DNA?
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[Thanks for that Wikipedia-style explanation, Connor. But he can tone it down to something more normal.]
Essentially, everything about you, such as your hair color, skin tone, build, etc is decided by your genetics, encoded within your DNA. It's unique to every individual, which is why it's possible to use DNA to tie a suspect to the scene of a crime.
[A pause, and then he adds:] Really, it's not a silly question. It's a complex subject.
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But she won't pester him about this, she thinks. Not now, anyways. He's just arrived, so bothering him with her curiosity about something that unrelated would be insensitive! ]
Wow— That's... I must have read it in passing, but I don't think we knew that much about it. [ She laughs, realizing it's probably silly to include herself in that, but whatever. ] So when you have someone's, um, DNA, can you tell what they look like?
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[True, it wasn't as accurate as hoped before computers became involved, and even then, two humans can have such similar fingerprints its possible to get false positives. But as a comparison, it's usually well known enough from stories that she might understand it.
If not, well... he'll figure something out.]
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A bit, but I'd guess it's probably come a long way since 1912... [ Or so she would hope, at least. Without really thinking about it, she looks to her own hands idly, then back to Connor. ]
They're unique, I know that.
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