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[teardropshaman]

[There's a voice appearing over the journals, though she's not sure how to really work the journal just yet.]

Is this...? Oh, no, I don't think so--

[A pair of green eyes might flash on the video screen for a moment, as Cecilia fiddles with the journal.]

Oh, oh! There we are, I think--

Um, hello? Oh, I think it's working now! [A pause.]

So, was what happened during the last week one of those "experiments" I have been informed about? I don't think I've ever experienced anything quite like it before. Have there been any that aren't so... terrible?


[After her post, she will be walking over to the library, and staying there until closing, a stack of books next to her. Will she be finding a secret porn stash? You decide.]

Comments

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Sure was.

They're all terrible in their own way. I think the least painful one was when everybody started actin' like they were stuck in old stories.

[His tone implies that it was still rather painful. Sure, nobody got injured, but the embarrassment made up for that.]

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

Stuck in... old stories? I think I saw some acting like that this past week. But none have been even less odd than that?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Yeah. Like knights in shinin' armor and all that.

One time the moon fell. The stories were pretty tame compared to that. Though I guess the time with all the little predictions wasn't that weird either.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

[She'll listen to all of the explanations of the past experiments, and when he's finished, respond.]

Fairy tales? And predictions? Though I think the most terrifying one sounds like the moon falling. How is the village still standing after that?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

I'm not sure, exactly. One minute it was all huge in the sky and the ground was gettin' all torn up, but the next everything was fine. Maybe it was an illusion, but it sure didn't seem like it at the time.

[He doesn't want to scare her too much, so he hastily adds:]

I don't think anybody got hurt, though, so maybe it wasn't all that bad.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

That sounds terrible. Why would they do such things?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

The trend seems to be that they wanna make us suffer. Doesn't seem like they got another reason.

[Firo has taken a slightly cynical view of events in Luceti.]

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

Only to suffer here? That seems... a little too much, don't you think? [Then again, she's being a little too optimistic, considering the fact she just got here...]

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Well, think about it. Everything they throw at us is either dangerous or annoyin'; either way it sure ain't fun.

If you got another explanation, I'd love to hear it.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

Training for battle, maybe? I've not really been here long, so I don't really have an answer for that.

[Which... well, give her time and maybe she'd have a better one? But not at the moment.]

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

You mean like the drafts?

[That actually makes sense.]

I'm not sure how some a' that stuff would help, but you might be onto somethin'.

[Voice] wonderfully late, forever ;; sorry about that

[teardropshaman]

If it's a way to get out, then maybe that's why?

[There's always the other side of the coin, of where they're just stuck here to make sure people don't break out or leave, but...]

I'd like to think that, at least.

[Voice] It is quite alright!

[immamartillo]

Ya mean you think they're trainin' us so we can get out? I guess I'd rather get out that way than hafta trust their weird technology stuff.

[Except the Battle Dome. That thing's cool.]

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

Maybe. Or maybe if we train more we can break out ourselves.

[That might be a sight to see, at least!]

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

You think so? People tried breakin' down the barrier before and they didn't even scratch it.

[The words are out of his mouth before he realizes that they're the kind of defeatist tripe that would raise his Family's ire. He hastily adds:]

I'm not sayin' that we shouldn't try, just that it'll be hard.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

It might be for that... and it might be possible at some point. We just have to be positive about it, right?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

[He gives a short laugh.]

I think it'll take a heckuva lot more than just bein' positive.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

But that's the start in the right direction! You have to be positive about getting out, and then work for it, right?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Um... I guess?

[Well, he can't think of an argument.]

You've got a funny way of lookin' at things.

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

[She'll be quiet for a moment. Once she speaks up, she sounds a little concerned.]

Is that strange?

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Yeah.

[He wonders if he should have worded that more tactfully. She doesn't sound too happy.]

Not that that's a bad thing-!

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

Well... you have to work for what you want, so... I guess it's a little strange.

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

Of course you do, why wouldn't you?

[Voice]

[teardropshaman]

... [There's a pause at that. Knowing her own feelings on the matter, and knowing the stigma of 'getting everything without any problems'...]

Some would think different. Some would think that things can just fall into your lap.

[Something she's tried to avoid, herself.]

[Voice]

[immamartillo]

[The pause doesn't quite register with Firo; this is one of those subjects where he's too foolishly opinionated to pay much attention before speaking.]

They're stupid. Why would anything happen like that? You can't get anything done by just sittin' around and waitin'.