The Earth Defense Force? Ah, has it really gotten so bad as that in your world? Hmm...
Well, if you come from a world where the Earth exists, you are in a universe somewhat similar to that of most inhabitants. The phrase seems to imply, however, that there are dangers which affect the entire world. And furthermore, that these are dangers that can be coped with by the military or a branch of it, which can only mean on a cosmic scale--extraterrestrials, perhaps, or else perhaps an uprising of colonies--or, if the world is more sensible than I have come to believe, threats such as highly-evolved antibiotic-resistant microorganisms... but somehow I don't believe that's likely. I assume your time period is therefore well after the year 2000, unless the scales themselves differ.
[Pause, finally.] Incidentally, I should have introduced myself... please call me Sasaki, if you would like.
[Well, it's about time someone got freaked out by that instead of complimentary.]
Certainly... though I like to maintain decorum. I wouldn't mind calling you Lieutenant Loveless. Still, if that's your preference.
So, ah, Lamia, since you don't need to know about Mayfield, perhaps you could tell me about your world? It's enlightening to hear from people from new backgrounds.
Mostly, I'd like to know its level of cultural and technological sophistication. What its general history is like. What seems important to you. I admit I would be hard-pressed to do this for my own world, but it's not impossible.
...The world I came from is one that was recently united when faced with a cruel warmonger from an alternate dimension, aliens from another world wishing to extinguish what they thought of as a cancer in the form of humanity, and--
[ No. She cannot mention the Einst. ]
--is one in which people with great power wield it to protect those who would otherwise suffer.
Yes, clearly. Societies will run on anything, it appears.
Well, Lamia, you'll find there are a number of groups here, that I presume might be interested in you. Ah, perhaps most germane is the-- army, I believe? Armed force of some sort that is run by someone who calls herself Major General Olivier Armstrong. I'm sure the military will welcome further expansion, as it tends to do.
Well, if you come from a world where the Earth exists, you are in a universe somewhat similar to that of most inhabitants. The phrase seems to imply, however, that there are dangers which affect the entire world. And furthermore, that these are dangers that can be coped with by the military or a branch of it, which can only mean on a cosmic scale--extraterrestrials, perhaps, or else perhaps an uprising of colonies--or, if the world is more sensible than I have come to believe, threats such as highly-evolved antibiotic-resistant microorganisms... but somehow I don't believe that's likely. I assume your time period is therefore well after the year 2000, unless the scales themselves differ.
[Pause, finally.] Incidentally, I should have introduced myself... please call me Sasaki, if you would like.
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Sasaki. Please just call me...Lamia.
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Certainly... though I like to maintain decorum. I wouldn't mind calling you Lieutenant Loveless. Still, if that's your preference.
So, ah, Lamia, since you don't need to know about Mayfield, perhaps you could tell me about your world? It's enlightening to hear from people from new backgrounds.
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[ Never mind that it's not even 'her' world, either. ]
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[ No. She cannot mention the Einst. ]
--is one in which people with great power wield it to protect those who would otherwise suffer.
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My, how melodramatic. It sounds like there's no room for anything except heroics. My, my.
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Well, Lamia, you'll find there are a number of groups here, that I presume might be interested in you. Ah, perhaps most germane is the-- army, I believe? Armed force of some sort that is run by someone who calls herself Major General Olivier Armstrong. I'm sure the military will welcome further expansion, as it tends to do.
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[ She sounds young, but she definitely does not speak like a child. ]
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[And she doesn't say anything further, as she's still considering the implications of the woman's description.]
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