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10th Rise of the Phoenix ஜ Action/Voice

May 15, 2011 21:23

[Filtered from Selphie | You can probably hack this by just sneezing]How many of you have gone to school? I don't mean studying about something specific like magic to be a sorcerer or however that's done. I mean a general school, with several classes and a lot of hours sitting on a desk doing nothing but listening to the teacher. Do that type of ( Read more... )

[rpg]luceti, *voice, [char]kirimi nekozawa, [char]robert hastings, [char]vincent valentine, *action, [char]ingrid, [char]jiro kusano, [char]lucy pevensie, [char]r. giles, [char]haruhi suzumiya, [char]rydia, [char]leo baskerville, [char]ami mizuno

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[Voice] semper_cogitans May 16 2011, 01:17:16 UTC

I was educated, as nearly all Terrans are, in a comprehensive scholastic setting for much of my lifetime.

[Robert pauses slightly, before adding:] Ah, but it was rarely sitting there and listening to a teacher. Rather, classes were far more immersive and intuitive than that.

Does your world lack an educational system? [It's a sincere question, though it probably comes off as pedantic.]

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 9 2011, 16:43:49 UTC

Yes. It has been o-ongoing ever since my friend, Mr. Sprensonne, demonstrated the e-existence of magic to me and informed me that it has properties in his w-world that are similar to general physics properties.

Since then I have been... collecting data from various worlds and... c-comparing them, both on m-magic and on similar paranormal topics, such as chi, souls, gods, and the like.

[Robert almost hums a little.] It has been... fascinating, though so far different multiverses a-appear to have entirely different paranormal physics...

[Voice] flamesofanger June 12 2011, 17:40:17 UTC

At least it's a way to fill your time I suppose.

[Ikki doesn't really understand why anyone would want to do a thesis, but to each his own.]

It doesn't surprise me, you sound like the type of guy who prefers facts and heavy books to anything else.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 13 2011, 00:49:54 UTC

One could certainly describe me like that, yes.

[Robert's always attached to his facts.]

... Though books are a r-rather new development for me - my world abolished them after the trees of my planet were greivously reduced in number.

... Instead, the information that was formerly on books is now on databases.

[Voice] flamesofanger June 13 2011, 12:13:12 UTC

Does everyone have access to those?

[Because last time he checked a database was some thing related to computers, and again last time he checked it required one to be pretty rich to get even one computer.]

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 14 2011, 01:46:07 UTC

Yes, database access is... e-entirely ubiquitous. It would be unethical for anything e-else to be permissible, of course.

[There are even public terminals for those who don't have one in their homes - yes, it's expensive, but considering how necessary their usage is, it would be a travesty for anything else to exist.]

Information must be... f-free, after all. [And an awkward little smile flickers across Robert's face.]

[Voice] flamesofanger June 14 2011, 12:29:43 UTC

So even the poorest family stuck in the most distant and poor village in the world has access to those?

[That's an almost trap question, he's expecting Robert to deny such a level of poverty exists. If not then Ikki will be left to wonder why use money to grant database access but no to help those poor places in the world since they aren't wasting it on weapons for wars.]

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 14 2011, 16:53:07 UTC

[Actually, that level of poverty doesn't exist in Terra.]

Well, there are no real "villages" anymore - the m-megatropolises are the default city units, and those are l-large and cohesive.

... As well, poverty has been... eradicated with i-intelligent distribution of resources. The social safety net would... adequately prevent the sort of scenario you are describing.

[It also helps when a chunk of the population dies off due to drought, famine and pollution...]

[Voice] flamesofanger June 14 2011, 19:20:24 UTC

Hn, that's almost disappointing. So there's no where else to live but those megatropolises? I don't think I could deal with that.

[Sometimes he has problems even with Luceti's population...]

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 15 2011, 05:54:58 UTC

You are used to s-small gatherings...? I... I s-suppose Terran megatropolises would be... j-jarring, then, to say the least.

Still, there is... no shortage of quieter r-residential areas, if one prefers. But, that might not b-be sufficient, in your case...

[Robert has problems with it too, but more because of the emotional closeness than the size of it.]

[Voice] flamesofanger June 17 2011, 10:17:48 UTC

No... Not used to, but I prefer them. I was born in a big and busy city but despite it being full of people it felt as if we were all alone in the world, ignored by everyone. I've felt less ignored by standing in the middle of a volcano with no one around in kilometers. There's also the issue of them being loud, it's annoying when you can't even hear your own thoughts.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 17 2011, 21:00:51 UTC

Ah, well... I can understand that feeling.

[Too well, actually. But he sought it out at home (even if part of him really always wanted company and was so very lonely).]

... S-Still, I do not think that Linden is particularly loud. There is an awareness of... n-noise pollution. But it still m-might be uncomfortable in comparison to, say, this village...

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