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Forty-Eighth Theory [Accidental Video/Action for Housemates]

Jul 31, 2011 11:46

[It should be immediately obvious that Don didn't mean to turn his journal on, and isn't even aware that it is on. He isn't looking at it. He isn't saying anything. In fact, he might not be awake. He's just sitting slumped in a chair, his head on the desk-like counter before him ( Read more... )

from the safety of his real home, didn't mean to post this, there's no place like home, being experimented on, asleep at his desk, has a history of stealing vehicles

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[Voice] | Filtered 100% semper_cogitans July 31 2011, 23:12:31 UTC

[The first thing Robert realizes is that Don is slumped there. Immediate panic button.

The second thing Robert realizes is that this isn't a filtered transmission. Even more panic button. So he filters his message as tightly as possible before speaking, soft but with a degree of urgency lent by everything repeatedly going to shambles.]

Don... Don, are you alright...?

[It's only after he speaks that he notices where Don is. Is that a vehicle, behind him?

... It's... it's strangely beautiful. The technology in it reminds him of his own home. But Don doesn't look happy.]

[Action] semper_cogitans August 3 2011, 00:38:04 UTC

[Don's finger goes right through. Unlike the simulations in Luceti, these are just light.]

Three-dimensional imagery. But yes.

... Nowhere near as detailed as the simulations seem to be, though. And certainly these are only audiovisual. [There's no scent or taste to them either. Just light, and whatever sound was captured by the limited microphones.]

[Action] i_speak_softly August 3 2011, 17:36:02 UTC

Fascinating.

[Don spins his finger around inside the projection. Will it cause the image to rotate?]

[Action] semper_cogitans August 4 2011, 01:11:32 UTC

[It will, once it realizes what the motion is supposed to be doing. The modelling is extrapolated in areas Robert didn't photograph though, so it looks... off.]

Ah... were this an imagery-focused nanocomputer, it would be better at this. [Robert's tone is apologetic.] But bargaining for this alone was... difficult enough.

[Action] i_speak_softly August 5 2011, 01:25:51 UTC

[This reminds Don of something April described to him once.]

[Turning the image back to its original orientation, he tries to figure out what kind of finger movement will cause it to zoom in.]

[Action] semper_cogitans August 5 2011, 06:34:50 UTC

[A downwards motion, towards the screen of the nanocomputer, is sufficient. The zooming is... visibly grainy after a certain point, like a .jpeg enlarged too much. It makes Robert wince.

Yes, even with technology so far advanced, and even being used to Luceti technology, Robert still reacts negatively towards its failure to be a hundred percent perfect.]

I do wish I could have taken better-quality images...

... But this will do. At the least you can see what Terra is like...

... I still wish I could... could truly take you there to visit, even... even for awhile.

[Action] i_speak_softly August 6 2011, 02:07:34 UTC

[Don abruptly takes his hands from the projection, and looks up at Robert.]

Move in with us. Please.

[Action] semper_cogitans August 6 2011, 04:32:00 UTC

[Sudden topic switch is sudden. Enough that Robert actually makes a little noise of surprise.

... But things have changed since their last conversation about this. The event, in particular, has proven that being alone is risky. If they had been capable of causing real damage, Robert would probably be dead.]

...

Are... are the others alright with this idea...?

[Action] i_speak_softly August 6 2011, 19:51:04 UTC

I'll talk to them. But say yes first.

[Action] semper_cogitans August 6 2011, 20:31:19 UTC

[Robert's tone is still hesitant, but he offers:] ... If... if this latest debacle had been capable of causing major harm, I... probably would have been killed.

[So it makes sense to be around people who are stronger, at least until then, and he gets to be with his partner whom he loves...]

... I... I do think it would be prudent, if... if Helios' safety can be assured.

[Action] i_speak_softly August 6 2011, 20:40:07 UTC

[Don glances around, then shifts forward a little.]

You delivered the message, right?

[Action] semper_cogitans August 7 2011, 03:23:15 UTC

[Robert drops his tone noticeably at this, almost hushed.] Yes. I did.

... But... I had to tell him, aloud, albeit with the cover of a spell that silences noises. He... w-was temporarily given alexia as... as his loss.

[It makes him cringe thinking about it. Not being able to read...]

[Action] i_speak_softly August 7 2011, 03:37:20 UTC

[Don furrows his brow.] Given a what?

[Action] semper_cogitans August 7 2011, 03:45:18 UTC

Alexia... the inability to perceive text.

[It's such a selective thing, too. Helios can see, he just can't understand what he's reading.]

[Action] i_speak_softly August 7 2011, 03:46:59 UTC

[Don isn't following.] But he's not blind.

[Action] semper_cogitans August 7 2011, 03:50:33 UTC

That may be true, but by whatever method the Malnosso have, they have somehow managed to miss being able to repair his left posterior cerebral artery... At least, that is the u-usual cause of alexia. It may be, er, different in this circumstance.

[Robert hums thoughtfully to himself, though it's not the happiest sound. Either way, Helios still can't read.]

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