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[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The event has started!
When: From the beginning of the event until the end.
Where: EVERYWHERE
Summary: You're feeling a bit different today.
Rating: All over the place, yo.

Go to town, kiddies!

Comments

Pretty much anytime before the 16th \o/

[semper_cogitans]

(OOC: Pulling Robert out a day early so he can recover a bit more before the Mu plot since this'll throw him for a loop :D; And on Tuesday he will probably be spending quite a bit of time with Don... but everything else is more than fair game! \o/)

[There is something decidedly and markedly unusual in its normalcy in Luceti.

For, you see, Robert is walking around outside looking completely... ordinary. Though externally, he still looks pretty much the same (for now... perhaps he'll decide to wear something new during this event, and it won't take anywhere near as much convincing, either), he seems noticeably more relaxed, he smiles much more easily, his movements are a lot less mechanical, and in general he looks a lot more like the average person.

... But the most interesting thing will be if one decides to talk to him. For, you see, not only is he being actively social - he's actually seeking out other people of his own accord - and friendly instead of his usual professional cold self, but he actually will be able to understand

[semper_cogitans]

[And Robert just smirks at the creepy tone. It doesn't bother him right now - since he can tell what Anodrac meant by it.]

Hey, it's all cool.

But I could be here all day - any topic you're really interested in, first off?

[semper_cogitans]

[That's basically the one thing that Terrans have general apathy towards. Though... Robert's social enough that he wants to talk anyway, and he's been prodded into being more open to history in general, so he's learning.]

Sure! It's pretty long though... I mean, how far back are we talking, exactly? Our timelines probably don't match up perfectly.

[semper_cogitans]

A whole century, huh? [To somebody in a world where technology changes so rapidly and scientific progress accelerates at a blistering pace, a century is a long time.]

... Huh. Well, it's a little outside the hundred-years category, but February 7, 2193 A.D. was the first confirmed report of extrasolar sapient life. [Robert grins.] Basically, a species outside our own solar system that was demonstably capable of several important things, like being able to make tools, being able to think about thinking and have self-awareness, having some kind of linguistics or communication structure... that kind of stuff.

It's an extremely important date for myself, and anybody else who works as an astrobiologist.

[semper_cogitans]

There certainly is, on Terra. It's quite a cool profession, if I do say so myself!

[He just... won't mention how snooty he tends to be looking at other worlds' cultures. Though he really is getting better at that.]

[semper_cogitans]

Selles? Is that your home?

I'd like to hear about it, if you wouldn't mind!

[... Yeah, asking about other cultures. This isn't just the experiment, but it's definitely helping.]

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How about you give me a history lesson, too? [Not something he would normally ask about, but she seemed interested!]

I'm sure it'll be fascinating to hear about!

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Hmm... maybe the hundred-year range, too, if it isn't any trouble? We could compare notes!

[semper_cogitans]

[War. It's almost enough to make Robert's countenance visibly falter. So Anodrac's from a violent world too, huh...

... Well, that seems normal, in some way, for other places. He's just... gonna grin and bear it.] I'm sorry to hear about that... was the rebuilding process at least going well, before you were taken here?