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[lucetimods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: Event stuff happening!
When: RIGHT NOW?? Can be starting on the 27th and onward.
Where: EVERYWHERE
Summary: Creatures and creations and whatnot from the Battle Dome are appearing all over. This is for the sake of having a mass log available for everyone, so have a free-for-all~
Rating: ...Unrated, too many people 8

Comments

Basically anytime... I'll try to make it work somehow :|a;

[semper_cogitans]

[If it wasn't in the midst of hell, it would be paradise

[semper_cogitans]

I, er, c-can certainly do my best. [Robert doesn't usually give tours, but...] Or, w-well, as much of what is actually... here to see.

... Most of the buildings are... e-eviscerated. As in, there is nothing inside them. I p-presume this simulation was external-only... Perhaps I could code something like this...

[It's certainly way too much like home, enough to make him ache.]

[shadedsunlight]

/Only if you want, don't want to pressure you./ [Ginia quickly follows up, not wanting to be rude to someone she just met.]

/My luck has been varying. Some buildings were empty or otherwise locked and impossible to get in. Other stores were as I remembered them being. You never know, maybe you'll find a building you can go into./

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert has to turn to see her signs, of course, which means he's a screamingly obvious target.]

The s-simulated worlds here vary tremendously in t-terms of what they behave like. Some places are, er, qu-quite detailed... I have seen the interior of Terran buildings appear before, also in extreme d-detail, so perhaps it is... s-simply spontaneous generation.

[He pauses at the foot of a particular building - it's an enormous one, one of the tallest in the area.]

This is, er, o-one of the database centres of Linden. It, and other b-buildings like it, are dedicated to storing the collective data of... Terra as a w-whole. Information is preserved with redundant backups and... m-multiple channels of connection via the Internet.

[While he's prattling on, there might be some odd movement somewhere behind him. Mun cannot think of anything interesting right now...]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia listens to him and observes the building they're by, quite impressed with the architecture and the function. She tries to imagine a single location serving as the main database for a world and marvels at all the information that must be kept there.

But even as she pays attention to Robert, she remains aware of her surroundings. At the first sign of movement, Ginia quickly reaches for her gun and draws it, pushing Robert aside as a lizalfos rushes at them.]

Oh hey a LoZ enemy, I was wondering how to incorporate one

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert doesn't notice until Ginia draws the gun, and by then, the lizalfos is practically already on top of him, green scales glittering dangerously as it brings its sword to bear on the slender scientist.

Simulated sword or not, he doesn't like the look of the implement, and lets loose a note of fear even as Ginia pushes him aside.]

A biped reptilian - ?!

[He almost doesn't want to harm the lizalfos - after all, it's triggering all his don't-injure-sapients drives, even if it isn't real - it acts so painfully realistically, after all.]

First game that came to mind for some reason.

[shadedsunlight]

[Fortunately, Ginia bears no such qualms against causing bodily harm against a creature trying to kill them. As the first shot causes the bullet to riccochet haphazardly away, she quickly snaps the safety back on and sides her gun away, drawing out a combat knife instead. Its a game of dodging and side-stepping as she squares off against the lizalfos, intent on keeping it's attention fully off Robert and biding her time looking for an opening.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert pretty much has a don't-hurt-anybody-or-anything-for-any-reason drive - and only recently has he even managed to surmount that at all. So he still winces at both the loud noise of the bullet and the attempt to shoot the lizalfos point-blank.

He scuttles back and out of the way, realizing that pinning himself against the simulated buildings is the absolute worst thing he could do, especially in the case of a quick, powerful enemy with a puncture-wound weapon.

... This is really reminding him of Don. Which just makes him even less comfortable about trying to injure it, even knowing it's a simulation.]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia keeps pace with the lizard man, blocking and dodging each attack and searching for her opening. As she sidesteps another attack, the lizalfos moves forward, leaving the back of his head and neck exposed. Ginia makes her move, bringing her elbow down hard on the back of his skull and knocking out the lizardman. The body remains on the ground for a few seconds before fading away.

Her knife goes back into its sheath and walks over to pick up her gun, making sure everything is secured before also holstering it.]

/Are you okay?/ [She signs over to Robert, concern on her face.]

[semper_cogitans]

[He nods wordlessly after a moment, pulling himself into a slightly-shaky stance.

That was a non-lethal blow. It's... reassuring, a little.]

I... a-apologize. As a Terran, I am... v-very unused to violence. It is nearly nonexistent on my w-world, and... [Well, it's too long a story to summarize quickly, so instead he just kind of drops his gaze uncomfortably.]

[shadedsunlight]

[Ginia tries to imagine a world without violence or at least very little and it's one she can't comprehend. It sounds wonderful, but it also goes against all she's known and experienced with human nature. Still, it does make a lot of sense and she smiles and shakes her head at him.]

/Nothing to be ashamed of. As long as you're okay that's all that matters./

[semper_cogitans]

[Human nature can be quite malleable when several collective centuries of repression weigh down on it.

... But violence isn't entirely gone from Terra. It's just not anywhere near as visible. However, Robert has never really had it in his life before Luceti, and he's still clearly sheltered - even though he's significantly better than he was six months prior.]

Th-thank you for... for protecting me. [Even though I didn't do anything to warrant it.]

... It appears that, wh-whatever sort of being that was, the simulation was... by itself. N-Nothing else is visible in the... immediate vicinity.

Fff, definitely wrong icon there.

[shadedsunlight]

/You're welcome, though there's really no need to thank me./

[Ginia looks around the area, confirming Robert's assessment.] /I agree, though that's no guarantee something else won't show up or appear. Perhaps we should move on?/

S'fine! I didn't notice anything wrong *derp*

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert nods cautiously, picking his way forward with a much more nervous air than he had before. Being ambushed doesn't do much to help one's confidence.]

... The p-problem is, there is no way to... e-effectively gauge exactly where these simulations are going to be...

[shadedsunlight]

/No, there isn't. Makes things a bit dangerous./ [Doubly so if you're a non-combatant.

Ginia thinks for a little bit before coming to a decision.]

/I don't have anything planned for the day. Need a guard while you're looking around?/

[semper_cogitans]

... A... a guard?

[... You know, it does make more sense than stumbling around like an idiot unprotected.]

I... I would be m-much obliged. But, er, f-forgive me for not... t-telling you my name, earlier...

... I am Professor Robert A-Alexander Hastings. [There is a touch of almost mantra-ism about the way he says that. But he looks a little embarrassed for not saying it before, especially now when this person protected him.]