[Alexis has spent the day baking. Yes. Baking. It helps her think. Early in the evening, she'll leave a public voice-post:]Two things, oh fellow Lucetians
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[You don't know how happy Robert is to hear that someone else is from a normal world. Though it might show in his voice.]
Absolutely nothing paranormal of any sort exists in my world. At all.
Unless one counts the existence of extra-Terran life as paranormal... But surely that concept is at least theoretically plausible to most worlds, even if they have not discovered life outside their own planets yet.
[That was Robert trying to give a genuine compliment. He just sucks.]
It would help if I could convince the Malnosso to let me have my nanocomputer. So far it has not turned up in the shops, so I fear that I may need to contact one of them directly. But I expect that they will not let me have it for nothing, if their behaviour is any indication.
[He is both of those things. Though his social unawareness might ruin his attempts at either.]
So far I have had no direct interaction with them - I was unaffected by the last experiment and have not been contacted or... kidnapped like some of the unfortunate residents here.
[Robert's tone is grim and a little sad, but... fascinated nonetheless.] ... Well, I would inquire as to what occurred, but... I realize it may be a distressing topic.
However, I... consider it possible that the same may happen to me, so I wish to have some foreknowledge of what I might expect. Still, it is understandable if you would rather not discuss it - I have never been a victim of such things, but it strikes me as obvious that they would be most disturbing.
[She gets what he's trying to say and she really does appreciate the thought.] No, no. It's okay.
The Malnosso kidnapped me three weeks before Christmas. [Pause. Well... If he has Christmas.] Er, three weeks before December 25th, I mean. I was returned three days before.
[She's rambling. She knows it.] I don't remember much about actually being there. I think they kept me pretty well drugged. [A sigh.] That's probably a good thing, I'm sure. I mean, I'm no scientist and I certainly am no superhero type but they kept me that long anyway.
The worst part -- besides not remembering -- is that when they dropped me off, I was so tired that I couldn't walk across town without help. I've heard of people coming back way more messed up than I was, so I count that a blessing and all, but...
Still pretty bad.
[She takes a breath, like she might say something more, and then falls silent.]
[Robert listens intently, not wanting to interrupt her account. After she finishes, he speaks up again.]
That... is certainly a long time to be held against your will.
What a heinous act. [His voice is less angry than it is sad, though.] And there is no way to resist this, I have been told. Surrendering is literally the only option in that case.
I am glad that nothing worse happened, though. But this alone is quite troubling.
Yeah. [And her voice is a little nervous.] I tried to run, but I know that people far more powerful than me have been taken. There's never any warning, either, and I honestly don't think a single person has even really delayed their kidnapping.
[Robert's voice is wry.] They do not care to warn us of anything else, so I hardly would expect them to warn us for this.
And... I am thoroughly a non-combatant. Not only am I completely unable to commit violence in any way, I would not be so crude as to attempt to do so. Far better to prove that I am an ethically superior individual to the Malnosso.
I would hazard a guess and say that a good many people here are on this side of ethically superior to the Malnosso.
[A pause.] I'm the definition of non-combatant. I'm a student back home. I have no career or skills that might be of interest. No training in anything approaching weapons. The most I can say is that my dad works with the police department sometimes -- and he's more a consultant than an officer. [Yeah, she's not even going to try to explain her dad's weird relationship with the NYPD.]
I suppose we are in quite a similar place then, combat-wise. I do hope that neither of us are drafted into the apparent ongoing war here that I learned about. [A shudder is evident in Robert's voice.]
Yeah, I hope so. [But she knows that noncombatants have gone before.]
That is still very much up in the air. In my world, I haven't finished my general education yet; I haven't decided quite what career path I want to take.
A few things, here and there. My whole family is full of creative types and I tried that, but that's just not for me. Acting, music, writing... It's fun sometimes, don't get me wrong, but hardly a career choice I'm willing to make.
What with your deduction skills, I would think you would be quite skillful in the sciences - but of course your career is something that should benefit you mentally.
That being said, I understand myself on the arts - I have never been particularly apt at them. [Too much abstraction and emotional-thinking for poor Robert. Though he can draw diagrams!]
Absolutely nothing paranormal of any sort exists in my world. At all.
Unless one counts the existence of extra-Terran life as paranormal... But surely that concept is at least theoretically plausible to most worlds, even if they have not discovered life outside their own planets yet.
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It would help if I could convince the Malnosso to let me have my nanocomputer. So far it has not turned up in the shops, so I fear that I may need to contact one of them directly. But I expect that they will not let me have it for nothing, if their behaviour is any indication.
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... Please be careful dealing with them.
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[He is both of those things. Though his social unawareness might ruin his attempts at either.]
So far I have had no direct interaction with them - I was unaffected by the last experiment and have not been contacted or... kidnapped like some of the unfortunate residents here.
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However, I... consider it possible that the same may happen to me, so I wish to have some foreknowledge of what I might expect. Still, it is understandable if you would rather not discuss it - I have never been a victim of such things, but it strikes me as obvious that they would be most disturbing.
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The Malnosso kidnapped me three weeks before Christmas. [Pause. Well... If he has Christmas.] Er, three weeks before December 25th, I mean. I was returned three days before.
[She's rambling. She knows it.] I don't remember much about actually being there. I think they kept me pretty well drugged. [A sigh.] That's probably a good thing, I'm sure. I mean, I'm no scientist and I certainly am no superhero type but they kept me that long anyway.
The worst part -- besides not remembering -- is that when they dropped me off, I was so tired that I couldn't walk across town without help. I've heard of people coming back way more messed up than I was, so I count that a blessing and all, but...
Still pretty bad.
[She takes a breath, like she might say something more, and then falls silent.]
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That... is certainly a long time to be held against your will.
What a heinous act. [His voice is less angry than it is sad, though.] And there is no way to resist this, I have been told. Surrendering is literally the only option in that case.
I am glad that nothing worse happened, though. But this alone is quite troubling.
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And... I am thoroughly a non-combatant. Not only am I completely unable to commit violence in any way, I would not be so crude as to attempt to do so. Far better to prove that I am an ethically superior individual to the Malnosso.
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[A pause.] I'm the definition of non-combatant. I'm a student back home. I have no career or skills that might be of interest. No training in anything approaching weapons. The most I can say is that my dad works with the police department sometimes -- and he's more a consultant than an officer. [Yeah, she's not even going to try to explain her dad's weird relationship with the NYPD.]
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What were you studying to become, if I may ask?
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That is still very much up in the air. In my world, I haven't finished my general education yet; I haven't decided quite what career path I want to take.
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That being said, I understand myself on the arts - I have never been particularly apt at them. [Too much abstraction and emotional-thinking for poor Robert. Though he can draw diagrams!]
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