Ohhhhh. Oh, sport makes a little bit more sense. Still, that sounds less exciting than jousting. Not that I really like jousting, either, I am not a fan of violence.
[anyways.]
Yeah! It's kind of exciting, don't you think? What kind of place are you from?
[ now i see why eli has brought this good boy here. ]
Huh. Guess I’m kinda used to it where I’m from.
Y’know I’m starting to wonder myself. Seems like Zemuria’s more tech advanced than a lot of places, but not in the ways other people with better tech understand. And then we have some weird as hell gaps in our tech advancement I can only put down to my home being really dang focused on military warfare.
Multiverse. Who'd have thought. Even some of the tech I know either doesn't exist in some places or has different names, and that's confusing enough for me. You're not experiencing like... an information overload or something?
Then - I guess I would do something bigger than just saying it's wrong.
[easier said than done, but.]
Oh, no, it's definitely overwhelming, ha. But - it's really exciting, too. I mean, not that I'm happy about being here, but imagine you woke up in a new world with a bunch of technology you'd never even dreamed of. You'd be kind of excited, right?
I mean, I'm also not the biggest fan of violence, but - I think I could understand the temptation in that kind of situation.
[he has to think about that for a long moment. anyways, time to be a nerd and sound really excited.]
Well - the phones are fascinating. I mean, the idea that you can talk to anyone, anywhere, without having to wait weeks or months for a letter... But the lights are so convenient, too, and - uh, not to be gross, but the bathrooms. So much nicer. I really don't think I can pick.
I’d say violence is never the answer, but unfortunately usually it is. Or it gets forced to be.
[ …. oh well, happier things. ]
Bathrooms are excellent, even if some people here don’t seem to agree. Or want to use them. [ DIMITRI. ] Although I kinda wonder if they have hot springs anywhere on campus. That is an experience if you’ve never been in one before. Like, 10/10 excellent experience.
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Nooo, I mean like professional swimmers. If a fisherman’s crawling in the lake, they’ve probably done something wrong?
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[tilting his head]
We must come from pretty different places.
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[ hmm. ]
Don't we all though? Or that's what I'm picking up from talking to everyone.
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[anyways.]
Yeah! It's kind of exciting, don't you think? What kind of place are you from?
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Huh. Guess I’m kinda used to it where I’m from.
Y’know I’m starting to wonder myself. Seems like Zemuria’s more tech advanced than a lot of places, but not in the ways other people with better tech understand. And then we have some weird as hell gaps in our tech advancement I can only put down to my home being really dang focused on military warfare.
[ ANYWAY. ]
You?
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he's immediately frowning!]
Your home is really focused on warfare...?
[bad]
We don't have anything like this where I'm from. A lot of this stuff is new to me.
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Yeaaah. It’s an empire that’s still really into the part where it annexes smaller independent states in the name of growth.
[ he doesn’t sound super hyped by it. ]
A lot? Like…. let me guess, the phones were new.
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[the frown remains as he says that, but it clears a bit as he continues.]
Yeah. The phones, the lights, the screens in the lounge we have in the dorm... Pretty much everything to do with technology?
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[ good god ]
Wait even the lights? What do you use for lights then?
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[anyways.]
Uh - lanterns? Torches, in emergencies...?
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[ just asking. ]
…
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…. Man that’s so old school. Lanterns… you see that used for like, candlelit dinners and romantic shit, but not for everyday everything anymore.
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[he gives a small laugh at that next part]
Yeah. I'm learning pretty quickly that I've never seen a lot of things that most people think are commonplace.
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[ pffffff annexation. ]
Multiverse. Who'd have thought. Even some of the tech I know either doesn't exist in some places or has different names, and that's confusing enough for me. You're not experiencing like... an information overload or something?
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[easier said than done, but.]
Oh, no, it's definitely overwhelming, ha. But - it's really exciting, too. I mean, not that I'm happy about being here, but imagine you woke up in a new world with a bunch of technology you'd never even dreamed of. You'd be kind of excited, right?
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[ hoo boy is it ever. ]
Excited, and maybe a little weirded out, I guess? What have you found that you like the most?
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[he has to think about that for a long moment. anyways, time to be a nerd and sound really excited.]
Well - the phones are fascinating. I mean, the idea that you can talk to anyone, anywhere, without having to wait weeks or months for a letter... But the lights are so convenient, too, and - uh, not to be gross, but the bathrooms. So much nicer. I really don't think I can pick.
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[ …. oh well, happier things. ]
Bathrooms are excellent, even if some people here don’t seem to agree. Or want to use them. [ DIMITRI. ] Although I kinda wonder if they have hot springs anywhere on campus. That is an experience if you’ve never been in one before. Like, 10/10 excellent experience.
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[but hey, bathrooms. somehow better to talk about.]
Hot springs? No, I've never been to one. What's so nice about them?
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