voice | it's a simple question

[crocodilesmiles]

( When she speaks, Collette aims to sound warm. She's tired, keyed up, and confused as well as trying to understand what's gone on since the mutiny began, and what's continuing in the aftermath. She brings a question she'd talked to Ros about, in her own way; something she wants to know very simply because she doesn't, and it's all the more important now.

Out of respect for that same woman, she keep's Ros's name out of this. )

When it comes down to do or die, who do you trust here to make decisions to pull people through, and not leave people stranded high and dry, or freeze up and fall into inaction? People who keep their temper in heated circumstances. Ones who maybe aren't going to forget the bigger picture, even if that doesn't make it easy on the smaller scale.

I've got a few names myself! Blue, Kate Kane, Nathan Summers, Caesar Silverberg, Lenalee Lee, Xerxes Break, Gilbert Nightray, Jaime Reyes, Ashraf, Kang, Peter Quill, Donny, Armin Arlert, Chrono and Rosette, even Dick Grayson and Ahiru and Vanadi, of all people, would stand by you figuring things out.

Those are some of mine. What're yours?

I'm going to keep talking, though, so you might want to tune out if you don't want to hear me ramble about a few maybe important, maybe not things!

Hey, Blue? All those questions about AIs... I think you were asking for a reason. Is it up for discussion? Because I think it should be past a planning stage.

Jai-- ( She coughs. ) Hi! Blue Beetle? Hahaha, I'm sorry, that's two blues in a row, but um, with all that stuff on Project Chimera, have you like, found anything talking about when they started learning how to grow people up so fast? Someone had to have a breakthrough on that, unless science really works that way! I'm not sure, it's all super advanced for when I'm from.

And um... okay, I'm not sure about this one either. Tony? Tony Stark? What do you know about uh... renewable energy stuff?

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[speakveryclearly]

Forgive Me For Being Curious And Not Tony Stark
When You Say Alternative Energy
Alternative To What Do You Mean

[crocodilesmiles]

Curious is good! Alternative to things that you can't keep um... renewing, that's what I want! So different from oil and natural gas and coal and things like that. More light solar panels and windmills! Is there any Troll kind of technology like that?

[speakveryclearly]

Ummmmm I Am Not Sure Whether Electricity Was Considered A Non-Issue Because Of Simpler Technologies As You Describe Or The Vast Resources We Had At Our Disposal
Either Way I Never Had Any Intimate Familiarity With Power Sources And Im Not Sure The Others Do Either Though I Wouldnt Entirely Rule Out Asking Them Individually

What I Am Sure Of However Is That If For Example Theres An Organization AI Can Identify As Needing To Be Nurtured Or Hindered In The Development Of Its Energy Technology
I Can Procure The People To Perform The Missions Necessary
It Wouldnt Be Too Dissimilar From The Chemical Corporate Work We Were Doing In The First Half Of November

[crocodilesmiles]

What's this chemical corporate work? That sounds intense! How did that work out?

[speakveryclearly]

Oh It Was All Very Bureaucratic
Less Than Twenty Person-Days So Far
We Dont Have The Flashy Results The Good Old Mandatory Missions Obtained But AI Has Assured Us "The Ball Is Rolling" On Chemical Weapon Reformed
The Next Stage Hasnt Really Happened Yet
So That Body Of Labor Might Be Available For An Enterprise Like This Too Should It Be Determined To Be Of Priority

[crocodilesmiles]

What's that going to do in the long run? I mean, like, what's the goal?

[speakveryclearly]

To Prevent Or At Least Soften The Bombing That Occurred In May
I Was Told The Invention Of The Nuclear Bomb Was Sort Of Inevitable And Not Just A Case Of Tripping The Right Inventor One Day
And The Entire September Affair Is Still Very Poorly Understood
And We Did Our Best To Fix The June Plague Back When It Happened
So I Went Back To The Fourth Most Recent Problem We Had

At This Point The Endeavor Has Mostly Just Shifted A Few Numbers Down In A Manner That Is Desirable But Not Exactly Post-Worthy News
So As I Said Im Very Open To Alternatives

[crocodilesmiles]

Oh! So like the bombs from June and last October? That's great! See, that's thinking up things to help soften the way things fall out. Those were super nasty!

[speakveryclearly]

Yes Those
!
A Lot Of The Exiles Have Or At This Point Had To Live With The Consequences Of Those
I Know Most Transports Were Just Upset To Suddenly Be Hated Even More Or Experience Seared Eyes
The Residents Of The City Werent Involved In Just One Of Those Things Though But Both

[crocodilesmiles]

Yeah, more or less. I don't think they remembered both clearly, for what it's worth. It wasn't as crazy as November was, that's for sure! For people being written in or out of history... things like that.

[speakveryclearly]

Im Not Sure If Were More Or Less Fortunate To Possess Ripple Effect Proof Memory

[crocodilesmiles]

Both, I think! Lucky and not so lucky. I like the lucky parts better!

[speakveryclearly]

Liking The Not So Lucky Parts Better Would Be Pretty Contrarian Of You

[crocodilesmiles]

There definitely are people like that out there! They've very silly, but it's kind of interesting when you run into them. Life's gotta be so dreary for them!

[speakveryclearly]

Well Life Has Its Ups And Downs And The Latter Are A Lot More Numerous So They Are Probably On To Some Thing