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exsilium2013-12-29 02:02 pm
tergiversant) wrote in exsilium2013-12-29 02:02 pm
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[The video feed this morning has multiple purposes. Initially it was a simple test, to see if the illusion he'd cast broadcast to the network. It failed, instead, showing a young looking man sitting in the Observation Deck on the moon, face half obscured by his fan. But mostly, this is for information. His tone is arrogant and movements slow and measured.]
I wish to pose two queries to thee.
Firstly, I wish to know what of the enemy thou hast unearthed below. I hath read accounts of war and organization, accounts of those of less human appearance treated within the tenants of fear. Leaving aside such debates upon the validity and consequence of tampering with what hath passed in the mires of one's regret and defeat, tis a great number of conversations upon the future and past, but a dearth of those of the present. I assume such, that thine situation remains bleak, and that the project vile and untoward may have continued... But little of the new face of our enemy.
This world, which hath changed so wild and bitterly from the squalor and civilization it had boasted... do we still have a capable enemy who still strikes at our worlds afar? What sayeth the people below?
Tis true, to attack boldly is suicide. Tis true, spying without knowledge as a guard is suicide. However tis true, to jab wildly at the past at an enemy we dost not understand ... tis foolishness and absurdity. Tis possible we may not have a war that concerns us.
Corrections of this, these assumptions, art most welcome.
[He pauses, folding his fan to tap it at his chin.]
Secondly, tis thus: I desire to speak with one most practiced in the art or pedagogy of science. I hath researched soundly the foundational elements and request to employ an expert in 'chemistry' and 'genetics.'
(OOC NOTE: Rufus Barma is a ridiculous creature who speaks in deliberately archaic mannerisms! BUT, if OOCLY you'd like a plain English version, just mention it in the subject line!)
I wish to pose two queries to thee.
Firstly, I wish to know what of the enemy thou hast unearthed below. I hath read accounts of war and organization, accounts of those of less human appearance treated within the tenants of fear. Leaving aside such debates upon the validity and consequence of tampering with what hath passed in the mires of one's regret and defeat, tis a great number of conversations upon the future and past, but a dearth of those of the present. I assume such, that thine situation remains bleak, and that the project vile and untoward may have continued... But little of the new face of our enemy.
This world, which hath changed so wild and bitterly from the squalor and civilization it had boasted... do we still have a capable enemy who still strikes at our worlds afar? What sayeth the people below?
Tis true, to attack boldly is suicide. Tis true, spying without knowledge as a guard is suicide. However tis true, to jab wildly at the past at an enemy we dost not understand ... tis foolishness and absurdity. Tis possible we may not have a war that concerns us.
Corrections of this, these assumptions, art most welcome.
[He pauses, folding his fan to tap it at his chin.]
Secondly, tis thus: I desire to speak with one most practiced in the art or pedagogy of science. I hath researched soundly the foundational elements and request to employ an expert in 'chemistry' and 'genetics.'
(OOC NOTE: Rufus Barma is a ridiculous creature who speaks in deliberately archaic mannerisms! BUT, if OOCLY you'd like a plain English version, just mention it in the subject line!)
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Everyone has been working really hard down here!
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It sounds like most everyone has found shelter. But as for what comes next...
[That's still anyone's guess.]
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One may merely suppose.
Had ye the forethought to consider "what next?" thineself?
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[Not that he sounds ready to discuss what he thinks. Not with a man who is still swanning around on the moon, at least.]
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I shant take any more time, then.
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[No, there has to be a catch here. No demand for an exchange of information? No talk of a price for this, that or the other? Or maybe Barma is simply looking down on him as he had back when they'd first met.]
What about you? What have you figured out?
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However, shouldst one speak of rumor and conjecture... Thou didst take refuge with harlots for some time, correct?
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[While there was no doubt in the Nightray's iron clad chastity...]
Still, what a place renowned for its gossip and types of clientele.
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[Spoken through gritted teeth. So let's put that to rest right away!]
I guess...a lot of people came through there.
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To push a wit farther, were many dressed in the same manner? That of workers, that of miners... or soldiers, perhaps.
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A few were dressed similarly...nothing stood out as a military uniform, but to be honest I'm not sure what they would look like in this timeline, either. When we asked about the Initiative, we were both told that they had no idea what we were talking about.
It's pretty clear they were all lying.
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Payment enough. I offer thee a question for what thou hast dealt unto me.
Shouldst thou get a sampling of the viscera of such beasts as the yeti or perhaps, even the penguin, and seek thee out a mission where a laboratory might assess and compare its most basic nature... I wonder what startlement a practitioner of sciences wouldst display.
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[Because he can't possibly be saying what Gilbert thinks he's saying.]
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[WHY IS THIS HAPPENING]
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Find ye, then, someone more competent.
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T-there are plenty of people who have been hunting them! Go ask one of them to help you! Besides, I can't think of anyone who has the means to run a test like that anyhow!
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And at that, the video feed to Rufus Barma simple shuts off.]
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