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[ As soon as they're free of the morgue, she heads out, desperate for air that isn't stained with blood. ]
[ It's quiet, especially outside.
He looks at her. Then decides. ]
...How about we visit the field?
[ Anaxagoras goes to steer them towards the central field by leading ahead. ]
He looks at her. Then decides. ]
...How about we visit the field?
[ Anaxagoras goes to steer them towards the central field by leading ahead. ]
[ She doesn't offer any resistance to the suggestion, following along. ]
Okay.
Okay.
[ Once they arrive, he will turn to look at her. ]
If you want to speak on what happened, you have the opportunity.
[ Anaxagoras isn't the type of person to uplift others in his own opinion, but he's a Professor still - and teachers can guide or listen to fellow folk. ]
If you want to speak on what happened, you have the opportunity.
[ Anaxagoras isn't the type of person to uplift others in his own opinion, but he's a Professor still - and teachers can guide or listen to fellow folk. ]
[Where does she start? It takes her a minute to collect her thoughts, scattered and messy as they are.
What she watched was horrific, gore pouring out of a person's body.]
... It's scary, not knowing and not understanding why any of this is happening. I don't want any of us to hurt each other.
What do we do?
What she watched was horrific, gore pouring out of a person's body.]
... It's scary, not knowing and not understanding why any of this is happening. I don't want any of us to hurt each other.
What do we do?
[ It is only reasonable that someone's mind would be in such straits after what had occurred.
Such that her sentiments don't meet any judgment from him. When she even asks her question, he has an answer as well. ]
...We continue to search for answers when we lack them in the first place. It will illuminate our way out of the shadows of what we don't know.
It'll grant us even further understanding, so that we can begin to properly fight against this in the first place.
Such that her sentiments don't meet any judgment from him. When she even asks her question, he has an answer as well. ]
...We continue to search for answers when we lack them in the first place. It will illuminate our way out of the shadows of what we don't know.
It'll grant us even further understanding, so that we can begin to properly fight against this in the first place.
[ It's an answer, and it's logical and calm. ]
There are so many questions.
And I... I do want to help. If you go somewhere, would you mind taking me with you?
There are so many questions.
And I... I do want to help. If you go somewhere, would you mind taking me with you?
[ It's the only way he can be in a particular time like this; but, well, other people are simply not like that. ]
...I'd already been thinking of going to do an in-depth investigation of the kitchen itself - there must be something to it.
When I do this upcoming week, I will have you come along, with whoever else I end up recruiting.
[ So, in essence, it's a yes. ]
...I'd already been thinking of going to do an in-depth investigation of the kitchen itself - there must be something to it.
When I do this upcoming week, I will have you come along, with whoever else I end up recruiting.
[ So, in essence, it's a yes. ]
[ Most of the people she knows are not nearly as calm. Especially under duress. ]
Thank you, Anaxagoras. I'll do whatever I can to help.
[ Having something to be useful for here, something to do- maybe that will help settle her nerves a bit more. ]
Thank you, Anaxagoras. I'll do whatever I can to help.
[ Having something to be useful for here, something to do- maybe that will help settle her nerves a bit more. ]
[ She's found an extra coat to put over her usual outfit, but it's extremely obvious she's not used to this sort of cold as she makes her way to the new buildings. ]
[ Anaxagoras is not accustomed to the freezing cold, either, but he is braving it nonetheless.
With a slightly grumpy attitude, all the while - though he happens to find her heading towards the new buildings, and decides to speak up. ]
It seems this place is fond of unpleasant surprises.
With a slightly grumpy attitude, all the while - though he happens to find her heading towards the new buildings, and decides to speak up. ]
It seems this place is fond of unpleasant surprises.
I'd like at least one pleasant one for everything we've gone through.
[There's a little pause, and then a smile.]
It's pretty amazing to see the "seasons" change. [Like "season" is a completely foreign word to her.]
[There's a little pause, and then a smile.]
It's pretty amazing to see the "seasons" change. [Like "season" is a completely foreign word to her.]
Hmph. Right?
[ Though, that being said, something else she said has drawn his attention to it immediately... ]
...You're not used to witnessing seasons change?
[ Though, that being said, something else she said has drawn his attention to it immediately... ]
...You're not used to witnessing seasons change?
Not at all. I lived in a closed environment.
Are you familiar with it?
Are you familiar with it?
I have heard of the concept.
I assume there must have been a reason for it?
[ Not even Okhema would have been considered as such, given people could come and go, and it still have a very 'open' aspect to it. ]
I assume there must have been a reason for it?
[ Not even Okhema would have been considered as such, given people could come and go, and it still have a very 'open' aspect to it. ]
It's where it was safe to live. The surface of the planet was hostile, so we had to live somewhere closed off from it.
Hostile?
What exactly made it so?
[ Do they even know? ]
What exactly made it so?
[ Do they even know? ]
... Long ago, humanity's abuse of the environment reached such an extreme level that Earth began to wish for its own destruction. The will of the planet caused natural disasters and abnormal weather conditions in an attempt to wipe out all life.
[ But she seems troubled as she relays it. ]
That's what I was told growing up.
[ But she seems troubled as she relays it. ]
That's what I was told growing up.
[ The Earth itself? That just sounds like chaos on an exponential level.
Though, somehow it sounds simultaneously outrageous. ]
...Really? While nature can have devastating effects on the surroundings, something about that seems very excessive - perhaps the part about itself wishing for the destruction of all with itself in mind.
You appear as if you might have your own thoughts on it as well.
Though, somehow it sounds simultaneously outrageous. ]
...Really? While nature can have devastating effects on the surroundings, something about that seems very excessive - perhaps the part about itself wishing for the destruction of all with itself in mind.
You appear as if you might have your own thoughts on it as well.
I think... that part might be true. Humans couldn't live on Earth anymore. But instead of living underground like I was told, we left Earth entirely. We were living on an artificial satellite.
[ When she learned the truth late. ]
[ When she learned the truth late. ]
Technology on your planet seems to have progressed rapidly - and for the better, considering the circumstances.
[ Of course he already knows about worlds beyond but the setting of Amphoreus is fantasy-esque with some of that magical tech. ]
If there are no seasons, do you all have an artificial sky?
[ Of course he already knows about worlds beyond but the setting of Amphoreus is fantasy-esque with some of that magical tech. ]
If there are no seasons, do you all have an artificial sky?
[She nods.]
That's right. We have a day night cycle, even if it's manufactured.
That's right. We have a day night cycle, even if it's manufactured.
[ Well, actually, that sounds familiar... ]
It was like that back on Amphoreus as well.
It was like that back on Amphoreus as well.
It's a bit difficult to explain, however you can say that it's somewhere a 'loop' of sorts has been introduced so that its people go through a certain manner of cycles of civilization.
In order to help with this, a curtain has been pulled over the people's eyes. Hence, things like a 'false sky' needing to exist.
[ A super abridged version of it thus far, but hey, it's something. ]
In order to help with this, a curtain has been pulled over the people's eyes. Hence, things like a 'false sky' needing to exist.
[ A super abridged version of it thus far, but hey, it's something. ]
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