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[notkittenaround]

Who: Marhi and anyone!
Broadcast: Video.
Action: Marsiva.
When: Now!

[ There has been plenty of time for stress, and not near enough time for discussion, in the opinion of a certain Miqo'te. She has already tired of searching the Marsiva in slight panic - a panic she would never admit to - in an attempt to discover the truth behind their entrapment.

She has no doubt others have searched alike, and perhaps found their own clues.

In the public baths of the Marsiva is a public hot tub, and in that hot tub is one Miqo'te, and room for more. She's wearing the tank top and the shorts as swimwear, and she stares at the camera quite confidently. ]

Though I cannot say the same of this ship, nor our unkind kidnappers, this hot tub is without flaw. I wish to learn what others have learned of this place, or hear words on the worlds from which you have come.

You may join me in this bath if you desire; There is more than room enough.

Comments

Video

[preformthisneigh]

[He'll skip the hot tub. No one wants the smell of wet pony permeating the ship. No one wants that at all. ]

Sure, I never mind talking about the old homestead. What sort of thing do you wanna know?

[notkittenaround]

I am a Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te, and we are passing rare on my world. Is the same true for yourself?

[preformthisneigh]

[There's a long pause, before Cheese lets out a low whistle. ]

That sounds...uh. Pretty important.

We have a princess who looks after the moon? Back home. Her name's Luna. She raises and lowers it, and keeps guard of the night and our dreams and stuff.

But I don't...keep anything important. [He did, but he's unaware of it so! ]

[notkittenaround]

[ She smiles, without mockery; mere amusement at such a culture difference. ]

I am no goddess of the Moon, merely a worshipper. To be a Moon keeper is to be born to a tribe. Or perhaps a herd, as you may know it. Have you met this Luna, or is she one known by myth and legend?

[preformthisneigh]

[He's glad for the lack of mockery. People tend not to GET pony culture. ]

Oh, well. uh. We don't really call our groups herds. That's more an animal thing. But I get where you're coming from. You mean the family you grew up with, right? Related or not.

Oh, no, I've never met her. But she's definitely around. You see her at fancy shindigs once in a while, and she's often around and about Canterlot. She doesn't get out a much as her sister. Keeps to herself a little more, y'know?

[notkittenaround]

That is true. I mean no offence of your groups, or family; Though I am long-gone from my own, I once lived with a few families in a tribe.

[ She's well aware of the differences between worlds, which is why she speaks not of primals, the false-gods of her world. Marhi doubts any would be enthusiastic were she to suggest a certain willingness to slay a pony. ]

Is her sister responsible for other astral signs?

[preformthisneigh]

Yeaaah I stick to my own company, usually, so.

[There would be zero enthusiasm for that. ]

Yep! Celestia is in charge of the sun and the daytime.

Back from overseas hooliday.

[notkittenaround]

Are they worshipped?

[ A two-fold question. She is interested in the religions of others, and, also, she knows not whether they sacrifice to these gods... And who they might take to that bloody altar. ]

welcome back!

[preformthisneigh]

Uh...I guess?

I mean, they do rule over Equestria.

[notkittenaround]

Are there religious services in their honour?

[preformthisneigh]

No?

I mean, we have celebrations, but they're not like the religions I've seen the Earth folks practise??

[notkittenaround]

Then there are also no sacrifices to be made? Of creatures with minds, or otherwise?

[preformthisneigh]

WOW! No! Nooo.

[Wild hoof flailing is a GO.]

We're herbivores.

[notkittenaround]

I am pleased to hear this, and I hope you return soon to your world.

[preformthisneigh]

Sure, I guess?

[He doesn't feel a particular driving NEED to go home like some. Equestria is just a place, if anything, he misses his own kind more than the place itself. ]

action

[experiencepoints]

[... yeah, sure. It's no different from the dorms. But Nightingale's tense as she enters the room, and is making no motion to get into the water yet.]

Learn anything interesting yet?

[notkittenaround]

There is doubt afoot, both of one's mind and one's surroundings. More come, yet there is no rhyme or reason to their arrival. A surprising amount of people know nothing of fishing.

[ Her tail flicks, splashing water droplets on the surface. ]

And the water is hot enough.

[experiencepoints]

... Yeah. I'm missing a day's worth of memories, and I'm a little freaked out. Weird stuff is happening.

[She'll at least test the water with a hand, but even that is enough to make her more tense.]

[notkittenaround]

I see no reason to be distressed and dirty. Do you know what may have stolen your memories?

[experiencepoints]

[ignoring that first part, but]

Is there a single problem here that didn't come from the Atroma, in the end?

[notkittenaround]

We know not the cause of our attack; whether it is mere showmanship and excuse from Atroma, or a true enemy of theirs.

[ With an air of absolute maturity, she flicks water at Nightingale with a hand. ]

Do bathe with me.

[experiencepoints]

It was them. I talked to the one woman about it, and she ran away.

[she flinches at the water]

Fuck- Fine, I'm getting in already, calm down.

[... but water is still scary

she just. takes a deep breath like she's about to do something terrifying, and just slips in to the water all at once.]

[notkittenaround]

[ She comments not on the hesitance, reclining easily against the back of the bath. ]

I am always calm.

[experiencepoints]

If you're going to bullshit, don't do it to a teammate.

[notkittenaround]

Perhaps, merely, mostly calm.

[experiencepoints]

I don't think it's possible to give someone a concussion calmly.

[notkittenaround]

I object most strenuously, for keeping one's wits in battle is important.

[experiencepoints]

As the one who is getting her wits bludgeoned out of her, I strongly disagree.

[notkittenaround]

That is most obviously the reason of your loss.

[experiencepoints]

What loss?!

[notkittenaround]

The loss in our duel between tome-induced wisdom, and your skull.

[experiencepoints]

That is not how you get wisdom from books!

[notkittenaround]

It is a way to receive enlightenment.

[experiencepoints]

It is a way to receive a concussion!

[notkittenaround]

Sometimes a concussion is enlightening.

[experiencepoints]

And usually it just causes more problems.

video

[electrostatics]

Guess you've finished tearing up cameras, huh. [ He doesn't forget a face, especially not someone he'd met in such an interesting way. ]

I'll pass on the bath. Electricity and water don't mix.

The only useful thing I know is that the augments have been acting up lately. As for where I've come from... [ He shrugs. ] Ask and I'll answer, I guess. [ He has to kill time somehow. ]

Re: video

[notkittenaround]

[ A beat, while she considers the challenge that presents. ]

How is it you remain clean, if water would hurt you so? Is your kind common on your world? On my own world, my kind are fewer than most.

[electrostatics]

I'm an AI back home. [ He pauses while he breaks this down into necessary information. ] I don't have a physical body, so there's no need to take baths. [ This may just possibly raise more questions. ]

I'm pretty sure this shell is waterproofed, but I notice that I spark a lot, so until I get that under control...no cleaning for me. It's not like it's important.

[notkittenaround]

An AI...

[ She tastes the word on her tongue, the unfamiliar made knowledge through the soulspeak of her echo. Still, it requires more than what vague understanding Marhi can grasp through her powers. ]

A machine who possesses a heart and mind? And, though I am no engineer, I would agree that a machine does not accumulate the same muck as the flesh.

[electrostatics]

Kind of the reverse. You create the heart and mind first, but no shell. This is new. [ He frowns a little; he obviously hasn't really settled into the physical body yet. ] And weird.

A robot body's a lot less messy than [ He's about to say human, but ] a flesh body, yeah. It doesn't need to excrete anything, for one thing. [ HUMAN BODIES ARE KINDA GROSS ]

[notkittenaround]

[ Her tail twitches a little, amusement rather than offence. One cannot avoid the realities of a fleshy body, and she is too old to be shy of them. ]

You need no oil? What does your encasement require?

[electrostatics]

Scrap metal for repairs, mostly. I haven't gotten into a situation where I've needed oiling yet, but this body's pretty new. I'm sure Atroma will think up something nasty sooner or later to mess it up. [ He's so optimistic, isn't he. ]

I haven't really tested the waterproofing either, but it looks like there's a coating for that. Sand's pretty bad. I'm still picking it out of my joints.

[notkittenaround]

It is unfortunate you can take neither grit nor stain, and I doubt not that Atroma will test the risks of your body - They strike me as a pernicious kind.

Were I an engineer of any sort, I would offer more help, but I know nothing more than the art of piloting my world's magitek, and none of my wisdom worthy of such machinery as we find here.