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Who: Atoli
Broadcast: video; fleet wide
Action: Marsiva
When: Dec 25ish

[This sudden turn of events has left Atoli stunned. She's to be frowning near the hospital decks. Her mind is boggled for various reasons.]

Um, can anyone hear me? My name's Atoli. I don't know what's happening. I woke up and I suddenly found myself here I--[The poor girl seems to be having trouble putting her thoughts into words. With her expression and tone it's clear that she's not taking this very well at all.]

I can't seem to remember anything from before I arrived. I think I was supposed to meet up with my friend. I got lost afterwards. [She definitely emailed Haseo and told him to go meet up with her at the Forbidden Grounds, so why is she here? It's puzzling.]

Would someone please help me? I'd hate to be a burden, but I need to know what's going on. This isn't "The World" is it?

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You do your homework inside of the game? I suppose anything can be possible inside of an mmorpg.

Time just flies when you're having fun with your friends. [She nods a little to Kirito's words.]

It's less fun when you're writing essays or twelve pages of code, but the company definitely helps.

[Plus in the game, they have Yui to help out. AI children are way better than web search engines for gathering info.]

Most of our team goes to the same school, though, so there's some similarities with the work. We can tackle it as a group.

Work is always hard.

Sometimes you don't know the answer and you end up getting stuck. What do you write code for? Is it a program?

[This is so nerdy. Atoli love playing video games but she's never ventured into the world of coding.]

[WELL. Since she asked, he'll just go full-blown nerd on her.]

Sort of, yeah! I'm studying mechatronics, and what I'm best at so far is creating the code that links electronic signal to mechanical devices. Before I got here I was building a program that would allow an AI to control a mobile camera.

Mecha.....mechatronics? [Whoa big words here. Kirito sounds so passionate about his studies so she smiles a little despite her confusion.]

Amazing! You're really smart, did you know that?

[She understands how much work he puts into this.]

Hah, not really. It's just a passion of mine.

[He's super average about everything else.]

It's great to have a goal in life. [Sure beats being lost and not knowing what to do.]

Have you been working on your project here too?

[From the things she's heard about this place it doesn't seem like there's too much to do around here. It wouldn't be impossible for Kirito to work on mechatronics even on a ship.]

I wish. Computer access is pretty limited, and the AI isn't here, either. I wouldn't even know where to start.

But I've got other projects to keep me busy, so it's not that bad.

It's something productive to do.

I'm sorry you couldn't worry on your main project here. [The lack of technology is saddening. ]

It's okay. I was working on it with a couple of classmates back home- I'm sure they'd be annoyed if I finished it on my own.

[But enough about him, before he gets outright evasive.]

What about you? What's your world like?

[He pointedly avoids specifying whether he means the virtual or real world. It isn't polite to pry about the latter.]

[Atoli laughs happily and nods.]

I had pets back at home! I took care of three birds whenever I wasn't playing an mmorpg.

[She really loves birds can't you tell?]

[She sure does.]

What kind of birds are they?

Hand-perching sparrows! They're really friendly and have different color wings.

One of my birds is pink, the other second is white and the last bird has a cinnamon color.

[She went out of her way to give them all names too.]

Pink sparrows are... pretty rare, aren't they?

[He can honestly say he's never seen one before.]

You won't find pink sparrows outside all the time. I'd say they're unique and special.

If they were too rare then we couldn't keep them as house pets. [Then that would be a true shame...]

Did you keep any pets at home Kirito?

No, my family hasn't had pets for a long time. None of us really have the time for taking care of them.

[Well, okay, he probably could do it, but he doesn't trust his attention span. He'd rather play games.]

Pets take a lot of time and care don't they? It might be hassle for some people. I understand.

[Some people have better things to do than clean up after pets.]

Well, it would be bad if they weren't healthy because we neglected them. Better that they're with people who can look after them.

Animals seem to like me well enough, though. I have a friend in the virtual world with a feathered dragon companion, and she's always falling asleep on me.

[Digital pets totally still count.]

A feathered dragon! It sounds cute...

[Atoli secretly wishes she could hug the feathered dragon. Digital pets count yo. They still require some care even if they're virtual.]

Did you pet it?

I did a little, yeah. She has a way of getting herself under your hands when you aren't looking.

[Sneaky, like her master.]

The transfer of information by touch still isn't a perfect technology, but even so, she's very soft.

She must enjoy getting pats on the head.

Technology sounds amazing in your world. You might have more advanced computers than mine.

[She only had her monitor and video game. Going into it was only possible because of AIDA nonsense.]

It's definitely come a long way. Ten years ago we had nothing that could compare to what exists now. I know I'm lucky.

[Even if VRMMOs kind of almost killed him multiple times. Who's counting?]

I can say the same thing actually.

I'm thankful that we have technology to begin with. Without it we wouldn't be able to play these games that we love so much.

Can I ask what your tech is like? This is the first time I've come across someone with similar gaming capabilities.

Of course!

Um, people who play the world access it through a head mount display. It looks kind of like a pair of goggles? I used an M2D. It was fairly pricey when I first got it.

Is technology expensive where you're from too?

[The costs they pay for games man...oops.]