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driftfleet2017-02-18 12:26 pm
thespaceopera) wrote in driftfleet2017-02-18 12:26 pm
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Look - up in the sky...!
Suddenly, the SS Pathstone and the SS Golden begin to move on their own... slowly, calmly, they drift to two different points, a certain distance apart, away from the other ships of the fleet. Then, just as slowly, they turn to face each other.
And that is all the warning there is before the engines engage -- full speed ahead.
Like a pair of rockets, the ships torpedo toward each other, perfectly lined up for a head-on collision, and there is nothing to stop them. No matter what buttons the crews press, no matter how much they might panic, nothing is going to stop the inevitable. Any other ships watching will not have time to attempt any sort of interception.
CRASH!!
As if to shield spectators' eyes from the horrors of ships colliding in space, there's a blinding light upon impact -- and once it gradually fades, the results can be clearly seen by all: There is no wreckage. Nothing is broken. But where there were once two ships... now there's only one.
One ship that is... very clearly made up of parts from the SS Pathstone and the SS Golden, but somehow seems well put together, at least!
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On the bridge, the crews of the SS Golden and the SS Pathstone arrive, along with the usual pop! of Atroma confetti and ridiculous jingle music upon a successful shuffle. Sitting in the captain's chair is a round cake, just large enough for everyone to have one slice. There's a single candle, and the following message scribbled on top in yellow icing:
"Congratulations - SS Goldstone!
Happy Fusion!"
... What, did you think you were going to die? Sorry about that.
And that is all the warning there is before the engines engage -- full speed ahead.
Like a pair of rockets, the ships torpedo toward each other, perfectly lined up for a head-on collision, and there is nothing to stop them. No matter what buttons the crews press, no matter how much they might panic, nothing is going to stop the inevitable. Any other ships watching will not have time to attempt any sort of interception.
CRASH!!
As if to shield spectators' eyes from the horrors of ships colliding in space, there's a blinding light upon impact -- and once it gradually fades, the results can be clearly seen by all: There is no wreckage. Nothing is broken. But where there were once two ships... now there's only one.
One ship that is... very clearly made up of parts from the SS Pathstone and the SS Golden, but somehow seems well put together, at least!
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On the bridge, the crews of the SS Golden and the SS Pathstone arrive, along with the usual pop! of Atroma confetti and ridiculous jingle music upon a successful shuffle. Sitting in the captain's chair is a round cake, just large enough for everyone to have one slice. There's a single candle, and the following message scribbled on top in yellow icing:
Happy Fusion!"
... What, did you think you were going to die? Sorry about that.
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Gracen-san, then? Thank you. I am Soujirou.
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[ Kai doesn't mind his last name, since it came from Dempsey and not his actual father, but it was weird to be called only by it.]
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[He gives an apologetic bow of his head.]
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[ Probably Kai won't recognize it, but he looks human at least. ]
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I'm from Southern California. On earth.
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Where is "Southern California?"
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East of you, the other side of the ocean.
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Is it a very large country?
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[ His voice is light, so it may be hard to tell if he's teasing or not.]
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Mm...that would make it difficult indeed. Dragons are...normal in your world?
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[ Nothing is 'normal' about his world. ]
The elfin worship them as ancestors.
[ Kai doesn't count himself as one of 'the elfin' though. ]
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What does "elfin" mean? I just learned what "elf" is since coming here, but that is a new term.
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They're pointy eared cat bastards.
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[Daaang, Kai, you sound so salty though.]
What did they do to earn the title "bastards"?
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Dragons, elfin, ainmhi dubh, humans, you name it we've got it.
[ Not answering the rest of that, though. ]
> video;
Are such worlds common? Mine only had animals and humans in it, and yet so many people I've met here are elves or half-elves or have talking animals or can bend reality with their minds.
> video;
[ The Dawn and Dusk court of elfin interbreeding is barely a thing, with the children of a mixed pair all being solely one or the other, with the exception of Kai. Humans and elfin certainly can't have children together, where Kai is from. ]
I don't know how common. My world was created with the combination of the elfin world and the human one, so it's not always...pretty.
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[So that was the "world fusion" he was talking about. That sounds...terrible.]
But I see. I can imagine if just two ships coming together caused this much chaos, how much more two worlds would cause.
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[ Kai's clearly trying to imagine it, and it's not working. For all that he could pass for human well enough if one ignored the pointy ears, fangs, and more-delicate-than-usual facial features, human and elfin biology are very different. For one, his elfin are born inside an egg, even if that egg does immediately hatch. ]
Yeah, it was pretty shit for a lot of people.
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[But he assumes it's like how most children are born - just with...different ears.]
And I don't think we're about to meld with another world anytime soon.
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[I mean, people dying is generally the better option for most things.]
Hopefully no other ship has to experience this though. It's quite disorienting.
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