007: AMAs, Third Round

[tarnishedavenger]

So, we've got a load of new people, and that means it's time for me to do the only thing it feels like I get on these comms to do anymore: AMAs.

For you new people, I find it helps when we get together and explain a little bit about ourselves, any powers we have, and our skillsets. That way we know what we're starting with and what we can build off of. So, please, come and introduce yourselves and be willing to answer questions.

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[fuckcable]

Why are you encouraging this lax bs?

[ Daaaan c’mon, man. He likes you. ]

video

[zerofield]

I usually use text, but I suppose we'd like to have faces to attach to names.

[ The face, in this case, is a deadpan girl of about fifteen years. ]

My name is Tio Plato. Back home, I'm an orbal engineer for the Epstein Foundation, involved in a project that would probably be easiest to explain as "inventing the internet." I've also been attached to the Crossbell State Police Department as the technician for a unit called the Special Support Section.

Yes, at my age. It's a long story.

I've yet to meet anyone who recognizes the Zemurian continent, so I suspect including a date will serve little purpose, but it's early 1205, per the Septian calendar.

If anyone does recognize the Zemurian continent, contact me. Please.

[ She needs the small comfort of someone else knowing what the fuck an orbment is. ]

video, delta dialogue in green

[ownperson]

[ She's going to regret doing this, she can feel it. Or maybe she's just pessimistic. ]

Like I said when I got here, my name's South. Ask me what my real name is and I'm not going to answer. And yes, North's my twin brother, which I see he's already covered. [ Eye roll. ] CQC's my specialty, but, thanks to being lumped in with North all the time, I can do stealth. I hate it, but I can do it, better than ever since arriving here. [ Ugh, stupid new power. ] Anyway, I'm always up for sparring, when I'm... able.

[ She sits back. She very obviously has a splinted hand. ]

Ask me whatever, but don't be an idiot about it. Otherwise, ugh... Delta, you can introduce yourself. I guess.

[ A green holographic figure of a man dressed head-to-toe in power armour projects from the puck around her neck. ]

Hello. My name is Delta. It is nice to finally be enabled to communicate with you all.

Oh, don't start.

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[garmr]

[SIGH]

I kill monsters with a sword.

[zerg_rush]

How secure is this network?

[hallelujahjunction]

What, the hobbies? Prevents burnout.

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[garmr]

Internet?

[he's too boomer for this, tio]

video, locked to new hires

[nyanhat]

[ And here, probably posting from somewhere in the gardens by the look of it, is a twentysomething guy with cat ears. nbd just chillin. ]

Hello, hello. I'm Ranulf, a laguz of the Beast Tribe, commander in the Gallian army and these days also the right hand to Gallia's future king, which is mostly a lot of diplomacy and being the adult in the room.

I have a cat form, which is not really secret from Jorgmund but they haven't seen it yet, and I'm not inclined to disclose how nasty it actually is until I have to, so: we're talking man-sized panther, big teeth, sharp claws. If they're picturing a fluffy kitten, well, who am I to shatter their illusions?

[valkywhee]

I kill monsters with a hammer!

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[zerofield]

[ Good thing she likes you, Guts. ]

Something like a larger version of the way we're communicating here, that reaches all over the world and not just all over the Rig. I think that's the simplest way to put it.

[garmr]

You... talk into little boxes and the messages go around the world.

[sounds like fucking magic to him still]

Like a witch's thought transference?

[zerofield]

I...suppose you could say that? But if you didn't have to be a witch to do it - anyone who has the right device can.

[ She's really trying! ]

[garmr]

Bein' smacked with your hammer ain't a lot of fun, I'll say that...

[garmr]

Wouldn't it get loud in there? With everybody yellin'?

[sounds chaotic]

[walkingballpit]

My name’s Robbie Baldwin, and I come from more than one of those superhero worlds. My original world’s a little like Armstrong’s, but we were never able to exactly line up teams and codenames. Just some near misses.

And, just so we’re clear, I’m on the superhero side. Let me save you the joke about that’s what a supervillain would say, because what they’d really do is tell you they’re just an average citizen. I’ll answer to Speedball, if anyone has a burning desire to use codenames.

I guess I generate kinetic energy that gets used to shield me and also can be directed at others. Uh, and I bounce. Like the shield makes me bounce, but it works for me.

Since it... kinda came up recently, part of the energy generation is that my nerves can convert pain into kinetic energy. If you ever see me seriously hurt, it’s okay to keep your distance.

[valkywhee]

Sorry about that one time. I got excited and forgot you don't have Aura.

[zerofield]

It can. In many cases, it does.

[ Zemuria's still got a babby newborn internet and she's already unimpressed by some of what it brings out. ]

But you don't have to talk to everybody at once, so curating who you speak to makes for a much better experience.

[video] Stacia

[credit_not_blame]

[Presenting: one tiny, perky teenage girl in a far-too-big jumpsuit. She waves at the camera.]

Hi everybody! My name is Stacia, and I turn into an eight-foot-plus bipedal monster that looks like a wolf and a nightmare had a baby. It's not contagious, please do not shoot or stab me. If you shoot or stab me, it will make me sad, and the Easter Bunny will kick your ass.

Yes, Bunny, I'm bragging that you think I'm adorable again.

Otherwise, uh, I'm a high school student from 2017, United States, planet Earth. I prefer guns to close combat, I like giving and getting hugs, aaaaand...nope, can't think of a third thing. Ask me anything!

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[fuckcable]

Is it possible to arrange a demonstration so you don’t take me by surprise and I don’t do something other than shoot or stab you that’d piss off the rabbit?

[ownperson]

[ Delta is much less animated than Theta, standing completely still with his hands in front of him. ]

Thank you, Alia. Since our arrival I have found that I am, often, in Theta's words, 'bored'. Such a tool would be much appreciated.

[ South can be heard vaguely grumbling behind him, annoyed at having to hold the comm at Delta height, but she said she'll let him talk so she's letting him talk. ]

[fuckcable]

[ That isn’t what he meant, but now he’s been side-railed. ]

Who has time for hobbies?

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[credit_not_blame]

I've heard that poledancing is a good core workout, does that kick in early on or is that only once you're past the beginner stage?

[hallelujahjunction]

I put poledancing in as my training time. It's much more effective exercise than situps or those goddamn Planker rooms.

[He hasn't touched a piano in years and it breaks his heart.]

Unless you meant something else.

[credit_not_blame]

With the psychic thing, do you just get internal monologues, or is it a full-on surround sound with picture kind of deal?

[Don't think about pink elephants, don't think about pink elephants, don't think about pink elephants...]

[zerg_rush]

Is it normal for adjutants where you're from to be programmed with personalities?

[Kerrigan means Delta, probably? She seems to think "adjutant" is a common term.]