[005 | voice, Japanese]

[ceiling_cat]

Sorry 'bout that, guys. I'm in one piece.

...Still got it, too, Sho. Pockets're useful that way.

Everybody else all right? And, Shiki, that offer of crash space still open? I'd be obliged. Seems like the old place's a fixer-upper all of a sudden.

Comments

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

M-mm...if they have that kind of power, aren't there better things they could be doing with it?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

Might be. That all depends on what they want to do... if it's just a reaction, there's definitely better ways ta waste the energy.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

It's all a little weird, isn't it? A mysterious group of people bringing us all here...and we don't know much about them at all, or why we're here or what they want from us...

...ah, sorry. I shouldn't talk like that. There really isn't much we can do about it, either way, so...

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

It's pretty weird, all right, little lady. I'm more curious about what's goin' on here than anything else, to tell the truth.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Mm...every time you turn around, there seem to be more questions...

...ah. But, I'm sure if we all try, we can find the answers eventually, right? At the very least, it's an...interesting challenge.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

We'll figure somethin' out.

So, what kinda questions have you been findin' lately?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Oh...the same ones as everyone else, I'd think. How we got here...who brought us...and where they get their power to do so. The power to suppress abilities and...revive the dead. No one from my world can do such things.

As well, the technology here is...these communicators are unlike anything I've seen. I've been trying to figure out what it is about them that's so strange...I think it's because...there's really nothing more to it. It seems like such a simple little device. But it's...have you noticed there's no way to take it apart? There's no apparent power source, and you can't connect anything to it. I don't know...maybe it's just because it's built different, but I can't interface with it at all...

...a-ah, sorry! I got carried away there. B-but other than that, I...

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

...You've been givin' it a lot of thought, I see.

I tried messin' around with my communicator a bit, yeah. Interestin' little device, isn't it? Seems a shame ta go to destructive lengths tryin' to figure it out, but I might if I ever come across a spare.

Didn't realize ya knew that much about hardware, though, Alpha.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha...s-sorry for rambling like that...

Yes...you wouldn't want to cut yourself off from the rest of the city, of course. But if you could take it apart to see how it worked...

A-ah, I...I don't really, ahaha. I'm actually not very good with mechanical things. I just thought...in my world these types of devices are usually built with me in mind, so...they're usually fairly easy for me to understand, you know?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize, it's interestin'.

What do ya mean, built with you in mind?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Eh...?

...AH! Because! Because I'm a robot! S-sorry, I...I should have mentioned that...! Heh heh heh...



[She is so embarrassed.]

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

...Huh.

So lemme guess, humanoid robots're pretty common where you're from? We haven't got 'em in my world.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Ah...common enough, I suppose. Well, I mean, I haven't met many others myself, but that's just me. I don't...get out much, ahaha. But yes...everyone knows about them, so I'm used to people recognizing me for what I am. That's why I forgot.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

No reason to apologize. Guess I oughta be payin' better attention, hmm?

Interestin', that. Where are you from again?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Heh...not really. I've been told it...can be hard to tell, sometimes. Especially here. Ah, after all, I've seen a lot of things here that aren't normal back home, so...who can tell anything for certain, right?

Ah...I'm from Japan. Though, I've heard others say the same, but they really don't sound the same as my Japan. It might as well be another world.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

It might be something like my Japan... who knows? What year is it?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

The year? Ah...2074. And you?

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

...That might explain it some! 2007.

Could still be an alternate, but a lot can happen in seventy years.

[ooc; All right! I'm vaguely familiar with Alpha's canon, but only vaguely~]

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Oh! Ah, that would clear things up, wouldn't it? Ahaha.

Um...could you tell me a bit of what it's like in your world? You might not have robots, but things like alternate dimensions don't seem to surprise you...

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

I've been here long enough to pick up on how many different ones the scientists're pulling people from... and we've got that kinda thing on SF shows every other episode, you know?

My world's got tech up to cell phones, computers, limited space travel, television - nothin' as advanced as what they've got around here, and our fanciest robots are manufacturin' and exploration models.

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Haaa...even if you hear stories about it, they're just stories...I'd think having it actually happen to you would be a bit more surprising.

Hm...that doesn't sound too different, actually...technology back home isn't really beyond that.

[greatcuppajoe.livejournal.com]

I've gotta admit it was a shock to find myself here!

Oh? Interestin'. Wonder why not?

[latteheart.livejournal.com]

Heh...same for everyone else, I'm sure.

Mm...probably because of everything that happened...advancing technology really became less of a priority. I guess you could say...people probably began to want a simpler life.