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gotosleep_idiot2018-09-13 06:07 pm
thewakemods) wrote in gotosleep_idiot2018-09-13 06:07 pm
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September & October Test Drive
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"Okay, you've brought two more terms into the situation, and that's just not fair." Ren joked, tugging on a lock of hair. "Bind new worlds and ascend levels? One of those sounds like we're in some kind of video game." It didn't sound like something he had done back home, that's for sure.
Was that the whole point of being woken up here, though? Make new worlds, or, bind new worlds, whatever? Ren might have felt out of his depth for the past few months, but that was just too much.
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"The worlds we're from consist of Dreamers, and when we either raise ourselves beyond that or- like we are now- are Called, we become Wakened. Beyond that there are Angelii, the messengers who can see how the worlds are structured and have speed as their edge; Ashura, who can 'debug' the code of a world and work with Angelii in teams; Deva, who were generally supposed to make the worlds outright, shaping Chaos with their will and the Light as they saw fit - that's where the Binding comes in - and then there's Aeons. Beings who embody an idea or object or so on so completely that they... physically adjust in response to it, I think?"
She's never actually seen anyone Ascend to Aeon.
Nita also gave Ren another sympathetic look.
"So, yeah, there's layers. And I guess the video game comparison is kind of justified?"
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His head was already killing him, now it was straight up torturing him before the murder. "The comparison works a little bit." His mind was turning over her just pulling out a book from thin air, too, and he gave her a small smile back.
"I have a friend back home and this... she'd be loving some of this. So, are you... on a higher level?"
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"Y'want any sugar or anything?" Nita asked, before coming back to the topic at hand.
She managed a wry smile.
"I'm an Angelii here, now, but it wasn't like I was a stranger to power levels before Waking... my Manual comes from home, too," she added, indicating the book.
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"If there's any cream? But if not, black is fine." Watches her with even more interest now because coffee, but also for the other parts. "Oh... so I'm not going to be getting a book, that's something that you brought from home?"
Not disappointed, just curious. "So it was easier to ascend a level because you've been dealing with things like that back home? That makes sense. Kind of like muscle memory and all that."
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"And some people do get books, though a Network connection can come with just about anything short of being implanted in your own brain."
Which was a point in Nautilus' favor, frankly.
After mixing the cream in and passing the coffee along, she shrugs.
"Maybe? Deva and Aeons can pick people according to whatever method they like, but Nautilus uses Change. Being 'used' to something doesn't really make a difference."
But adjusting to the Powers not being the only of Their kind, and that not being a bad thing... that had been a change.
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"Oh, okay. I think I got confused." He gave her a small smile and took a sip of coffee, eyes closing as a million memories seemed to wash over him.
Some more prevalent then the other. There was something there, in the back of his mind, that was getting closer to the surface with every new thought.
"Could you connect to the network with a phone?" Asks as he brings his own out. "I don't know if there's internet here... probably not, but." He shrugged, setting the phone down on the table.
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"And the Network can work through phones, yeah; no Internet here, though."
Ren might even be able to find the guides as 'starter files' - some people had been able to find them awfully quickly right out the gate; others ended up either being told the information or being handed Lelouch's original or Irene's updated version directly.
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Plus, what was the point of needing to know what the weather was like back in Tokyo? He would need an app for the weather here more like it. But the one app he was looking for was...
Yeah, it was still there. He didn't dare push it, in case something happened, though it probably wouldn't work anyway without the right key words in. But still, the Nav was still there. Ren looked up at Nita, trying to push down the dread he was feeling at everything and instead gave her a small smile, taking another sip of coffee.
"What do you do here, all day? Not... I don't mean the Bending stuff, I mean more like... jobs, school, things like that. Do people have jobs?"
Pity the fairies aren't still here; they did weather forecasts!
Her smile fell a moment. "He's gone back to Sleep since, but..."
Nita shrugged again, good-naturedly.
"Explore, usually. Try to help people with whatever baggage they brought from home, research into how this place got founded and what Kalliste, the place before this, was like. We've had people make a school, too, but most of the people behind that have since gone back to Sleep, or are out exploring in the Between, helping fix other worlds."
Awww, that is a shame!
Ren caught the fallen smile, and he frowned. "I'm sorry." Says softly, taking another sip of coffee. She looked like she might have lost a few friends to this Sleep thing.
Ren's mind shied away from the baggage comment, because lord did this kid come with baggage. But having people help with his? He'd much rather help others with their's.
"I'm down for exploring this place more." Pauses, looking down at the bruises on his wrists, and he wrinkled his nose, knowing how badly he was covered in them. "After some rest, anyway. I don't know how I'll do with research, but explore I can do."
Ever heard of 'Humanity has Declined'? That's the world the mods took them from.
It's a nicer reminder than most she could mention.
"And this is a Welcome House, so getting some rest is definitely possible... as long as Nautilus doesn't decide to prank you early."
I haven't!
Does that mean he doesn't have to go anywhere else now? He'd have to ask her that, if now that he's here he can just... stay.
"This world pranks people?"
It's a short, very silly anime.
And sometimes they were mementos of things people would rather forget.
Another to add to the list then! :D
And what gifts are welcome. Stuff from back home, maybe? "I'm sorry, but you're saying he's alive, and I know that the world is... not Earth, so there would be differences. But it sounds more like Nautilus is a person, not..." Waves a hand around.
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"It's part of the matter of being Ascended; Nautilus was a Wakened, once - though who he was as a person, no one here really knows.
"He chose to become this city, to help the Deva Cyrus send out the Call, to try and jumpstart the Cycle of Waking again."
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How the hell did any of this work, that's what he'd really like to know. But, Ren was thinking, maybe you didn't question things after awhile, and just accepted how things were. Maybe he just needed to accept things and let it go at that.
"But he's the reason why we're all here? He's the voice telling us to wake?"
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"Mmmhmm. Though, I think it's still supposed to be Cyrus' voice - she was Unmade shortly into the first year this city was open, making it more of an artifact."