[ Please. He doesn't have to resort to common mugging. ]
My question... it's truly only a trifle.
But I couldn't help but overhear you mention a world named 'Terra,' and become curious... Is that the name of where you're from?
[ listen. Eben's some kind of furry, which automatically makes him more likely to be from Kuja's neck of reality. He could be an ancient Terran, from before all the mass extinctions. ]
[ the feathers...... and the long, furry tail, that's just curled up in a @ of interest. ]
That's right. [ Kuja flashes a brilliant smile-- what the hell, he's been curious about the history of his own world that hadn't been deemed a necessity for him to know for forever. He COULD be barking up the wrong tree. But... what if he isn't~? ] Though I am no.. true Libiri, myself, I suspect what I am would have come far after your time. If... we do speak of the same world.
[ But he pauses and shakes his head, no, before they go further there are perhaps some essential details that should be thought upon. ]
Our worlds have the same name, and we at least superficially appear to be the same species. [ This is at least good starting evidence. ] The final most important aspect, of my world at least, is the existence of Originum. It remains the bedrock of our cultural and industrial standard.
Even in the future I can't imagine it would just vanish? Do you have any natural black minerals in your world that contain large amounts of energy? Industrial derivatives can cause illness, but mild exposure is the basis for Arts... or magic.
Ah. We've got the 'energy' part, and the bit about illness when exposed to the wrong form doesssss match some things I know about magi-physics...
But I haven't.. heard of any abundance of black crystals... [ Kuja's face falls. ] Introducing certain impurities during the growth process could make them, I'm sure, but... the name 'Originum' was never mentioned.
..While we have lost a lot of records, and while my world's natural resources were... Long ago used up... if these black crystals were truly so ubiquitous...
Extremely so. Look, even I myself became infected.
[ It's not hard to pull up a sleeve to show Kuja a few scattered crystaline growths. If that mineral isn't familiar to him then their worlds could not be the same...or the gulf of time must be truely enormous. ]
...Do not take my words to mean I think your theory is without merit. I've heard some tell of the theory time may bud like a tree. Branching paths may have had a singular origin point; Perhaps our homes are only siblings.
[ ooh, nasty. but beautiful, in its way-- Kuja's used to seeing some visceral things, as a Terran, so 'guy with crystals coming out of him' gets a hand put to his lips and some raised eyebrows, but little more. ]
My, my. I've never seen one of ours so inflicted.
Terra, as I know it, is...
...Ah, it's really.. almost indescribable. Seeing it is the best way to understand. But-- you said Originum, it does things to you if you're 'exposed' to it...
If you're Terran-- my kind of Terran, or close enough-- it's entirely possible you'd be able to receive information directly from the crystals I can make.
[ It's hard to keep a bit of childish excitement out of his voice - overwriting the usual overwrought eloquent tone. He'd never been allowed to watch such things, but of course anyone his age would be dying too. Not only that, but images of a world not seen by anyone in (his) Terra? The books you could write on the subject! The music you could compose!
But...oh he doesn't want to seem overeager, strange. Showing memories is surely no large ask if Kuja offers it so freely to a stranger. It's quite hard, but he tries to school himself down to a mild interest, even if his ears and fidgeting hands surely tell his true excitement. ]
Origanum is a powerful conductor of energy, and if your crystals contain a similar power, it may be possible. I would...not be against seeing your world? It could illuminate our debate beyond the need for my petty explanations.
Ah, they usually take a little time to make... [ hmmm. he shouldn't get ahead of himself here. he DOES have one on hand, but it's very large and also filled with a lot of very personal thoughts. best not use that one. ] I don't have any convenient ones on-hand, so give me... [ Kuja looks up at the sky, forgetting that he has, like. A phone. ] Hmm. Already past noon...
Tomorrow morning. I've a standing appointment I must keep, first, but after that... I can show you Terra, as I knew her.
[ This he has also heard of! They have arcades, another thing he's never been to, Ebenholz is already reevaluating his mental expectations to be even higher. Maybe there will be exciting battles, or puzzles? ]
Ah, but there is no rush. [He didn't want to watch a movie anyway. He's not disappointed. Nay. Not he! ]
I of course, have nothing but time until this island explodes. Please find me again at your leisure.
[ He'll be like, around. No one else on this island wears this much black, Ebenholz can't be hard to find. ]
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[ kuja... also doesn't know what a video game is, but he can make some vague inference. he'd try one. ]
So I will~! Expect me.
[ aaaaaand he's off.
Fortunately for their brunch plans, the big exciting train drama happens after the next morning, so Kuja's got some precious free time to roll up with a crystal with a soft, golden glow in his grip. It's about the size of a soda bottle, though much wider around the middle. Kuja's entrance now is much the same as his last; why fix what isn't broken? ]
Hellooo~o. I've brought the record I mentioned. You recall, don't you?
[ Ebenholz is blessedly unaware of train drama anyway. He see's you all messing with it, and it just seems like so much trouble he keeps walking away.
Anyway, morning finds him practicing flute in an open part of the island. He absolutely freaking hates how Kuja just randomly appears, even if he does remember (and was excited for) these plans! It makes him mess up a note, and even now he's tapping it against his side in pure embarrassment. ]
Hello. [ He will not be adding extra o's at this time. ] Nay, I did not forget. You weren't lying on the turnaround on your magic. You created all this in one night?
[ It's huge. His crystals took a couple of days to set in at least, and they're barely a fraction of the size. ]
[ So Kuja gets to see our good friend Ebenholz is a musician with his own eyes~...
The sour note just puts a smile on his face, though it WAS rather painfully shrill. Though he pretends at being so polite... Kuja can't help but relish giving someone a little start, now and then. Keeps them both sharp. ]
I was motivated. If we can prove that there's a connection, even if it's with a notable point of divergence... so much of Terra has been shrouded in mystery for me! Of course I'm curious.
[ Also, Eben might be about to die horribly with the rest of the islanders, and that puts a little bit of a damper on the chance for future chats. ]
Now-- the test to see if you can absorb the crystal's light properly is simple... we need to get out of direct sunlight, to avoid interference, and then you need but bask in its glow.
[ Do NOT remember it, whatever you want him to do he refuses. His music isn't that good anyway! ]
Even proving our respective arts compatible would be worthy of a thousand papers. [ A noble prize even. ] Though I am not a scientist... I am very curious about your world. I haven't had much chance to travel.
[ He scoots forward to try and get a better look at the crystal, pulling up his own sleeve curiously to see if the orignium on his arm seemed to react. Right now, in the broad daylight? He wasn't sure. ]
Hm. Would the church work? Or was there another building you had in mind?
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Date: 2023-01-27 07:51 am (UTC)Eben's ears are all puffed up now. Do not...do not jump him like this. He thought this might be another robbery. ]
Ah. Er. There is a question you had for me?
[ Ebenholz has vauge memories of interacting with Kuja briefly at the party, but nothing worth the other man seeking him out. ]
I suppose I have no short supply of time... but I do not know how I could help you.
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Date: 2023-01-27 08:01 am (UTC)My question... it's truly only a trifle.
But I couldn't help but overhear you mention a world named 'Terra,' and become curious... Is that the name of where you're from?
[ listen. Eben's some kind of furry, which automatically makes him more likely to be from Kuja's neck of reality. He could be an ancient Terran, from before all the mass extinctions. ]
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Date: 2023-01-27 08:09 am (UTC)Ah, you are correct. Terra is indeed the name of the planet we live upon.
[ He's sizing Kuja up and down as well because the feathers do track pretty well as another Terran. ]
Is your world called Terra as well? Your appearance does resemble a people I am familiar with... Libiri are fairly common where I lived.
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Date: 2023-01-27 08:25 am (UTC)That's right. [ Kuja flashes a brilliant smile-- what the hell, he's been curious about the history of his own world that hadn't been deemed a necessity for him to know for forever. He COULD be barking up the wrong tree. But... what if he isn't~? ] Though I am no.. true Libiri, myself, I suspect what I am would have come far after your time. If... we do speak of the same world.
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Date: 2023-01-27 07:31 pm (UTC)[ But he pauses and shakes his head, no, before they go further there are perhaps some essential details that should be thought upon. ]
Our worlds have the same name, and we at least superficially appear to be the same species. [ This is at least good starting evidence. ] The final most important aspect, of my world at least, is the existence of Originum. It remains the bedrock of our cultural and industrial standard.
Even in the future I can't imagine it would just vanish? Do you have any natural black minerals in your world that contain large amounts of energy? Industrial derivatives can cause illness, but mild exposure is the basis for Arts... or magic.
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Date: 2023-01-27 07:56 pm (UTC)But I haven't.. heard of any abundance of black crystals... [ Kuja's face falls. ] Introducing certain impurities during the growth process could make them, I'm sure, but... the name 'Originum' was never mentioned.
..While we have lost a lot of records, and while my world's natural resources were... Long ago used up... if these black crystals were truly so ubiquitous...
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Date: 2023-01-30 06:15 am (UTC)[ It's not hard to pull up a sleeve to show Kuja a few scattered crystaline growths. If that mineral isn't familiar to him then their worlds could not be the same...or the gulf of time must be truely enormous. ]
...Do not take my words to mean I think your theory is without merit. I've heard some tell of the theory time may bud like a tree. Branching paths may have had a singular origin point; Perhaps our homes are only siblings.
What is your home like, if I may ask?
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Date: 2023-01-30 06:38 am (UTC)My, my. I've never seen one of ours so inflicted.
Terra, as I know it, is...
...Ah, it's really.. almost indescribable. Seeing it is the best way to understand. But-- you said Originum, it does things to you if you're 'exposed' to it...
If you're Terran-- my kind of Terran, or close enough-- it's entirely possible you'd be able to receive information directly from the crystals I can make.
I could show you.
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Date: 2023-01-30 06:58 am (UTC)[ It's hard to keep a bit of childish excitement out of his voice - overwriting the usual overwrought eloquent tone. He'd never been allowed to watch such things, but of course anyone his age would be dying too. Not only that, but images of a world not seen by anyone in (his) Terra? The books you could write on the subject! The music you could compose!
But...oh he doesn't want to seem overeager, strange. Showing memories is surely no large ask if Kuja offers it so freely to a stranger. It's quite hard, but he tries to school himself down to a mild interest, even if his ears and fidgeting hands surely tell his true excitement. ]
Origanum is a powerful conductor of energy, and if your crystals contain a similar power, it may be possible. I would...not be against seeing your world? It could illuminate our debate beyond the need for my petty explanations.
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Date: 2023-01-30 07:08 am (UTC)[ he doesn't know what a television is. ]
It's settled, then~!
Ah, they usually take a little time to make... [ hmmm. he shouldn't get ahead of himself here. he DOES have one on hand, but it's very large and also filled with a lot of very personal thoughts. best not use that one. ] I don't have any convenient ones on-hand, so give me... [ Kuja looks up at the sky, forgetting that he has, like. A phone. ] Hmm. Already past noon...
Tomorrow morning. I've a standing appointment I must keep, first, but after that... I can show you Terra, as I knew her.
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Date: 2023-01-30 07:36 am (UTC)[ This he has also heard of! They have arcades, another thing he's never been to, Ebenholz is already reevaluating his mental expectations to be even higher. Maybe there will be exciting battles, or puzzles? ]
Ah, but there is no rush. [He didn't want to watch a movie anyway. He's not disappointed. Nay. Not he! ]
I of course, have nothing but time until this island explodes. Please find me again at your leisure.
[ He'll be like, around. No one else on this island wears this much black, Ebenholz can't be hard to find. ]
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Date: 2023-01-30 08:11 am (UTC)So I will~! Expect me.
[ aaaaaand he's off.
Fortunately for their brunch plans, the big exciting train drama happens after the next morning, so Kuja's got some precious free time to roll up with a crystal with a soft, golden glow in his grip. It's about the size of a soda bottle, though much wider around the middle. Kuja's entrance now is much the same as his last; why fix what isn't broken? ]
Hellooo~o. I've brought the record I mentioned. You recall, don't you?
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Date: 2023-01-31 06:19 am (UTC)Anyway, morning finds him practicing flute in an open part of the island. He absolutely freaking hates how Kuja just randomly appears, even if he does remember (and was excited for) these plans! It makes him mess up a note, and even now he's tapping it against his side in pure embarrassment. ]
Hello. [ He will not be adding extra o's at this time. ] Nay, I did not forget. You weren't lying on the turnaround on your magic. You created all this in one night?
[ It's huge. His crystals took a couple of days to set in at least, and they're barely a fraction of the size. ]
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Date: 2023-01-31 12:32 pm (UTC)The sour note just puts a smile on his face, though it WAS rather painfully shrill. Though he pretends at being so polite... Kuja can't help but relish giving someone a little start, now and then. Keeps them both sharp. ]
I was motivated. If we can prove that there's a connection, even if it's with a notable point of divergence... so much of Terra has been shrouded in mystery for me! Of course I'm curious.
[ Also, Eben might be about to die horribly with the rest of the islanders, and that puts a little bit of a damper on the chance for future chats. ]
Now-- the test to see if you can absorb the crystal's light properly is simple... we need to get out of direct sunlight, to avoid interference, and then you need but bask in its glow.
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Date: 2023-02-01 02:29 am (UTC)Even proving our respective arts compatible would be worthy of a thousand papers. [ A noble prize even. ] Though I am not a scientist... I am very curious about your world. I haven't had much chance to travel.
[ He scoots forward to try and get a better look at the crystal, pulling up his own sleeve curiously to see if the orignium on his arm seemed to react. Right now, in the broad daylight? He wasn't sure. ]
Hm. Would the church work? Or was there another building you had in mind?