genessia | Ichigo [Action/Video]

[That wasn't right. When Allen became aware of the first vague sensations of consciousness nipping at him, his eyes snapped open, and clarity returned to him. This wasn't right at all. His eyes focused, and the first thing he saw was the roof of a cavern. The first thing he heard, the sloshing of water. He could take account of his other senses as well, but by this point it wouldn't tell him anything he wanted to. Instead, he took account of his own body- made sure everything was still working- and then used one hand to push himself up from the bed of the cocoon, catching the box that was sitting on his chest in the other in a smooth, reactive motion that could have been mistaken for unconscious.

A bed- no, a cocoon? As he pried himself from it and stepped into the water filling the Bay, finding himself up to his heels in it, a whole host of questions crossed his mind, many with answers he didn't like. But he supposed he should get more information before he pursued THOSE lines of thought any further, or else they could lead down dark roads. Best not to jump to conclusions... even if that's what he really wanted to do right now.

He finally turned his attention to the box and pried it open, tucking the lid under the same arm holding the box while he examined the contents. He plucked out the walkie-talkie first, and took a moment to examine it- thoroughly, the hand holding it bursting open into a mass of metallic tendrils, each ended with a different device to prod and hook and pick apart the device- there was even an Ammeter in there somewhere. Ultimately; Rudimentary but functional, he concluded on the device, his hand folding back into it's original shape- and taking the walkie-talkie with it, absorbing it into his body. He knew how it worked in detail now, replicating it's functions wouldn't be an issue.

He briefly glanced over the gold necklace, studded with a large red jewel and numerous other smaller ones, and then chose to pick out the pamphlet. Huh. They wanted him to know they brought him here?

It didn't take long to flip through it. How kind of them to provide the walkie-talkie! He took a second look at the necklace though, now that he knew it's purpose as a transport vessel and an identifier- and took a moment to wrap it around his wrist like a bracelet, snapping it shut and letting it hang there. Then last of all, he took the money and stuffed it into his coat's pocket, mumbling, "Thanks for room and board, I guess." Then he chucked the box and it's lid back to the cocoon, and at last, made his way out of the Bay.

Upon stumbling across the magazine rack, he cocked an eyebrow. "Sure stands out, but I guess that's the point."

As Weiss' message played out to full, he dug through the magazines at the rack, giving them cursory glances. Safer than home, huh? He could believe it. But that didn't mean it was more exciting that way. The message ended and he put the magazines back, taking in his surroundings, and considered making his way to Nova City. But first, he figured he'd put the video capabilities of that walkie-talkie to the test by posing a question to the greater populace who'd already arrived, raising an empty hand and allowing a camera lens to form on it's palm- HD Video, here we come! He'd already recorded the frequency it was broadcasting on, so the rest came neatly.]

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Getting into the Christmas spirit, everyone? [He laughs to himself, but you can tell from his face he's not in the best place mentally. A little red under the eyes.]

So, can anyone give me a read on how outdated Ms. Schnee's little info relay out here is? You know, if anyone's gotten any closer on how to get home or not. Just need to know if I'm here for the short-term or the long haul, you know?

[He briefly is out of focus, giving anyone viewing a view of a boot attached to a leg- after all, the camera is in his hand, as opposed to being carried by it. Not that the viewer would know. Then it shifts focus to his face again.]

Nice place you've got here.

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We DO have jets where I come from you know. In fact, we have far more advanced things where I come from. I've taken a peek at more than a few blueprints, I'd be able to do it. Quickly? Not likely. Producing these kinds of materials efficiently and functionally isn't cheap. But I'd be able to do it.

More advanced, huh?

[Now he's interested. Well, he was interested before, but skeptical, but now he just can't help himself from asking.]

If that's the case, then tell me something. I don't suppose you've got transforming aircraft where you're from, do you?

The fleet that opposed the planet that built me had things like that, yes. They had modular bodies capable of reconfiguring and swapping out parts on the fly mid-combat to suit the situation. Other than that though, transforming aircraft is a rarity because it's unwieldy and extremely stressful on the pilots if it doesn't kill them outright due to the extreme g-forces involved in the motion of the jet during transformation. Those that achieved it only did by building the cockpits out of all new materials and essentially rearranging how they cushioned the pilots.

They're damn expensive too though, so I didn't see a whole lot.

Guess the price of 'em is universally shared. [Though he's not surprised. Alterna frames were incredibly pricey.]

But I never thought where I come from would have a leg up on the world a shapeshifting android comes from. Transforming aircraft are the norm, and were developed to the point that strain on the pilot was at a minimum. Hell, Eichhorn lead development on a system to control them through the pilot's own movements.

[He shrugged.] But I didn't expect to hear of another world that actually had something akin to alterna frames.

Just because you have something doesn't necessarily mean it's more advanced. Such a thing seems incredibly unwieldy, especially in terrestrial environments. If it's still using a jet base as well, it probably is. Such a thing is probably outdated in space combat. We'd found other forms of weaponry to use instead of slapping arms and legs on our flying machines.

But, each planet develops at it's own pace, I guess.

[Hey man, slapping arms and legs on flying machines is awesome.]

I wasn't implying that Celveryia was more advanced as a whole. I'm merely stating that it's surprising that a world with such advancements didn't have a more concrete way to work around problems with transforming frames.

But seeing that we only have our own atmosphere to work with, and only one aquatic model, space combat isn't exactly on our agenda of things to worry about.

[oh, he knows it.]

Well, you just answered it yourself. To be fair, if we went back now and tried to tackle the problem, we could probably handle it... but we're so acclimated to space combat that our methods of terrestrial combat have completely changed to account for it. Planet side invasions are almost a rarity these days, since the point of an invasion is to obtain resources, so we don't want to destroy already existing facilities...

Should it come to that though, there are ways. People like me were basically the drop team, actually. If we had to go planetside, they'd drop a whole bunch of guys like me off and let us use our abilities to wreak havoc.

Edited 2016-01-10 05:03 (UTC)

[Wow, a lot of this is... confusing, to say the least. Gale doesn't even know if he's listening anymore, or if what Allen's saying is going in one ear and out the other.]

So you're the kind of invader that we read about in science fiction books and the reason people say they saw mysterious lights in the sky that took their cow.

Or do you guys at least have the decency to leave the farm animals alone?

[Yeah, he heard the part about obtaining resources- that's on par with those rotten ass Cardinals, but injecting more sarcasm into the conversation was always a good thing. ...to him.]

No, we're the kind of invaders you see in superhero movies that lay waste to entire cities, only there's no superheroes in this case. [He laughs.] Not so cute now, huh?

Though you'd probably approve if you saw the kinds of farm animals other planets had.

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