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Professor Charles Rieben ([personal profile] professorrieben) wrote in [community profile] genessia2016-08-08 11:20 pm

1st Theory | Semi-Accidental Audio

[When the video feed initializes, it's obvious the user is 1, outside at night in Genessia City, 2, is currently just outside the Bay as the end of Weiss' holographic message can be heard in the background and then it starts again, and 3, that the user, a dark-haired and blue-eyed gentleman in what looks to be his mid-forties is awkwardly holding the phone in one hand and the pamphlet that explains it's use in the other.

He speaks, at first to himself, with a cultured English accent, though there's a harshness to his consonants that suggests English is not his native language.
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Remarkable! [He smiles in satisfaction and adjusts his grip on the phone so it's oriented correctly for a video address before continuing.] Hello, everyone, or what I assume to be everyone paying attention at any rate. These devices are rather clever, aren't they? [He shakes his head as though chiding himself for beginning off-topic.] My apologies. This is all so fascinating! I should say preemptively that it is a pleasure to meet all of you. My name is Charles Rieben, and I have, quite obviously to most of you I'm sure, just awoken in this "Bay" so usefully marked on this map. I admit the whole situation seems a bit...off-kilter, but nothing seems life-threatening for the moment, so I believe we have time for a chat.

[He pauses here, looking a bit thoughtful.]

I do have one pressing matter to ask of you all, though. Where might one acquire an Almanac for this place?
imaginationswoes: (Talking a lot)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-15 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I will.

[She reaches for a piece of paper, scrawls it down and then writes a small note about Charles. Airy then takes a sip of her coffee.]

He hates being called Fergus... almost as much as Antonio hates being called Tony. Why do long lived species call others by their full names? Natalia called me Arianna constantly and I hated it.
imaginationswoes: (Looking down)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-15 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that makes sense.

[Airy frowns for a moment.]

I'm sorry... I'm not really helping am I. Is there anything I can do to help?
imaginationswoes: (Affectionate)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-15 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
That- really depends on the person.

[She thinks for a moment. She knows the loss that Luther felt and she's convinced, be it true or not, that his father is feeling the same pain.]

I'm decent company when I don't fall asleep?
imaginationswoes: (Awkward)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-15 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Airy turns a red at the sudden comment. Not because the idea is embarrassing but she had just been called out by Luthers dad...]

Ah, yeah.

[It's hard to tell what she's responding too.]

Oh, yeah. Someone kidnapped me, his name is Darren but he worked for this vampire guy. I was getting Nathan coffee at the time and so he freaked out but had to wait until Antonio woke up after sundown who was then like, 'take me to your werewolf friend' and Nathan was all confused but apparently vampires can smell werewolves off of people and Gus had his hotdog cart and hotdogs are one of my top five favorite foods so Nathan took me there a lot. Then Nathan and Antonio found Gus and then Gus took them to HQ and I wasn't there for any of this so I'm paraphrasing but I made a bird that wouldn't leave Nathan alone and Gus said it smelled like me and they somehow used it to find me.

[She talks very quickly, hoping that this is enough to divert the conversation away from her and Luther.]

That's the short version.
imaginationswoes: (Relieved)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-15 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Airy bites her lower lip.]

Did I not say that? I'm so sorry.

[She has a feeling she comes off as some random crazy person who dated his son and knows all these people that he doesn't know and then Gus.]

imaginationswoes: (The truth?)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-16 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
He isn't completely gone, no.

[She inhales, takes a sip of her coffee and moves over to the couch to have a seat. With her legs pulled to her chest, coffee in hand and phone balanced on one knee she begins trying to remember the story from the beginning.]

He did take me, well it was someone I knew from my home town named Darren. Apparently... [This part she still finds hard to believe.] I made everyone there forget I existed when I ran away. I stopped at New York and ended up staying a little over a month or so? I don't remember. It was fun so the days sorta blended together. When he took me- [This isn't something Airy talks about so she has to figure out how to word it.] I was there for 5 weeks and they were going to use me to destroy a layline. Like I said Nathan and Antonio found Gus and Antonio learned that his dad is fucking crazy. [She pauses again and exhales.] So when they came to get me I was in pretty rough shape. Nathan ran in and Carin said he woke up. I don't really get this part but after that he had to leave for a year to train and I was left at HQ to heal. I don't know why he wanted to destroy it though and it's unclear if he was trying to kill me or do something else.

[Airy doesn't try to understand crazy.]
imaginationswoes: (You can't)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-17 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Airy doesn't talk about her time in Amadeus's care because it generally makes others feel uncomfortable. She's well adjusted considering what's happened but has little practice telling the story.]

Yes. [She first confirms his question with an answer, not wanting to be rude and ignore it.] We have a Druid. [She's actually met two but since she doesn't know the second one well she isn't mentioning that.]

Does that mean Amadeus has a Druid too? What do they want then? I don't think they want to rule over people.
imaginationswoes: (The truth?)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-19 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Airy frowns.]

Okay but what is it? I mean- what do you think it is?

[She just keeps wondering why he'd hurt her the way he had.]
imaginationswoes: (Surprise)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-22 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. I'm not coming to the same conclusion as you.

[Though she knows far less about both Druids and Creators than Charles does. His train of thought appears to jump all over the place and he's losing her.]

He wanted to destroy the nod didn't he? I thought Less nods meant less sources of power or some sort of disruption.

[She's still learning how the planet works.]
imaginationswoes: (hopeless)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-23 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
So if it isn't him then it's someone who he'd follow...

[She doesn't need to make that much of a leap to know it's another vampire. Amadeus is just like that.]

What would the goal be? They can't want to just hurt the planet... Everyone needs the earth.
imaginationswoes: (Beauty)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-24 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
So if he had a druid they couldn't come near me... they'd have to protect me?

[Whoever was really pulling the strings sounded smarter than Airy liked.]
imaginationswoes: (Were you talking to me?)

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[personal profile] imaginationswoes 2016-08-25 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Airy takes a moment to take in the new information. With how Amadeus talked to her she thought he wanted her dead. The whole plan felt like a way to kill her but the more she thought about it the more she realized that it didn't make sense. There were plenty of ways to kill her.

Silence stretches for a moment longer and Airy finds herself chewing on her lower lip. Her thoughts quickly turning. It's possible that Amadeus doesn't know what he's doing too. She glances back at the video and exhales a slow breath.]


Yeah, do you think they can do that? Turn me against- everyone.

[They've already turned her into a puppet once and while Seth had said he protected her she suddenly doesn't feel very safe.]

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