@anonymous

[stabilis]

Kind of forward for a first date, I know, but do any of you have access to tech that can give a guy a clean brain scan? Looking for foreign organics, not the chip.

And has anyone tested the limits of the empathy bond? If not, consider this recruitment for some extreme handholding. Also forward, but I promise I'll buy you a drink as soon as I get my allowance.

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[strove]

How long have you been here again? You've probably already eaten some.

[mercurio]

don't say that... i've only been here for about a day!

[strove]

That's long enough.

And even if it isn't, that's what you have to do around here.

[mercurio]

ok but someone gave me chicken
are you telling me there's almost no chicken in this place

[strove]

Are you positive it was chicken?

And if it was, they may have spent their entire paycheck on you.

[mercurio]

it really gotta be like that huh
is there really no other type of protein available?

[strove]

What are your thoughts on beans?

[stabilis]

Do they not have algae beer?

[strove]

Oh, I'm sure they do.

But as someone who just faced a future full of algae, do we really want to start there with him?

[stabilis]

[ fair ]

I mean. The beer part's still good.

[strove]

If a friend of mine ever shows up, I'll make sure to send him your way. I have a feeling that you and him will have a lot to talk about.

[#montygreen

Are bugs off the front of her rover worse than algae?

... Yes. In short.

But this is all in good fun.]

[mercurio]

i already know where this is going... i'm not a fan but i'm more of a fan of them than i'll ever be of bugs

[strove]

It could be way worse.

[mercurio]

i GUESS...thanks for the heads up

[strove]

For what it's worth, I didn't have meat until I was almost 18.

[Only now does she give the Source of her perspective.]

It wasn't an option.

[mercurio]

seriously? how come?

[strove]

I grew up in space. It's hard to breed what you don't have.

[Honestly, the fact that a bunch of delinquent teenagers learned how to smoke meat from theoretical lessons is the true victory here.]

[mercurio]

space??? holy shit that's super different from what we have where i come from
how does that work? (if it's ok for me to ask??)

[strove]

You can ask, but I don't know which part you mean.

[mercurio]

UH LIKE..how do you mean you grew up in space??? in like a ship?

[strove]

[Violins begin playing.

Okay, not really.]

I was born in space. As far as anyone knew, that was the only civilization left, so the fragmented parts came together to form one community.

In terms of how that came to be, I think once your implant is up you can look into space travel. It wasn't as advanced as it is here, though there were some mining expeditions. Honestly, the reason why people branched out on those expeditions was similar to what's happening here. Resources are limited, and that means they can't be spent trying to raise livestock when we have to live ourselves.

Though the stations that fed into where I grew up were more scientific stations. Lots of scientists, but not as prepared for being caught up there. Still, they made it work.

i am suddenly so attached to clarke WOW THANKS FOR THE VID LINK

[mercurio]

[for all intents and purposes, this is so much more than what prompto expected to get on what "space" is. lucis never really worked towards it (never got a chance to?), most likely in part to focusing their efforts on the on-going war within its borders. while most things technology are in most terms advanced and comfortable back home, there is a certain aspect to things being very ground-centered.]

[he tries to imagine what it would be like, to be in space. to go to the moon, to see eos from the outside.]

[astronomy and astrology were sciences developed in lucis, yes, but all were hypothetical and theories intertwined heavily with the divine.]

so this is the first time you've been on... not-space?

[to be honest, right now he's a lot more interested in her as a person. bugs? livestock? lmao he'll worry about that later.]

sorry i'm just...[how do you say it sounds cool without sounding like an idiot] it's fascinating? we never did space exploration back where i'm from
of any kind
not that i know of

there were a lot of video games about space though but it's just video games you know
it's nothing like hey!! real space experience here!!

[nailed it]

we can go to space while here????

[holy shit]

[strove]

Not a whole lot of video games made it to us by time I was born.

But no, this isn't my first time on the ground.

[Even saying it that way all but confirms the difference for her. The sky and the ground: two separate entities.]

Getting here in the first place would have been very difficult if it had been.

And yes ... though it's extremely costly. To tell you the truth, I haven't looked into it much. I'm not really itching to go back up there.

[Read: Clarke doesn't think answers can be found up there.]

[mercurio]

[it makes sense, he thinks, that she wouldn't want to go back so readily, if that's where she was most of her life.]

[he steers the conversation elsewhere]

you like it down here a lot more then? bugs and all?

[strove]

Let's just say it's preferable to the alternative.