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Jul 22 23:53:34 * Namaphry is now known as Sarena
Jul 23 00:40:58 * Sarena seems to be at the cafe for the same reason as Kimiko, at least in that she's meeting with someone who's not physically present. Whoever it is, their AR projection looks like an archetypical Ultimate mercenary with a proud military bearing. In contrast to Sarena, who is leaning forward with her hands on her knees, almost sulkily.
Jul 23 00:42:12 * Kimiko is leaving Sarena alone
Jul 23 00:53:38 * Sarena has some kind of fizzy drink instead of coffee, with an extra-long straw. She seems obviously Japanese from her taste in clothing, and tools--they could be replicas--and though her morph seems ethnically well-mixed, it still seems familiar.
Jul 23 00:53:54 * Kimiko walks over
Jul 23 00:53:57 <Kimiko> "Hello."
Jul 23 00:56:40 <Kimiko> "Do I know you from somewhere?"
Jul 23 00:57:11 <Sarena> You catch the tail end of something her conversant is saying. It's almost an indecipherable buzz, but Kimiko's muse translates it to "--do consider it." Sarena stares through the projection as it winks out for a moment, and seems just as unfocused as she turns to Kimiko. "Yes?"
Jul 23 00:57:41 <Kimiko> "You seem familiar."
Jul 23 01:01:49 <Sarena> Your FRS is immediately able to match a name to her face, though without mnemonic augmentation or eidetic memory, it's hard to establish where you've seen it before. There's quite a lot of information attached to the name, though. She was briefly a celebrity about thirteen years ago, and looked about half her apparent age now. Which is 26.
Jul 23 01:02:46 <Sarena> "I don't know. I don't know you."
Jul 23 01:02:59 <Kimiko> "Well, you're some kind of celebrity."
Jul 23 01:07:44 <Sarena> She looks shy and uncomfortable. Moreso than she does in the old links. "I don't know about that." The morph belonged to one of the batch-grown supersoldiers assembled in a last-ditch effort to rally the Japanese public and military before the Fall came in earnest.
Jul 23 01:10:35 <Kimiko> "Wait."
Jul 23 01:10:37 <Sarena> If it is to be believed that she is who her mesh profile says she is, she was one of the design team's top picks for publicity for her ship, as part of the bridge crew.
Jul 23 01:10:41 <Kimiko> "You're one of those super soldiers."
Jul 23 01:12:04 * Sarena stops turning away. "Oh. Yes." She nods with nervous enthusiasm, then offers a hand sign.
Jul 23 01:13:56 * Kimiko accepts
Jul 23 01:14:45 <Sarena> "We escaped. That was all."
Jul 23 01:15:15 <Kimiko> "Yeah."
Jul 23 01:15:39 <Kimiko> "Fall was nasty for everyone."
Jul 23 01:18:48 <Sarena> It's apparently odd to find one alone. The rest of her crew works as a mercenary company, specializing in assaulting ground-based facilities on Mars. It seems they're beginning to diversify, though it's all rumours.
Jul 23 01:19:08 <Kimiko> "What are you doing by yourself on Qing Long?"
Jul 23 01:20:08 <Sarena> "I..." She seems to search for a response, coming up with,"...am a mercenary."
Jul 23 01:20:43 <Kimiko> "Working by yourself?"
Jul 23 01:21:12 <Sarena> "I am working, or finding work," she answers, obfuscatingly.
Jul 23 01:21:34 <Kimiko> "Yes, but solo mercenaries don't last long."
Jul 23 01:22:21 * Sarena is a remarkably bad liar, it's pretty obvious she's alone. She looks down. "I wouldn't know about that."
Jul 23 01:22:41 <Kimiko> "Uh huh."
Jul 23 01:23:34 * Sarena attempts to turn it around. "Are you alone?"
Jul 23 01:23:54 <Kimiko> "Somewhat."
Jul 23 01:26:38 <Sarena> "Then, you can hire me. It is just one thousand credits per month, plus additional terms."
Jul 23 01:27:21 <Kimiko> "I wish I had that much, sorry."
Jul 23 01:27:55 <Sarena> "Hmm. Yes..." She nods to herself.
Jul 23 01:29:49 * Kija comes scooting along, homing in on Kimiko. They have an uncanny ability to track down that woman.
Jul 23 01:29:58 <Kimiko> "How do you always find me?"
Jul 23 01:31:04 <Kija> "Hello to you too Kimiko. Who's this?" they glance up and over at Sarena. "Oh, you don't mask your mesh traffic very well."
Jul 23 01:31:21 * Kimiko rolls her eyes
Jul 23 01:32:33 <Kija> "I see you have changed your morph again."
Jul 23 01:32:50 <Kimiko> "Oh, yeah, took Lavinea up on her offer, actually."
Jul 23 01:33:12 * Kija looks surprised. "That ... I had not expected."
Jul 23 01:34:11 <Kimiko> "Neither did I, honestly."
Jul 23 01:34:23 * Sarena peers way down at Kija. Her boots are about Kija's size.
Jul 23 01:34:55 <Sarena> "I am Sarena."
Jul 23 01:38:11 * Kija attempts to ascend mount Kimiko. "Hi! I'm Kija."
Jul 23 01:39:10 <Sarena> "You look funny."
Jul 23 01:40:01 <Kija> "Kimiko looks pretty regular for a human. You should have seen her before this morph."
Jul 23 01:40:16 <Kimiko> "Think she meant you."
Jul 23 01:41:18 * Kija looks down at themselves.
Jul 23 01:41:35 * Sarena nods, watching Kija clamber around.
Jul 23 01:42:45 <Kija> "Thank you, I really like this morph."
Jul 23 01:42:51 <Sarena> Given Sarena's cultural background, she might be commenting on Kija not being blue, pink, round, or fluffy.
Jul 23 01:44:08 <Sarena> ('Fluffy' as in 'vast majority of volume is hair'.)
Jul 23 01:45:31 <Sarena> "Is it an animal?"
Jul 23 01:46:42 * Kija finds a shoulder to perch on. "Yes, it's engineered from a number of aboreal species, does really well in microgravity. Is pretty handy everywhere else."
Jul 23 01:51:49 <Sarena> "I didn't know there were forests in microgravity!"
Jul 23 01:53:29 <Kija> "I've seen some experiments with microgravity forests, they are ... pretty. Not terribly practical unless we had some kind of very large space with an atmosphere."
Jul 23 01:55:42 <Sarena> "I don't know about that."
Jul 23 01:56:32 <Kija> "Most plants get a bit confused."
Jul 23 01:57:17 <Sarena> "How come you don't get confused?"
Jul 23 01:57:31 <Kimiko> "They're smarter than a plant."
Jul 23 01:57:31 * Lavinea comes scooting along, homing in on Kija. she has an uncanny ability to track down that critter.
Jul 23 01:58:06 <Kija> "It is not particuarily hard."
Jul 23 01:58:19 <Kimiko> "No, not really."
Jul 23 01:58:22 <Lavinea> haya guys
Jul 23 01:58:28 * Kimiko scratches Kija under the chin a bit
Jul 23 01:58:30 <Lavinea> *lavi and Ari walk in*
Jul 23 01:59:17 <Lavinea> Both "hello everyone"
Jul 23 01:59:29 <Kimiko> "Hi."
Jul 23 01:59:38 * Kija cranes their head back, exposing themselves to more scritchings. "Hey Lavinea."
Jul 23 01:59:41 * Kimiko waves at them, careful not to disturb Kija
Jul 23 02:00:01 * Sarena looks around at everyone, then speaks almost inaudibly toward their midpoint. "Hello."
Jul 23 02:01:16 <Kija> "Sarena, you seem interested in my morph. Is there more you want to know?"
Jul 23 02:04:15 * Sarena looks at Kimiko after a moment, still lagging behind. "Are you saying I'm not smarter than a plant?"
Jul 23 02:04:25 <Lavinea> (whats sarena speaking
Jul 23 02:04:30 <Kimiko> "Not necessarily."
Jul 23 02:04:31 <Sarena> Japanese.
Jul 23 02:04:46 <Lavinea> (both lavi and ari are speaking japanese
Jul 23 02:04:57 <Kimiko> "Just that if you get easily confused in microgravity, there's ways people can help."
Jul 23 02:05:38 <Lavinea> Ari "heh, cant say i have ever experanced that, even in zero G"
Jul 23 02:06:36 * Sarena looks angry for a moment, then shakes her head turns to Kija and opens her mouth, then closes it, then thinks a bit longer, then says, "How does it work?"
Jul 23 02:09:55 * Kija looks a little confused. "My morph ... uhm ... where to begin. Where would you like me to begin?"
Jul 23 02:11:30 <Sarena> "Uh... In microgravity."
Jul 23 02:16:13 <Kija> "Oh. That one's simple really. I can use these" showing off a forepaw and a foot. "-to grab things. My tail too." curling and uncurling their tail. "My body is built for climbing and jumping from object to object, I have keen eyesight and good three dimentional spacial awareness."
Jul 23 02:16:40 <Lavinea> Ari, quite easyaly, considering moving around in micro grav is experance you can get easy"
Jul 23 02:16:56 <Sarena> "Oh... Climbing, and umping, and... I see."
Jul 23 02:17:32 <Kija> "A lot of the structures of the aboreal creatures this morph is based on translate well to microgravity."
Jul 23 02:17:56 <Kija> "Functionally there is little difference between living in a hive habitat and a canopy."
Jul 23 02:18:50 <Sarena> "My morph is based on many great warriors, but they all pre-date the space age and I do not think any of them lived in trees."
Jul 23 02:20:57 <Lavinea> Lavi "thats not much of a issue, by its own the human form dose very well in micrograv, you probably dont have practical experance"
Jul 23 02:22:00 <Sarena> "I don't know. Spaceships are very uncomfortable."
Jul 23 02:22:25 <Kija> "Have you tried using a Bouncer?"
Jul 23 02:22:55 <Lavinea> Lavi and ari look confused at that statement.
Jul 23 02:22:58 <Sarena> "No."
Jul 23 02:24:12 <Lavinea> *ari steals kija form kimiko*
Jul 23 02:24:25 <Kija> "Erp." they get stolen.
Jul 23 02:25:56 <Lavinea> Ari "i guess everyone cant be as well addapted to space as we are"
Jul 23 02:27:37 <Sarena> "We only left Old Earth to survive."
Jul 23 02:28:37 <Kija> "We all have our own strengths."
Jul 23 02:29:20 <Kimiko> "Sarena is a mercenary."
Jul 23 02:30:51 * Kija looks a bit uncomfortable at that revelation.
Jul 23 02:30:58 <Lavinea> Ari "leaving earth behind, its what mankind should have done along time ago"
Jul 23 02:30:59 <Sarena> "I have to be. I should be a soldier."
Jul 23 02:31:58 <Kimiko> "You don't have to be, you know."
Jul 23 02:32:14 * Sarena shrugs. "I should be a navigator, but I was a comms officer. Everything is wrong."
Jul 23 02:33:24 <Sarena> "Earth was where we lived."
Jul 23 02:34:24 <Kija> "One way or another we all owe our existence to it."
Jul 23 02:34:26 <Sarena> It's a good thing Sarena has a white-noise generator on the table, or this would be attracting a lot of attention.
Jul 23 02:34:58 <Lavinea> Ari "earth was mankinds craidel, space is our true home, we should have left it long ago to give new life a change to grow, mankind stayed and destroyed earth with its heuberis"
Jul 23 02:35:17 <Kimiko> "Don't listen to them."
Jul 23 02:35:21 <Lavinea> *lave shakes her head*
Jul 23 02:35:26 <Kimiko> "They're some nutty fringe sect of kooks."
Jul 23 02:35:42 <Sarena> "You know nothing of Earth or humanity."
Jul 23 02:36:07 <Kija> "I would have liked to have seen the earth of old."
Jul 23 02:36:20 <Sarena> "You ran away because you were scared."
Jul 23 02:36:21 <Lavinea> *lavi holds her hand up to ari before she speaks*
Jul 23 02:36:49 <Lavinea> "excuse my sister, shes not as acclimated to transhumanity as i am"
Jul 23 02:37:01 * Kimiko shakes her head
Jul 23 02:37:08 <Kimiko> "Eh, Kija."
Jul 23 02:37:16 <Kimiko> "Not that nice of a place."
Jul 23 02:37:37 <Kimiko> "Lots of environmental damage from pre-nanotech industrialization, crowded.":
Jul 23 02:37:55 <Lavinea> lavi "also we never ran, we where in space long before the fall."
Jul 23 02:38:09 <Kimiko> "Yeaaaah."
Jul 23 02:39:05 <Sarena> "You didn't run from the Fall. You ran from humans."
Jul 23 02:39:10 <Lavinea> Lavi "sadly i had to live through our flight form our home, the one planet i wanted to set foot on was our home"
Jul 23 02:40:38 <Kija> "As the one person here who truely isn't human I find it all a little presumtuous."
Jul 23 02:41:49 * Sarena nods, apparently agreeing with Kija. Her hands are clamped on the table's edge. It's bolted to the floor, but that probably wouldn't help if she wanted to turn it over.
Jul 23 02:42:23 <Lavinea> lavi "it seems like another person of whom there is no convincing, truely sad"
Jul 23 02:43:13 <Sarena> "Child of traitors. Get out of sight."
Jul 23 02:43:45 * Sarena points to the way out.
Jul 23 02:45:28 <Lavinea> Lavi "heh, and i thought i had a temper"
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