FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org But Hinata said there was a giant sea monster. Sebastian had a large tooth from some creature that he claimed swallowed him.
[He doesn't know just yet that they were at the same drop point. Then, suddenly, a minute or so later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org Were you bitten?
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FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org Bigger than my hand. Sebastian said it was one of the smallest. He and the man who stole your things destroyed it from inside.
Possibly? We crossed a river, but there were... local inhabitants that were not exactly pleased to see us on the other side. But we managed to fend them off.
If you see the local plant life growing much thicker then I'm certain you're close.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Did they? I haven't seen arrows, but they've attacked us with spears. What do you make of them?
[Because Ferdinand understands the need to protect one's home. They were the invaders in this world; Ferdinand couldn't yet begrudge them of their defensiveness.]
[He is making it complicated. But the situation is difficult for him to reason through without feeling a stirring of guilt.]
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Perhaps you're right.
[It isn't like he could protest. He knew what they were here to do; but knowing their fate and turning a blind eye to it was almost as bad as doing the slaughtering by hand.]
[For now, Ciel has little remorse for the attackers, nevermind the recruits were dropped right smack in the middle of a settlement... so it is essentially their fault. Perhaps when he sees some better wonders he won't be so quick to slide his finger over the trigger.
Maybe.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org You've done this once already, correct? What makes this one so different?
The species on Ajna were bred for a harsh and frozen environment. Well, you may have seen some of them on the ship before we were sent here. In their native environment most of them were quite
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FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
deadly and mindless. But here, there is a fully developed ecosystem supporting a species capable of organization and strategy. Tool making.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
I look around myself here and everywhere there's life.
You are correct, but I suppose the best analogy I can make is that Ajna was to a locust what Macha is to a wolf. The shai on Anja were more of a pestilence.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
I do believe it will. Try, that is. It may be my magical abilities at play, but I feel that there is something deeper than what is apparent.
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You sound insane.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
But Hinata said there was a giant sea monster. Sebastian had a large tooth from some creature that he claimed swallowed him.
[He doesn't know just yet that they were at the same drop point. Then, suddenly, a minute or so later:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Were you bitten?
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A few [dozen] times. But I'm well healed by now.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Ah, indeed? It's fortunate that he was able to escape. How large of a tooth was it?
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Bigger than my hand. Sebastian said it was one of the smallest. He and the man who stole your things destroyed it from inside.
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Oh. I see.
[Gdi Sebastian. When he sent you on that fetch quest he didn't intend for you to make friends with the asshole.]
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Noh-Varr has experience fashioning weapons from teeth. He could possibly create one for you with it.
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I received one from him before I left the ship, so I allowed Sebastian keep the tooth.
[What the hell is he going to do with two tooth daggers?!]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Do you know how far you are from the rendezvous point?
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FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Ah. I've already arrived actually.
[Because he opted to take the short cut across the river. Of course, the natives weren't too happy to see them on the other side.]
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WHAT?! HOW DID YOU GET THERE SO FAST?!
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I'm... not quite sure. I thought I would be arriving at approximately the same time as everyone else, but it appears my group has beaten the odds.
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FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Did you take a shorter route?
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Possibly? We crossed a river, but there were... local inhabitants that were not exactly pleased to see us on the other side. But we managed to fend them off.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
How far away are you, by comparison?
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We're still a fair ways away, as far as I'm aware.
[He could just have Sebastian carry him..........]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Some kind of natives to this place attacked us with fire arrows.
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If you see the local plant life growing much thicker then I'm certain you're close.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Did they? I haven't seen arrows, but they've attacked us with spears. What do you make of them?
[Because Ferdinand understands the need to protect one's home. They were the invaders in this world; Ferdinand couldn't yet begrudge them of their defensiveness.]
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There were a lot of them. A community, I guess. They were probably aggressive because of where we landed.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
I can't make any judgments because all they tried to do is kill us. They look strange.
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Well, they aren't human. But they seem to be intelligent enough to have complex defensive and offensive tactics.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Unlike animals.
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I know.
[Then the burning question:]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Have you killed any yet?
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Not directly, no. If some perished from my artillery that's another story.
[But he had tried to use his gun sparingly when they were attacking, and only in defense.]
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
But it is admittedly difficult for me to advance on them without undue cause.
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It can't be helped.
[Ah yes, apathy child.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
If they attack first, we are defending ourselves.
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And if they do not?
[Is it murder if they're forced to kill without provocation?]
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You're making it more complicated than it is, Mr. Wurstel.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
If they don't attack us first, we can leave them alone. They'll just be dying with the planet in the end.
[Salty.]
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FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
Perhaps you're right.
[It isn't like he could protest. He knew what they were here to do; but knowing their fate and turning a blind eye to it was almost as bad as doing the slaughtering by hand.]
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Maybe.]
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
You've done this once already, correct? What makes this one so different?
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The species on Ajna were bred for a harsh and frozen environment. Well, you may have seen some of them on the ship before we were sent here. In their native environment most of them were quite
[gdi character count]
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
deadly and mindless. But here, there is a fully developed ecosystem supporting a species capable of organization and strategy. Tool making.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
I look around myself here and everywhere there's life.
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Don't be stupid. By your description, the other planet had life as well.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
Cows and sheep and pigs are mindless, but they are still alive.
FROM: phantomhive.ciel@cdc.org
If this planet wants to continue to live, it will find a way to destroy us instead.
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You are correct, but I suppose the best analogy I can make is that Ajna was to a locust what Macha is to a wolf. The shai on Anja were more of a pestilence.
FROM: wurstel.ferdinand@cdc.org
I do believe it will. Try, that is. It may be my magical abilities at play, but I feel that there is something deeper than what is apparent.
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What do you mean by that?
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