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ohthehumanities) wrote2023-06-10 01:00 pm
ohthehumanities) wrote2023-06-10 01:00 pm
catchall; wolfwood
I don't know trigun help
I don't know trigun help
I don't know trigun help
I don't know trigun help
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He lets this go on for about thirty seconds before he decides maybe he should comment. ]
The hell are you mumbling about now?
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Oh--right, sorry. I just do a lot of work in the desert in Sumeru, so initial ideas tend to come pretty quickly.
[Although now he feels insecure about getting carried away...]
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[ You're insecure you're insecure you're insecure you're insecure you're insecure ]
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Um... [HIS INTENSE PRIDE IN HIS WORK BATTLES WITH INSECURITY WEEK
Pride wins:]
Well, now that the dust is settling after the incident with the Sages, Nahida's been wanting to reach out to the Eremites and initiate development in the desert. We haven't talked about it much directly, but from what I hear, she's been working to figure out ways to help without disrupting their way of life. Part of that involves infrastructure--things like schools, libraries, hospitals, shelters... but they have very different needs from those of us on the other side of the Wall. Buildings out there require vastly different materials to withstand the sandstorms, initiate air flow, store and purify water, and so on. Aaru Village was built into the cliffs, and they have access to water, but I'd wondered if it might be possible to adapt the formulas they use for some of their building materials, so that the people in your world could make better use of all this sand. I'd imagine that if it could be used for space travel, someone in your world would've figured it out already, but I thought Setsu might have some ideas, since their world is much more technologically advanced, if I recall.
[...........
Just kidding insecurity effect is back HE WAVES HIS HANDS QUICKLY]
But they were just ideas, I didn't mean to imply that no one had thought of any of all this already, you know--
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He just listens to all of this. ]
I think there's some people out there who thought about it. And I've met some geniuses who managed intergalactic contact -- took a hundred fifty years to do it, but they did.
It's a resource issue, more than anything.
[ Ultimately, it's just a scarcity battle. Simply not enough resources to help everyone like that. ]
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But Kaveh nods; taking that in and still looking (Harry Styles voice) INSECURE, but as though he's processing this--then he wrinkles his nose suddenly, looking annoyed.]
Ugh, this week is irritating already. [DON'T TAKE HIS CONFIDENCE IN HIS WORK!!!] Well, I can't promise it'll do you any good, but I can draft some designs if you'd like. Maybe you can find someone to make use of them.
[He doesn't want to think about them not making it back, so he just. Won't do that right now.]
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...You'd probably be better off handing those to spikey. He's the one who knows all those geniuses on the ship.
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Who's that? [Wolfwood your NICKNAMES]
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[ Here he is completely capable of using names sometimes and he just doesn't. I hate his weird nicknaming tendencies BECAUSE they're specifically so half-assed, they're not even real nicknames!! Though technically he only calls Vash 'tongari' but the EN takes a little more liberty so I am too because I think it's funny. ]
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But Kaveh just looks amused.]
I thought Vash was "blondie"?
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[ Tongari Corn Vash the Stampede. ]
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What an honor. [Is that what it is] At least yours are better than Cyno's.
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What are?
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Your nicknames. You don't make puns out of them, so they're leagues above his.
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[ He cannot fathom the brainpower it takes to make a pun out of nicknaming people. He really chooses the laziest form of 'nicknames'. ]
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VERY SERIOUSLY:] Never do, I beg you.
[eVERY DAY THEY SUFFER CYNO PUNS he misses Cyno so much but if he never hears another pun it'll be too soon. Although honestly fucking props to the poor Genshin translators who have to come up with that shit.]
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I...
Wasn't... planning on it...?
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Good. [HE LOOKS GENUINELY RELIEVED even though this was obviously in no way a real problem. Help.
But he'll pull back and circle back to the actual topic.]
Anyway, that's fine. I'll give them to Vash. [He is not entirely certain that Vash won't entrust them to Wolfwood and yeet himself off a cliff before this is over. But. He won't say that and he won't let himself think about it either. Instead, he pulls out his phone and takes a few photos of the simulation; when he's done, he gestures at the VR controls.]
May I?
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Also it's fine Wolfwood can guilt him into trying to stay he has the power. Maybe. But he nods. ]
Knock yourself out.
[ ... ]
You really think a planet like this is livable? Without us havin' to rely on plants.
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But Kaveh will fiddle with the controls as he talks.]
Truthfully, I believe people can find a way to live anywhere, if they really want to. [The scene shifts--still a desert, but now at a small oasis, with distant ruins and a massive tornado and other structures visible in the distance.] It's just a matter of prioritizing the right fields of research and development. Ideally, the focus of a society's government should always be on improving the lives of everyone...
[But. Well. He sighs, because that's obviously not actually the case.]
Now, granted, I'm just an architect. And Teyvat runs entirely on elemental energy--even out here. [He gestures with a hand.] It would probably take years of research to understand your world enough to give you a genuinely useful perspective. And realistically, unless you're able to sort out alchemy, the goal should be finding a way to get your people to a place with more resources, like you said.
But no, I don't think it's impossible. Just difficult. [...] If nothing else--I do believe it's entirely feasible to make improvements to the quality of life. It's just a matter of sorting out how to use what you do have.
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He glances at the lanky trees and at the water running in the sand. ]
I think a lot of people would leave if it meant they could get a better life.
But it's still also our home.
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Many of the Eremites feel the same way. They don't want to be beholden to the Akademiya. Nor should they be, in my opinion. [He walks over to one of the cacti, reaching up to yank a large red fruit off of it. As he comes back toward Wolfwood, he works on peeling the outer skin off.] I dealt with a good deal of criticism at the Akademiya myself, and many of the Eremites in Sumeru City and Port Ormos already have a hard time. Their children shouldn't have endure bullying and ostracization just for an education and access to a sustainable lifestyle.
[He sets the fruit's peel on the ground, then breaks off a piece, holding it out to Wolfwood.]
You said you had [what was the term] "intergalactic" communication? Did anything come of that?
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You keep mentioning the Eremites, I don't really know what those are...
[ For all the shittiness that No Man's Land is, where gun violence and misogyny runs rampant, they actually don't really have racism? I guess? ]
The Earth ships are coming.
[ And yet there's a distance to how he says this, like he doesn't have hope in them. ]
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Oh--they're the people who live out here. [Gesturing to the desert.] It's just a broad term, though--they're split into small factions. [Tribes, kinda.] Many of them work as mercenaries and bodyguards, especially since the desert is full of things to research, but most scholars don't have Visions and can't fight. A lot of them guard the larger cities on the other side of the Wall, actually--they go by the name the Corps of Thirty. I've heard that they aren't always well-received by the people who remain in the desert, but I can't say I know much about it.
[Since he's not one of them, and tragically doesn't have any scenes with Dehya, my wife.
But... mm. Well. He picks up on that tone, and nods slightly, deciding not to pursue it.]
Well, there's no reason people shouldn't feel safe and comfortable until they arrive. I can't make any promises, but I'll see what I can come up with. [He tilts his head slightly, thinking back over their conversation.] The plants--are they unsustainable?
[Since he'd mentioned living on the planet without them.]
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He listens to Kaveh's explanation well enough. I'm sorry he doesn't respond to it, it's really only just because he doesn't have a lot to comment on it. As for the last question though, he goes quiet. The mutedness is palpable as he debates whether to answer and how. ]
...No. They can malfunction and needs upkeep just like anything else.
And besides that, their energy isn't as infinite as we like to believe.
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