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Alright, let's not be total wallflowers at prom here, if we're going to be stuck together for the foreseeable future, I think it's only right that we (read: I) start getting to know all of my fellow space cadets. If we're ACTUALLY in space and this isn't some humongous simulation. You guys saw how easy it was for this place to manufacture a hyper-realistic simulation earlier, right? Yikes, big yikes.

But if we ARE in space and we're going to be traveling around, that's actually kind of AWESOME.

No offense to anyone who didn't want to actually be here of course, but you're nuts if you're not a LITTLE curious about the vast expanse of outer space. C'mon. OUTER SPACE! How incredible is that? And here I thought me coming face to face with aliens back home was INCREDIBLE, now we've got ACTUAL OUTER SPACE??? Pinch me I'm in a simulation. LOL.

Sorry I'm rambling, my name's Newt. Dr. Newton Geiszler, but but that sounds so much more boring and overcomplicated than 'Newt', so just stick with that. Worked as a xenobiologist on earth (is there multiple earths or what??? a lot of you are crazy unfamiliar with Kaiju, which is wild to me), helped giant robots fight aliens, the usual. Likes are rock music, playing instruments, tattoos, science and tech, dislikes are bossy pushovers who complain about those things.

Speaking of which, my really good pal from home's name is Hermann Gottlieb, and you should call him Herm to make him REALLY feel at home. :)

It's nice to meet you guys on the NEWTwork. ;P

... Actually—

[Suddenly, the text turns into audio, in which a higher voice with some focal fry bleeds in-]

—can I just abruptly switch to an audio function?

[A pause, and then an excitable:]

Holy shit, how awesome is that?! This is amazing; we've made some pretty monumental gains in technology back home, but we're still working on finessing the finer aspects of neuralogically connecting to networks like these for the general population. I'd love to take one of these apart sometime and see what makes them tick. Good to have an idea of what to expect, in case we need modifications or repairs done at any point.

Anyway. Uh. Hey!

... This whole voices-in-your-head thing can't be good for my train of thought, but geronimo, right?

[If anyone listens beyond that, they may catch the accidental thought-to-audio that follows:]

Wha — oh, dammit.

I sure hope this is the last nosebleed, because I would rather not worry about having accidental brain damage from drifting with aliens.

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Absolutely, I love Nirvana! My uncle used to play it a lot when I was a little fella, he always had an ear for good rock. Blind Melon and Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog - my uncle was OBSESSED with those Cali grunge bands. bands like them and Nirvana, they had a real grit to them, you could tell they were all genuine about themselves, especially the darker sides. I always respected that.

When you say under control, do you mean you shift back and forth on command?
Sorry, this is fascinating to me! Never met anyone like that. We just had Kaiju, that's about it, so this is all pretty neat.

I LOVE pretty much all of those bands. I like Soundgarden and some of the later ones like Silverchair too, and then also some post-grunge like Garbage. and Sublime, but who knows what genre that even is, you just gotta love sublime. there's just something about all of it that's very real-life and relatable even if your life doesn't suck. I mean, everyone thinks their life sucks at 15 but still

yeah, when I say under control, I mean I can shift whenever I want and I don't lose my shit and try to eat chickens anymore. I got bitten when I was 5 so I don't even really remember not being a werewolf. I think the last time I lost it was like 8 years ago and that was because of blood moon, lots of us lose it during blood moon

kaiju are the aliens right?

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You've got GREAT taste! I sure hope there's a place to pay earth music around here, I just have my phone but I don't know if they have chargers. Man, it'd put a big damper on how cool this all is.

Is that a normal thing in your world? You said 'lots of us' so I just figured I should confirm that bit??? Also why did they bite you at 5? That's rude as hell???

[HE'S CONCERNED IS ALL, THIS SOUNDS WHACK.]

I hope so too. I'm in the same boat, no way to charge my phone to listen. hopefully we run across something.

werewolves aren't really normal necessarily, and I have no idea how many there are overall. there's lots of different types of like. creatures. we call the collective of people who aren't deck-builders 'supernaturals' and we only got found out around the time I got bit. oh, sorry, deck-builders are regular humans, no intention of offending it's just a joking term in my pack. sorry, anyway, humans don't like us much especially 'monster' types like werewolves, vampires, banshees, that kind of thing, so we have to hide or we get hunted.

there's a lot of werewolves where I live because it's the ass end of nowhere and you can run free without running into many people. there's like 3 packs in the area. I'm not sure what pack the dude who bit me was, but he wasn't in his right mind and he didn't do it on purpose. it can be tough to control without practice and some mental exercise, and if you lose it you just turn into the typical slavering wolf monster who's always hungry.

I was out playing flashlight tag with my older brother when the wolf attacked me, my brother stepped in and fought him off, but we both got bitten. thankfully he's really good at being a werewolf so he taught me how to deal with it too

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[This is all so fascinating; this place is freaking wild! And a zoo!

... No offense to creatures who would be offended at being compared to zoo animals!!!]

Well, I sure hope the guy didn't have any control, otherwise he's an asshole who chomped on a kid. You don't see yourself as human at all anymore, though? Just 100% werewolf?

[Possible offense, if he were to hear about a zoo, but he'd get over it.]

he definitely didn't, you can just tell. and I guess my relationship with being human is kind of complicated? probably a lot of my packmates still feel human but most of them were already teenage or adults when they got bit, and I was so young I don't really remember NOT being a werewolf. so I guess I could say I probably consider myself 100% werewolf, but I can't speak for all of us

also you need to tell me about these kaiju. I showed you mine, you should show me yours ;)

Okay, okay, fair's fair.
But it's not exactly a pleasant story.

Kaiju are huge monsters that come out of a portal in the ocean floor - they'll look a lot like other creatures from our planet, like a fish, or a lizard, or a questionable unnamed cryptid.

They're specifically sent through to wipe out all of humanity, though. :/

unfortunately, it's way more pleasant than what happened afterward, but I'd rather talk about aliens, to be honest

whoa. that sounds kind of terrifying but also kind of cool? like something out of a good sci-fi movie. I know living it is probably a lot less cool, but hey, if you're seriously helping giant robots fight alien monsters, that makes you pretty badass

Right??? It's pretty cool! Uh, well, it would be. Living it is definitely not as enjoyable as watching them like I did in my youth. I remember my uncle telling me "it's fine, the monsters aren't real, they're just guys in suits". I'm sure he just feels silly now.

[At the last bit, he straightens up a little, even if he's not on screen.]

You think so, huh??? It felt pretty badass.
Well, mostly when we actually WON, it did. The other parts were just kind of scary and overwhelming. But winning, now THAT'S the cool part. They super underestimated humans. Suck it, alien overlords.

yeah, I bet. if you really think about actually doing the things in those kinds of movies, it's crazy. I would probably puke

hahaha, oh man, I remember when it all came out about supernaturals back home, like when people found out that there was such a thing as vampires and werewolves and fairies or whatever. so many kids at my school who'd always thought monsters were just guys in suits. whoops

and yeah, of COURSE it sounds badass. like I said, I'd probably puke if I had to do sci-fi movie stuff. then again, I'm not a scientist or anything, so I'd be way out of my depth

I'm glad you won in the end. the earth is worth saving

[It takes a long few moments for him to decide whether or not to send the follow-up text, but he eventually can't help it.]

did you come out of it okay, though? you said the aliens gave you nosebleeds?

Edited 2021-07-11 09:00 (UTC)

Definitely puked once or twice, but that was mostly the gnarliest kaiju body parts causing that. It was a hard job, but hey, somebody had to dig through that mess!

[TMI, Newton, TMI.]

I sure would be down for supernatural monsters back home, though! I could've been a monster doctor. :( Man, that would have been cool!! [There's a long pause, though, at the question; one that mirrors Dusty's. Did he come out of it okay? Of course he did. He feels okay. There are occasional headaches, but it could ease up, right? Maybe he should... get looked at? A scan, or something, just to be sure?

... No. No, it's nothing. He's okay. It's residual stuff.]

I'm fine, don't you worry about me! I've been keeping an eye on it, and it's been getting better. Technically it was my drifting equipment that caused it. :P Science, man. Clean bill of health, though.

man, I do not blame you at all. I would NOT want to scavenge through a giant pile of kaiju guts. I've run into some nasty stuff between growing up on a farm and running around as a wolf, but that sounds a lot worse. mostly it's only been animals giving birth and a couple dead bodies for me

[That last part in Newt's message is pretty sus though. Despite the fact they have virtually nothing else in common, that bit reminds him strongly of Ches, always pretending to be fine when he's not.]

drifting equipment? what's that?

and not so sure about that, wouldn't frequent nosebleeds count as a not-so-clean bill of health? sorry don't mean to pry, you don't have to tell me, I just know way too many people who pretend they're not hurt when they are

Oooh yeah, and it didn't help that their blood was extremely toxic and fatal to humans; it took a really long time for me to invent a machine to remove all of the harmful chemicals from their bodies. Ugh, I've had so many good pairs of shoes and jackets ruined by it!!!

Drifting equipment's used to sync up two different minds. Usually the people back home use it for the pilots of very large fighting robots, because it takes two people who are completely in sync neurally to pilot them! Sometimes if you use drift tech incorrectly or in an unusual way, you can have some gnarly symptoms, but I'm alright!

If I were still having seizures, then I'd be worried.

[He kind of didn't meant to send that last line, but he was thinking it real strongly and oop!]

holy crap it keeps sounding worse. it's kind of messed up but it almost sounds like it might be easier here. :\ or at least until we figure out what the mission stuff is, that might be harder

whoa, that sounds cool, if it works right. but is it normal to drift with aliens? because that sounds kind of like maybe a bad idea

wait, what? seizures??

It's hopefully easier here, yeah! And if I play my cards right, I can help end the war even sooner and make it easier back home, too.

Uuuuh it's not normal, no. Only two people have ever done it. Me and my lab partner! :T

UUUUUH Just
a mild side effect!

that'd be great tbh. man, my whole reward thing seems so small compared to saving a whole world sooner and saving a lot of people.

mild? I mean, I'm not gonna push or pry but maybe you should get that looked at. it's kind of worrying me? seizures and constant bloody nose sounds kind of like things could be really bad like, neurologically, you know?

Hey, I'm sure it's an important undo to a regret either way. It doesn't have to involve a whole-ass planet to matter, right?

And I pinky swear, I will look into it if it keeps happening! It's just temporary though. Trust me, I'm a resident badass scientist. :P

honestly, I just regret that raising me made my brother miss his whole childhood and teenage years. I just want him to be able to have that back. it seems small and kind of selfish, like I should have somehow figured out how to fix discrimination against supernaturals or end war or something, but he did literally everything for me

do pinky swears count if there are no physical pinkies involved? I'm not so sure about that. might need a more binding agreement. :p

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