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[groupiedrifter]

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.

Comments

[groupiedrifter]

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.

[softmouth]

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

[groupiedrifter]

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!]

[softmouth]

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??

[groupiedrifter]

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!

[softmouth]

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?

[groupiedrifter]

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

[softmouth]

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