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Hilda Valentine Goneril ([personal profile] theidlemaiden) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-05-17 06:40 pm

@ everyone

๐˜๐˜ช ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ขรฏ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ โ€” ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด!

[A combination of deep exasperation and resignation doesn't show in Altaรฏr's 'handwriting', but if it could, it absolutely would.]

We discovered a pair of mated lizards in the woods of Solvunn some time ago. One appears entirely normal, the other is half-mechanical, with gears in its midsection. It should clearly be dead regardless of where those gears came from, and yet it both lives and has fathered eggs.

[Unspoken: 'That's fucked up, right?'

Hilda's handwriting interjects, clearly addressing Altaรฏr. ]


๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅโ€ - ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ! 

[He feels as though he should be too dignified and composed for internal bickering in front of others but he absolutely is not.]

Miracle implies the presence of divinity. This is clearly something else. I would like to know what, and to know whether any other Summoned have encountered anything similar.

[ Somewhere Hilda is rolling her eyes and mimicking him but thankfully everyone else is spared the theatrics. ]

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ โ€“ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด.
 
๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!

( ooc: visit the lizards here! and you may get replies from either one of the new parents or both! don't worry about posting order, thread jacking is encouraged ) 

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[personal profile] earthborn 2023-05-29 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No, don't worry about it. It's hard to explain, but it's actually kind of sweet that he'd call it that. Most Turians wouldn't.

[Garrus himself used to call it "The Relay 413 Incident," years ago. When hadhe changed his mind? Or maybe it'd been more subtle than that, and he hadn't even noticed the shift, himself. In either case, it's good; nobody likes being disrespected, and for all her foibles, Shepard is still every inch an Alliance loyalist.]

...And that we are. But, tell me about your war.
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[personal profile] carmesi 2023-05-30 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[oh, wow, altaรฏr is being so conscientious! wanda really pegged him wrong as far as animals were concerned, what with not naming his mare and all.]
I'll collect some insects and plants from around here, and bring it to you both in Nocwich.
I know they'll adapt, but just in case. They might miss the taste of their home.

[she will contribute in this way.]
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-05-30 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Alucard is going to leave the debate about elderly lizard care alone. He did not meant to set it off, and there's more important things to be had here. Mostly the point about experimentation, because it is the inevitable conclusion.]

A limb is one thing. Circulatory and respiratory are something else. Much more complex systems for one, that require some precise medical knowledge. Not that prosthetics aren't, but thinking about how the brain communicates with the body to make these functions work - and the heart as well - that says something about the knowledge the person doing this must have.

[He pauses, something surfacing in his mind.]

You two weren't here when it happened, but when Thorne was the only place capable of doing Summons, there was a jail break. It was led by two unknowns, and it wasn't clear if they had any allegiance to any factions. I have to wonder if maybe there's something in that thread worth pulling on.
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-05-30 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Altaรฏr may not be an expert, but he has above-average knowledge of anatomy โ€” it helps with the part where he makes those systems stop working โ€” and that tells him that Alucard is right and such a contraption must be so unbelievably complex that he'd expect it to be impossible.

And yet there Veliki is, surviving and apparently thriving.]


Really.

[That certainly catches his interest.]

What happened to them afterwards? How was it achieved?
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[personal profile] aquilus 2023-05-30 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure they'll appreciate that.

[It actually does make him smile to himself. Perhaps he's very slightly more sentimental than he lets on. No one must know.]

Also, I wanted to ask โ€” if you have the time, would you be willing to return to the area where they nested and see whether there's more worth looking into there? Steve suggested it may be worthwhile for a few Summoned to perform a more thorough search than we had time for.
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[personal profile] gynvael 2023-05-30 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A door, crushed under a rockfall. If they buried it, they mean to abandon it.

[ Finished, in other words. Not an active site. Truthfully, Geralt can't confirm the tampering, either. It was Sam who spotted that discrepancy, and Geralt trusts Sam enough to take the man at his word. ]

There's more. When we entered the cavern, it released a toxin into the air. Nearly took out one of us. In any case, breaking down that door isn't worth what it might unleash.

[ This is how entire villages become cursed with the plague. He nods at the lizard in the tank. ]

You might have better luck following that creature's trail. Something tells me the source of it is not as foreign as it appears.
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[personal profile] restingstitchface 2023-05-30 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
>Well, I would hardly have commented on that otherwise, would I?

[If only he were sixteeh and could tack a :) at the end without looking stupid.]
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[personal profile] carmesi 2023-05-30 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell Steve to stop giving me homework.

[this is a joke]
I'll see who I can recruit to come with me.
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[personal profile] restingstitchface 2023-05-30 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, how time flies.

But I am joking, just this once.


[Forgive this serious man his funny turn.]
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-05-31 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. Well, the sexual organs of reptiles are internal. It does appear that the creature's circulatory and respiratory systems are at least partially mechanical. Perhaps it has a suitable replacement that we can't see.

[Congratulations, you got Viktor to say "sexual organs". That said, he does not anticipate half-robot lizard babies. To Hilda's question, he shakes his head.]

No, this is unfamiliar to me. What do you mean, before his time?
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[personal profile] carmesi 2023-05-31 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Feel free.

Out in the wastelands? That's โ€” in the Free Cities, right? I don't really know the geography of the place. I'll bring people with me who can look after themselves, then. I will head out there as soon as we get the chance to.
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[personal profile] monomachy 2023-05-31 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes life takes us down a different path than we imagine for ourselves.
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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2023-05-31 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Unclear, and I was not in a good state at the time myself.

[Read: Hilariously depressed and wanting to commit so much murder.]

They managed magic that stopped time for a full hour, and opened portals to Solvunn and the Free Cities. What became of them after is wholly unknown. It happened all too fast.

I don't know why they came to my mind when looking at your friend here. It could be nothing at all. But they've never reappeared, and that seems strange to me.
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[personal profile] assembles 2023-05-31 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, she's got a few friends there. Nero or Himeka would probably be willing.
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[personal profile] restingstitchface 2023-05-31 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, better one breaks a heart than never leave a mark. I know that coming from a man like me it sounds bizarre but love is what it is.

[A complete and utter farce.]
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[personal profile] carmesi 2023-05-31 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[this suddenly escalated. from lizards to possible experimentation capsule-rooms and booby traps?]
It was made to look like it was left in a hurry? That doesn't bode well.

Don't worry, Hilda. I know you've only seen a little bit of my magic, but I promise you that I'm a lot tougher than that. I trained with Steve, Natasha, and Sam for a while, too.

From one mystery onto another. This place doesn't run out of giving us things to do, huh.

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