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Legion ([personal profile] forwearemany) wrote in [community profile] tabularasa_rp2020-08-07 09:26 pm

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Who: Legion and you
What: Exploring, Picking an apartment, performing experiments
Where: Various places
When: August
Content Warnings: None so far, will warn if something comes up in a thread



A)

(Tifa requested their assistance in restoring power to the Heavenly Blanc. This is not their designated function, but they will attempt it.

The first thing they discover is that there is no connected power source, no power lines or generators. A simple generator is not impossible to create, though it takes time to scrounge the necessary components, and is unlikely to work as a long term solution.

Still, they build one. Or at least … they try to.

Because that’s the problem: no matter what they do, how much work they put into constructing it, anything more than the simplest machinery doesn’t work.

At first, they don’t really believe it, assuming something is wrong with the connections, the wiring, the materials. They take things apart and reassemble them and then when that doesn’t work they recreate them entirely.

But eventually it becomes clear: generating electricity simply doesn’t work.

And so, they begin to … experiment.

By the time someone comes to check on them, they’ll have some wires connected from somewhere within the hole in their chest to a light, and seem very confused. They are functional, and yet their own internal power source apparently isn’t able to supply usable electricity.

They aren’t one to actually say it out loud, but their current thought process is something along the lines of: What the fuck?)


B)

(The Merlaut apartments appear to be the popular community choice for housing, and Legion isn’t an exception. Like so many others, they choose a spot on the third floor, with a good view of the lake and forest.

Though their choice of apartment on the third floor is not particularly unique, their choices when it comes to personalization are, at least to a degree. They have no need for a bed, so that’s the first thing to go: they take it down to the lobby and grab a nice comfy loveseat instead.

The next renovation is a bit more time consuming. They are able to, with a bit of convincing, collect some paint from the local wildlife. It would, perhaps, be easier to simply ask them to draw for them, but the images in their memory are very exact, and they do not wish for them to be altered.

Fortunately, they are also very simple.

Copied with exacting perfection are a series of childish drawings of cats and flowers and all sorts of other things, including a crude drawing of themselves. Ren had drawn all over their home in Enso, and just as they preserved them there, they will do so here. These drawings cover the walls on all sides of the little studio apartment, a very odd addition to an otherwise non artistic space. Even the picture already on the wall is removed to make room for showcasing the drawings.

They hope that, wherever she is, Ren is doing well.

Anyway, for the last change they make (aside from cleaning the sink), they add a second plant to the windowsill. It’s a wild thing, taken from the forest, and they’ve planted it in a chipped pot scrounged from the beach. Keeping it here is part of an experiement: they wish to observe whether it changes in time with the greenery below.)


C)

(A ...religious establishment?

The architecture suggests that that is, in fact, what the Lemon Cello church is. But the decorations suggest something entirely different. An eating establishment?

Perhaps, they think, it is a church renovated to be a restaurant. Though that would have likely resulted in the hole in the floor being patched. Perhaps it was left open intentionally? There is a garden growing there.

They go to inspect said garden, admiring the health of the plants. They’re very gentle, careful not to step on or damage anything, and they chatter their pleasure at the well kept greenery. It’s probably weird seeing a machine enjoy nature as much as they are, but they do inherit programs from an agricultural unit, and know the time and effort it takes to care for flora, even if their experience lies in tending fields more than gardens.

They wonder: whose memories did this location come from?

Perhaps, they think, it is a combination of multiple memories. It would explain the mismatched aesthetic.)


D)

Error.

(They stare at the string of gibberish that has been painted on a building wall.

They have been attempting to teach the natives (smeargle?) to write, but it’s not going well: though they have shown the ability to copy words perfectly, they appear to experience difficulty when trying to say something of their own-the words become incoherent gibberish.

They clearly comprehend language, and their artistic creations show capacity for original work-is there something about them that prevents proper writing?

It is … troubling.)
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-09 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
(As he strolls by, he catches a glimpse of Legion staring at the wall... It peaks his curiosity.

He approaches, carefully as he is unsure whether Legion is friendly, only to find they are staring at... Scribbles?)


... That makes no sense.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-10 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
(Ren had spent enough time around the books and magazines in Heavenly Blanc - the writing too similar to the gibberish that was printed on them.)

Natives?

(Is he referring to the creatures? He had seen them paint before, but not write.)
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-11 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
As in you attempted to teach them or did they try to reproduce it?

(Two different things, showing writing and actually alphabetizing the creatures.)
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-08-11 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of the written language I've found is gibberish as well. Maybe it's related?
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[personal profile] rotomphone 2020-08-10 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ though Smeargle aren't native to Galar, the species' uniqueness and ubiquitous association with visual art means that Raihan is fairly familiar with them. stumbling upon them here was a surprise, but especially because they're not quite like any Smeargle he's seen before - a regional variant, he assumes... they're just too similar to not be, right?

Raihan and Duraludon are passing by the area when they see Legion reflecting on the building wall, so he decides to check it out. having run into one of the Smeargle himself, he knows to approach a bit softer than he normally would. ]


Appreciating the art? [ he stays at a reasonable distance, hands in his hoodie pockets as he looks the wall over. ] There's something about Smeargle marks that draws you in... never could quite put my finger on it.
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[personal profile] rotomphone 2020-08-12 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That's pretty standard of most Pokémon. Smeargle have the advantage of being creative on their own terms, but fall short of language that we understand. You know, how Duraludon can understand me but can't talk himself.

[ even if Duraludon had fingers, he wouldn't expect him to be able to put a pen to paper. the empathic connection they have tends to suffice, both on and off the pitch. ]

Were you trying to get them to write something of their own?
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[personal profile] rotomphone 2020-08-18 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh no! he didn't mean to dampen his spirits, but notes the way that his body hangs a bit. he doesn't want to be known as the guy that's the bearer of bad news, so he quickly changes perspective. ]

That doesn't mean that you should give up, though! I mean, it sort of looks like a Smeargle, but not one that I've ever seen. It could be mixed with some other creature that I don't know about, like the others around here... If it is, maybe that part of them can figure it out?

[ he gets closer to pat his shoulder reassuringly. cheer up... pls. :( ]

Keep trying, mate. If you want, I can lend a hand!

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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-08-10 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh... Legion... your guts are showing.

[Parsee happened across the robot after a while and she had a somewhat concerned expression on her face. Because there was a lot of junk here, and this looked like it couldn't be good for the robot, but ... then again, she wasn't sure if he was hurt or how durable a Geth was.

This was definitely a little weird.]
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-08-11 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[She probably wouldn't use that word, but that had so much more to do with her personal trust issues and self-loathing. But hey "Acquaintances" work! Give it time there robo-pal!]

Oh... power source. Right. Not steam. Smaller, higher tech. Of course. So that's supposed to light up but the power isn't connecting?

...

[She frowned, scratching her chin. This was starting to match up with something that had been bugging her.]

Should it be doing that normally?
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-08-12 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I have managed to figure that out. Don't see any red juice coming out of you. I just meant, if these are supposed to give power, shouldn't that be lit?

[because she wasn't technologically inclined, but that seemed to be what was supposed to happen.]

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[personal profile] starshower 2020-08-11 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Tifa is lurking within the church, too, trying to find any other semblances of her world beyond it just being the Sector Five church, but so far, nothing has come up. She isn't even sure what she'd been hoping for when she returned after learning that this was Aerith's church specifically; maybe something else from home that she knew?

She gives up her search for now and is about to leave, but on her way to the front doors, she spots a familiar robot, and strides up beside them instead as they're examining the patch of flowers in the ground.]


Pretty, aren't they?
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-08-13 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Tifa giggles at Legion's observation, stopping just short of the flower patch and kneeling to examine one, holding its petals delicately between her fingers. She remembers the night Cloud had returned from the bombing mission with a single one of these and had handed it to her, and she kept that flower safe and alive for as long as she could after that...

The memory brings a warm smile to her face, her expression softening significantly, but there's something solemn about it, too. Sad, even. She blinks hard, sighing the feelings away, and lifts herself back up.]


The florist knows what she's doing!

[She's seen Aerith's garden for herself and can attest to that.]

I'm no expert, but did you know that all flowers have a meaning?
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-08-14 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Aerith's the one who's been taking care of them.

[And not even Tifa knew that until she came here and found the other girl tending to the patch. She's been to the church before on a fetch quest but hadn't been told that it was one of Aerith's favourite places to be, or that Cloud had fallen through the roof.

She bends down to pluck a single flower from the garden and spins it between her fingers.]


These ones symbolize reunion.

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that is so cute 🥺

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