[ video | open and locks ]

[radars]

[ Locked to Edmund (NPC), also open to Raven ]

I find myself in need of a bit of walking-around money. May we talk about trades?

[ Locked to Erik, also open to Raven ]

You're not the Erik I know. I'm not the Charles you know. We can leave it at that.

[ Open ]

My name is Charles Xavier. I am one of the awakened, from the ship. As far as I know, we are all from different times, and perhaps from different universes as well, and none of us knows how we came to be asleep on an unfamiliar spacecraft.

Has anyone a theory to present?

And one more thing. This may seem like an odd question, but... is there a large population center, nearby? I don't mean under the dome.

[ ooc note: Charles is talking about Israel's mind, which feels to him like a large population center even though it isn't. ]

Comments

[original_fine]

Mr. Xavier. My name's Jim Kirk. And while I've traveled a good deal, I've never seen this place before. Given the theory that we're not from the same general place or time, dimensional travel is likely. Not knowing the mechanism of travel, however, I'm not sure where to begin.

[radars]

Nor am I. I'm afraid this is a bit outside my area of expertise.

[original_fine]

Which is? If I may ask.

audio; locked

[lehnsherr]

You thought I was going to try and hurt you.

audio; locked

[radars]

I did.

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[lehnsherr]

Why?

Locked.

[rpondicus]

Ah... This is awkward, but I probably told you more than I should have, on the ship.

Locked.

[radars]

It's not my affair, and it's not my secret to tell.

Locked.

[rpondicus]

Thanks.

I think it's that Edmund guy, who has me on edge.

video

[knightoflight]

All of my 'theories' have proven wrong.

I'd thought we were captured by slavers from my world, who sought immortality by self-modifications from slaves. But if so, why would I still have my weapons?

[He shrugs, almost embarrassed. It seemed like such a silly idea, now.]

We need to discover what we have in common, why we were taken.

video

[radars]

[ Oh it's a robot. Charles doesn't bat an eye. ]

We're obviously not all human.

[equivalent_trade]

Huh? You mean the city?

And hell if I know. I've been to some pretty weird places, but this doesn't look anything like them. And there weren't any spaceships, either.

[radars]

No, not the city. -- I know it's an odd question, I didn't expect a good answer.

I've never seen a spaceship either.

[Locked]

[outer_npcs]

Trade is what I'm here for.

Money isn't exactly something we have. Salt and spices are highly valued and easy to carry. Oh, and soap, if you happen to know how to make some. I'm guessing you don't have any of that.

[Locked]

[radars]

Food, then. Credit.

I've nothing on me to trade.

[video]

[waspromisedcake]

[Ugh, video. Don't people realize these things have text?]

My theory is we're test subjects.

[video]

[radars]

And why do you believe that?

[ Hey, cut him some slack; he's never seen video transmissions before. Shiny new toy. ]

[eternaliyah]

How large a population center do you mean?

There may be more towns we haven't seen, but... [he shakes his head] ...no more than that, I think.

[If there were more than stragglers here, if this place had a nation or even a city-state type core, he would have met them already. That was just - how it worked. If they had to rely on chance to run into one another they never would.]

[radars]

I mean...

[He struggles to put it into words.]

Something large. United. A... city, or a nation.

[truth_is_cold]

The only other population I've seen is the surrounding settlements.

[radars]

I didn't mean them, but thank you.

[ video; locked ]

[shifter]

Can we really leave it at that? I still don't understand how it's even possible. Everything about him is just... different. So, so different.

[ video; locked ]

[radars]

I don't know. I haven't the slightest idea. It's completely beyond my experience.

[diziet_sma]

Diziet Sma. I can't say I have a particular theory yet, but I'm open to ideas. I've only gotten as far as the idea that the ship we were on required some critical condition to be activated—but how we got there in the first place is beyond me.

[radars]

And what was the critical condition? -- Another question.