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[truth_is_cold]

I've been hunting [there's a rustle] though most of the game I was able to obtain is feathered, and bipedal with a counterbalancing tail. [They are dinosaurs. He caught small(ish) dinosaurs.] Along with an extremely large cat that attempted to attack me. Though I'm reasonably sure that these creatures were once native to Earth but are extinct as I know them. I even happened across a much smaller one.

[There is a little mewling noise. It doesn't sound much larger than a kitten.] Unusual, that they exist here, but I've not seen anything that didn't originate on Earth yet. At least to my knowledge. [And now he's curious.]

Who here isn't native to Earth? Even if their founding stock came from Earth, whose species or subspecies didn't evolve or was created there specifically?

[Locked to Dylan | Audio]

[There are any number of matters irritating Gaheris Rhade at the moment. For one, he is still on an unfamiliar alien planet without invitation or consent and is likely the subject of native resentment thanks to being located here, which is not conducive to ultimate success. He's been witness to an unprovoked attack. He despises the limiting collars that have been placed on people, and believes it to be a sign of technological dependency and possible weakness on the parts of their enemies that is unfortunately effective because none of the people he knows to be collared have had theirs removed. And now that his captain is here, his captain is not only not congruent with his time period but he is somehow from 300 years in the future after Rhade's betrayal and what he assumes to be death at the hands of the Systems Commonwealth (because that was how that would have worked, certainly). And said captain seems oddly tolerant of his former first officer aside from this?

He also knows he's not as irritated as he should be because of some outside influence that he can't detect, but had to be informed of.

So he's turned himself back towards the practical; immediate needs such as more clean clothes, pots and pants of some sort, soap and other especially essential items. Because he is vaguely stubbly and his hair is a bit more tossled and flat laying than usual he's just going to make this all his messages audio.]

I'm going to go Edmund's shop to see about some trading, sir.

As there's a storm coming I'm going to start investigating some of the abandoned homes for a more comfortable sleeping location. I heard mention of a Southern City, as well. When the storm passes I request permission to visit it and make inquiries into the history of the area as well as observe how permeable the dome is.

[Formality makes this easy, right? Because humans can't be friends after something like that, though Nietzscheans expect treachery always. So he'll just wait for approval or ideas, because right now he's High Guard, and he'd rather like to avoid becoming dead. He just needs to work out how, if Dylan still exists.]

Comments

[femshep]

I was born offworld. So were my parents.

[truth_is_cold]

Are you still classified as homo sapiens sapiens?

[femshep]

They were. Not sure if I am. [Biotics do change the genetic structure, and she's got plenty of biotics. Enough that Erik in the other RP she's in swears up and down that she's a mutant.]

[truth_is_cold]

I've seen no Inari. Or Castellians. Or even Heavy Gravity-Worlders, though they look human at first glance. Definitely no other Nietzscheans. Just humans.

[femshep]

It's a little simpler where I'm from. There are humans, plua a whole mess of races that look nothing alike.

[truth_is_cold]

And I suspect you've seen no sign of the ones that don't.

[diziet_sma]

I'm not Earth native. I've heard of it [cough visited once cough] but my ancestors aren't from there.

...what was that noise? [The mewling.]

[truth_is_cold]

It's the noise the cat is making.

[He moves the comm closer but- there's a bit of silence. Then he speaks again.]

I stopped for- [It mewls at him while he's talking.]

[diziet_sma]

[Amused:]

Have you acquired a friend?

[truth_is_cold]

I have at least acquired someone that is a fan of feathers from this dinosaur.

Whatever it is. [More adamant meowls are heard towards the end there. He pulled a feather out of its reach.]

[diziet_sma]

[Sma laughs. It's making her miss her hralzi, though.]

At least it sounds friendly.

[truth_is_cold]

[He turns on the camera- away from himself, because scruffy right now. But points it towards the scraggly looking kitten which is getting a mouthful of feather.] It's playful. And sharp. It wants to kick my hand when I get it close enough.

[Poking tiny sharp alien creatures. Rhade = not a naturalist.]

Locked--Audio

[hunt4commonwealth]

Permission granted. While you're doing that, I'm going to see about finding a way to get those collars removed. [He is determined to help River.]

Ask Edmund if there's any available reliable energy source we might be able to use to charge a Force Lance. We'll probably have to get someone to build an adapter, but knowing where there's power available would be a start. Failing that, ask him how we can acquire weapons. The last thing I want is for us to get caught unarmed during a another attack.

Locked--Audio

[truth_is_cold]

The most I've heard is three people being required, but that's the extent of it.

I'll ask. I would rather not be caught unarmed.

Locked--Audio

[hunt4commonwealth]

Three people, huh? Well, that's a start. [So he's got to find two other people to assist and find out details about the procedure.]

Locked--Audio

[truth_is_cold]

[And later, after he's actually spoken with Edmund.] There's a chance that we can recharge our weapons up at the Old Base. Possibly the ship, but that wouldn't be advisable with the power drain.

Locked--Audio

[hunt4commonwealth]

Good. I'll look into that while you're in the Southern City. From what I hear it's a pretty far hike just for a weapon's charge, but it's better than nothing.

[Useless comment]

[timesbureaucrat]

[Not an alien here! Nope, all primitive Earth ape, really!

Narvin is silent, but he does take note of the oddity that Rhade has pointed out--that despite being on a planet that is not Earth, the vegetation and fauna are decidedly Earth-like, but from different temporal eras.]

[Useless comment]

[truth_is_cold]

[You are a pesky pack animal, Narvin. Pesky pesky.]

[tailless]

I an not human.

The resemblance is coincidental.

[truth_is_cold]

There are a limited number of races I'm familiar with that are examples of convergent evolution like that, but I've known it to happen.

I'm a subspecies of humanity but no longer consider myself human.

[tailless]

I... am unsure where the Saiyans fall in the line of evolution. Our planet is nowhere near Earth.

Kakarot was able to have a child with a human woman, though.

[This is the first time he's considered that there's actually something odd about this.]

[truth_is_cold]

Enough for your DNA to combine in a way that doesn't result in hybrid sterility? That is extremely unusual.

What did you evolve from?

[tailless]

I... don't know.

[mute]

[buckingauthority]

[Kara will just be listening in on these conversations, not offering any info herself yet. She's still trying to get used to so many people coming from or knowing about Earth.]