[ oh. scrolling up in the feed -- even after almost three (!) years here, that the city can just do that with whats in his brain is. unpleasant. but. ]
Old picture. That was on board a ship I served on years ago. It wouldn't do much good here. The stars here don't map to anything I know.
I don't keep a copy of anything on the device. [ EXCEPT CAT PICTURES ] Anytime you get something from me, it's most likely a Duplicity special.
I'd be able to recognize a good amount of the sky from within some systems, and none of the skies here ring any bells. We're out far, wherever we are, or more likely it's just -- another world. That kind of thing.
[ you and people around you seem to have more experience with that than he does! ]
Hmm. That's noted. [ Even if he literally just told her it's an old picture. How does that work, Wash? You'll have to share with the class, some time. ]
I wouldn't say I do it as a hobby. But one has to be somewhat familiar with how the stars look enough to tell where one might be, given how far our travels have taken us. It helps to know which empire you might be in, and act accordingly.
[ As long as she's going to be talking on a galactic scale, well, she's going to be using terms they've spent the last year or so of her original life pushing. ]
Yet not many here are familiar with the universe as I know it, no matter how sprawling the Shi'Ar and the Kree's empires are.
I am from Earth, too. But I've recently started commuting for work. [ Ha, ha. ]
I believe some cosmic beings find Earth and its residents curious. Something about it attracts and invites catastrophe and intrigue, and heroes to defend it. Perhaps that is why so many here are also from some variation of Earth.
Arakko, once called Mars. It wasn't much of a commute - I could step into a gateway we planted on Earth, and come out the other side on another planet.
Shi'Ar and Kree are non-human, yes, but they are simply other beings. I would not necessarily classify them as cosmic in scale, even if their empires are far-reaching. Cosmic entities tend to have powers we can't quite comprehend and I suspect that whatever power it is that pulls us into this city is something similar.
[ wow. true teleportation tech and on a scale from mars to earth. the things that the unsc would have done for that kind of technology. good thing they aren't here. ]
Impressive. Tech like that wasn't a thing where I'm from, FTL travel was commonplace but still took time. Good friend of mine was from Mars.
It was all human for me, back home. We came upon non-human life essentially once, and it didn't go great. Better now, at least.
Suppose some cosmic entity finds it funny to put people in a sex-fueled city? I've found it hard to believe any of the spiel they give us about the duplicity gene.
Kurt and I and our fellow team members were once taken by a cosmic being known as the Beyonder, then placed onto a planet he called 'Battleworld' to fight amongst other Earth inhabitants of various allegiances. I think it was a morality test.
We have also come into semi-regular contact with a being known as Mojo, whose dimension treats our lives as if we are entertainment for their consumption. He likes to put us through various, violent situations that end through circumstance or our own wit.
I suppose what I am saying is, anything is possible. Either the one in charge here finds it funny, or they really do believe in some strange gene. It isn't the the only gene of interest in me, if that were the case.
The stories I hear from your world only seem to get wilder and wilder.
[ and he wouldn't believe them, except that he's been here long enough and heard and seen enough to know that the simplest explanation is that they're all just true. the mention of the strange gene has him pausing -- he remembers when ororo explained about being a mutant, from her world, what that means. maybe. ]
I guess this place isn't too new for you, then? Less violent, usually at least. More sex. Same flavor of someone sticking you somewhere you didn't want to be. Though I guess one of those was a planet, and the other was a whole dimension?
[ cosmic beings is harder for wash to grasp, but its not like he can't imagine some rich megalomaniac turning an uninhabited planet into a battleworld. ]
Less violent and a little more sex, yes. It is a much longer stay as well. Typically it does not take us very long at all to get back home. The longest I have personally been away from our own Earth or home dimension is about a year.
I know our experiences are unique, however. We just lead very colorful lives. In some ways, Duplicity is rather slow for us.
Someone I looked to as a sort of mentor - he became briefly, romantically involved with the Empress of the Shi'Ar Imperium quite a while ago. I'd argue that we've had dealings with them since that time.
My ex-husband's people had also started their own empire in another corner of the cosmos. That one is a very long story - but we see each other now and again during galactic matters. [ They're very professional about it, it's fine. ]
But when I took the Arakki seat and sought to be a voice for the system, things became a little more formal, you could say.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Old picture. That was on board a ship I served on years ago. It wouldn't do much good here. The stars here don't map to anything I know.
no subject
The stars are odd for me, too. I don't recognize what galaxy we might be in - but the universe is very big, isn't it? We could be anywhere.
no subject
I'd be able to recognize a good amount of the sky from within some systems, and none of the skies here ring any bells. We're out far, wherever we are, or more likely it's just -- another world. That kind of thing.
[ you and people around you seem to have more experience with that than he does! ]
Much of a stargazer, Ororo?
no subject
I wouldn't say I do it as a hobby. But one has to be somewhat familiar with how the stars look enough to tell where one might be, given how far our travels have taken us. It helps to know which empire you might be in, and act accordingly.
no subject
but, ah, that does pique his curiosity: wash has started assuming everyone he meets is from earth, because, well. that's kind of what it's been. ]
Empires, huh? How far have your travels taken you?
no subject
[ As long as she's going to be talking on a galactic scale, well, she's going to be using terms they've spent the last year or so of her original life pushing. ]
Yet not many here are familiar with the universe as I know it, no matter how sprawling the Shi'Ar and the Kree's empires are.
no subject
I don't know of the Shi'Ar or the Kree, I'm afraid. But I've never been to Sol, I was born some thirty-five lightyears out from it.
Almost everyone I've met here has been from Earth. I've started assuming.
no subject
I believe some cosmic beings find Earth and its residents curious. Something about it attracts and invites catastrophe and intrigue, and heroes to defend it. Perhaps that is why so many here are also from some variation of Earth.
no subject
I guess it depends on the cosmic beings. These Shi'Ar and Kree, are they of non-human origin?
no subject
Shi'Ar and Kree are non-human, yes, but they are simply other beings. I would not necessarily classify them as cosmic in scale, even if their empires are far-reaching. Cosmic entities tend to have powers we can't quite comprehend and I suspect that whatever power it is that pulls us into this city is something similar.
no subject
Impressive. Tech like that wasn't a thing where I'm from, FTL travel was commonplace but still took time. Good friend of mine was from Mars.
It was all human for me, back home. We came upon non-human life essentially once, and it didn't go great. Better now, at least.
Suppose some cosmic entity finds it funny to put people in a sex-fueled city? I've found it hard to believe any of the spiel they give us about the duplicity gene.
no subject
We have also come into semi-regular contact with a being known as Mojo, whose dimension treats our lives as if we are entertainment for their consumption. He likes to put us through various, violent situations that end through circumstance or our own wit.
I suppose what I am saying is, anything is possible. Either the one in charge here finds it funny, or they really do believe in some strange gene. It isn't the the only gene of interest in me, if that were the case.
no subject
[ and he wouldn't believe them, except that he's been here long enough and heard and seen enough to know that the simplest explanation is that they're all just true. the mention of the strange gene has him pausing -- he remembers when ororo explained about being a mutant, from her world, what that means. maybe. ]
I guess this place isn't too new for you, then? Less violent, usually at least. More sex. Same flavor of someone sticking you somewhere you didn't want to be. Though I guess one of those was a planet, and the other was a whole dimension?
[ cosmic beings is harder for wash to grasp, but its not like he can't imagine some rich megalomaniac turning an uninhabited planet into a battleworld. ]
no subject
I know our experiences are unique, however. We just lead very colorful lives. In some ways, Duplicity is rather slow for us.
no subject
[ wash wouldn't, but he's quite aware that's from an old soldier who even after all these years still hasn't quite learned to be not-at-war. ]
Those other empires you mentioned. Did you have any dealings with them? Did Earth, or Arakko?
no subject
Someone I looked to as a sort of mentor - he became briefly, romantically involved with the Empress of the Shi'Ar Imperium quite a while ago. I'd argue that we've had dealings with them since that time.
My ex-husband's people had also started their own empire in another corner of the cosmos. That one is a very long story - but we see each other now and again during galactic matters. [ They're very professional about it, it's fine. ]
But when I took the Arakki seat and sought to be a voice for the system, things became a little more formal, you could say.