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**Gullara** · 2013-02-13, 07:39 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Terumitsu

[Riss' Quarters]

Well, I'm not entirely certain what you're going to think when I tell you but.. A known is usually better than an unknown as then it can at least have steps made to fix it... Though would it be better if..? Maybe I should just get it over with and.. Well, I should probably blunt a few things just in case, anyway but there really isn't much explaining the gist, is there? Oh well.. At least it's in a nice, warm, comfortable environment. Gnawing on her lip as she debated back and forth just how to frame things, Riss finally took a deep breath and began.

"Well.. This is going to take a moment so I can tell you about a few things which will make this make more sense... With what we do to augment our brains, we are able to take what we learn and experience and transfer them between each other. It isn't done lightly, though, as without proper precautions, it also attaches the personality of the person along with the memories traded. Does that make sense so far?" the muse began, waiting to see if she hadn't quite lost her fey just yet. "What this means is that I could pick up someone's memories of being able to.. Play the violin or something and be able to do so with their level of proficiency. This can be done with almost anything within reason although knowledge of how to do something doesn't necessarily grant the same level of training that the original owner of the memory had... I'm dancing around the issue though..

"Not just skills, but experiences can be traded in this way. Like how a certain wine tastes or how it feels to be a certain athlete in some sport... Among other things. Now, um.. Again, these are kept 'clean' by providing more of a sensory 'ride' to the experiences but one can choose to have a more raw connection by stripping away the usual barriers set in place. These barriers are usually in place to prevent the experience from being melded into the 'rider's' consciousness and potentially creating a micro-personality from it. At the very least it can be quite destabilizing and.. And I'm going off track again.

"Anyway, there is a particular industry that basically creates clones for the singular purpose of a particular kind of.. Um.. 'Thrill ride' that, uh.. Is... There is this intensity that.. Um.. Well.. The main draw is that at the end, these clones all.." the muse halted again and rubbed at her temples. Try from a different angle, maybe? "...To many a mind, there is this kind of terrifying allure to the concept of oblivion. Because it is simply so obscure of an experience, it is a wellspring of curiosity and.. Well, it isn't exactly a healthy thing for a mind to constantly dwell on and expose itself to... Especially when... Well.. I think it might be part of the reason for some of my actions that might have brought me here, given the influences but.. Still, my decision was my own and.. And I guess it explains my propensity for the horror genre.." It would be obvious that she was attempting to make light of what she was having some trouble saying outright with her last comment although it was likely not going to be all that successful; something that was apparent to the muse given that she had slowly curled up, hugging her knees to her chest as she flailed about with her explanation.

"Still, um, repeated shocks of that sort to a psyche have the potential to cause lasting stress long after the initial event.. So.. I.. I, ah..."

Originally Posted by Slii Arhem

Riss' Quarters

Misha understands well the conversational hoops Riss is jumping through to avoid actually saying what happened, but this time they've successfully kept her from figuring out the context of what the muse is saying. Probably not what Riss intended, but Misha isn't as cerebral as she'd eventually like to be so it's a long while before she admits to herself she has no idea what Riss is hinting about and tries to find the words to say so.

"What were the clones built for?" It's hard asking when she knows Riss doesn't want to say it explicitly, but she doesn't know of any way to find out except by being blunt.

[Riss' Quarters]

Mimi blinks at Riss a few times. She thought she was following well enough until the end there. Her brow furrows as she tries to sort out what Riss said. At least she isn't alone with her trouble. "I don't get it either." She admits reluctantly. Riss had a hard enough time saying what she did.

**Terumitsu** · 2013-02-13, 11:18 PM (ISO 8601)

[Riss' Quarters]

"Well, uh..." Riss started, working herself up to answer. "There are sensations and, well, events that a person usually can't experience by their nature. Like... The sensation of sleep but without losing conciousness or a partcilarly risky stunt or, for those that are into that kind of thing, pain from a wound that should be fatal... Or, well... What it's like to die for that matter." she said, finally spitting it out. "And it is a rather psychologically harrowing experience depending on how the death happens and there isn't the, um, 'benifit' of falling unconscious and it might be used as a sort of preparation device to try and take the sting out of what might have been concisdered to be an inevitable event within a given enviornment and to later help commit to a rather grim decision when one felt that there was nothing else out there for them when compounded with a terrifying realization that the world shouldn't possibly, physically work or exist but..." From here, the muse would begin babbling while staring directly infront of her and while still tightly curled up.

Though now the story might be getting a bit familiar, what might not be would be the decidedly manic tone that was welling up in the muse's voice. That and the fact that her fingernails were starting to look as if they were almost digging into her skin might be cause for concern.

**happyturtle** · 2013-02-14, 12:59 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Lord Magtok

Godtok Lair

"I want to ruin him. To make his most loyal followers see him as the slimy, irrelevant **** that he is. To photograph him peeling off his skin-suit to reveal the goblins standing on each others' shoulders hidden within, to get a video of him happily making out with a dwarf, or find detailed plans for selling out followers of Charlie to save his own selfish hide."

The cyborg shrugs.

"I'm willing to settle for breaking into his house, though."

Man, that'd be twice in one day. Not too surprising that MagClones would have the same plans as one another, though, is it?

Mara grins. "No time like the present!"

If they're lucky, they might even run into Jezebel and the other Magtok!

**Shadowcaller** · 2013-02-14, 04:43 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Lost_Deep

Kate's Apartment

"It's relaxing. Most of the time. Occasionally something goes odd, yes, but for the most part it's just relaxing."

Kate often goes on off-screen walks in the park during which nothing notable happens at all, thus making them off-screen occurrences and giving Kate a sense of safety for when she goes to the park on-screen.

Kate's Apartment

"Don't you ever want to do anything exciting?" Libra asks with a raised eyebrow. "Like go to a amusement park or something? Mr. Therishein and I did that once. It was really fun!" She exclaims.

**Lost_Deep** · 2013-02-14, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

"I don't see a lot of point to going out and treating myself like that," Kate answers. "And I don't really want to do exciting things. Usually exciting things means that something went wrong."

**Shadowcaller** · 2013-02-14, 07:17 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

Libra looks thoughtfully at Kate. "What if I can do something for you that is exciting but not dangerous in any way?" She then asks.

**Lost_Deep** · 2013-02-14, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

Kate looks... apprehensive at this offer.

"What, exactly, are you referring to?"

**Shadowcaller** · 2013-02-14, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

"A holodeck!" Libra exclaims. "You know, like they have in that space show?" She looks hopefully at Kate.

**Lost_Deep** · 2013-02-14, 08:30 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

"Okay, barring the times when everything went horribly wrong and it was very dangerous? Even then the holodeck was prone to existential pondering and could easily be utilized against someone. I'm not saying that you would do that, but... things happen."

They don't happen as often if the ship isn't called "Enterprise," but still.

**Dark Elf Bard** · 2013-02-14, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by DoomITP

Evan grins at Love's comment.

If it helps, bodyguard work wasn't my first occupation.

As he speaks, Evan is leaning against the wall of the school near the door.

And a small half-devil girl comes out! Hi Love! I did finger painting and-

Who's that?

Originally Posted by aric_kale

Aww, he missed...and now shots are being fired. Aric may be skilled, but he's not superhuman and lacks the ability to dodge bullets.

but he's still gonna try! He dodges to the side and the bullet grazed his left thigh. He will awkwardly roll into a crouched position, ducking behind his shield.

She fires three more towards him and toses another dagger.

**Shadowcaller** · 2013-02-14, 08:48 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

"Laaame." Libra replies with a shake of her head. "Okay, tell me about Julie in this dimension instead, what is she like? Is she older too? Like an old lady?" The being giggles at that mental image.

**Lost_Deep** · 2013-02-14, 08:57 PM (ISO 8601)

Kate's Apartment

"Um... Julie's a fine woman living with her man and her two kids."

Kate is more careful now. She doesn't want to say too much about Julie on the off chance she might let something slip. If you talk about yourself, you can only hurt yourself. If you talk about someone else, you can harm everyone around them.

**Aric Kale** · 2013-02-14, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Dark Elf Bard

She fires three more towards him and toses another dagger.

Aha! Aric now has his shield and tucks himself behind it. The first couple of bullets should hit his shield and ricochet, no telling where they went. The third bullet whizzes right past his head...a helmet would be nice. The dagger ends up being ineffective and merely bounces off of the shield. no offensive yet.

**DoomITP** · 2013-02-15, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Dark Elf Bard

And a small half-devil girl comes out! Hi Love! I did finger painting and-

Who's that?

She fires three more towards him and toses another dagger.

I'm Evan, what's your name?

**FireFox** · 2013-02-16, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)

777 rue Molière

Let's try this again. Rupert Xaviar von Alucard ibn Sergeyevich has moved in to his new mansion in the Blue Zone of Inside. He's looking for tutors and teachers of every branch of knowledge imaginable, so that he may act like the aristocrat his fortune has made him. But right now, he only has a few servants in the large house.

**Mee** · 2013-02-16, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)