eventhandler | OVERFLOW POST FOR RYSLIG

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[He furrows his eyebrows, giving a slight shake of the head.]

I believe so. Don't know, really, perhaps things were different before I arrived, but...definitely different now. For what reason, I wonder?

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[Luckily, he is not from the 1980s...in Earth terms, anyways.]

I do! I certainly do. Many...computers where I come from. Perhaps it's a different format of computer, this laptop? In my world, we have terminals.

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That is...that is the question, yes. And why, why would it happen, hm...

[His fingers tap restlessly against his chin as he thinks.]

Perhaps it has something to do with what occurred with Rota? The timing is...convenient...

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I'm 37. Hardly a grandparent! Not even a...parent.

[Royce, he could not give a damn about your age.]

But no, I come from...a different world than you. What exists in one place is most likely not to exist in others! For example, fooooooooor example...you don't vote for what color the sky is in your world, do you...?

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Ah, yes, I'm...Royce. Royce Bracket. Just call me...Royce. Or Bracket. Whatever you prefer.

And you are...?

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[Not very hard at all to understand and use, especially for people familiar with technology.]

Well...most places. Some connection areas are...spotty, not really all there, but it should connect around the island.

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[Poor, poor Marco. This is a place that will change you, inside and out. Whether its truly punishment is anyone's guess.]

Around. Could be less! Could be...more. But two months, that goes by, and...humanity, your humanity is...

Gone.

[He stares at the other man with those piercing glowing white eyes of his, their green color having faded a long time ago.]

It's gone.

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Sand...like on a beach? How can that be? Wouldn't there need to be a sea to, ah, grind the sand down? Create it?

[DESERTS ARE SO CONFUSING]

Well, now you've...seen it. [He reaches over to type a reply, his fingernails clacking on the keys.]

the name is royce. royce bracket.

[He turns back to Rosa.] Yes, you've...got it! You've got it down.

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No. Not at all. You can...be whatever you want to be. Your choice.

[She could be an alien from a planet where they have three heads for all he cares. He has nothing to do with her choices, and his personal judgement has no part in what he thinks about the profession of others.]

Well, then, well, now, let's...let's head there right away. I would like a drink myself... [He pauses, before offering his elbow for her to take. That is what gentlemen do, right?]

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Well, you seem like you've gotten a...ah, handle on it. Your transformations. I was right, though you do...you would need water on a regular basis. Your species, it is similar to an...acquaintance of mine.

[The last part, though, catches his interest.]

Kids?

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[Royce Bracket is like the sea.]

[He looks placid on the outside. Barely a wave of emotion mars his surface. And yet, there are things that lurk in its depths, dark things, things that do not exist to cause harm, but could, at any moment, show their teeth...]

[He doesn't move, just stands there, repeating his little smoke trick. The smoke billows in the air, the smell of tobacco quite pungent.]

When did I...when did I change? [He seems to muse that to himself.] Several months ago. Four...maybe five? I've been here for quite a while...

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[He shrugs in response to that question.]

Met her, once or twice. Once when she arrived, then...well, we were all involved in an attack. The city of Rota, it...captured us. Placed us in a pit. She was there.

Other than that, she...posts on the network, time to time.

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Oh.

["Destruction of your home planet". Those words hit hard, somehow.]

Couldn't participate in that, then. My world, my city...[There's a long pause.] Already gone. Ah, but, but why was it a good thing? In your case.

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