soul_logs | Intro Log!

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Intro Log!

Characters: OPEN to new arrivals and NPCS.
Where: En route to Casualty Communal
Rating: Gen
Time: February 11 onwards
Description: Welcome to Death City!

The city was in good shape today, despite the recent attack to it and the unfortunate earthquake a month back. The damages to the city had been repaired best as they could, and everything else was covered in a healthy heap of decor for the upcoming Valentine’s Day.

Things were a bit somber, as was expected after so many of the residents lost their loved ones. Fortunately, if there was something Death City was good at, it was getting back on its feet after a fall.

[ooc: Player characters will also be joining the log. Everything after the sub thread Soul Perception is open to all characters.]

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"He did wish for the war to be over. But it is a machine." Gai shrugged. "It did not understand. And the person who made the wish had just lost his father. He was not thinking about precise wording. But as far as type... I do not know what sort of wishes it can grant. I think it can grant all, but just one at a time."

Gai would talk about anything if asked, just about, and he was here to answer questions so he didn't mind them.

Of course, it was a machine. Intelligent, but probably not as intelligent as R.I.N.G.

"It didn't understand. Why would it? It's a machine, it has no concept of war. But troop numbers. They're strength compared to your strength. Those are things it can calculate." He nods. "It makes sense. Now... back to this being another universe. The video said this is Nevada. But Nevada is in my world. I used to live there."

Oh, another person who knew the geography of this world. Gai liked it when the person he greeted knew Nevada; it prevented him from having to explain countries and states that he'd only known for a couple of months.

"There are a few worlds that have Nevadas! Several, actually! Mine did not. Some worlds have things that are similar, though. Parallel! This is still Nevada, but it is a different Nevada then you know. Here there are mirrors that we talk through, and we have abilities that are not like home, and they use a currency called Death Dollars, and there are many other strange things.

"A world where people use mirrors to talk, fight wars with witches, and there's a Death City, Nevada."

He paced and forth as he considered the implications of another Nevada.

"But if there's another Nevada, there must be other parallels. A United States, a North America. And with geographic parallels like that, there must be historical ones. Another George Washington. Another Christopher Columbus. Why, there could even be..." He looked straight at Gai. "...another Carl Kolchak. That's a little unsettling, isn't it? Tell me, would you like to meet another Maito Gai?"

Gai considered the question. Would he? "I think I would, though I would suspect it as being a trap. I am a ninja, and back home we can change our appearances through jutsu. Techniques. So I would think it was another ninja pretending to be me in order to attack. But if it was actually me we could do splendid things! Hug more people! Encourage more people! Help more! Serve more! It would be magnificent!"

He looked at Kolchak. "Would you like to meet another you? But yes, this is the United States in the North America. There are also South America, and..." He blinked. "I am not good at this yet. I know there are seven but I do not remember them, I am sorry."

"You, sir, are an optimist." He offered a pat on Gai's shoulder.

"Uh... did you say ninja? That would make you an assassin, right?"

Gai patted Kolchak's shoulder right back. "Of course I am an optimist! And I am an assassin sometimes. Other times I deliver messages, or serve as protection, or simply attend things for my village. I serve in any way I am needed. And you are a... person who does news? With the thing that is in your hand? There is someone else who likes news things here, a Luna."

"A reporter, yes. And this is a tape recorder. Here, I'll show you how it works."

He rewinds the tape for a couple of seconds, then hits the play button, playing back the last part of what Gai said: "-one else who likes news things here, a Luna."

"It records conversations. So when I quote someone in an article, I'm sure to quote them accurately. I also use it to record my experiences, while they're still fresh in my head."

Gai stares as he hears his voice. "I see! It is very good to not quote someone wrong. But you could memorize instead? It is not too hard to train! ...Unless people do not do that in your world." It helped him to give accurate reports, but most here didn't seem that good at memorizing.

He's getting off track, though. "Are there more questions I can answer about the city, or the communicator?"

"I could memorize a few quotes, sure. But I'd need a photographic memory to keep track of everything I need to know. It's a rare trait in my world."

He also realizes they're getting off track. "Oh, yes. The communicator. How does it work? Radio waves?"

Gai frowns. "That is... something I do not know. It is magic and technology, and the technology is beyond my world's abilities. And we do not have magic. But I can show you how to work it! What the buttons do and everything! Text and video and voice, and filtering, and the maps, and the SoS function. Those I know about." So saying, he brings out his own communicator and holds it up. "Is there a type of food you like? We could find that."

Magic and technology together? Separately Carl's seen them do strange and amazing things. It's no wonder that the two together could produce something like BREW.

"Food, huh? Let's start with something simple. How about a nice hamburger?"

Gai blinks at him. "A ham... burger? That is simple?" But then he shrugs and enters it into the map search function. All over little dots pop up. "There are many! Hamburgers are popular, then! And we are here." He points. It seems this is a new type of food he'd have to try, if it was this popular. He just wasn't the biggest fan of ham.

"That is what you can do for special food types. If you are looking for items in particular, I would suggest the Holocaust Mall. It is like a marketplace, but very very big. And not out in the open. And it has many basic things for free because of our presence here, as well as nicer things that cost currency."

Carl grins. "Would you look at that? You just punch it in and it tells you where to go. Now, that is amazing." It must take meticulous programming. The programmer would have to anticipate every possible desire of the user. In its own way it seemed even more sophisticated than R.I.N.G.

"And you say it works as a phone, too? So you could call up, say, that Spirit fellow with this no matter where you are?"

"It is very amazing! We have nothing even close to that where I am from."

Gai nods. "You can speak with anyone in the city. There are times when people are in other countries and cannot speak, like when they are on a mission, but they return. The network does not stretch that far. He goes on missions and meetings fairly often, but I believe Spirit is in the city right now. And he is very helpful and friendly!"

Carl examines the device again. "Only works in the city, huh? But even with that limitation, this thing must have countless uses. How's it powered? Does it need batteries?"

"Ah." Gai looks down at it. "It does not need batteries. Those are the things that go into controllers? If so, it does not need those. It... works. Ah. Technology questions... They are not ones that I am good at. I am sorry. I can make it work, and I an tell you about the city, but how things work is beyond me."

Carl shrugs. "I have a feeling I wouldn't understand most of it, anyway."

"I am sorry," Gai says again. "What else can I tell you about this world that you would like to know?"

"I think that's everything I need to know now," Carl says. "I'd better keep up with the tour. Thanks, Gai."

He offers a hand to shake.

After a moment Gai takes the hand and shakes it. He's starting to get used to handshakes, and soon there won't be the hesitation at all, he's sure. "You are welcome, Carl! And I am easy to find on the network if you find that you need anything else, or simply wish to talk!" And then he's headed off to see who else he can help.

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