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eachdraidh2014-07-22 06:49 pm
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voice;
Many have ties to their country, but we are united and neutral against greater threats that present our world as a whole. For example, I am still a citizen of Atlantis, and I owe my fealty to my king and my country. Many others hold such loyalty to their country or planet also, or to the people within it, but not all.
[ Kaldur takes a moment to ponder that. ]
By men, I assume you must mean humans. It is true, that such abilities are a rare gift, though some are created, and some have no such 'gifts' at all, but rather extensive training and experience.
But not all of us are humans either. I am Atlantean, and me and my people live in the oceans, underwater. Some on my team, and the Justice League–an affiliation group of Superheroes–are not native to our Earth or Terra at all. Some are aliens from a different planet, such as Mars, though there are those that do not even come from our solar system.
voice; TMW I wish I played Mags from late enough to make the Atlantis - Atalantie connection
[ The double take is almost audible ]
Under the oceans? And yet you may walk on land and breathe air as easily as water? [ are you some sort of maia ] I fear I do not know some of the terms you use, but... if I understand you aright... some of your folk come from the stars? [ soft wonder ]
voice; well it aint numenor, but something alike, yes hahahah
Yes. Many Atlanteans can live as well on land as we do underwater, but we are most comfortable in the ocean's depths.
And, yes, I suppose that is an accurate statement. Stars in the universe are often surrounded by planets, which rotate around them in elliptical orbits. Some of those planets support life, such as my own, Earth, and our nearest neighbor, Mars.
Though there are other aliens from far-away stars and planets, in the realms of outer space. Stars themselves are not habitable, as they are burning gasses that are undergoing a fusion chemical process that make it impossible for life to form as the matter is not stable.
[ That is sort of from the stars. ]
voice
How strange. [ quiet wonder ] I do not think there are any such beings on my world, who may live in such disparate environments. [ except for various assorted ainur ] Ah, to walk amongst the stars and hear them sing. And there are folk who dwell out there that have come to your world? Such distances must be difficult to traverse. What are they like?
And... not all stars are such. [ quiet, sad, amusement at some private joke (except it isn't funny, not really...) ]
voice
Far distances indeed. They are... both alike and different from those of us who dwell on earth, with their own languages and customs as any country may posses. Some are similar to us in size and form, and others are largely disparate. [ people are people, one would have to guess.
the star comment catches him off-guard, but Kaldur's hand comes to rest on the 'star' in his own pocket, that had caused all of this to begin with (this will be the last time he forgets to put something back where it belonged.) ]
Perhaps not in your world, but in mine they are all composed of superheated, burning gas.
[ There is a lot of explored supergalaxies and other such locations to be able to verify this to be true. ]
private voice 4ever also I am not sorry for this reference
And how do they travel? Have they ships that may sail the void?
[ a soft, almost amused sound ] That is what they are made of, perhaps, but I wonder if it is not necessarily who they are.
rivate-pay oice-vay
brotha' you may want to get all those voices in your head checked out]The world I come from seems often to be much more advanced in technology than others. THough I have not been to the station myself, what I know of it makes it far more concurrent to what is happening in my world at the moment. Such technology allows for much easier communication, and there are many who have seen the benefit of such systems, even monarchs that have chosen to step down in the face of it. [ But, man, Kaldur really couldn't give you details. ]
There are many types of spacecraft, yes, used to transverse space. Some do not need it to withstand the absence of atmosphere, but it is one of the faster modes of travel, and some others, like boom-tubes, have a limited range across which they can transmit.
We have yet to encounter a star that displays any level of sentience, but that does not preclude one from existing. [ You can almost hear the shrug in his voice. Chemistry is chemistry, and there isn't much that could change that at all. ]
is that how they speak in atlantis how fascinating
Dun wanna its the only way I get to talk to them any more]True, I suppose ease of communication might simplify things in that regard... [ an almost audible shrug ]
A ship that sails the stars... [ longing and wistful ] And how do these... 'boom tubes' differ? ... Ah, your pardon. I must seem rude indeed, to constantly ask after such things - tis only that your world sounds marvelous strange.
Mm, the wide world is wide, and how much greater must the sea between stars be? I wonder if they sing the same songs in your world as they do in mine. [ I wonder murmurs Maedhros softly If Earendil sails their skies as well ]
actually its more like { ιδιωτική φωνή }
not healthy, bro, not healthy. I get the feeling, man, but I feel like my loved ones would rather me be healthy and sane than crazy and hearing voices. And I refuse to let them down. Your choice, bruh.]Boom tubes and other, similar technology function much like the Fairy Rings, providing instant transport to wherever one is located, activated by voice or some other gesture. [ Molecular transport and all that fun jazz. ] And not at all, I enjoy being able to speak of my home world.
The distance between stars is immense. Indeed the distance from the earth, my home planet, to the nearest star, the Sun, is about 3733 times the circumference of the Earth, a total distance of 92,955,807 miles between both celestial bodies. The next nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is much farther away, at 4.24 light-years, with each light year being 5.87849981 × 1012 miles, which is the amount of distance that light travels in the span of a year. [ So, basically, hella far. ]
/suints wow that looks interesting can you teach me that so I can show dad?
but I was crazy before I started hearing voices, so if I don't acknowledge them it's okay right???]Your world has magic akin to the fey here then? [ man, that would have saved so much time and effort
and possibly a younger brotherif they'd had such awesome tech ] Have a care with such kind offers, lest I overwhelm you with my interest!I do not know those measurements nor most of those words [ what is circumference, Arda is flat ], I fear, but it sounds distant indeed. Your people may measure light, as well? Ah, but it sounds to be full of wonders indeed. Father would have loved to speak to you, I warrant.
uh sure I guess? its just my home language
No, that means you need help even more. Getting worse is a bad sign, not a good one.]Not magic. Well, yes, there is also magic similar to that displayed here, but the boom tubes I speak of are purely technology, constructed without magic. [ How about Kaldur's home world is almost as trippy as this one? Does that help? Hard to be fazed by crazy fairies when you fight giant mutant sludge monsters on a regular basis, js. ]
Light is hard to 'measure' per se, for it is made up of tiny particles, often photons, which travel in a wavelike fashion. [ Ugh don't make Kaldur teach you optical physics this is hardddddd ] But it does travel at a set speed in a vacuum, or a space with no other substance in it. The amount of distance which light can travel at that speed over the time of a year is the distance considered a light-year, as speed is measured as the amount of distance travelled divided by the time it takes to travel it. [ Hey Maglor, how does it feel to learn the wonders of SCIENCE? Man, Wally would love this kind of audience. ]
I am... honored, that you think my knwledge of the subject interesting enough. My friends, where they here, could explain far better than I, especially the Flash, in the red bodysuit, and Kid Flash, in the yellow. They are both scientists, and physicists at that, Physics being the branch of science that pertains more to the matter which we are discussing.
but its a whole new language! How exciting!
Oh... but I have good insight into my condition?]Technology... like the machines in the Station then? Several have told me that there are things far more elaborate than those. [ despite his weariness, despite the oath, there is a certain underlying glee that Maglor cannot entirely suppress - he is still, after all, his father's son ]
Ah, but you see, all these terms are strange to me, so however small your knowledge it far outstrips mine! To be fair, such things were never truly my area of interest, but ah Father would have loved such things... [ soft and perhaps a little bittersweet ] Have you spoken to one Celebrimbor? He, too, would doubtless find a good deal of interest in such things.
he's happy someone is interested for once, man, usually they stare at the gills
NO THAT DOESN'T MATTER. FIND A PSYCHIATRIST.]Yes, machines, presumably like what is at the station, though I would not be surprised if my home world's technology surpasses what can be found there. I have not been myself, so I could not tell you for certain.
[ At Celebrimbor's name Kaldur's voice softens, both gladdened and sad both. ] Yes, I have met him. We were friends for a short time, and fought at each other's side when the Seelie Castle was attacked. We had been exploring the Underground, interestingly enough, before we had any news of the battle reaching out gates.
But he has gone. Home, to his, to your world, I would imagine, for no trace of him was left behind. I am sorry to be the one to bring such news to you.
[ Sorry that Celebrimbor has left, sorry that those close to him did not follow. ]
well you already said you were part fish, so obviously gills but *LANGUAGE*
...What is a 'psychiatrist'? Is it some sort of medicine?]Perhaps one day you shall then.
[ There is an indrawn hiss and then a long pause at the other end, but Maglor's voice remains calm when he answers ]
Ah... then. I am glad that he is released from the burden of this place. [ How is he to tell Celegorm? ]
[ He's safe, he's safe whispers Curufin. For a little while Caranthir points out ]
And I thank you for telling me. And... for being his friend, while he was here.
not all have gills tho. there are many kinds
the psychiatrist is the doctor who gives you medicine when you are crazy. So go get help.]Perhaps.
[ He's so busy, though, he kind of doubts it. There are far more important places to travel. ]
He is a good man, I was honored to know him. [ There isn't much to be said, really. ] If you could... he had a relative, I believe. And Uncle. Quick to anger, by the name... [ He'd only caught a snatch of the conversation, Kaldur is trying to remember. ] Celegorm. I ask that you let him know. They seemed close, even with the burden that lay between them.
but if no gills how does breathe?
...but that means the voices will go away and I'll be so ronery]Yes, he is. [ Maglor is proud of how his voice stays steady, even as his heart breaks ]
And yes he does - two of us, in fact, for Celegorm is my younger brother. I will let him know. [ he'll have to find a way to break it gently. Perhaps after? ] But they were always very close, Celegorm and Celebrimbor - Celegorm was close to his father, you see. He was almost as a second father to him. Thank you for letting us know.
magic or something who even knows (osmosis)
Kaldur will be a real life person who can actually speak friend. ronery is far better than lost inside your head, trust Kal on that one]Then I am glad to have met you, as kin to a friend, and I am sorry to bear ill news.
[ There's a pause, little more than a moment where Kaldur dwells on the words second father. What he would give, to have never known who his father was. Or that he had been someone else. ]
I hope that they may find a way to be reconciled. Family makes for painful enemies. [ He knows that, now. ] And I imagine it hard to be sundered, almost-father and son. [ That sounds far less like speculation than the statement would seem. ]
what's osmosis precious?
But when you die he'll be all by himself again ;A;]No... [ a soft exhale ] Tis better by far to learn of it this way, and I thank you for it.
Alas, it is far too late for that. In my world, Celegorm is already long dead, and even I have not spoken to Tylpe in ... centuries. I fear that bridge will never now be crossed.
[ a hesitant pause - Maglor heard that thread of certainty, and wonders if he should breach it? ]
I... hope that your own circumstances will never be as bleak.
tb explained
You can't die permanently here that won't be a problem.]This world is strange, and there is no loss in hoping.
[ Kaldur will just refuse if it goes to far, poking is probably not a bad idea. He should poke at it himself. ]
Not in the same manner, I doubt.
[ Does it count if you were enemies before you knew yourself to be kin? Does kinship even hold across such ties?
Can you mourn something you have never had?
And what of King Orin? Almost as much a father as the one he had believed his own, to have not trusted him, with something so important to know? To have served with full heart and mind and soul and to have still been held in doubt, mistrust?
TO have left, because he could not bear the weight of everything that had fallen upon his shoulders in so scant few hours, before he had arrived to this world.
quieter, almost to himself ]
Is it truly a sundering if there was nothing there before to break? If you never knew something to be lost to you.
{ osmosis: the movement of solvent molecules (in this case, oxygen) from an area of high concentration (ocean) to lo concentration (atlantean lungs) through a semi-permiable membrane (skin and flesh and junk). }
FASCINATING /chinhands
you can eventually and you're all mortal anyway so he outlives you sob]Perhaps, but not for me and mine. [ quiet and resigned ]
That you never knew before does not change what you know now. [ sympathy and apology - Maglor did not mean to stir wounds on the other side as well ]
The heart feels deeply and knows, I think, better than our minds sometimes.
/smooches
[ Kaldur has hope, and belief, that people can change, if that is what they desire. He has seen it enough. ]
Perhaps that is so. [ There is no need for apology, it is something he should hear, he should dwell upon. ]
I confess I do not listen to my own as often as I ought to, perhaps. [ Kaldur has to be the head, has to be reason. He cannot risk losing his team, his friends, his family. He has been too late, twice, for the one he loved, and the last time it was fatal.
He never had a chance with his biological father to start with, it seems. ]
But that is a luxury I can rarely afford.
/curls up in your lap
Only death and despair unending. [ Did he not hope, did they not both hope they were free here? That they could chart their own course? And yet Celegorm falls as surely to madness as he did back home, and the Oath now awake drives them both. Truly they are forsaken ]
I think that true of most, sir - the haert speaks subtly, and at times she is easily confused and disturbed, her currents do not run smooth. In a world such as this, perhaps it is a weakness [ So said Will, once, and Maglor begins to think him right ]
/snuggles close
The heart is never a weakness, simply there are times when it must be listened to, but not heeded in full.
The weight of a heart is no reason to silence it, for all good things require patience and love and pain. [ It seems strange, to speak such wisdom, but he thinks of how far his team, his family has come, and all they have face, and all they face still. What he faces, and what the fragments of his team faces (old and new team, those he has come to know and care for here).
And he knows his words to be true. ]
/purrr
Perhaps - tis selfish of me, but once again this burden grows wearisome, and if I had not promised... [ I would fain be rid of it again but he promised Elrond, before he left, and he promised House and Daud both he would tell them when he felt this bad before making any decisions, and Father had been so worried... ]
In any case, I hope that your road leads to better places than mine.
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I am glad that others would guard your heart, but I would that you protect and cherish it for your own sake as well.
And I hope your road leads to good places, regardless of where mine will go.
[ a pause. ]
And I would give aid to you, for Celebrimbor's sake, as well as for what guidance you have given me, if you should call for it.
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a bow over locked audio wow /jk
adakejhlkh I FORGOT WHOOPS
HAHAHAHA i figured
/ashamed
Don't be
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