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[biiowiired]

Characters: The Helmsman / The Ψiioniic (OU) [OPEN]
Date: Oct 05
Format: Whatever; i will action spam unless told not to :P
Content Warnings: none?
Summary: Helmsman exploring the city during off hours.

It gets chilly in the early morning. This is the quietest time, after the nocturnal have gone to sleep, and before the diurnal wake. He is wrapped in one of his friend's cloaks. The smell is comforting.

The Helmsman scheduled his navigational tasks later to allow his body to recover from his arrival. It is a considerably more calm and stable Helmsman who floats above the city and its outskirts, collecting visual data. What good is a helmsman system if it cannot map out the surrounding area? He is here because of duty and programming, not curiosity.

Still, it disturbs him that there are no stars. Yes, he was kept in a ship's navigational block for ages, and is still anxious about going outside. But half that time his head was filled with visual input of stars as he drove the Empress's battleship. By them, he always knew exactly where in the galaxy he was.

The caverns are brooding and primal. Thoughts of predators and stony, enclosed spaces fill his mind. Unsettling. He's not sure why. He'll leave exploring the outlying labyrinths for another time.

(He may or may not be wearing knitted wool cozies for his biowires. He was asked to wear them in the cold, okay?!)

Comments

[blitzkriegd]

W-well... I know quite a bit about ships, but not these. [frowns and looks back out at the ships. there was most likely technology used on those that he didn't know about. still, being a privateer and Navy man, he wanted to inspect them up close]

[biiowiired]

[Now he's curious about this man's home world. He's starting to gather that not all who appear human come from the same place...]

Doeth uther wish to share information about uther'th vethelth?

[and after an awkward pause...]

Doeth uther have exthperienthe commanding vethelth?

[blitzkriegd]

[he blinks at the questions, both of them, and then nods]

I certainly don't mind telling you about my own vessels. A long time ago, I had my own ship, and I was one of the best sailors there ever was! [a fond smile, nostalgic] But it wasn't like those ships. It was made of wood.

[biiowiired]

[What.]

...Wood? From treeth? Are uther England'th treeth very thtrong, like steel?

[blitzkriegd]

[hahaha! cute. er. ahem]

Trees can be very strong! Only the strongest trees can make boats. It depends on how the bark is prepared, and if it's sealed... But certainly, not all trees are used for ship-building.

i'm back from hiatus, really sorry ; ;

[biiowiired]

[It dawns on him that this guy's ship wasn't for space travel, as he had mentioned sailing.]

Uther England'th ship wath an aquatic vethel, not an interplanetary vethel.....

[He relaxes a little.... No need to worry about this guy kidnapping and grafting him to pilot his spaceship.]

Did uther encounter pirateth? thea monthterth? giant aquatic fauna?

no problem <:3

[blitzkriegd]

[what was interplanetary? like... space travel? England didn't even know that was possible!]

Yes, all that and more. [England crossed his arms across his chest proudly. it probably wasn't a good idea to admit that he was a pirate, but...] I was a privateer a long time ago. And my navy is excellent!

[biiowiired]

[It's not like his Empress's battleship is here to steal, so no worries about Helmsman disliking him for being a pirate.

Though the thought of returning there gives him strange tremors, he does miss the familiarity of simply following commands without a second thought. Here, he just feels lost.]

Will uther command a navy here?

do you want to be his second in command helmsman

[blitzkriegd]

Here? [England blinks and eyes the strange being. oh, how he'd love to be in control of something, anything. give him a bit of power, because he feels like he's lost it all! and later that day, even, he loses even more. he rubs the back of his head]

Certainly not. What a foolish question. It's not like the residents of this place would ever let anyone have any real power.

lol he's in no mental state to be a second, but...

[biiowiired]

[Helmsman is in no way used to being in charge of anything, and certainly can't lead anyone at present. But he is very good at what he does. He, out of all his race, isn't called The Helmsman for nothing. Any ship he pilots is almost guaranteed safe passage.]

If government utherth wish to improve their munithipal thectorth, it ith nethethary to divide adminithtration among every capable uther in the area.

[Even his ruthless Empress employed those of lower castes (such as himself) in her military forces. She would say, Why waste good talent? Like worker bees, every troll was put to good use.]

8D

[blitzkriegd]

I completely agree with you. But they seem to be more interested in forcing us to do quests and smaller jobs to earn money. They brought us here. They should give us what we need!

we need a ship goddamnit

[biiowiired]

Darthtone mutht require naval fortheth for the large lake. Neighboring tribeth may wish to uthe the lake to attack. There are altho reportth of giant aquatic fauna. The Dockth and Frogtown are vulnerable to attackth by lake creatureth.

[Even if he hadn't spent the last forever in the service of a strategic conqueror, he had this much common sense.]

It ith advithable to thurvey the entire lake. However, there are no requethtth for a naval exthpedition on the quetht board. The lake ith mothtly uncharted.

[Though he must chart all the things, he's not too keen on floating out there all by himself. Some instinct, probably to do with the violent seadwelling trolls of his home planet, warns him against this. He'd feel much safer inside a ship with an experienced captain.]

that'd be amazing

[blitzkriegd]

[England thinks about this for a second. he had assumed that Darstone was the only city underground. but if they had docks and shipping then certainly there must have been others... why hadn't he thought of that before? probably because he'd been doing his best not to get too comfortable in this world]

Perhaps they have people who do that already.

[biiowiired]

[At the very least, Darstone was near people like the Krasp’rek Tribe, who weren't on the best of terms with the city. However, Helmsman still didn't know what the entire population was like, planet-wise.]

If government utherth pothethed the capabilitieth, the lake would be fully charted.

[Jussayin. The maps on the network look woefully incomplete to him. But then, he is a navigator. Not knowing about more than a few miles outside the city was making him antsy. And, though his voice doesn't show it, a little cross.]

[blitzkriegd]

[heh. England likes him]

Have you ever considered talking to them about this yourself? [his arms crossed, he tosses Helmsman a wry grin]

[biiowiired]

Many offithialth have preferred not to trutht new utherth. Thythtem hath not been able to obtain permithion.

[Despite his, ahem, vibrant engaging personality.]

[blitzkriegd]

I suppose that's true. [a brief pause. he's not certain what to say in response to that] That troubles me.

[biiowiired]

[He's honestly baffled why this user, or any user, should be concerned about anything he was interested in.]

Why ith uther troubled?

[blitzkriegd]

[he uncrosses his arms and tucks his hands into his pockets]

Because they don't trust us. We were brought here, against our wills, to assist them. Shouldn't they trust us?

[biiowiired]

Yeth. That ith the motht practical protocol.

[His formal tone has dropped a little, sounding.... darker?]

Helmthman Thythtem cannot allow interfereenthe in productivity by utherth other than Her Imperiouth Condethenthion. Thith includeth the munithipal authoritieth.

[As of now, that's the closest he can get to suggesting disobedience and insurrection.]

[blitzkriegd]

[er... that was a little creepy]

Her... Imperious Condescension?

[biiowiired]

The Empreth. She conquerth planetth and thivilithationth in the name of our kind. None have thucthethfully rebelled againtht her. [Unknowingly, his voice grows quiet.] None.

Helmthman Thythtem ith the navigational and piloting thythtem of her battleship.

[blitzkriegd]

[hmmmm... this is quite strange]

And so you are working in Darstone for her?

[biiowiired]

Thythtem ith on thtandby mode, awaiting further inthtructionth.

[blitzkriegd]

... [aha. England wonders.........]

If your Empress isn't here, then why not do your own thing?