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[aceso]

Character(s): Christine
Status: Open
Location(s): In libraries in Krimnos and the City of Whatever it's Name is This Week
Date(s) April 1-17
About: Christine's idea led to a research compling mission, and a strange sight in Idan's libraries and bookstores.
Warnings: Only if you don't like reading about metal wasps.



The idea was one she thought probably wasn't feasible, else someone would have thought of it before. But it turns out the project is not only possible, but bigger than she could have imagined. Helping people in the future have access to more knowledge at their fingertips is a noble goal, but she has to admit that she's doing this for herself too. Not only will she hopefully get to use this book in her own lifetime, but she's getting paid for doing the legwork too.

{ krimnos }
She starts in the city of the Tinkers after they test their knowledge-gathering wasps on their own Academy's library first. Then she's set loose with a box containing the metal wasps and sent on her way. The project can be done at her own pace, but she's so excited that she heads to another library in Krimnos straight away.

She can be found sitting at a desk, thumbing through a book and giving someone a look, eyebrows raised. "Please don't swat at my wasps. They aren't going to sting you."


{ city of free peoples, aka freeps }
Her work in Krimnos is far from done. Gathering all the information in all the books will take time, but she wants to move on to other things. After a brief stop at home, she journeys southwest to the city of so much conflict recently, to see if King Ardis' soldiers have been in anymore scraps with werewolves, Defenders, or both and need her healing services. While in the area, she heads into the city to visit a library and sets a box on one of the tables. Opening the lid, the two metal wasps go flying out to scan as many books as they can. A patron looks at the wasps, looks at Christine, and looks at the falcon now sitting on the table before quickly clutching a book to their chest and scurrying to the front desk. Christine sighs and looks at her animas.

"I guess we'll have to get the information out of that particular book next time, hm?"

Comments

[cryptsleeper]

"That is my fear," he says lowly. "It begs the question what do we owe to the living population now, if anything? And what do we owe to our dead who suffered for the past war?"

The question is one he and Trevor have argued about. Alucard knew the weights of his family's legacy, in making sure his mother's name was known for her science and medicine, not for being a burnt witch. His father's was...well, it was manifest now through Krimnos' Tinkertown, with the technology there being things his father dreamed of. But beyond that, they didn't owe anyone anything, or at least that was the conclusion they had reached. The most they may owe is to protect the third of their trio, should she too arise.

[aceso]

"Too few of us were soldiers in that war," she states plainly. "But I was. I saw what the dragons did to us. It's not an easy thing to forgive." To be in the grip of a dragon so tightly only to awaken and see it from the outside has left Christine with a new perspective on things.

"I have no desire to be put in such a position again."

[cryptsleeper]

"You're one of the few people I've met who seems genuinely clear eyed about the matter."

Alucard knows that some of his words come from his own biases. A dislike of dragons means that he's absolutely going to appreciate the additional words, but it's true too, isn't it? So many people were to the side of the war, not direct participants. Or killed for refusing to be so.

"How do we stop the past from replaying?"

[aceso]

"That's a shame... and probably dangerous too." More people should be wary of what the dragons can do, based on past experience or even just knowing history.

Christine shakes her head, releasing a frustrated breath. "I don't have an easy answer to that. The general populace knows the dangers dragons present, but now that Queen Adira has one and is just waiting to see... I don't know. Will there be enough of a difference since the dragon is young and can be influenced by her? I worry that won't be the case. There are already dragons out there. Smashing eggs won't solve this now." Not that she's sure she could do that anyway.

[cryptsleeper]

"It is. But I am equally aware that there are those who share our...unique circumstances who are almost blind in their devotion to the things." Strange, for example.

Alucard's breath is a heavy one. "I don't trust wait and see. It asks for too much trust that I do not feel has been earned, given the history of past dragons." His frown deepens. "Which is a great and disgusting hypocritical statement of this age as well, in so many ways. After all, how many other races have been accepted in the past century, whereas in our own time they were viewed so poorly?"

[aceso]

There's a tightening of her lips at his question, if only because she knows from personal experience what it's like to not be accepted. The elves of Thalassa are a far cry from the elves of the cities today, and there is no more jeering at her slightly pointed ears or mocking her for being only half an elf.

"It is the same with us. We have been brought back, but with no explanation or instruction given. What can we do beyond wait and see?"

[cryptsleeper]

"And if wait and see means missing an opportunity to prevent the very thing we've been discussing?"

It has to be asked.

[aceso]

"There's a difference between waiting and opportunities," she reasons. "We have very little to go on regarding our nature or our purpose, but should an opportunity arise to discover more, that would be beneficial to us and not something to be ignored. Waiting is only applicable when there are no concrete leads to follow."

[cryptsleeper]

Alucard makes a soft noise to show that he's heard Christine's words, but he has no response for them yet. He's quiet for a touch longer after that.

"I suppose that is the best way to put it."

With that, Alucard's eyes go back to the wasps, quietly observing and considering their work.

"I don't want to demand too much more of your time, but when there's more than one working copy of the book, could you please inform me? I...I've lost a library, and I would very much like to see what I can save of it now in this device."

[aceso]

Christine nods, sensing the conversation drawing to a close. That's fine by her, as she has a lot of studying to do regarding new alchemical knowledge as well as gardening.

"Of course. The Tinkers will be working hard to make this a reality sooner rather than later."

aaand end

[cryptsleeper]

"I'll have to thank them in person when the device is ready. And you now, for doing the hard work of reaching out to them with the idea. I'll leave you to your research in the mean time."