TEXT ✦ un: scion

[shtola]

[Hey, City network! What are you up to today? Having fun exploring the liminal spaces, reliving past memories, getting locked into vaults — or maybe just fucking around? Because apparently someone's in the mood for the latter.]

what's a girl got to do to get a little attention around here? ;)

[A short time after that initial post, a follow-up appears.]

because i certainly wouldn't mind being asked out for a meal and an evening in good company, myself. by someone worthy of the honor, of course; naturally, i'm a lady of discerning tastes.

[And then, a little bit later still: ]

takers must feel the unquenchable thirst of the pursuit of knowledge and be willing to participate in intellectual debate for bells on end. oh, and graciously accept defeat when i inevitably hand it to them. or don't — i'll best you at it whether you accept it or not. i'm ever so brilliant that way. how's that for sharing?

[OOC: If the content of this post sounds suspiciously unlike Y'shtola, that's because it isn't — Thancred (onlythans) and his sticky fingers have "borrowed" her network device for a short time. Responses will come from both Thancred and Y'shtola or possibly just Y'shtola after she murders Thancred in cold blood for this!]

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[fussiest]

[ look!!! mutual whoring!!! ]

That's what you say now, dear lady - but look, there he is. You speak of an Avidyan Spinocrocodile, and it will inevitably crawl down your chimney!
Never mind, I can't send someone as rude as that one to you, even if his curiosity is one of his better traits. You seem like a genuinely nice individual with proper common sense, and I can't in good conscience have him ruin your day with how rude he's liable to get.
What manner of knowledge do you chase? There are all kinds of expertises gathered in a world even as small as this one; perhaps there will be appropriate conversation partners for you yet.

[shtola]

I've a talent for people with a sharper tongue. One could even say that I'm better equipped for them.

In the realization that most of whom I find myself mingling with is not of the same star - there's not a singular topic I'd like to limit such conversations to. 'Twould make for a fascinating comparison in culture, history and advancements, if naught else.

[fussiest]

Ah, you are a learned lady, then.
I must ask: what do you think of the technological advancement here that you have seen so far? Does it differ much from the world that you've come from?

[shtola]

Enough that I realize there's still much I do not understand, perhaps.

The technology within the city is an interesting point of observation. There's plenty that I've not seen in the form they take, but we've analogous creations for some that fulfill much of the same purpose. It is as though they've had to innovate without taking into account any use of magicks, using feats of engineering instead to achieve what could have been done with the arcane. And given the nature of these lands, 'tis almost surprising.

[fussiest]

Fascinating. While I know not about these 'magicks' you speak of, it must be something beyond the rigours of technology and engineering, perhaps a different set of rules on energy transformation that affects the creation of things in your reality. If I think of it that way, the Teyvatian elemental that powers where I come from must be an interesting point of comparison with yours. I'd love to ask you further if I can.
But in the interim, if you are interested in the engineering of this land, maybe we can be conversation partners then. There are buildings here that have been built with techniques that I've never even considered, at heights that are unachievable by engineering measures I'm familiar with - in truth, I almost want to take what is here apart brick by brick just to see if it can be reverse engineered.
I'm Kaveh, by the way - I'm an architect. Can we be introduced?