ITS TIME FOR A....

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FOURTH WALL MEME



HOW TO PLAY:
You are a new arrival to the Tower of Animus! Or maybe you've been here a while, we just don't know! Take a look around, just be careful not to poke your heads into the wrong dorm room, or trip up on the wrong floor...things can get nasty around here! (Just make sure you specify in your tag a setting. Or multiple settings if you want to give people options!)

Use this post to play around with characters you may potentially wish to app, or use it for characters you'd never be able to app, but want to play in the setting anyway! Link the post around to friends, give them a feel for our game, and most importantly....

HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!

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[dialectics]

[ It's not dissimilar to how Legion itself 'speaks', really. It's watching all of this quite curious, really. Organics were fascinating. It's even more interested by how this organic is not at all bothered by being in its proximity. ]

Geth communicate at the speed of light. Organic vocal communication is highly inefficient. We are not dissimilar. However, your means of communication is difficult to translate for most organics. It is somewhat less specific. This would be a problem with those who do not understand.

[silentsymphony]

[Geth? So that's what the robot is? It's a term she's not familiar with from her time on Runeterra, but it's not a big deal. She knows there are other beings out there on other worlds - it's likely that this robot comes from somewhere she's never even heard of, let alone been. Wait, no, not robot. Geth. Sona makes a note to remember it]

[She also nods in response to his statement. In truth, it was absolutely right. Music was Sona's preferred method of communication, but there were so many people who missed the message. When it comes down to it, there are far more efficient things she could be doing to get her points across. But... it's not the same. Even if the Geth won't understand, she'll do her best to explain it, typing once more]

but the ones who can understand never mistake what the song says

[dialectics]

[ ... It understands now, but it isn't any less confused, given it's state as a machine. The fascination with music by organics is... odd. ]

We do not understand the desire for less efficient communication. This is similar to organics who willfully submit to loud noises called 'music' without reason. But it is what you have chosen, so we will accept this answer as satisfactory.

[ A pause of about... maybe one and a half seconds here. ]

We are called Legion. You are?

[silentsymphony]

[For a brief moment, Sona's heart is broken. She understands that not everyone appreciates music the way she does, but... to have it called loud noises?! It's heresy! Blasphemy! But then again, they're from different worlds, right? She's more or less already determined that for herself. If that's the case, then just as there are things she doesn't understand about the Geth, there are things it won't understand about her. Shock turns to determination, as she makes a mental promise to herself. Someday, she will get Legion to appreciate music! She's sure of it!]

[But that comes later. For now, Legion has asked the one question that she simply cannot answer with music alone, and her fingers peck out a simple response]

sona

[dialectics]

[ It is sorry about that. :c Machines aren't exactly like organics, it has a hard time understanding some things organics appreciate, to be honest. To a machine, it's just extraneous data and noise. ]

Human Sona. You are captive on this facility as well?

[silentsymphony]

[It may be extraneous data and noise for now, but somehow she'll find a way! She's sure of it!]

[But all things take time, and right now it's time to focus on other things. She nods in response to the question, then points to the date on the terminal screen - at least, she's pretty sure it's the date - to indicate that she only arrived today. Looking back at Legion, she tilts her head quizzically, the question she's 'asking' hopefully obvious]

[dialectics]

[ The answer is instantaneous. ]

We have been here for six hours, thirty-two minutes and point 351 seconds. In short, we are 'new'.

[silentsymphony]

[So she's not the only one! Whether that's a relief or not is debatable. Even the League's summoners, when bringing other beings to Runeterra, could only manage to pull at most one being at a time. If the summoners here could manage to bring two or more people at once, their magic must be powerful indeed. But then why couldn't she feel a connection to a summoner? She was certain - no one had established a link with her]

[As much as Sona hates to admit it, there are too many unknown factors at work here for her to be prideful about communication right now. So it's back to the keyboard once more]

can you tell me more about this place you seem to know more than me and i cannot feel a link with whomever summoned us here

[dialectics]

[ Well, it can sure try! ]

We will provide a general explanation. This is a 'saving' facility, not unlike a Geth Hub. Organics and synthetics are being stored here from their home worlds of origin, and not by choice. There were many data blocks in place we could not bypass, but we did learn some things of marginal value. Administrators claim that we and others have been saved from the destruction of their world. This is not possible, as we were off-world when shutdown occurred, and our vessel has survived even the worst of attacks.

[ It pauses. ]

In short, this is a 'prison' with benefits mostly suited to organics. Living space, food, and over fourty floors seem to be accessible. Many floors appear to be dangerous to some degree. Data exchange with the Network has also told us that non-sapient creatures become hostile and attack anything they find at night on all floors but the topmost dormitory living spaces.

[ This is the most generalized explanation it can give. ]