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onlyatraveler) wrote2014-08-30 01:25 am
onlyatraveler) wrote2014-08-30 01:25 am
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kino@cdc.org
(1) UNREAD MESSAGES
kino@cdc.org
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kino@cdc.org
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kino@cdc.org
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Day 64
Kino!!!! Quick!! What's forthcoming mean?????
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...Ah. No. Kino isn't even going to try to guess.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If something is forthcoming, it means that it's going to happen in the near future. Or that it is available, should the need for it arise. [You're lucky you have a dictionary for a friend, Hinata.]
Why?
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[but yes. yes, he is. after a second or two --]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Ok thanks
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
That makes even less sense though! Warriorhead called something I said "forthcoming"??? Does it change in context?
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FROM: kino@cdc.org
Oh... yes, a bit. Perhaps he feels you might be prepared for something in the future?
What did you say to him?
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Just that I'd take his advice
So that explination fits!! Thanks!!
By the way, how many langauges do you know??
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There you go, then. Happy to be able to help.
[Kino has noticed Hinata's atrocious spelling and questionable grammar and diction, but they haven't really mentioned it. As long as one knows what one means, that's the purpose of language, yes?
Speaking of language:]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Only one. Everyone seemed to speak the same language in my world.
And a few signs, from my Master. Nic is teaching me more. I thought it would be nice to be able to speak with him.
[Kino feels like he misses it, speaking in that way with people. He certainly seemed excited to teach.]
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FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
But didn't you go across a bunch of countries? How long did it take to drive through a country?
And right!! His hand language is intense!!! Can you make sentences already???
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FROM: kino@cdc.org
Yes. Every country seemed to speak the same language, however. As far as I can remember.
It would depend on the country. Some were as small as a village and the surrounding land. Others were very large and required days of travel.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Did you ever travel to any different countries back home, Shouyou-kun?
FROM: kino@cdc.org
A few. I try to practice every day. I believe it makes Nic happy to teach someone.
[In the... weird, weird way Nic ever seems to be happy.]
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You think so???? Huh... I didn't think he could be happy aside from picking on people
[WHICH IS INCREDIBLY MEAN but man with a face and personality like that, it made people wonder. also known as: Hinata needed to look deeper, part fifty-three.]
[in any case.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
How many have you passed through??? Did you even keep count???? It must be a massive number, I bet you could break a world record or 3
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
For me, I never thought of traveling much
I'd just left the prefecture for the first time before I came here, come to think of it
Which was when we went to Tokyo!! Even though we didn't get to see the Tower, it was so cool!!!! There were people everywhere!!!
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FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
By the way do you think Warriorhead's weird?
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FROM: kino@cdc.org
I believe he just likes picking on you, Shouyou-kun. [Kino, you little jerk.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I don't keep count. It must be several dozen, though. Perhaps over a hundred. I really can't say.
From what I know of other travelers, no one really seems to keep track, so I doubt we would have any idea of who might hold a "world record."
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Is your "prefecture" where you were from? Was it very small?
I assume Tokyo must be a very large place, then.
[And Warriorhead. Uhh...]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Yes. [Simple answer.]
But he is an alien, so I think that is understandable.
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[except not really. offline, he laughed.]
[which was nice, as the other conversation wasn't inspiring such straight-forward, happy feelings.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Miyagi prefecture's the part inside Japan, the country, that I come from, yeah! It isn't so small in size, technically, but my town's a suburb pretty far from any city.
Also yeah Tokyo is GIANT
There's like 13 million people living there. It's the capital so it gets a lot of traffic
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
And no not just because he's an alien
Or maybe it is because he's an alien
It sounded like he was angry but then he wasn't
Or maybe he is???
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The terminology was a little strange for Kino, even without the word "prefecture." A country in Kino's world was generally one city and the surrounding area. They have a hard time imagining one giant country with many sections containing many cities, let alone one single city with 13 million people living in it.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
13 million? Really?
That almost seems... too massive. Doesn't one get lost? How can one ever see the entirety of the city if it's so big, and full of so many people?
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'm not sure. I find Warriorhead-san very difficult to read either way.
From what I know, he tries to use words and phrases he knows would affect us or that we would understand better as humans. In that way, I don't know if he always uses the right ones.
Because he's an alien.
If he was angry with you, I think you would know.
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FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
A life time's a long time to explore a city, I guess? Tokyo people treat it as if it's normal, anyway
I think it's too busy to live in but it seems fun to visit
[A PAUSE.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
How does he normally communicate...??
That still makes him sound really [manipulative, but like hell he could spell that,] specific
But ok, if you think so
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FROM: kino@cdc.org
I don't know if I could spend an entire lifetime exploring just one city.
There are far too many places to see in the world for that. The longest I ever spend in one country is three days.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'm not sure. I feel as though the way he communicates with us now has been learned by working with so many humans before.
How he communicated naturally beforehand might be completely different.
I suppose that's a word for it, though.
Is it worrying you?
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Your countries sound a lot smaller then mine
Japan's tiny, but three days would barely get you anywhere in China even if you took the fastest train possible
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Kind of
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
But the instructors here in general are worrying, aren't they?
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It seems like they might be. One country is usually little more than a city and the surrounding land its claimed for itself.
Your countries sound much bigger in comparison.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Because if what you say is true, China sounds massive.
How fast do your fastest trains go? Do you know?
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Yes, they are.
I can never be sure if the way they speak with us is something they've planned or something natural.
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China's way too big and getting bigger, it's a problem
Not that I know much about that but uh trainsssss.......... sss..s...
Like 300 kmh?? Somewhere around there. That's the fastest normal people can ride anyway, there's probably faster ones in a lab somewhere
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Are there a lot of trains in your world? Are they steam or electric or coal? Can they talk?
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
I bet they talk
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Do cars in your world talk too because that'd be really troublesome eventually probably
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
If it's something planned, they plan it really well!!
I don't know why he'd plan to say he liked me??
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That's... very fast. Much faster than any sort of mass transit I've ever seen in my world.
That's incredible. You'd be able to go anywhere in such a short amount of time! Do people do much traveling in your world because of how far they can go?
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I've seen a few. I'm not sure about their specifics; I think they might use coal or steam.
No, they don't talk. At least, I've never met a talking train.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There are plenty of forms of transportation in my world -- motorrads, buggies, trains, hovees, and I even helped a woman construct a machine that let her fly in the sky like a bird, once.
As far as I know, motorrads are the only ones that talk.
But I could be wrong. The world is a very big place.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'm not sure if small things like that are planned, exactly.
Gaining your loyalty through affection might be, though.
He said he liked you, though? [Kino wouldn't have guessed Warriorhead liked anything. Besides naps. And Hello Kitty.)
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People travel farther and more then they ever had before, I've been told! Some people were even planing on going to the moon within the next 100 years!!!
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
It'd be awful to be a talking train probably so that's for the best
Wouldn't mind a talking car, though
You'll have to keep an eye out if your contract ever runs out and you head back home
[... it could be, couldn't it. he hadn't thought an instructor would waste time like that, but - there had been the "slumber party," and pajamas, and...]
[and, wel.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Yeah
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
He says he likes everybody on orange though doesn't he??
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The moon? ...I would say that is impressive, but we're on a spaceship now, so perhaps not so much in hindsight.
No country in my world has traveled into space yet, though; not even the technologically-advanced ones. Not as far as I know.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It would. I mentioned to Hermes once how he would feel if he were a train, and he said having to travel on the same tracks would get boring.
I will certainly make sure I keep an eye out for any more talking vehicles, though. Hermes might enjoy someone to talk with.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I suppose, in a way.
It feels as though he expects a great deal from us. But he certainly likes us more than the recruits of other teams.
...That would seem like a given, though.
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Is he too picky for robots with legs and hands and faces and things? There may be a few more of those!
FROM: Hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Yeah no kidding
FROM: Hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Do you like him? With all his bias and expectation...
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He might not be. I should perhaps introduce him to some more robots around the crew. He might enjoy speaking with them.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'm not sure "like" is the proper word.
The more I learn about him and the CDC, the less I seem to know exactly how I feel about any of this.
As an instructor, I appreciate him enough. The freedom he allows us in our missions is welcomed.
[But, no, there's still a lot standing in the way before Kino likes any of the leadership of the Neheda crew.]
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Maybe they could find a new way to communicate! Or teach him some kind of robotic language, just so it's even as compared to our sign language!
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
True... The longer we're here, the more I'm surprised by that, honestly
People haven't caused too much trouble I don't think but the possibility remains
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I'm not even sure if he'd be able to...
The only thing he can do on on his own is speak. He wouldn't even be able to use his own engine to speak, if he wanted.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'm surprised by both as well, but then again, I think most know how well an act of dissent would be met by the officers.
That it's possible and the instructors don't seem all that worried makes me think they are confident in their abilities to handle it.
No, no matter how I feel about this situation, I think crossing them wouldn't be worth it.