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[The 'Gear had been an interesting thing to figure out - an amusing little toy, really; while calling it a puzzle would have been giving it entirely too much credit, Descole had enjoyed himself with it for a while. The afternoon had been spent watching the others post to the network; apparently he wasn't the only one that had randomly found himself stuck here. Really, there had been at least one other that day posting to say that they had found themselves in the same predicament.

How odd.

Tonight, his own feed comes alive, focusing in on a dimly-lit room and just enough of a figure to indicate that there's a person sitting in that chair over there, though he's leaning back and the camera is situated at an angle in relation to the person, keeping his face out of view of the camera. There doesn't appear to be too many distinguishing points about the individual, as he appears to be draped in a long black cape of some sort, though toward the upper corner of the frame, there's an obvious fluffy shock of white among all the dark folds of fabric, and the edges of his sleeves are ruffled and white, pale against what's visible of his hands where they're folded against what appears to be a desk or table of some sort.

All part of the act, of course; keep the audience guessing.

When he speaks, his voice is cordial, but almost stiffly formal - not quite rehearsed, but he's clearly been thinking about what to say for some time.]

Assuming this message manages to reach anyone, if someone would do me the favor of actually obliging me and letting me know where I am, that would be appreciated - there was a red-haired woman in here earlier claiming that she was doing exactly that, but unfortunately, she didn't say anything terribly useful.

[He leans forward a bit, the slightest hint of a smirk edging into the frame above that white boa.]

And if anyone just happens to know where my swords have gone...really, if you know what's in your best interests you'll return them as quickly as possible. I can't say there won't be any hard feelings, but I'm sure we can work something out.

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Oh of course, we certainly wouldn't want to harm innocent civilians now would we?

[You, sir, are fun.]

[He knows!]

Well, definitely not the innocent ones, that would be barbaric. I suppose what's left is determining how one should define "innocent."

I prefer to define it as "those who don't get in my way," but that's rather broad. I'm interested in hearing how you would define it.

[Forgive him for sounding horribly creepy but... where have you been all his life.]

[Oh, the feeling is returned, my good sir.]

No, no - that sounds about right.

I suppose that does beg the question though... what were you doing in your world? Serving your country's military?

[...That doesn't sound right. Not unless your military lets you wear fluff.]

Oh, not at all, my good man - I've never been suited for the army.

[You are getting the most flamboyant handwave for your effort.]

Instead, I've devoted myself to the noble pursuit of science.

Indeed?

[Well that's good! No offense, man, but the army probably wouldn't want you. ...Unless you're really good with those swords of yours.]

What sort of science?

["...the noble pursuit of science...?" You're not from his world, right?]

[...ohoho believe me

he's good with the swords]

Mechanical engineering - I specialize primarily in robotics, though I'm more than skilled enough with excavation and the like.

[...there really should be a response to that that's... not horrible but...]

[Ooh Mr. Descole ooh sums it up perfectly.]

Robotics? So you... work with automail, then?

[Who the hell calls it "robotics" anyway?]

[...hold on

the groove

you have thrown off the groove]

What in the world are you talking about?

[Yes, well...! Stop being so confusing, then!]

Automail, artificial limbs. "Robotics" is a rather crude term, but I suppose you could define it as such.

[Not like he really knows. Why should he know anything about automail? It's not like he's going to lose half his body and get it replaced with said "robotics!" That's just ridiculous!]

...I suppose it's not called that in your world, though. What are you talking about?

[...the same page. We are no longer on it.

GODDAMN IT, MAN, WE WERE COOL UNTIL A SECOND AGO.]

Artificial limbs? I'm not in the medical field at all, but I'm fairly sure we don't have any sort of prosthetics that would require some sort of mechanical specialist to create.

[Although that does, admittedly, sound pretty interesting. Hold on, let him visualize this for a moment...

...wow, that would be legitimately awesome.

Anyway!]

No, what I'm talking about is large machinery designed to be used for large jobs such as clearing large areas of obstructions or large amounts of people, unearthing massive ancient civilizations or used as weapons should the need arise.

[He builds huge mecha and destroys things with them. This isn't hard.]

[...You know, he's never had the urge to headtilt before. Suddenly wanting to headtilt. What is this. Archer is confused! Hopefully he won't hurt himself in confusion.]

...So you... How do you go about doing this? Do you design these machines yourself? How would you even create something like that?

[This... sounds ridiculously badass.]

[So much smirking, Archer.]

Surely you don't expect me to give away all of my secrets, do you? You'll get to see one of my creations someday - I have no doubt! Until then, I can assure you that yes, I do design them all myself; it's a specialty of mine, you could say.

I suppose that would make things too easy, wouldn't it?

[...Not really. Seriously, how do you build things like that? ...How do you even build automail anyway?]

I take it there are those who have tried to stop your research, then?

[He laughs at that, actually.]

Oh, of course! Although it doesn't matter whether it's from other people or the work itself - if there's no opposition at all to what you're doing, then it's hardly worth doing in the first place!

[That will earn a smirk!]

A very valid point. Are robotics a very common field of study where you're from? It certainly sounds impressive.

[...What? Flattery will get you everywhere, you know!]

[...Not... that he's entirely sure what he's getting out of this outside of entertainment. This is totally Equivalent Exchange, right?]

It's not a common field of study, no, and especially not to my level of expertise.

[Descole's ego: large and dense enough to be a separate entity entirely.

Archer, this is Descole's Ego. Descole's Ego, this is Archer. You boys play nice.]

[Has he mentioned he likes you? Because you're awesome.]

[...What is this; is this fangirling?]

I suppose that makes you an expert on the subject? How long have you been pursuing this field?

[You can have another light laugh and flippant handwave for your effort, Archer.]

Well, I'm not going to date myself by giving you an exact number, but it's been many, many years now.

Has it now?

[...You know, it's actually difficult to tell considering you're concealing half your face there. Oh well, this makes the whole eye-contact issue less of a problem, right?]

Well, if these can be used as weapons, I'm afraid you'll have a difficult time here. This place seems intent on ensuring the safety of its inhabitants; it's against the law to have any sort of weapon here in Johto.

[Outside of the murderbeasts, that is.]

And yet, again, they give us large creatures dedicated to doing our bidding and tell us to train them to fight.

It seems that someone didn't think this place through very well at all.

Of course not. Though to be fair, most people would never think to harm people with these creatures.

[Bunch of wimps.]

That's not particularly important now, though. I assume you'll be attempting to return home, then?

[...hm.]

Well, I certainly can't stay here any longer than is really necessary. I trust you're doing the same?

I have work to attend to back home. I need to return as quickly as possible.

[...Okay, that was a bit more somber than it needed to be, hold on.]

That doesn't mean I won't enjoy my time here, however.

[That's better!]

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