insidegalra: (Resting frowny face.)
Thace ([personal profile] insidegalra) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2020-09-20 04:39 pm

Week 3: early

As far as I can investigate into such things, the Orthorhombric Lattice is the originating point for all of this. Thetan is furious enough to disregard the risks.

For me, the greater good outweighs the risks. Doing a Sift on the fractals will give us more information and we are going to need all the information we can to fix this in a way that doesn't cause further harm. Even with significant psychic protection, there is probably still risk.

Given the risk, please take time to consider if it's worth it to you before volunteering. Who knows Sift or is willing to learn it in order to figure out what these fractals do? There are other useful skills from that world as well, so if you know them, or are willing to teach them before we begin, please speak up.

Once we have gathered a group and coordinated, I propose that the Sift itself happens on Aratta. The signals and even just the INVLEP software does influence choices, but to a greater extent in the dream.

If you know of other methods for getting information from the fractals, I would like to hear those as well.
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[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I hate my patron, but my boyfriend likes her for cultural reasons. He's allowed his opinion, I just don't like what her archetype can signify.

... Yeah. Forcing people to convert is... pretty horrific. Human history alone has awful stories of people being forced to convert to a religion or be killed. I imagine other species have their own similar stories, be it religious or political or social beliefs. Dialogue and life by example are really the peaceful ways of doing it - sharing, not forcing.
helborn: (the dark is scary)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He holds a hand out and gently puts it on Thetan's shoulder.]

It was likely a small group of individuals who thought that their way was the only way. Many species have individuals whose egos go out of control and they assume no one will mind if they take over and make things 'right' according to them. Or, if they know there'll be resistance, they don't care because those people are clearly wrong and either need to be taught or destroyed.
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[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I've got you. We'll do what we can and try to set up things better in our absence. We can't stay forever.

... Much as this place is nice, some of us need to get to our home worlds. Personally I've got to go fight and try to survive a war.

[He has to keep reminding himself. He's not going to be able to run away from it.]
helborn: (you're kind of cute)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
We'll find them. Hell, if we can find something we know they touched, either me or my boyfriend could probably track them down by scent.
helborn: (i'm not an anime protag i swear)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Um.

[He looks a little sheepish.]

Can you explain what a Lattice is in this context?
helborn: (the dark is scary)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[Now he feels dumb.]

Sorry. ... If we can narrow it down at all... maybe Kanji can pick up signals or something, or... I don't know if IP tracing is a thing you can do. I hear people on TV talk about it...

[He should stop giving suggestions.]

A-anyway, if you do find something , let me know... I just want to help any way I can.
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[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do my best.

[He leans carefully against Thetan.]

I'm trying not to overexert myself, but I can keep going for a long time without needing to stop. I just don't want to run over everyone else and their plans.
helborn: (i'm not an anime protag i swear)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. ... I might try to use one of my abilities. It might spark something.

I... sorry if that made you uncomfortable. I didn't mean to.
helborn: (huh wha i didn't do it)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-21 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good.

... Just to be clear, again, I don't like you like that, but I do care about you. Ever since Home, I just... I don't know. I saw a lot of myself in Acantha, even if he was mostly just an act. And I want to make sure you don't feel that kind of helpless loneliness.

Sorry if that's forward of me or smothering, I just... I like caring about people. People who I know are good.
helborn: (why would you do that?)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-22 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not from a place that's got much of that. ... Or maybe other families had that, but not me.

That's...

[He wipes his eyes with the back of his hand, his voice breaking a little.]

That's really sweet... I'm honored...
helborn: (you're kind of cute)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-22 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
... Thank you.

[He leans in, taking a few breaths.]

I'm glad I met you, too. You're also a good man.

We should... probably get to work, huh?
helborn: (nope too cute to function)

[personal profile] helborn 2020-09-22 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think I can do that.

You can come along there when you're ready. We'll be waiting for you.