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Forty-Ninth Theory [Action/Voice]

[Don has never been to an ocean before, and last time he was at an amusement park he had to electrify the roller coaster to defeat an enraged colony of nanobots.]

[He is determined that this excursion will be one of pleasant discovery.]

[To that end, he takes the teleporter to the beach on Thursday morning, and spends the next two days exploring the park, the waterfront, and as far out into the ocean as his own limbs can take him. (Or farther, if anyone is kind enough to offer him the use of a boat.)]

[At some point during the two days, he opens his journal and leaves the following message:]

Researchers, experimenters, tinkerers, inventors, curious people of all kinds... join the "Scientists, Hypothesizers, and Engineers of Luceti League". I'm starting it right now and everyone is welcome.

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Don't know. [He makes his avatar jump around the screen.] The music isn't bad. [Pixel-Don jump-kicks an oil can, and Real-Don seems entertained by the resulting explosion.]

It is... outdated-sounding, but nice... [And now a random explosion. Okay. What.]

I wonder if there are any games with myself in them.

[Don abandons the controls, leaving his video-game self to be pummelled by opportunistic enemies.]

Want to look around?

Certainly... [Robert casts the game console one more awkward look over his shoulder before stepping up next to Don.]

... I wonder if the games... include others here, too?

I wouldn't be surprised. I can't be the only one.

Well, there was Sonic Toss...

[In fact, this whole place just might be like this. Subtle, awkward references to the characters here. Fictional or not? Robert isn't certain if he can tell.]

You know, I think there used to be two people here named Sonic.

... Two Sonics... [~~Would Eggman be pleased to hear that one.~~] Multiversions of... the same person?

[He's not sure how he'd feel if a multiversion of Don were to show up.]

[Don thinks on this for a while - the conversation was a long time ago - then snaps his fingers.]

Yes. I talked to one of them, and he told me the other was himself from another dimension.

That sounds... remarkable, actually. I wonder if similar things have happened for other people here...

[Robert continues to glance around, searching out the various video-games for anything that looks similar to what he knows. ~~The mun is considering having the Blazblue console show up...~~]

I don't remember hearing about any other cases of it.

Perhaps it should be something we should ask about eventually...

[If only because it's fascinating to think about.]

You could ask over the journals. If it had happened, someone would know.

Like the surveys Ingrid did while she was here. [Argh, but those sorts of things require social skills. Still...] ... If I could get some sort of comprehensive questionnaire...

... Or even a few leading questions... Well. It would be an interesting topic, perhaps.

I don't think a lot of people here have the patience for a whole questionnaire. [More's the pity. The residents of Luceti could get so much done if they all worked together and pooled their knowledge.]

[One hopes that this is what SHELL itself will achieve.]

... It is unfortunate, but likely true.

At any rate... is there anything else interesting to you? [~~Mun could always start bringing in random video game franchises...~~]

Edited 2011-09-17 09:14 (UTC)

[He still needs to organize that meeting.]

[He looks doubtfully at the stands selling purported foodstuffs - and when a Turtle who grew up starving in a sewer doubts a foodstuff, that's saying something.]

I don't know, I'm a little tired...

Ah... if you would prefer, we could go to the hotel to rest. [It'd be better than going all the way back home, anyway. And convenient. And possibly interesting.]

[He turns to head slowly back in that direction.]

Maybe I'll go up on the roof...

I could accompany you? [Robert leans affectionately into Don's side a little, enough to express the general sentiment of wanting-to-do-anything-for-Don.]

[This surprises him a little.] Do you want to? ... Is there interior access?

I do.

... And there generally is, with... such buildings as this. [Even on Terra it was common. Somebody has to maintain the roof plants in bad weather, after all.]

[He looks almost disappointed at this.]

Do I have to use it?

No, but I doubt I could accompany you in any other way.

[Unless Don can carry an entire human while he climbs a building. Which sounds like a risky idea anyway.]

[He can, but it isn't much fun.]

Would you mind giving me a head-start?

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