Voice

[nolongerasleep]

My apologies for the interruption. [Lithia pauses for a moment, as if she's not quite sure the communicator is working as it should. Her world may have such technology, but it certainly isn't handed out so freely or so commonly used.] Well, I certainly hope this is actually working.

First, how trustworthy are the people who wrote those pamphlets and files? [She's just a bit creeped out by the amount of knowledge they had, plus the people who know that sort of thing either wouldn't tell or are trying to kill her, so it's a valid concern.] They certainly have some rather classified information.

Second, how safe are the things they embedded in us? These nanites I think they were called? [She's still wondering also how they accomplished that, her skin isn't exactly easy to pierce.]

And my last question, what sort of work could a person who has powers that heal and can make technology using those powers do in this place, besides apparently being a cat groomer?

Thank you for your time. Oh, I probably should also introduce myself so as not to be rude. My name is Lithia Spodumene, but I can just be called Lithia. [She knows her last name is a pain to spell and pronounce. Also, if any characters are particularly knowledgeable about geology they can certainly put together the fact that she's named after two related minerals.]

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voice

[assays]

Hello, Lithia. My name is Peggy.

[Her tone is friendly and warm.]

In answer to your first question, I would practice caution around those people. They may mean well, but I don't know if I trust them completely.

As for the nanites I can't really answer anything about them. Sorry about that.

You could maybe work in a hospital or clinic with your healing powers, and I believe that there are a few businesses here who specialise in technology.

[nolongerasleep]

It's a pleasure to meet you. I certainly admit that I'm hesitant to trust them and I know rather well that good intentions don't always garner good results, it just is easier to forgive good intentions.

[assays]

A pleasure to meet you too. And I can understand what you are saying. In fact, I can actually relate to it. More so in my life back home than here, but maybe that doesn't matter.

[nolongerasleep]

[Lithia can relate to it all too well, but won't say why since it's not a nice subject.] It may well depend on the end result. That's why I'm a bit hesitant because everyone is strangers to each other and it is the hardest to trust someone you don't know.

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[curada]

My attention is fixed on other matters. But there are individuals present who would never support the purported regenerative processes the nanite technology is said to implement; I have heard of a level of dependency after frequent use that is quite concerning. Still, it is best to seek their opinion, I believe.

Voice

[nolongerasleep]

[Only voice because she's still figuring out this communicator.]

Well, you are the one who did answer, so I'd be interested in your opinion and knowledge no matter how much or how little it is. The idea of dependency on them with repeated use is indeed concerning. [Especially considering her shortened lifespan and ll.]

[curada]

Dependency can be accounted and treated for, as necessary. But the fact they were bestowed upon me by strangers, who hardly sought my consent, leads to a skeptical opinion that I have no desire to elaborate on.

text

[hypnotherapy]

That depends on the level of technology you can make, but healers will have plenty of work considering the disasters we seem to have on a monthly basis...

Your surname is interesting, by the way. Were your family particularly enamored by gemstones? [ COMING FROM SOMEONE WHOSE NAME IS MAGICMAN LIKE CMON ]

[nolongerasleep]

I can create machines with a capability of thinking for themselves.

Gemstone names are the preferred type where I come from. [A fun joke because all of them are made of crystal.] You must have some knowledge of them though since most aren't familiar with the stone my last name refers to.

[hypnotherapy]

How advanced? Simple or complex minds? [ Just don't be an asshole about being able to make new life, pls. ]

Oh, it's just random trivia I remembered. Spodumene is a pretty stone, but then again, I think most of them are. They're nice to look at.

voice right back

[scrap_metal]

Cat groomer? That sounds better than what a lot of us got. [ He's still bitter about crash test dummies repairman ]

With skills like these, you could probably open something of your own.

[nolongerasleep]

I admit I like cats and they are rather fond of me as well. I just would prefer to do something I was trained for. I've never actually touched a cat before since I used to be allergic to them. I certainly would consider my own business, assuming it could be done.

[scrap_metal]

You pet cats for a living. There are worse and more boring ways of earning money here. As uninspired as it might be, you got off lucky.

There's a girl around who sells her own grown flowers and pumpkins. So if you want to make your own clinic, or repair-shop it's certainly doable.

voice;

[grimreaping]

The military files have been, at least as far as I'm aware, entirely correct in regards to imPorts' skills and traits, whether native to them in their own worlds, or those which have been Porter-gained. Is there something in yours that's particularly concerning?

[nolongerasleep]

The concerning parts are some other things that in my world are classified information.

[grimreaping]

Regrettably, that appears to be the norm for incoming imPorts, Miss Lithia. If it's of any consolation, you aren't being targeted by having that information documented, it's happened to everyone.

voice;

[leonized]

[Leon knows a little more about flower names than mineral ones... but whatever.]

Cat groomer doesn't sound too bad.

How do you make technology?

[nolongerasleep]

I'm not sure what the term here is, but it involves infusing a crystal with an artificial form of what allows us to have thoughts and memories. This can range from very basic intelligence to intelligence on a level with our own.

[leonized]

[... Wow. That sounded interesting. And he'd watched enough movies while he was here...]

So like an artificial intelligence?

text;

[tacticianing]

1) They might have some accurate information, but they're not trustworthy.
2) I'd like to know the answer to the this myself.
3) Perhaps something in the medical field.

text

[nolongerasleep]

[Lithia's response is a bit delayed while she fiddles a bit to try and reply with text herself this time.]

1. Any particular reason why?
2. All I've found out so far is a known issue with dependency upon repeated use.
3. I'll keep that in mind. Is any specific training required here?

text, private

[tacticianing]

[Casually swaps to her formatting and clicks this to private.]

1. There are several. For one, the American government did not bring you here, something else did. They are hoping to coerce your cooperation through entirely false premises.
2. Dependency?
3. I believe so.

[voice]

[devoutish]

[These are good questions. Alfie approves.]

Satisfied with the answers you're getting?

[nolongerasleep]

I admit, they are just creating new questions and concerns. But perhaps I'm just being overly paranoid.

[Being on the run for some two thousand years can do that to a person and it certainly doesn't help how often her enemies would obtain a position in government.]

[devoutish]

It's justified, innit?