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.]

Comments

[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.

[nolongerasleep]

The source of the information is what concerns me more. There are things in there not recorded anywhere. So did they find out from my enemies? If so that would be a rather biased telling.

[grimreaping]

If I may, the technology which powers the Porter has the ability to pull us from different realities and worlds. Given that, I doubt they needed your enemies to tell them.

[nolongerasleep]

They couldn't exactly pull from official records. As far as most of my world is concerned, I'm a fairy tale and not someone real.

[grimreaping]

[ Kid raises an eyebrow at that, although she can't see it. ]

You seem as real as anyone. Why would they think that?

[nolongerasleep]

But how can you know? I'm just a voice right now that you are assuming has a physical form. It isn't impossible for someone to be able to speak and lack that.

[grimreaping]

Because things that aren't real don't go about questioning whether people believe they're real.

[nolongerasleep]

I know I'm real. Most of my world only knows of me as a character from a fairy tale that may or may not even be true.

[grimreaping]

[ Truthfully, Kid isn't even sure how they got onto this topic, especially when it sounds like a very sensitive one for her, and he tries to backtrack to the original inquiry. ]

In any case, I wouldn't be so concerned about what your Porter file contains. The data isn't shared among the populace, either native or imPort.