05 | voice

[oceanthief]

When Homeworld started investigating this system, we checked all the stars near potential colonies for stability. Everyone was really excited about this planet because its sun had a pretty decent lifespan, so we wouldn't have to do any shielding for a while.

[or. something. Lapis never really paid any particular attention to the reports that came in about earth, because why would she? it was just a little mudball in some podunk galaxy.]

Is that not how it works on this earth? I can't really think of why else you'd be trying to ration sunlight, but...it's kind of stupid. Unless you're storing it somewhere to use later it's not going to make any difference, and I really don't think humans have that kind of technology yet.

[at least not on this version of the planet, anyway. she really has no idea what 'daylight savings time' could mean aside from this, and it's got her completely mystified. that at least is a familiar feeling when it comes to humanity, even if it's not all that pleasant.]

You guys don't even have that much time to start with. Do you really need to complicate it this much?

[and if the sun is dying...why bother squabbling between insubstantial nationstates when there was such a big problem looming over them all? it was all so dumb.]

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[valuemeal]

Well.. I mean, you see what happens when someone doesn't.

[ You become a weird psychopath gem!! He's pretty sure that's how it works now. ]

[oceanthief]

You can't blame the whole planet on something like that.

[guess who's taking this the wrong way and assuming that he means humans since gems just know stuff like that on their own? what the fuck, evolution.]

[valuemeal]

[ It actually takes him a moment or two here to catch on to the fact she means humans... ]

No-- I meant you guys! Isn't that the reason you think you can just do about anything to whoever you want? No one ever told you it was wrong.

[oceanthief]

Homeworld can do whatever it wants because there's nothing powerful enough to stop them. It doesn't have anything to do with right or wrong.

[s h r u g]

We don't need anyone to teach us. We know from the beginning.

[what's right, what's wrong, what your place in this world was...it all came naturally.]

[valuemeal]

[ Ah.

Yes.

More talk that Hyunsoo can only file under the "weird psycho alien folk" category when he's such a weenie already, for the most part. Seriously, it sounds like a bad science fiction aliens movie... ]

I think there's something pretty messed up with you guys' initial logic then... [ Something he probably only dares to say because he's not talking to Lapis in person. He'd be too scared. ]

[oceanthief]

No. You just can't understand it, that's all.

[humans, especially the really dull ones like poor Hyunsoo, aren't going to be able to grasp something like that. it was to be expected.]