experiment log 002 -- video

[fieldresearch]

[Hange has set her communicator (with all its fancy new features!) up on a desk or something so that she has both hands free. She's sitting on a couch, more than likely the couch at Levi and Erwin's place and not her own, with her hands folded neatly in her lap and her hair tied back professionally. She's wearing a button-down shirt with nice slacks, and a bolo tie adorned with a round, green stone. She is much more at ease and calm than in her first post to the network, and somehow it's a bit unsettling.

She adjusts her glasses, clears her throat, then speaks.]

Ah, yes, hello! Citizens of Heropa and wherever else you may be. My name is Hange Zoë, 14th Commander of the Survey Corps. I know that means absolutely nothing to most of you, so let's move on, shall we?

You may recognize me as one of the four winners of that rather unpleasant activity with the paintballs! Honestly… [she gestures vaguely] Why take something that could have just been fun and make it so painful? But that's not important right now! [she clasps her hands a bit and smiles brightly at the camera]

My prize for winning the game is an audience with our most mysterious captor, the Porter! Amazing!! I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself! [she wiggles her fingers for emphasis] Ah, but I haven't been here that long. I haven't experienced many of the things others have! While I have no shortage of questions to ask, I fear they may not be the right questions.

So!! This is why I come to you today, Network! [she points at the camera, enthusiastic as ever] I need you, yes you, to suggest things for me to ask during my audience with the porter!! What mysteries keep you up at night? What knowledge would benefit us most? [she opens her arms wide in a welcoming gesture] Please, let me know. My heart and my time are yours!

[PRIVATE; ERWIN SMITH]

[with the main broadcast over, Hange leans in and looks over his glasses] And you, Mr. Smith, are going to help me pick through these to find the most useful. You're welcome.

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[reptiledysfunction]

[ Connors gives a small wave, in a gesture of 'sup, roomie.' ]

It's not really a question per se, but see if you can get pictures. Maybe somebody can recognize the tech.

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[fieldresearch]

[She gives a cheerful wave and a chipper smile in response]

Hello Dr. Connors! I will do my best. Do you have anything small I could sneak in? I'm not sure a large camera would be too well received.

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[sacrificusdux]

Of course, Commander. I will prepare materials for you shortly.

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[fieldresearch]

No need to be so formal, you're retired!

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[highhealplz]

Hey, congratulations! It sounds like that was pretty intense, sorry I missed it.

And as for your question... do you think you could ask for me how I could get past sweaters? I'm supposed to be able to generate clothes with my new powers, but all I can do so far is knitted sweaters.

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[fieldresearch]

Intense? Yes. That's... one word for it. [she clears her throat]

.... [And now she's going to squint at the camera] ... Ah... hm. I suppose I can! If I don't have limited questions. You should just keep trying! Practice makes perfect, you know!

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[runningstart]

Hey. Psst.


Sneak me in.

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[fieldresearch]

Can you fit in a breadbox?

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[huntergames]

[ She hasn't figured out yet how to private her conversations, so she turns on the video to convey she's listening closely to the new Commander's entry and what others have to say... even if this Porter business goes over her head. ]

Commander, that machine...

It can talk?

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[fieldresearch]

Or it can relay its thoughts via text. Either way, yes, it's apparently sentient. And sapient! Capable of rational thought and self awareness... I'm as interested to find out about that as anything!

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[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Commander.

[Jacob isn't saluting, but his stance and expression are formal enough that he might as well be.]

I'd like to second what someone else said. If they let you take pictures, there's a lot of people who would love to see them.

Also, there's a chance the Porter might be linked to something... dangerous in my world. If you're going to talk to it, you might want to take some precautions.

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[fieldresearch]

[That stance clearly indicates he's a soldier. But he's not one of hers. Oh well, it seemed like "commander" had universal meaning]

A second request for pictures, understood!

[that DOES get her attention] Mmm... Is that so? Could you be more specific?

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[alofts]

[ Levi had one thought that came to mind immediately and, grim as it was he respected Hange too much to censor his own thoughts just as she had never been shy with her own troubling theories. ]

What I'd want to know is if a place such as this is our future, or its past. Several other imPorts are apparently from hundreds or years in every direction. The Porter might now if it suddenly decided to get chatty.

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[fieldresearch]

[Hange is actually very quiet for once. Levi had stumbled on a thought that he hadn't considered, yet. And it's quite disturbing]

... You know, that is a very interesting theory, Levi. The Porter certainly had plenty of information about the residents of our world... perhaps it can tell us its past. I first assumed that this place was more futuristic than our world...! But... a cataclysm could easily drive this world to a state not unlike ours.

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[handwringing]

[There's only one thing she really cares about in relation to the porter.]

Can you try to find out why it returns some people to their world? Is there a way to force it to return someone home?

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[fieldresearch]

A most excellent question! [Hange grabs a notebook from nearby and scribbles down the question] Is there a pattern to it? What does one have to do to get sent home? I will find out!

[wayhot]

[She's one of the winners, so Hange's offer doesn't really apply to her, but...]

Oh, Gloob! I haven't even thought of what I'm going to ask, yet!

[fieldresearch]

You better think carefully, Princess! I wonder... if we only get one question each? I sure hope not!

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[heralding]

Knowing how the Porter works won't do us much good right now, not if there's a god involved in it. And Lachesis appears to be exactly that. You should understand first that it's not the Porter that you'll be speaking to, but the individual possessing it.

[While Lightning is confident that all this information is known, she still feels the need to share it.]

Aside from that, understanding why we're here will help. What the overall goal is in keeping us here. My understanding is that there are numerous worlds, but what's the point of this one? That's what I'd like to know.

And it's a pleasure to speak to you, Commander. I've met your predecessor, I believe. [But she hadn't been aware of a change in command. How quickly things become different, even here.]

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[fieldresearch]

Aha. The Porter's keeper, so to speak.

Mmm. That's a good question indeed. What makes this world so special? What about this particular hunk of space debris makes it crucial to bring in people from other worlds? Is it a sort of keystone? Or is this world... selfish? Hoo hoo! Mysteries!!

Ah! [she seems to recognize her, now] You must be Miss Lightning, then. It's wonderful to finally meet you!

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[databoner]

Suppose someone did have something as small as a coin they wanted you to leave in the Porter room. Would you be capable of going through with that?

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[fieldresearch]

that sounds like something i could certainly do

or try to do

i have no idea what sort of security there will be going in that place

[video]

[yatagarasu]

Congratulations, Hange! What questions d'you want to ask so far? We might have the same ideas.

[video]

[fieldresearch]

How they know so much about us, for starters! I also want to ask if they can tell us anything about our homeworlds. How are powers given? How are they chosen? By what means are the dead revived? How was that mysterious side-dimension we played the game in discovered?! There's just so many!

[incendere]

(SOMEBODY IS STILL A LITTLE SULKY FROM LOSING but he doesn't let that show at all.)

Congratulations. That was quite a game. (By which he means, THAT SUCKED) Have you decided what you will be asking yet?

[fieldresearch]

It was! Though I found the use of real pain to be.... disturbing, to say the least. [she hums thoughtfully] I don't know yet! I have so many questions... I need to discuss it with Erwin. He's much better at.... ah... consolidating thoughts!