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[favouring]

( nothing about what's happened since nuala made her choice makes a great deal of sense to her. she lives, inexplicably, but there is a wound in her where once her brother was; a hollowness she can't account for, in point of fact the very opposite of what she might have imagined her afterlife to consist of. dressed in strange clothes and adrift in a place even stranger than the BPRD's headquarters, handling truly peculiar technology--

--it is all very small, in the wake of that most important detail. it is, however, a sort of smallness that permits her anything else to think on while she gathers herself enough to, perhaps, investigate its cause. her first contribution to the comms network is therefore simultaneously accidental and very much with purpose: a period of audio recording where nothing much seems to be happening, video of Nuala's hands as she turns the device over several times, of her face as she examines it. audio, again-- an exasperated sigh, a little jostle, and then a startled vocalization followed by a bit of scrambling, and then, finally--

Nuala, having at some point prior to this transmission found her way to the room she's been allocated, looks composed of nothing but determination to be composed. )

Hello.

( ...and patience. she has that, too, in great stores. this is a device for communication. someone is going to communicate with her. eventually, this will begin to make sense again. )

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[faderbroderson]

Hello. [Godric greets her with a smile. My, doesn't she look very much like one of their resident elven princes...]

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[favouring]

( truly, the resemblance is uncanny, particularly in their actually identical facial scarring, wonderfully highlighted when she leans forward, briefly, to study him. )

What is your name?

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[ironsider]

Hey.

voice.

[favouring]

( there is a slight delay before response; Nuala figuring out, again, how to set her device to the same mode chosen by this new person-- woman? at a guess. )

Will you tell me your name?

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[askedtobe]

[ well if that isn't beyond endearing and kind of pitiful and peter automatically wants to help. or maybe just be friendly. or maybe kind of mostly both because he knows that kind of loss to a certain extent, even though he doesn't know about it from her side of things.

trying to be a comfort is the name of his game, basically. ]

I'd ask if you're okay but- we'll just stick with introductions for now. Hey, I'm Peter.

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[favouring]

( it isn't unwelcome, but she is reserved, a little - cautious, at least to start with. that isn't so strange, all things considered. )

Hello, Peter. I am Princess Nuala, it is...I cannot say it is a pleasure, but I am grateful for conversation.

video forever!

[lostkings]

[ have a slight head tilt and a seriously curious look- ]

You okay there?

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[favouring]

( her spine straightens, unconsciously. )

Yes. Of course. Thank you.

( totes legit. )

[kutte]

That it?

[ because that's never it, as far as jax has seen. ]

[favouring]

( her shrug is not quite awkward. )

It is a place to start.

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[tumbleweeds]

[ Suspicious peering. ]

You're not going to call me a hybrid too, are you?

[ guess who had a run-in with your brother ]

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[favouring]

( as first remarks go, Nuala is more than a little perplexed by this one. )

Why would you expect so?

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[rubblegoddess]

You figured out how to use it! Hello there.

[New person? New person! Juliana smiles softly and gives a reserved wave.]

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[favouring]

It is strange to me, but I believe I understand it now - thank you. Hello.

( Nuala appreciates friendliness. )

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[legionare]

Hi.

[ she looks— interesting. ]

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[favouring]

( doesn't she, though. )

Hello, sir. May I know your name?

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[onetouch]

[ oh look, more elves. it's like his destiny to meet them all this month, or something. ]

Hello. Are you - adjusting to life aboard the ship?

I'm Ned.

[favouring]

I suppose that I am.

Have you been ... aboard very long, Ned?

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[humanistic]

[He's sympathetic to being unfamiliar with technology, even if he's always been quick to adapt--but adapting is easier than learning it new. Also, weird, but he also has manners so there's no what-are-you questions, just. Thinking it.]

Hi.

[A beat.]

There's, uh, not a character limit, or anything. You can talk as much as you want. Most people around here do.

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[favouring]

( 'what are you' is generally considered to be impolite, Mitchell, good job. )

Thank you for telling me so. I believe that my greeting has been sufficient to my purpose, however. May I know your name?

[unbraided]

Well met, Mistress! [There's a sympathetic grin upon his face, because Kili had done much the same with his first dealings with the comms.] Are you looking for something, or someone?

[favouring]

Not today, young dwarf. ( if she doesn't miss her mark. ) I am only looking for conversation.

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[allfatherissues]

[Well now. This brand of elf certainly looks familiar.]

Well met.

[He smiles.]

Is there more you were hoping to say? One needn't be shy.

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[favouring]

( twins, man. )

I confess, I had hoped that I would know what I meant to say when I had someone before me to whom I might say it.

( ...but, alas, she is feeling her way carefully and making it up as she goes along. )

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[summerlord]

[Well, doesn't she look familiar?]

And hello to you as well.

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[favouring]

It is kind of so many to give me their time. I am - grateful.

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[longestnose]

[Fili smiles slightly ,tilting his head.]

Well don't you look familiar, lass.

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[favouring]

( for the first time in this endeavor, Nuala looks genuinely startled. )

Do I?

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[woodlander]

[ It's strange, she looks so much like an Elf, and yet so different at the same time.

Her eyes are different. Still, Tauriel feels a greater sense of familiarity with her than with the humans here. She doesn't know how to make the little device in her hands do anything other than video, which in itself confuses her. She tries not to think too hard about it, and simply uses what is put before her. ]

Hello, my Lady.

It is strange to speak like this - for both of us, I think.

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[favouring]

( a brief laugh, more weary than light. )

I have not seen its like, even among men.

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[inafadingcrown]

[This brings a soft smile to Galadriel's face, something sorely needed with the stress that she's been under. She remembers struggling with the device herself, when she first got here. And when Nuala finally comes into view, showing a face that is strangely familiar, she's given even more reason to speak up.]

Hello.

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[favouring]

( Nuala musters up a smile for Galadriel, hands folded neatly in her lap. )

I wished to speak, but now I find I know not what of.

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[bullshead]

I know someone who looks like you.

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[favouring]

( Nuala leans forward-- )

Tell me of them.

--please.

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[inspirited]

[oh hey, a new person! chuck just smiles waving at the feed along with her greeting] Hello!

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[favouring]

You seem accustomed to your surroundings! ( judging by the enthusiasm- she's guessing chuck didn't just wake up and have no idea where she is. ) Good day to you.

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[disfavour]

[ He's been through the wringer this Jump, attacked by a random human mistaking him for a Wraith (whatever that is when it's at home) and having to tend to the slash across his thigh when he should have been patrolling. It's some time before he returns to his private room instead of the forge or gardens, wanting some time alone after cleaning up. When he finally browses the network, Nuada freezes where he sits on his bed, eyes wide and uncomprehending.

But I did not sense her thoughts. I ... cannot.

Parted like an ocean with a new gulf between them, the link that has always bound them has dwindled to almost nothing on his side and clearly, judging by her conversations, for Nuala too. Is it any wonder, he thinks, when they died together? Perhaps that was the catalyst for this ... punishment. He doesn't know what to say to her. Should he apologise? That would be useless. Meaningless, even, after all they have gone through. Nuada paces before redressing in his leather armour, weapons locking into place between tense shoulders and at a hip, their family seal giving his fingers pause as he ties the red sash around his waist. That Morgoth is out there roaming free is his immediate concern. She looks so much like his mirror-image, the monster would know in an instant of their relation.

Nuada heads out after faltering on his sore leg, picking up a capable stride and flicking the device to Audio. Easier, that way. ]

Make sure you have a locked door between you and the rest of the passengers. Where are you?

[ Clipped and businesslike, he can deal with his duty to Nuala first, that doesn't bother him and he wants to make sure she's safe. Hasn't he always? Their quarrelling can wait a little longer.

As can the pain in his heart, albeit not placed there by her dagger. ]

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[favouring]

( there is a long delay before any manner of response, and Nuala doesn't examine the decision to match his mode of contact. there is an unaccountable and unaccustomed distance between them, and if she thought on it then she might wish to lessen it rather than reinforce it, but--

--she doesn't think on it. she has mastered the device sufficiently to make the shift without needing to. )

In my given quarters. Is there a danger?

( a specific one, she means; they both know she's bright enough to recognize there are plenty of dangers here, however unfamiliar she may be. )

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[northerner]

Well met, my lady. Are you newly arrived, for I don't recognize your face.

[ not that robb thinks he remembers everyone, but he at least manage passing familiarity. ]

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[favouring]

I am, sir. My name is Princess Nuala, and I...felt it wise to acquaint myself with those who share this place.

( that is a perfectly legitimate reason for doing this that wasn't really the first one to come to mind. )

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[tofindthesun]

[there's a puff of laughter first, off screen. he turned it on a bit prematurely.]

Hail, Lady, and well-met!

[he's certainly chipper enough. almost as if trying to hide another laugh.

too bad he's not much for sense making.]

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[favouring]

( ...well, that's-- peculiar? )

Are you well, sir?

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[forgodssake]

[ It appears Charles, too, is learning -- he has advanced all the way to composition, with his device propped up enough that he is in view, from elbow to the crown of his head. The temperature of his room has apparently stabilised into cardigan and tea territory.

There is an open book he is ostensibly taking a break from. ]

It could stand to be a touch more intuitive, couldn't it?

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[favouring]

( oooh composition. Nuala has not got quite that far, yet, especially as she has a tendency to move about through the course of conversation. )

I find most of human technology to be that way, although I'm hesitant, presently, to ascribe it to your kind with any certainty.

( no one appears to know a damn thing, in other words. )

[video]

[sorrycharles]

[ Erik's room is dark, gloom orchestrated to save his retinas,

for he is also drinking.


And has been drinking.


Light from the comms device ghosts over the hard edges at his nose and brow; bleaches his eyes and glances cold off the metal pen he has poised mid-sentence. He's staring, thought lost to a slow blink now that he's drawn her into focus. ]

What the hell are you?

[video]

[favouring]

( it's safe to say Nuala has rarely, if ever, been so addressed. taken aback, there is a long and shocked silence that greets his indecorous behaviour, and then finally, drawing herself up some: )

I am in possession of simple courtesy. I would suggest it's something with which you acquaint yourself.