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Summer Smith ([personal profile] somethingwithturquoise) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2017-09-01 09:50 am

Second Floor Common Room; Friday Evening [09/01].

The need for parties and the social status assumed to go along with them was probably the easiest part of roboSummer's programming, easily the best lynch pin that connected the two Summer, that would make someone look at her eagerness to host a party and thinking yup, definitely Summer, nothing wrong here! She'd decked the place out with glitter and streamers, started pumping some sweet tunes, and made sure all the food and beverages were readily available and spread out on the table and counters.

And now all she needed was people.

...she really hoped there would be people, but, unlike OG Summer, she would definitely survive if there weren't.

Whoo, party!

[[ ocd incoming! has landed. go wild. ]]
era_two_triangle: (Determined)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who made the first human?" Peridot shrugged her shoulders, as if that was all the anser she needed. Maybe somewhere down the road, a Gem had been born from the ground naturally. Maybe some other race had started them off. She hadn't been there, and she had no need to know. She tilted her head. "I didn't know humans were capable of creating non-human life forms."
justice_undone: (Default)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-03 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Breq left the subject of Gem evolution as Peridot either didn't know or wasn't interested.

"Humans are, in my universe. They have created artificial intelligences to perform certain tasks for them. I don't think it's the same here."
era_two_triangle: (Default)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Peridot shook her head.

"Most human worlds that this island has access to appear to have technology too primitive to manage creating a non-human entity with a sense of self."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-03 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Really?"

Breq wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad thing.
era_two_triangle: (Uuuhh)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Peridot shrugged.

"The one across the Causeway isn't quite there. The Earth from my own reality isn't, either."
justice_undone: (dark blue gaze)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-03 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"This place isn't that technologically advanced," Breq noted. "Is the one across the Causeway different?"
Edited 2017-09-03 15:29 (UTC)
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm told it's less weird," Peridot replied. "I... have no idea what is and isn't weird by Earth standards, though."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-03 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"So far I think the weirdest thing about this place is the mix of people."

Breq hadn't been in the island long enough.
era_two_triangle: (Uhm Face)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, apparently variety is weird, on Earth." Peridot shrugged. "I think the grass is weird. It's everywhere."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-03 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"You don't have grass where you are from?" Breq asked. "Is it desert? Or just other types of plants? Most inhabited planets I've been to have had grass, but then they have been chosen to be suited for humans."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-03 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Everything is inorganic," Peridot replied with a shrug. "It's all stone and crystal. Organic life wouldn't last very long on Homeworld, I'm pretty sure. Maybe it could breathe, but it would starve and dehydrate pretty quickly, too."
justice_undone: (heavy clothing)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-04 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
That made sense of course.

"Which would save you the threat of humans invading, I suppose," Breq said.
Edited 2017-09-04 07:24 (UTC)
era_two_triangle: (Sigh)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-04 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"That and the fact that humans haven't made it very far past their own moon, and Homeworld is in a completely different galaxy," Peridot noted. "They'll probably drive themselves to extinction long before they ever find their way to us."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-04 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Are they heading that way?" Breq asked. Peridot didn't sound as if she had a high opinion of them.
era_two_triangle: (Aggravated)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-04 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's my understanding," Peridot replied with a shrug. "It's a shame. Earth really is a beautiful planet."

Humans, though. Humans were dumb.
justice_undone: (bw sideways)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-04 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, some humans could be dumb. Breq wouldn't question that.

"I've never come across an Earth in my universe. Which doesn't mean it doesn't exist, of course, but if it does it must be far away."
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-04 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)

"Some universes with humans don't appear to have Earths," Peridot noted, thoughtfully. "I have a friend or two from here who would never have known what Earth was, if not for Fandom. It's interesting that they'd evolve the same way, given such vastly different circumstances."

She paused, and then added, "Although some appear to have powers, and others don't."

Evolution was weird.

justice_undone: (dark blue gaze)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-04 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Powers?" Breq had to ask.
era_two_triangle: (Uhm Face)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-04 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Abilities that go above and beyond baseline human," Peridot offered. "Like..."

She looked around for a moment, and then held up a finger. A fork lifted up from a nearby counter and floated across the room toward them.

"Powers?"
justice_undone: (dark blue questioning)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-05 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Breq remembered to actually look surprised. She was.

"And are powers like that typical for your species?"

She watched the fork float in the air.
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-05 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)

"Most Gems can do something," Peridot replied, grinning a little. "Me, I'm not supposed to be able to do this. Or... at least I was told I wasn't."

For thousands of years.

justice_undone: (dark blue gaze)

Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-05 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"You weren't told about your abilities? That's always a good way of oppressing people."

Breq had seen a lot of that. It rarely ended well for anyone.
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-05 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)

Wow, Breq didn't pull her punches, did she?

"I believe that was the point," Peridot agreed, frowning. "I was made after the end of a rebellion that cost Homeworld... a lot. It would be logical to not let new Gems know what they're capable in order to prevent another from happening."

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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] justice_undone 2017-09-05 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"That would make sense," Breq agreed. "How did you find out?"
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Re: General Mingling - First Week Survival Party - 09/01.

[personal profile] era_two_triangle 2017-09-05 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)

Peridot smiled wryly.

"Somebody I thought was a friend tried to throw something I spent a lot of time on into the ocean. I caught it."