10-17-2015, 10:06 PM
The Kid appeared to – seemingly – ignore Alex at first. No matter, it just meant he could concentrate on his own situation and Alex, on his end, could gather the information he would be getting from Erik for himself. It worked, in this ‘conveniently impolite’ or, paradoxically, ‘inconveniently polite’ kind of way. Besides, from what he’d already managed to gather, the kid was just as new to this place as he happened to be, maybe he – like himself – was just playing the careful card until he managed to get a more complete grasp on the situation around him. Whatever the case and long story short; Alex did not blame him for not taking the time to at least greet him. Frankly, had their situations been reversed and Erik seemed the only one to have actual information at his disposal, he would’ve done exactly the same thing if only for the sake of reaching his goal. Besides, as far as he was concerned, the kid did deliver some moniker of interesting information and asked questions which – had he not – Alex would have ended up asking himself. Yes, Alex nodded slightly to himself as he concluded this; this was working out for the possible best.
The first question the kid, or – as he would come to know before he partook once again in the conversation – Sebastian, would ask is what exactly is the dataverse. Though originally he had figured this particular question would be wasting his time as he’d assumed it would be a direct equivalent from something of his own world – namely, the cybernetic highway – it turned out to be fairly more informative than that. From what he gathered, it was a whole virtual reality as opposed to simply a multi-access, inter dimensional data center. This might prove to be useful knowledge for later so he made sure to take a personal note of remembering that particular little hint of intellectual knowledge. Heh, intellectual knowledge… that had a sort of oxymoronic feel to it. As far as he was concerned, intellect, knowledge and wisdom were three completely different things; knowledge was knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom was knowing not to put tomatoes in a fruit salad and intellect was finding a way to sell someone a tomato based fruit salad. But that was enough about tomatoes, he couldn’t afford to get distracted when information was given to him freely, not to mention easily.
The next topic that was addressed was the time rates which differed depending on the verse and the location. In a way, this was something Alex actually considered to be a positive. He himself – later, of course – would come to realize it would make explaining his own age a lot simpler. But for the meantime, it seemed the obvious convenience of it was that he would have an excuse were he ever to suffer any form of delay or if he were to, for whatever reason, arrive somewhere much too early. The next thing to be addressed was then the fact that it was very difficult to calculate how many people were actually a part of the omniverse. The fact that this seemed left undefined meant that censuses were rather off in this world. Perhaps this could be abused. Although he had no love for unnecessary violence, if it did come to a point where he would have to murder someone, it would be easier to hide the fact when the people of this world are kept track of so poorly. This combined with the idea that he could very well be – due to time fluctuations – in two very different places within what could be perceived as a very short or very long time at once meant that with the exception of witnesses, it was rather difficult to tie anyone to any given crime. He contemplated this carefully for a moment; if he did not like the way this world was ruled he might just have the chance to overthrow it through whatever forms of criminal activity he deemed best, assuming all the Verses had similar laws. Perhaps one of them had no laws against murder at all… that was a question he would not ask Erik however; both he and the boy seemed like the more kind hearted types and he felt it would likely perturb the atmosphere.
The other topic at hand was also interesting; the possibility that just like time fluctuated differently here, it was possible that time spent here did not necessarily equate to the same amount of time passing in their own worlds. In a way, this was a great relief and an extremely bad omen. If luck would have it and he were ever to return home, the adventures he would no doubt need to go through here to find a way back first might take as little as an instant. On the other hand, generations upon generations may very well pass while he is stuck here. He would have no way of aiding the rebellion and the entire planet of Ichor – now that he had killed its king – would be thrown into chaos. This was an idea he chose willfully not to dwell upon for too long as the prospect very much terrified him.
It was then that the conversation turned to him. Perhaps this was time dilation working in its own way, but the first thing that came to him was the observation of Sebastian in regards to him being as tall as a ‘bootlicker’… whatever those were. “Well… your height surprises me as much as mine does yours if I am to be honest.” He let out in response. Even by his world’s standards, Alex was a bit on the tall side, but the average height of an Ichorian was of eight feet (seven and nine inches for women) so in contrast the height of the kid who was small for his age and from a race of more… reasonably sized people… befuddled him somewhat. But then, he’d had the chance to see a few other people in the Nexus so his reaction was understandably less astonished in nature.
“Thank you.” He uttered in regards to the fact that both appeared to have no problem with him smoking here, and lit the large cigarette. The flame that erupted from the lighter – as a result of proportions – would likely appear a tad excessive to them, but then again the fact that said lighter was the size of the average cellphone may have been too. The boy than asked if he could have a cigarette as well. “…I imagine there’s no harm in it.” He replied, and plucked a second death stick from the pack to offer it to him, extending the lighter towards him simultaneously. Though if the boy turned out to have fire of his own, he would simply return the lighter to his own pocket after five seconds.
It was then that Erik did something he found to be somewhat… obtuse. He pulled out what appeared to be a clock to see if he had time. Considering what he had just said about time fluctuation, this meant that there was indeed a way to calculate what time it is somewhere else in the Verses. There had to be, otherwise the device was completely useless and he very much doubted the man was the type to carry such a large object for its own sake.
He then learned about the verse in particular from Erik and – as he suspected – it was not a particularly hospitable place without being completely hostile. It had settlements, which was well and good, and bandits, which could make for a good method of measuring himself in comparison with other people around here. What interested him most however was the fact that Erik appeared to have Omnilium as Omni had bestowed upon him… and what he spoke of as he revealed it.
The capacity to summon someone here was – obviously – extremely interesting. The fact that in doing so he would be ripping them from their world potentially never to return however; less tempting. For all he knew, it could very well be that his underlings had done their duties following the death of the king, some sort of arrangement had been figured out and they now actually lived in relative peace. The prospect of taking that away from them when they had been striving for it for the past ten cycles was too morbid to contemplate any longer than was necessary. “That was all very instructive Erik, thank you very much.” He simply noted. At this point, asking any more questions from a man whom had indicated his intent to leave mere moments ago would be impolite on his part. He had more questions, but there were others whom would likely as Erik had just done be willing to give away some information. Besides – perhaps with some luck – he would be able to tag along with Sebastian for a while and see a bit of this world with a companion in tow. The prospect was somewhat reassuring in light of the fact that the alternative was discovering this new plane of existence on his lonesome. He blew upwards a faint trail of thick blue hued smoke before offering a light smile. Still, he did not bid Erik good bye quiet yet, nor did he start another dialogue with Sebastian for now. The younger man had just asked another question of Erik and – while he had tried not to contemplate the idea too much – information on the matter would definitely be most helpful in potential futures where he decided summoning a secondary would turn out to be a necessity.
The first question the kid, or – as he would come to know before he partook once again in the conversation – Sebastian, would ask is what exactly is the dataverse. Though originally he had figured this particular question would be wasting his time as he’d assumed it would be a direct equivalent from something of his own world – namely, the cybernetic highway – it turned out to be fairly more informative than that. From what he gathered, it was a whole virtual reality as opposed to simply a multi-access, inter dimensional data center. This might prove to be useful knowledge for later so he made sure to take a personal note of remembering that particular little hint of intellectual knowledge. Heh, intellectual knowledge… that had a sort of oxymoronic feel to it. As far as he was concerned, intellect, knowledge and wisdom were three completely different things; knowledge was knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom was knowing not to put tomatoes in a fruit salad and intellect was finding a way to sell someone a tomato based fruit salad. But that was enough about tomatoes, he couldn’t afford to get distracted when information was given to him freely, not to mention easily.
The next topic that was addressed was the time rates which differed depending on the verse and the location. In a way, this was something Alex actually considered to be a positive. He himself – later, of course – would come to realize it would make explaining his own age a lot simpler. But for the meantime, it seemed the obvious convenience of it was that he would have an excuse were he ever to suffer any form of delay or if he were to, for whatever reason, arrive somewhere much too early. The next thing to be addressed was then the fact that it was very difficult to calculate how many people were actually a part of the omniverse. The fact that this seemed left undefined meant that censuses were rather off in this world. Perhaps this could be abused. Although he had no love for unnecessary violence, if it did come to a point where he would have to murder someone, it would be easier to hide the fact when the people of this world are kept track of so poorly. This combined with the idea that he could very well be – due to time fluctuations – in two very different places within what could be perceived as a very short or very long time at once meant that with the exception of witnesses, it was rather difficult to tie anyone to any given crime. He contemplated this carefully for a moment; if he did not like the way this world was ruled he might just have the chance to overthrow it through whatever forms of criminal activity he deemed best, assuming all the Verses had similar laws. Perhaps one of them had no laws against murder at all… that was a question he would not ask Erik however; both he and the boy seemed like the more kind hearted types and he felt it would likely perturb the atmosphere.
The other topic at hand was also interesting; the possibility that just like time fluctuated differently here, it was possible that time spent here did not necessarily equate to the same amount of time passing in their own worlds. In a way, this was a great relief and an extremely bad omen. If luck would have it and he were ever to return home, the adventures he would no doubt need to go through here to find a way back first might take as little as an instant. On the other hand, generations upon generations may very well pass while he is stuck here. He would have no way of aiding the rebellion and the entire planet of Ichor – now that he had killed its king – would be thrown into chaos. This was an idea he chose willfully not to dwell upon for too long as the prospect very much terrified him.
It was then that the conversation turned to him. Perhaps this was time dilation working in its own way, but the first thing that came to him was the observation of Sebastian in regards to him being as tall as a ‘bootlicker’… whatever those were. “Well… your height surprises me as much as mine does yours if I am to be honest.” He let out in response. Even by his world’s standards, Alex was a bit on the tall side, but the average height of an Ichorian was of eight feet (seven and nine inches for women) so in contrast the height of the kid who was small for his age and from a race of more… reasonably sized people… befuddled him somewhat. But then, he’d had the chance to see a few other people in the Nexus so his reaction was understandably less astonished in nature.
“Thank you.” He uttered in regards to the fact that both appeared to have no problem with him smoking here, and lit the large cigarette. The flame that erupted from the lighter – as a result of proportions – would likely appear a tad excessive to them, but then again the fact that said lighter was the size of the average cellphone may have been too. The boy than asked if he could have a cigarette as well. “…I imagine there’s no harm in it.” He replied, and plucked a second death stick from the pack to offer it to him, extending the lighter towards him simultaneously. Though if the boy turned out to have fire of his own, he would simply return the lighter to his own pocket after five seconds.
It was then that Erik did something he found to be somewhat… obtuse. He pulled out what appeared to be a clock to see if he had time. Considering what he had just said about time fluctuation, this meant that there was indeed a way to calculate what time it is somewhere else in the Verses. There had to be, otherwise the device was completely useless and he very much doubted the man was the type to carry such a large object for its own sake.
He then learned about the verse in particular from Erik and – as he suspected – it was not a particularly hospitable place without being completely hostile. It had settlements, which was well and good, and bandits, which could make for a good method of measuring himself in comparison with other people around here. What interested him most however was the fact that Erik appeared to have Omnilium as Omni had bestowed upon him… and what he spoke of as he revealed it.
The capacity to summon someone here was – obviously – extremely interesting. The fact that in doing so he would be ripping them from their world potentially never to return however; less tempting. For all he knew, it could very well be that his underlings had done their duties following the death of the king, some sort of arrangement had been figured out and they now actually lived in relative peace. The prospect of taking that away from them when they had been striving for it for the past ten cycles was too morbid to contemplate any longer than was necessary. “That was all very instructive Erik, thank you very much.” He simply noted. At this point, asking any more questions from a man whom had indicated his intent to leave mere moments ago would be impolite on his part. He had more questions, but there were others whom would likely as Erik had just done be willing to give away some information. Besides – perhaps with some luck – he would be able to tag along with Sebastian for a while and see a bit of this world with a companion in tow. The prospect was somewhat reassuring in light of the fact that the alternative was discovering this new plane of existence on his lonesome. He blew upwards a faint trail of thick blue hued smoke before offering a light smile. Still, he did not bid Erik good bye quiet yet, nor did he start another dialogue with Sebastian for now. The younger man had just asked another question of Erik and – while he had tried not to contemplate the idea too much – information on the matter would definitely be most helpful in potential futures where he decided summoning a secondary would turn out to be a necessity.
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