04-30-2017, 04:45 PM
Glancing up at the imposing being, Dane decided that he liked him already - whatever he was. Not in the way you might like your friends or family, or even a pet. This was out of interest, curiosity. Similar to how Dane liked science and magic, but not quite. It was more akin to liking the bad guy in a book; even if they weren't a great person, when portrayed well a reader could still find themselves appreciating them as a character.
Dane wasn't scared of this thing in the slightest. Sure, some would easily have been intimidated by the heavily armoured alien. Those people were probably dumb. Even in his short time observing, Dane was confident that, should a fight commence, he could easily outrun this enemy. From the looks of it, the alien was half-dead already. His eyes, and likely even his body were clearly artificial. If Dane had even the capabilities of a novice mage, he would have tried to sense the magic he assumed was powering the automatons - but that option wasn't available. Heck, he could barely even sense his own mana.
Despite these deductions, Dane decided he should, at least, act like he was being cautious. Perhaps even slightly scared. Confidence could just cause the two to butt heads, and that would lead them nowhere. And, as much as he liked provoking fights, he preferred to have more concrete information about his opponents before hand. Anyway, letting the alien lead a conversation would probably provide him with more knowledge than trying to do so himself.
Dane idly twiddled with his swords, as the alien spoke in his, unsurprisingly, alien language. However, before Dane was able to consider any alternative methods of communication a more soothing, feminine, but undoubtably fake voice spoke in English - it was unnatural, and almost unnerving.
He then spoke again, the two languages flowing over the top of each other. If Dane was more ignorant on the physics of waves, he would have pictured them colliding in the air. Although, the mess of sounds was still easy to interpret - if he could listen to two conversations in his own language, then simply filtering out the alien words would pose no challenge.
We just met and he's already trying to command us. I'd be tempted to say no just for funsies if we actually knew more than him.
He appears to be in the same boat as us, so to speak. We could ally with him.
Pfft. No. That fake voice of his is the literal definition of patronising. I could not listen to that all day.
You mean figurative.
He's waiting on an answer, we may think quick, but he'll grow inpatient.
Let's just say the usual then.
Oh? I wasn't aware we had a usual.
"I know about as much as you, whatever you are." Dane spoke quickly, throwing the words out so as to avoid any interruption. He kept his hands by his swords, with his legs ready to move as needed. A textbook definition of a flight or fight pose. Adrenaline would give him an edge, should he need it.
"The name is Dane Regan, folk hero, wannabe mage, and self proclaimed mad scientist. Pleasure to meet you...?" As far as introductions go, Dane saw no reason to wait. He didn't hold out his hand, or make any gestures - Dane valued his appendages and this alien looked strong. Letting his voice trail, he waited for a response. Meanwhile, his mind trailed over the many questions he had - the quantity of available answers was frustratingly low, but it gave him something to aim for.
I bet he has a really dumb name. Like that elf ambassador we met a while back.
He probably thinks our name is dumb.
No, he has knowledge of humans, so he probably doesn't. Which poses the question, is he from our world? Or are there humans elsewhere?
No idea, but he's here because he's "interesting" too right? So he's probably some warlord. Who else is decked out in that much metal?
Omni could easily be lying. Boring people can do interesting things with the right prompting. All we really know is that Omni probably wants entertainment. Still, this alien is probably more than just a warlord. I'd gather he understands his equipment fairly well. Based on the voice translator he's probably had some diplomatic experience. So, we could be talking to a high up officer.
Well that's great, we've killed two of the three commanding officers that have given us orders.
Let's at least try to keep being civil.
Dane wasn't scared of this thing in the slightest. Sure, some would easily have been intimidated by the heavily armoured alien. Those people were probably dumb. Even in his short time observing, Dane was confident that, should a fight commence, he could easily outrun this enemy. From the looks of it, the alien was half-dead already. His eyes, and likely even his body were clearly artificial. If Dane had even the capabilities of a novice mage, he would have tried to sense the magic he assumed was powering the automatons - but that option wasn't available. Heck, he could barely even sense his own mana.
Despite these deductions, Dane decided he should, at least, act like he was being cautious. Perhaps even slightly scared. Confidence could just cause the two to butt heads, and that would lead them nowhere. And, as much as he liked provoking fights, he preferred to have more concrete information about his opponents before hand. Anyway, letting the alien lead a conversation would probably provide him with more knowledge than trying to do so himself.
Dane idly twiddled with his swords, as the alien spoke in his, unsurprisingly, alien language. However, before Dane was able to consider any alternative methods of communication a more soothing, feminine, but undoubtably fake voice spoke in English - it was unnatural, and almost unnerving.
Quote:“Human,”
He then spoke again, the two languages flowing over the top of each other. If Dane was more ignorant on the physics of waves, he would have pictured them colliding in the air. Although, the mess of sounds was still easy to interpret - if he could listen to two conversations in his own language, then simply filtering out the alien words would pose no challenge.
Quote:“You will tell me what you know of this so-called ‘Omniverse’.”
We just met and he's already trying to command us. I'd be tempted to say no just for funsies if we actually knew more than him.
He appears to be in the same boat as us, so to speak. We could ally with him.
Pfft. No. That fake voice of his is the literal definition of patronising. I could not listen to that all day.
You mean figurative.
He's waiting on an answer, we may think quick, but he'll grow inpatient.
Let's just say the usual then.
Oh? I wasn't aware we had a usual.
"I know about as much as you, whatever you are." Dane spoke quickly, throwing the words out so as to avoid any interruption. He kept his hands by his swords, with his legs ready to move as needed. A textbook definition of a flight or fight pose. Adrenaline would give him an edge, should he need it.
"The name is Dane Regan, folk hero, wannabe mage, and self proclaimed mad scientist. Pleasure to meet you...?" As far as introductions go, Dane saw no reason to wait. He didn't hold out his hand, or make any gestures - Dane valued his appendages and this alien looked strong. Letting his voice trail, he waited for a response. Meanwhile, his mind trailed over the many questions he had - the quantity of available answers was frustratingly low, but it gave him something to aim for.
I bet he has a really dumb name. Like that elf ambassador we met a while back.
He probably thinks our name is dumb.
No, he has knowledge of humans, so he probably doesn't. Which poses the question, is he from our world? Or are there humans elsewhere?
No idea, but he's here because he's "interesting" too right? So he's probably some warlord. Who else is decked out in that much metal?
Omni could easily be lying. Boring people can do interesting things with the right prompting. All we really know is that Omni probably wants entertainment. Still, this alien is probably more than just a warlord. I'd gather he understands his equipment fairly well. Based on the voice translator he's probably had some diplomatic experience. So, we could be talking to a high up officer.
Well that's great, we've killed two of the three commanding officers that have given us orders.
Let's at least try to keep being civil.
Quote:What you wrote of Dane is fine. How he thinks and acts are quite different, but Dane usually acts a lot like a "normal"
person. Of course, he can tend to switch topics quickly. Also, one thing to note, he can think and listen at the same time fairly well, so he'll definitely be paying attention to Axemerax's response.