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[sleepallthewayhome]

[Hey, it's Newt again. She's sitting next to some books by an inn bed and if you look off to the side you can see one of those newer pokemon, the blue one, sitting next to an Eevee. The Eevee seems to have a plastic dolls head with them. There is also a Luxray sitting next to them as though keeping them safe from something.]

Hi. I have a question for people who went to school.

What are the really important things you learnt there? I only got to grade two before- ...I came here and there's no schools but I still want to learn stuff. I know reading and math are important. And there's spelling and science things but I don't really know what the other stuff is.

What's important to learn?

Comments

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[sassymaru]

Why on earth would anyone wish to harm a child?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

[She shrugs.]

The monsters killed everyone. I don't think they cared if it was a kid or not. The guy was just evil and worked for the company and he didn't care if I was a kid.

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[sassymaru]

The company? What do you mean?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

The company the started my colony. ...we usually just call them the company. But they're really named Weyland-Yutani.

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[sassymaru]

A colony, you say? May I ask what sort it was?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

[That's easy enough. She learnt about it at school after all and grew up there. She thinks for a moment so she can get it all right though.]

It was a terraforming colony on the moon of Acheron. That's when people go to a planet or a moon where people couldn't normally live because of the way the planet is, and they use science to change it so people can live there.

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[sassymaru]

I see.

You found yourself living in space, then?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Well I was born there. So I'd never been anywhere else before I woke up here.

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[sassymaru]

Never set foot on Earth? Not once?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Nope. I was just going there when I got taken here.

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[sassymaru]

Then I suppose it's a rather lucky stroke you ended up somewhere so similar, no?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

I don't think earth has pokemon?

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[sassymaru]

You're correct, it does not. However, that aside, it is similar enough to be almost a direct copy.

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Really?

But it doesn't even have spaceships. And there's not many cities.

[Newt is from very far in the future compared to a lot of people and knows ...a bit about her earth.]

This seems a lot nicer.

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[sassymaru]

Mm, perhaps I should further amend my statement.

It is very similar to the earth I knew. Minus the pokemon, of course.

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Oh, that makes more sense.

What year was it where you're from?

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[sassymaru]

The fantastic twentieth century, of course.

[... so like an alternate universe 2001 probably.]

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[sleepallthewayhome]

It was....2179 where I was from.

[And apparently still is, even though she's been here a year.]

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[sassymaru]

Ah...? Truly?

You aren't telling a joke?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

No, I'm not joking.

That was the year when I got taken here.

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[sassymaru]

Goodness...!

I cannot imagine. You must have truly advanced technology, no? AIs as well?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Well we do have spaceships and really far space travel and colonies. Most people don't seem to have those.

I think some spaceships have A.I's but there's androids. My friend Bishop is an android and he's really great. He was on the ship back to earth with me and my mom and the marine who survived.

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[sassymaru]

Mm, I believe you're correct. While we have shuttles, our concept of "space travel" does not seem to venture beyond our atmosphere.

[Aliens though.... HAH.]

Androids. AI in smaller frames, yes?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

Yeah. He looks just like a human but he bleeds white and he can survive being ripped in half and he's really strong.

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[sassymaru]

[Please hold.]











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