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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]

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.]











He what?

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[sleepallthewayhome]

He bleeds white....I guess it isn't really blood though. It just comes out of him when he gets hurt like blood so I call it bleeding.

[Sorry some wires got crossed.]

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[sassymaru]

Not that part! The other part!

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[sleepallthewayhome]

He got ripped in half by the really big alien that got on the ship.

But it's okay because he's an android. He even grabbed me and kept us both from being sucked into space when Ripley vented the alien into space.

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[sassymaru]

That's -- that's not okay!

He was torn.

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[sleepallthewayhome]

He's still alive!

He's alive even after he got really, really hurt, so that's better then being dead!

[Newt's priorities are still the same in regards to being alive>everything else.]

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[sassymaru]

Ah...

Ah, I see. My apologies for the over-reaction. It was most unbecoming of me.

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[sleepallthewayhome]

[Newt goes quiet for a moment, then nods.]

That's okay.

I just saw them kill so many people. ....I'm really glad he's alive.

I hope I get to talk to him more if I go back, when he gets fixed.

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[sassymaru]

Regardless, you are a child. And I should know better than to lose my composure with you, as such. The event sounds far beyond your control, to say the least.

I, also, certainly hope all is well when you return.