ANOMALY DETECTED

[indigo_league]

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: NOV 25TH to 27TH
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
Rating: BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR THREAD CONTENT ACCORDINGLY
Log:






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[thetombkeeper]

Oh.

[How do you respond to something like that. Marik's brain is failing to think of a good way to further the conversation outside of asking her questions. Allura can see him chew on his lip for a moment.

How often do you meet an alien and get to just ask them things freely though?]

What... was Altea like?

[heartofalioness]

[Her smile grows a little sad...]

Dangerous, ecologically... we advanced quickly in technology and diplomatic skills that we might survive. But undoubtedly beautiful.

[thetombkeeper]

Hmm.

Given the construction of the Castle alone, your technology is far beyond Earth's. People have only dreamed of stuff like this.

[Going off what she said earlier...]

... You said that you were part of the royal family. Should I, er, be addressing you as such?

[heartofalioness]

[A shake of her head.] Only if you want to; it's not as if I have any authority in this world.

[Or that... she has a kingdom anymore in her world, but she honestly thought the circumstances were worse for the longest time.]

[thetombkeeper]

Still. I imagine that fact alone can be a bit discouraging at times...

[He manages to scoop up another Meowth that runs across his path. Knowing he had no reputation here before the others began showing up was both good and bad. It was nice to have a new start but not having people know his importance was a blow to his ego.]

Um. No offense or anything to you, Miss Allura... For being from a different planet, you don't look like how media makes it seem like you might be... I mean, you look like you could be a relative of mine, honestly.

[heartofalioness]

[. . . Okay she'll bite.]

Aaand how did you manage someone from a different planet from you to look?

[thetombkeeper]

[Marik has a talent - and that's saying really stupid things without thinking first. That's what you get for being raised under a rock and running away as a teenager. Master of terrible decisions, this one.

He blinks, it slowly dawning on him that what he said wasn't exactly polite. Normally he wouldn't care but. This is Allura. She's kind of important and he needs to make a good impression with her.

His face turns very red and his voice drops to almost a whisper.]

... Grey skin and black eyes...?

[heartofalioness]

[How's that foot tasting, bud? Allura just gives him a looong look before... taking a long, deep breath through her nose. She can't tell if this is better or worse than the fantasies Lance had of space being full of attractive young women who were just waiting to fawn over him?]

For the record, there are many, many different sapient species in my universe, and they all look unique.

[thetombkeeper]

[At least his is more out of a child-like ignorance than skeevy thoughts? That is a toughie. (The foot does not taste good.)

Marik does something he rarely ever does: apologize.]

S-Sorry. I didn't mean to insult you. My world hasn't discovered any sapient species outside of what's on Earth.. so... it's really cool to meet someone from another planet. I never would have dreamed of it ever happening, you know?

[heartofalioness]

[Okay good, the exasperation eases a bit.]

Apology excepted. [The corner of her lip quirks upward.] To be fair, my world's Earth has only just recently made contact with other planets.

[Or... more like the planets made contact with them.]

[thetombkeeper]

[Phew. Crisis averted. Marik relaxes a little as his anxiety is replaced with curiosity.

He's still holding the Meowth who's started trying to lick his fake fur jacket clean.]

Has it? What other planets are there?

[heartofalioness]

Plenty. There are countless stars in the universe with planets orbiting them, and a good fraction of them support life, leading to at least a few hundred sapient species to my knowledge alone. And those are only the peoples that have made contact with other worlds.

[thetombkeeper]

Really...? I had no idea. I guess it makes sense that... if they're multiple different versions of the same world, there would be different planets with life too...

[He pauses.]

You don't need to answer this if you don't want to but what were your initial thoughts about Earth when you came into contact with it?

[heartofalioness]

Ah... actually, this place is my first time seeing Earth for myself, at least by my point in time. My human friends came to me first, via wormhole. And our battles are still a long way from Earth.

[thetombkeeper]

[His eyes widen.]

Really? I hope you eventually get to visit the real Earth whenever you return home. Obviously it's not perfect but they're so many different things to do and see! I only got to experience visiting Japan myself once I left home. I love their little snacks and such. I think they're called... dagashi? Some even come with little toys!