hadriel | 001 [Video]

[For those who frequent the tops of the various climbable buildings in Hadriel, they might recognize that this broadcast is from the roof of one of them due to the angle; otherwise it's just a rapidly darkening cloudy sky for a backdrop, sun setting and rain clearly threatening to roll in at any time.

It's pretty, and that may or may not be the reason why Connor is out on a roof in the first place, but it's definitely not the point of this impromptu broadcast. He's just been wondering some things, and it's in his nature to actively search out answers rather than waiting for them to come to him, so he's decided to just go for it.]

Hello everyone; my name is Connor, and I just arrived a few days ago.

[Always good to start with introductions, and also to avoid saying exactly how many days or hours it's been since a given time when pretending to be human. He's getting a little better at this.]

I've been catching up on the situation at hand, and although the context is somewhat different, there are parallels to current events in my world that are difficult to ignore. Before I arrived, we were dealing with what might be the beginning of a civil war between humans and machines.

[He's trying to tread carefully, projecting enough genuine interest without sounding over-invested. He's just asking, after all, nothing more; there's definitely no personal reason why he wants to know.]

So I'm curious; I'm aware that what the Null have done is enough reason to be against them, but does what they are play any role in your feelings toward them?

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In theory, that would be ideal.

[He doesn't disagree with the sentiment, he just finds it hard to believe it in practice. After all, humans have been saying the same thing in his world for their entire history, and they definitely don't always act on it.]

Yeah, in theory. Like, I don't know what the general feeling towards machines is around here- machines? Machine-people? Robros.

[Peter stop]

Anyway. I guess I can only speak for myself, and personally, I don't care that the Null are machines, I just care that they're trying to like, murder us or whatever. Kinda the same way I feel about the gods, really? I don't care what they are, I care that they're essentially eating us. Kinda creepy.

[Well, that's fair, and Connor is a little more convinced Peter actually means what he says. Also robros is kind of... He's not sure exactly what the emotion is, but perhaps endearing?]

I care about that as well, although I question the lack of animosity towards them for it.

[Not that there's been none, but he's still seriously lacking in understanding why people seem to be on the gods' side over the Null's.]

That's kind of the boat I'm in. There's a lot going on that I just don't get, but from where I'm standing now, it just looks like the Null and the gods are bad news. Maybe people just see the gods as the lesser of two evils? Maybe I'll start asking around once I have a better handle on things.

[both sides do just seem kind of horrible in general ngl]

[Connor's quickly deciding he likes Peter more than most of the people he's met here so far, especially after that response.]

Maybe you'll get better answers than I have been. So far I've heard few explanations as to why we favor the gods' side over the Null's in their conflict.

[Super confused newbies gotta stick together, robro.]

I'll give it my best shot. I'm no detective, but I can probably find out at least a little something.

I am a detective, so I'm not sure that counts for much here.

[In other words, good luck, although it's meant genuinely. If Peter can get some actual answers he'll have some bragging rights too.]

Ooooh, yeah. This place is pretty weird, maybe traditional... detectivery wouldn't really work here. Detectivery? That's not a word. It should be. Time to start thinking outside the box, I guess.

[oh yeah Peter's gonna need all the luck he can get.]

[Okay, yes, this human can stay. For now, at least.]

I'll be interested in hearing whatever you may find out from your nontraditional detectivery.

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If I find anything out, you'll be the first to hear it.

Oh, um. I'm Peter, by the way. I probably should have mentioned that like, at the beginning of our conversation.

[Connor isn't going to hold the slip of manners against him; he's used to not even being spoken directly to at all, let alone anyone bothering to actually introduce themselves, so doing so late in the conversation is still pretty great as far as he's concerned.]

It's nice to meet you, Peter. I'll let you know if I discover anything noteworthy as well.

Sounds good to me. Connor, right? Nice to meet you, too. I'll keep in touch.

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