(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

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Originally Posted by ericthered

Jailer: "Its got some parallels. Of course those clones didn't just engage in espionage, kidnapping, and assault. You lost your freedom through that, not because you were born into it."


"You're not going as a student. You're going as a subject. So yes, You'll be the youngest there. You have unique gifts, and the researchers will be studying those gifts."

"Better hearing that than learning you're a bunch of hypocrites. What do they expect to find out?"

[ericthered]

(I mean, they could still be a bunch of hypocrites)

"Why you can perform an astropic scream. And why you can seek. And why you can perform telekinesis. And more about what astropic qualities really are. And how to find other people like you."

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How does Julian spend his last few hours of unstructured psuedo-freedom?

Most of the time is spent traveling. Kuro has a large amount of orbital infrastructure: There is discussion of rings and orbits and elevators. In practical terms, its mostly a lot of sitting around in transportation boxes. The view of the planet is awesome. It looks much like earth, though it seems to have more ocean. Or maybe that's just the view he was looking at. Transportation takes him right up to the academy: the first grand building is decorated with relief sculptures of scenes depicting Starpus and Humans. The front area seems to be dedicated to tourism: He's bound for one of the 100 foot tall buildings in the back. He's brought by his corrections coordinator, Albak Ozker. Albak tells Peter his job is to keep Peter out of trouble, and if he feels like he's getting into trouble, to consider Albak a resource, not an obstacle.

The corrections coordinator escorts him all the way to the academy, where he is met by two women who introduce themselves as Idda Simons and Celsa Santiago. Idda is the "operations manager" for "your project." Celsa Santiago is your "Personal Efficiency Coordinator"

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Originally Posted by ericthered

(I mean, they could still be a bunch of hypocrites)

I suppose, though Julian is sort of willing to take them at their word here, and there is the fact that if they are hypocritical they'd have to care enough to lie to someone they could just toss into prison if he was uncooperative.

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Why you can perform an astropic scream. And why you can seek. And why you can perform telekinesis. And more about what astropic qualities really are. And how to find other people like you."

Sure, there's a whole orphanage full of them... I guess they mean more like the genetic thingies.

Originally Posted by ericthered

How does Julian spend his last few hours of unstructured psuedo-freedom?

Reading up on the planet he's not going to be seeing much of for the next two years.

Hooray for double entendres!

Originally Posted by ericthered

Most of the time is spent traveling. Kuro has a large amount of orbital infrastructure: There is discussion of rings and orbits and elevators. In practical terms, its mostly a lot of sitting around in transportation boxes. The view of the planet is awesome.

Kind of easy to forget I've been in space all this time. Though I haven't really been looking out the window much...

There've been less than a thousand people in space where I'm from... Does being a super-astropic make me important enough to be here too?

Originally Posted by ericthered

It looks much like earth, though it seems to have more ocean. Or maybe that's just the view he was looking at. Transportation takes him right up to the academy: the first grand building is decorated with relief sculptures of scenes depicting Starpus and Humans.

"What's the big building for?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

The front area seems to be dedicated to tourism: He's bound for one of the 100 foot tall buildings in the back. He's brought by his corrections coordinator, Albak Ozker. Albak tells Peter his job is to keep Peter out of trouble, and if he feels like he's getting into trouble, to consider Albak a resource, not an obstacle.

"With the schedule I have, the only trouble I can imagine involves sleeping in."

Originally Posted by ericthered

The corrections coordinator escorts him all the way to the academy, where he is met by two women who introduce themselves as Idda Simons and Celsa Santiago. Idda is the "operations manager" for "your project."

"So you're in charge of all the technicians and stuff, right?"

Originally Posted by ericthered

Celsa Santiago is your "Personal Efficiency Coordinator"

I try to unravel what her title means in my head. "And you're... My secretary."