[Considering the kinds of people and not-people who come and go regularly in Crystallis, something that looks remarkably like an android shouldn't stand out too much, right?
She (definitely a she, if her body shape is any indication; the structure of her face doesn't provide much evidence) is currently investigating one of the weapon shop stalls off the side of the main street, studying the merchant's wares as he prattles on about how good they are. Without a word, the robotic would-be customer picks up one of the more impressive-looking pistols -- quality and obviously of painstaking make, even without the shopowner's enthusiastic details, although he's quick to add that few weapons in this world are so advanced.
She clicks open the chamber with a flick of her wrist, glances over the barrel -- and while there's a very machine-sounding hum to her voice when she speaks, there's definitely a human quality of emotion to her tone. In this case, a blend of surprise and disappointment.]
Good make, yes, but very primitive. What energy source does it use?
[Her moogle, floating nearby, looks slightly exasperated as the merchant stares.]
4. the obligatory LOOK GIANT BURD prompt
Interesting!
[That's the first real bit of enthusiasm that Oracle's moogle has heard out of the Hero since her arrival -- and of all things, it's a Chocobo that gets that reaction, stated as the Exo studies one of the ranch's birds from her place at the fence a short distance away.]
You're unfamiliar with them, kupo?
Very. The planets haven't retained many of their larger species since the Collapse, and I've never seen anything describing a bird like this. [Arms crossed and chin perched thoughtfully on her knuckles, Oracle suddenly turns to her moogle with a glint in her eye that may have nothing to do with the fact that her eyes glow in the first place.] Who's the owner? Do you think it's possible for me to borrow a sample or two for study?
W-What kind of sample are we talking about, kupo?!
10. but seriously why are my powers gone
Ridiculous.
[There's more than a hint of frustration in Oracle's voice as she empties the last of her handcannon's chamber into the Ettin Snake --with little effect, because that just seems to tick the stupid reptile off even more. The Exo makes an agile (but narrow) dodge, and if she had more organic features, she would be grimacing.
Honestly, going through Ikora's entire rite of initiation to be dubbed a Stormcaller and now she can't even access her Solar power, starting off as though newly resurrected back on Earth -- if she had that this creature would be dead already--
The giant snake lunges again, and only a swift-reload and calm hand lands a bullet in one of those eyes. Both heads recoil, but it's not retreating yet.
She should have assembled a proper team for this, Oracle acknowledges coolly. She can admit that now.]
Oracle-144 | Destiny
[Considering the kinds of people and not-people who come and go regularly in Crystallis, something that looks remarkably like an android shouldn't stand out too much, right?
She (definitely a she, if her body shape is any indication; the structure of her face doesn't provide much evidence) is currently investigating one of the weapon shop stalls off the side of the main street, studying the merchant's wares as he prattles on about how good they are. Without a word, the robotic would-be customer picks up one of the more impressive-looking pistols -- quality and obviously of painstaking make, even without the shopowner's enthusiastic details, although he's quick to add that few weapons in this world are so advanced.
She clicks open the chamber with a flick of her wrist, glances over the barrel -- and while there's a very machine-sounding hum to her voice when she speaks, there's definitely a human quality of emotion to her tone. In this case, a blend of surprise and disappointment.]
Good make, yes, but very primitive. What energy source does it use?
[Her moogle, floating nearby, looks slightly exasperated as the merchant stares.]
4. the obligatory LOOK GIANT BURD prompt
Interesting!
[That's the first real bit of enthusiasm that Oracle's moogle has heard out of the Hero since her arrival -- and of all things, it's a Chocobo that gets that reaction, stated as the Exo studies one of the ranch's birds from her place at the fence a short distance away.]
You're unfamiliar with them, kupo?
Very. The planets haven't retained many of their larger species since the Collapse, and I've never seen anything describing a bird like this. [Arms crossed and chin perched thoughtfully on her knuckles, Oracle suddenly turns to her moogle with a glint in her eye that may have nothing to do with the fact that her eyes glow in the first place.] Who's the owner? Do you think it's possible for me to borrow a sample or two for study?
W-What kind of sample are we talking about, kupo?!
10. but seriously why are my powers gone
Ridiculous.
[There's more than a hint of frustration in Oracle's voice as she empties the last of her handcannon's chamber into the Ettin Snake --with little effect, because that just seems to tick the stupid reptile off even more. The Exo makes an agile (but narrow) dodge, and if she had more organic features, she would be grimacing.
Honestly, going through Ikora's entire rite of initiation to be dubbed a Stormcaller and now she can't even access her Solar power, starting off as though newly resurrected back on Earth -- if she had that this creature would be dead already--
The giant snake lunges again, and only a swift-reload and calm hand lands a bullet in one of those eyes. Both heads recoil, but it's not retreating yet.
She should have assembled a proper team for this, Oracle acknowledges coolly. She can admit that now.]