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Post by Leslie on Dec 4, 2011 0:06:29 GMT -5
"It's fine" Rogue said quietly. She nodded to him and said, "Ok". She seemed kind of lost in thought. "You don't need to look so embarassed" She said with a smile. She jumped when someone teleported near them, but said nothing.
Katy also jumped when the person showed up suddenly. She smiled when the person started to speak what she assumed was Japanese. She was going to say something when Gracie answered instead.
Gracie didn't jump, but looked suprise when the girl showed up with someone else. "I wonder where she came fr-" She said, cutting herself off when Oshizu started speaking english. "Shh, it's alright, don't be so terrified. We aren't going to hurt you" She said softly with a friendly smile. At the next thing she said she shook her head no, "No, we are just normal humans at a school for "Mutants"" She said.
"Probably. But those people are stupid. We'd still be able to do a lot better with things like working" Cole said with a smile. He laughed when the dude tried to jump on Magneto, completely failing. He was going to do something, but there seemed to be no point.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 4, 2011 0:56:15 GMT -5
Artyom raised an eyebrow at Pete, but didn't respond any more then that. He only twitched slightly when the new girl appeared. He tilted his head at her, then shook it when she asked of they were gods. He raised an eyebrow at Gracie when she said that they were just normal humans.
{Leigh} Liegh did a roll when Magneto sidestepped, which affectively made him dodge the metal, as well. He jumped to his feet, looked at them, then dashed deeper into the base.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 4, 2011 1:03:50 GMT -5
Pete nodded and said to Rouge "I just feel like I reacted badly, and I am sorry." he looks at Oshizu and said "It is 2661 by the imperial Japanese calendar."
Oshizu still looked scared looking at them then said "I was last in society during Kan'er 3, can you tell me when that was, I never learned imperial years."
Pete looked at her and said "We use a different calendar too, it would be 1750 by our calendar, and it is now 2011." he looks at the others and whispered to them "Let's be gentle, she has never seen anything like our technology."
Oshizu looked shocked then looked at Grace and asked "Mutants?" she had never heard of them and asked "You mean you are blessed by the gods like me?" she had no understanding of genetics and probably couldn't understand the term mutants. She then asked "What province are we in? I have never seen people like you before." she then realised their odd accent and asked "Are you British?" not having a clue what people outside of Japan would sound like and just assumed because they spoke English they were British
Magnito looked surprised when the kid sidesteped him and watched him run into the base then looked at Cole and said "Find him, and kill him."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 4, 2011 2:40:27 GMT -5
"Don't worry about it" Rogue said with a slight smile. "I was born in canada" Was all that Rogue said in response to Oshizu's question.
Katy just listened instead of speaking, letting the others do the talking. She did nod at what Pete said though and said one thing, "No, I'm also Canadian".
"Ok, I will" Gracie said with a smile. She looked thoughful for a bit, then said in response to Oshizu, "Yeah, you could say that. We all have this powers, abilties, whatever you prefer to call them". She looked thoughful for a bit again, then said, "Um....I don't really know". On her way here she sort of did get lost, so she wasn't really sure where she was. Really, she didn't even care that she got lost. She was just wandering. "I was born in London, and I am British actually" She said to Oshizu.
"Yes sir" Cole said dramatically, then started to run after Leigh. "This is the biggest mistake you ever made!" He shouted to Leigh as he tried to chase him.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 4, 2011 2:59:58 GMT -5
Artyom looked at Pete like: 'do you really think I'm just going to do something to freak her out?'. He shook his head, then took a piece of paper out of his pocket, held it against the wall and wrote: 'I am half Amarican, half Russian.' He then held the paper out to her, wondering if she could read english. After showing it to her, he took it back and wrote on another part: 'I don't believe in god, or gods, but yes, like you. I believe that it is more like,' He paused for a bit, trying to think of how to explain it, Evolution. Do you know what that is? We are in New York City, in the United States of America.. He really had no idea how much someone would know from back then.
{Leigh} Leigh ran through the base quickly, vaulting over things and skidding around turns. but he had no idea where he was going. He jumped up and grabbed onto a pipe/beam (Depending what kind of base it is) on the roof, then pulled himself up, effectively hiding himself.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 4, 2011 3:05:46 GMT -5
Oshizu looked at both Rouge and Katy then asked quietly "What is Canada, is it part of China or Britain?" she seemed absolutlely clueless about the modern world. She nodded at them and said "You and your ancestors must have truly pleased the Gods." she then scratched her head and asked "Weren't you all born near here? Or do you have horses to travel around with?" she then asks "Were is London?" she then offers "The Shogun refused to have any contact with anyone in the outside world." she looked at the paper and turned it sideways reading it up and down rather than across and said "Were is America?" she then adds "And Russia?" as he showed her more she turns it just as before and read it slowly "Maybe the gods took your voice as punishment for them giving you such power and you denying them." she shakes her head and points at the words evolution, state, and America saying "I don't know what those words mean." she then points to the new and asked "How new?"
Pete looked at Oshizu and offered "Half British, the other half doesn't matter."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 4, 2011 3:23:49 GMT -5
Rogue said nothing, and instead Katy spoke up. "No, it's a part of the same continent as The United States of America" She said to her. It seemed like Gracie wanted to speak, so Katy let her do the talking.
Gracie smiled and said, "Yeah, I believe they did". She didn't really believe in God herself, but she wanted to just be polite to Oshizu and not confuse her more. Telling Oshizu everything was kind of dificult, but really she didn't mind it. "Nope, I wasn't born near here. Uh, we fly in these things called "jets" or "airplanes" She said with a smile. It seemed like she was very patient. "The United Kingdom....though I'm not sure you know what that is. It's quite far away" She said. "I understand" She said with a friendly smile at the next thing she said. She didn't even really think anything of her reading the paper sideways and such. "We are currently in America" She said, then added, "Russia is quite far away. It's huge too". She was about to tell her what happened to Artyom, but thought better of it. She didn't notice her point at words she didn't know, so she decided to let someone else respond to that part.
Rogue and Katy just nodded and raised their eyebrows at different things Oshizu said.
Cole wasn't really that fast, so he ended up losing track of Leigh. "Where did you go punk?" He asked to the air. He ended up walking right next to where Leigh was hiding, and continued onwards.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 4, 2011 3:37:53 GMT -5
As Gracie talked, Artyom drew on a piece of paper. He drew a quick, but well-drawn, sketch of a plane flying high over a town. He then drew a make of the world, but only outlined the bigger or more well-known ones. Next to them he wrote their names, such as: Russia, China, Japan, The United States of Amarica, Britain, Canada and the other more well known ones. He then drew a picture of a car, then wrote underneath: Or we drive around in these. He shrugged, then wrote,Or maybe someone tried to slit my throat for being diferant then them. I still have a voice, I just can't use it. I don't believe in gods punishing me, because I don't believe in gods, but I have no problem with poeople who do. Unless those people wish death on people who don't believe what they do. He showed her the paper while he thought about how to answer the next part. He then took another piece of paper out of his pocket, since the other one was covered in drawings, and wrote: You probably wouldn't believe in evolution, anyway. I know some religious people don't. Amarica Is pretty much just a name, like China...As far as I know, anyway. He rubbed his eyes slightly, then continuedIt's just a name. It's pretty old, really. I don't really know how old, or why it's even named that. Someone else should probably tell you this stuff. Even if I didn't heve to write it all, I'm not good at explaining things.. He handed the paper to her, then leaned against the wall and rubbed his throat.
{Leigh} Leigh held his breath as Cole walked right past where he was. Shortly after Cole did, electricity around them randomly started sparking, untill Leigh got it under control. Finaly, his body had decided who's powers it wanted. Now he could use them to get out...maybe.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 4, 2011 3:59:39 GMT -5
Oshizu looked confused "Continent?" she thinks for a moment and asked "Are we north or south of China?" in her mind there was one landmass, China with land above and below it then Britain on the other side of Japan. She nodded to Grace and smiled slightly "We should go pray together sometime, I hope you know a nearby temple, I don't think I could find one myself." she looked wide eyed and said "You fly on the Kamikaze like Gods, these Jets must truly be blessed with the power of the Gods and Shogun's glorious ancestors." she then looked at Artyoms drawing and said "Oh such a blessed thing." she made a small bow to the image apparently thinking they were magical. She looked at his map and studded it then added Korea and wrote Japan on it saying "We owned it too." she was clearly not trying to look at anything other than Japan. She thinks it was odd that a British person wouldn't be born in a place called Britain. She looked at the car and scratched her head looking very confused at it and asked "Do you put animals in front?" she then said "Someone tried to slit your throat for gifts from the Gods?!" she looked angry and said "That is so dishonorable, what happened to the honor?" she nodded to him and said "As much as I would like you to believe in the Gods, my religion tells me to respect your lack of belief, I will gladly pray with you if you ever feel like it." she looked at him pulling out a new paper and asked "Do you mind if I keep this one, or would you like it back, paper is so expensive in my time, I'm not sure if it still is."she shrugged and said "I'm sure I wouldn't, I follow my beliefs." she then nodded "I thought so, I just wanted to be sure." she nodded to him "Why not just call it York?"
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Post by Leslie on Dec 4, 2011 22:30:44 GMT -5
"Uhhh..." Katy said, thinking for a bit. "It's a fairly big land mass made up of countries like Japan, China, and that sort. There are 7 continents" She said with a smile, "Depending who you ask". She then let Gracie go back to speaking.
"Hmmm....probably more like to the east or west of us. I don't know which way it's closer" Gracie said to her. She nodded and smiled, then said, "That would be fun! We don't have temples, but we have church's. They are pretty much like temples though. Sometimes nicer and sometimes quite a bit uglier". She laughed slightly, not in a rude way and said, "No, they are just made with modern technology". She then realized that Oshizu might not know the meaning of technology. "Well, let's just say they are man-made" She said. If she saw the image Oshizu was looking at, she'd probably laugh again in a non-rude way. But instead, unless Artyom wanted her to speak, she'd let him explain it to Oshizu. "Oh, you can get like 800 sheets of paper for barely anything these days" She said with a smile.
"Whoa!" Cole shouted when the electricity started sparking. It didn't effect him though, so he didn't think much of it. He had the same problem himself when he first got his ability. "I see you absorbed my abilties" He said to the air. "I know you are around here. Show yourself!" He shouted into the air while looking around.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 4, 2011 22:44:48 GMT -5
Artyom looked at his piece of paper, really wishing he could talk at the moment. He wrote: There are a lot of religions now, I kind of doubt it would be very easy to find the right temple or church for you. Specialy if it's a chinese or japanese religion. He shook his head, then wrote, No, I wouldn't say that they are blessed. It's more like the wheel, but much much more advanced. It's more that concept then blessings. Wait, you do know what a wheel is, don't you? He really didn't know much about history. He raised an eyebrow at her, then wrote: They're just drawings. It's nothing more blessed then being able to write. Probably less so, based on the time that you're from. He took the map at her, then pointed at Russia, then at the USA, showing her where he was from. He then shook his head in responce to her next question. He drew a picture of an engine on the other piece of paper that had room, then drew stuff explaining how it worked. He handed her the piece of paper. He then shrugged, and nodded. He then snorted, which was probably to only sound anyone had heard him make. He laughed slightly. It was a very quiet laugh, but it was audible, none the less. He took the piece of paper back, and wrote: True honor has been gone for a very long time. You wouldn't believe how honorless our coutry world is, Then handed her back the paper. He shook his head, then tilted his head. He then made a 'wait here' motion with his hand, then teleported away. When he came back, he had about 200 sheats of paper in his hands. He held them out to her, his head slightly tilted. He then shrugged in responce to her asking why they don't just call it 'york'.
[Leigh] Leigh dropped down behind Cole, then dashed back the way he came. The way Magneto was.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 4, 2011 23:21:25 GMT -5
Oshizu tilted her head and asked "Like the Jewish Hebrews had." she looked like she just realised something "Oh this nation must be were Egypt was." she apparently had no concept of nations despite their efforts. She slowly read the English, because she wasn't very good at reading it and said "Oh, I'm sure there must be some within like a mile or two. Or are things spread out now?" she looked at Grace then at the paper then looked confused and said "A wheel or a sword, or a ship can not fly on the Kamikaze, man can not fly, birds, spirits, and Gods can, not mortals. This must be a tremendous gift from the divine." she really couldn't grasp the concept of man being able to fly. She gently rolled up the paper and put it in her sleeve she then said "Words are sacred, the ability to write is a treasured honor." she pointed at the paper and said "I only got to learn because of my gift from the gods." she then looked at Grace and asked "How much is very little?" she showed her money was ten Yen (about 8ยข in todays money) "This is my life savings." she shook her head "I don't believe you." she really just wanted to think that at least Japan was still honorable. She looked at the paper and gently took it bowing to him and said "This is truly a great gift." she looked around and asked "Are you guys hungry, I could cook you dinner."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 5, 2011 3:52:05 GMT -5
"Uh, probably" Gracie said, not really knowing much about religion because she never really studied it. "No, no, it's where these people called Indians lived, now referred to as "Native Americans". We pretty much intruded on their land and took it for ourselfs. We referred to them as "Savages" when we were the ones to invade their land in the freaking first place. Also, we pretty much enslaved them. There is some terrible history for the United States of America" She said with a sigh. It looked like she was actually angry too, which didn't happen to her as much as some people. "You know, I think you'd love Wikipedia" She said with a smile, then realized she'd probably have no idea what she was talking about. To make it easier for Artyom, she sort of answered his question, not really knowing fully what the subject was. "Things can be quite spread out or extremely densely populated. I bet in your time you never heard of a city with 32 million people living in it" She said. She sighed, but not in a rude way. It was just hard explaining everything to her. "You should look up airplane, or Jets. I'll explain the internet and Wikipedia to you later" She said with a kind smile, showing her that she really would take time out of her day to do that for a practical stranger. "Whoa" She said with a sound of suprise that ten yen was her life savings. "That isn't much money in todays money. At least here. I don't know the exact translation, but that probably wouldn't even get you food today except maybe some ramen" She said with a slight laugh, realizing that she'd not understand what she was blabbering about. "Inflation has gone up a lot" She said with a smile. The first thing she did when Oshizu asked if she could cook them dinner was look at Pete for an answer. She knew he wanted to take them out to dinner, so she'd leave it up to him.
Rogue and Katy just listened to the conversation, smiling, shrugging, sighing and such at different times.
"Hey!" Cole said when he heard Leigh drop down. He quickly chased after him, not sure if he was up to no good or not. So for the time being he just ran after him.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 5, 2011 23:45:13 GMT -5
Artyom shook his head, then pointed to the USA, then at Egypt on the map he'd wrote. He then took his new piece of paper and wrote: It's harder to find a place that doesn't have buildings then it is to find a place without them. It's the same idea as a wheel, just much much more advanced. And invention to make things easier for humans. He sighed, then added,I think it'd be weirder not to be able to right these days. He shrugged in a, 'believe what you wan't, it doesn't make it true,' way. He smiled at her when she said it was a great gift. He bit his lip, and made another 'be right back' motion, then teleported away. When he came back he looked like he was holding something, but there was nothing in his hands. He looked around, rolled his eyes, and teleported away again. When he came back, he had a pile of books in his arms. History books, books about technology, books about countrys. He held them out to her. He'd missed what she said about cooking them food.
Leigh ran to where Magneto was. "Open the door!" He demanded, electricity flicking up around his arms.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 6, 2011 0:53:49 GMT -5
Oshizu nodded then exclaimed "Oh I know were India is, I read about it, I was buried with several holy texts that talked about it." she had clearly just assumed that the United States was India she raised an eyebrow and said "That sounds like what the most honorable Shogun of old did to Korea. How is it a bad thing? You took their lands and gave them culture, it sounds glorious to me." she tilted her head slightly and asked "What is a wikipedia?" she looked shocked and said "That is impossible, there are not that many people in all of Japan." she nodded and said "I'm sure I would be hard pressed to tell someone from 1350 about today, er my time, so thank you for helping me." she looked sad then perked up and said "Maybe they are anique now." she then licked her lips and said "Oh I love Ramen, I would love a bowl right now." She looked wide eyed at what Arytom wrote and said "I saw three story buildings in Tokyo, have you ever seen buildings that big?" she shook her head at him just not caring if he thought it was true she 'knew' you would need help from the gods to fly. She looked super happy when he handed her books, she looked still happy but her smile diminished when she realised the books were in English but said "Thank you so much, I will cherish these."
Pete had been listening to the conversation but haven't chimed in much as to try and not confuse Oshizu any more than she was. He looked at her ten Yen and said "That is about 8 cents in todays money." he then opened his wallet and pulled out five hundred dollars and said to her "Watashi wa kōtei no yōna okane o motte iru." and chuckled. He looked at her and said "You should just go to dinner with us."
Oshizu bowed to Pete and said "It is an honor to speak to you." then took the money from him and said "It would be an honor to dine wit you all."
Pete looked embarrassed and said "I meant like an emperor, not from the emperor, sorry." he looked very embarrassed, even just talking to her let alone mistakingly making himself better.
Magneto looked up and said "Why of course, I would never wish harm on another mutant." he unlocked the door and said to Cole "You will stop chasing him."
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