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Post by Leslie on Dec 6, 2011 4:57:48 GMT -5
"Er, I should say....the settlers of America, or more like the "invaders" of america called them Indians, because they thought they were heading to india...." Gracie said, not sure she made any sense. She smiled and said, "Well, it would be glorious of we didn't treat them like slaves and sometimes even murder them without a second though because they were "savages"". It seemed like a weird thing to smile to. "Uh, I'll explain that later" She said in response to her asking what Wikipedia was. "Well, the population has expanded more. There's 32 million people in the city of Tokyo in Japan" She said with a sigh. "There are 7 billion people in the world" She said, not even sure if she'd even know what "billion" meant. "You are welcome" She said with a smile. When Oshizu talked about loving ramen, she was suprised for a bit when she realized that made logical sense. "I love ramen too. It's really cheap. Quite bad for you though" She said. She laughed slightly then said, "I've seen 60 story buildings. The worlds tallest building now is 160 stories, and that's just the livable space. There's like another 46 stories of mainteniance floors" She said with a laugh. That place really was huge. "I'll show you it later...well, on the computer that is. Uh, I'll explain what a computer is later" She said with a laugh again. She laughed when Artyom teleported back and looked like he was holding something, then came back with actual books. "Uh, did the books not come with you, Artyom?" She asked to him.
"Why are you embarrassed?" She asked to Pete, raising an eyebrow. She wasn't quite sure what he was talking about. "I would love to go and dine with you too!" She said with a smile. "You may be very confused though, just be warned" She added.
Rogue and Katy continued to just listen.
Cole slid to a stop behind Leigh and then sighed. "Ok, as you say boss" He said with a sound of dissapointment. "He could be useful" He said with a mischevious smile.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 6, 2011 23:11:32 GMT -5
Artyom sighed, then pointed at India on the map. He wrote on his piece of paper, We took their land, and their coulture. We made them slaves. They already had coulture. Their own coulture, and we forced ours on them. It was clear he agreed with Gracie about what people did to native americans was wrong. He then rubbed his eyes and wrote, It's 2011, years and years after everything that you've known, and you still think something's impossible? He smiled slightly when she said that she'd seen three story buildings and acted as if those were huge. There were three story houses now. He smiled and nodded to Gracie when she asked about the books not coming with him.
He smiled at Oshizu in a way that said he'd be happy to dine with her, too.
{Leigh}
Leigh dashed out the door, turned and smiled in a way that said, 'I know how to get here now', then dashed off again.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 7, 2011 0:37:17 GMT -5
Oshizu scratched her head, she had no idea why these people didn't like what their government did. She shrugged slightly and said "Well if the your Shogun thought it was right who are you to say it isn't? The word of the Shogun is the word of the Emperor, and the word of the Emperor is the word of the Gods, so it must have been divine mandate for them to act like that." she looked surprised and said "But I know Tokyo, there is no way it could have that many people. I don't know what a billion is, but I'm guessing it is more than a million." she nodded slightly "Not that bad, I always had tons of it, well the only thing I ate more was rice and sushi." she looked like she was going to pass out from shock after all this new data, and said "A hundred stories? That must be exhausting to get to the top. " she scratched her head and said "No it is Heisei 23, not two thousand and eleven, but no, I don't believe such a craft could fly without the blessing and will of the Gods." she smiled at them and then suddenly asked "Uh is there anywhere I can stay?"
Pete looked embarrassed and said "Uh I just have a hard time talking to a cute Japanese girl." he then blushed slightly and tried to laugh it off and added "So much more advanced then humans, and yet I still don't have the ability to overcome simple fear." he nodded and said "You should come too then."
Oshizu looked at Pete and said "Don't say such Echi things." not pointing out that he was probably like one twentieth her age. She nodded then said "I never went out to dinner before."
Magnito crossed his arms and nodded "Indeed, that is why I decided to let him live."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 7, 2011 1:00:52 GMT -5
Gracie sighed. "No. All it was was cruel. Our government isn't really emporers or anything here. There is no reason to always like what your government does. Governments have done terrible things to their own people" She said with a sigh. "You know, it is years and years in the future. In the current time it is the worlds most populated city at 32 million people. It's nuts" She said with a laugh. "A billion has uh...10 numbers. A million has 7 numbers. It's insane. Not to mention the fact that people have a billion dollars....or Yen, whatever kind of money you use" She said with a sigh. "I love rice and sushi!" She said with a smile. "It can be, if you take the stairs that is. We got these things now called Elivators. I believe you'd love Wikipedia..." She said with a laugh sigh. "I believe you traveled to the future" She said to the girl, "It's the year 2011. Maybe in your time it was Heisei 32. Not anymore" She said. Really, she wasn't even sure what Heisei 23 was. "I'm sure you could stay here. I haven't actually found out if I'm allowed to stay here yet" She said with a shrug. She laughed slightly at Artyom nodding and smiling in response to her question.
She laughed at Pete at him saying he had a hard time talking to a cute Japanese girl. "Echi?" She asked with a raised eyebrow to Ishuzi. "Then you'll love it! If you love to experience new things that is" She said to Oshizi.
Katy and Rogue continued to just listen.
Cole shook his head and shouted, "He's escaping damnit!". He would just electricute him, but he wasn't sure if Magneto wanted him to. "Do you want him to just escape and tell people about where we are?" He asked while looking jittery.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 7, 2011 1:11:02 GMT -5
He gestured at Gracie to show that his answer would pretty much be the same as her's. He sighed, then wrote: It's ages past the world you know, why don't you believe it would change in the slightest? You know your Tokyo, not ours. If we tell you something is some way, that's how it is. He leaned agaist the wall, listening to what they were saying, then wrote: It is 2011. I was talking about the population, not the planes. I believe you can stay here. It's a safe place for 'mutants'. Mutants is what they call us, by the way. He showed her the paper with a slight sigh. He wished she'd at least listen to what they said, rather then denying and insisting that it was all imposible.
{Leigh}
Leigh ran away from Magneto's base and towards a school he'd heard of.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 7, 2011 1:46:10 GMT -5
Oshizu looked shocked "You don't have an emperor? Then your nation doesn't follow the Gods, that is horrible, how can your nation work without an Emperor, or Shogun?" she shook her head and added "I see why you are angry now, it is one thing if it is the word of the Gods in divine mandate, but if it isn't from the Gods than why does anyone follow it?"she nodded and said "How would you feel if the first day you get out of a tomb that you were told everything you knew is false now." she looked like she had tears in her eyes when she said that, she was trying to be strong but it was quite hard. She looked at Arytom and said "It is hard like I said to Grace." she looked surprised again "That is a lot of people, but I guess with all the extra land, it isn't that bad." she nodded and said "Even in my time things were getting more and more expensive, so I guess it isn't that unbelievable." she shook her head and said "No I lived in Kan'en 3." she looked at Arytom and said "It isn't that unbelievable." she then looked back at Grace then looked at Pete for a translation.
Pete chimed in "No direct translation, the closest thing would be dirty ideas, or something along those lines."
Magnito looked at Cole and said "No need to worry, it isn't like you could take him down, he has the same power as you."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 7, 2011 4:59:41 GMT -5
"Things have changed, though the U.S. never really had an emperor. We have what is called a President, which is sort of like an Emperor. His name is Barack Obama. He's not great, but not bad. He is a Christian though, which is a very common religion in the world. I don't really know what religion you follow" Gracie said with a shrug. "People have a wide variety of beliefs on religion these days, and practically everything" She said with a smile. "Really, I'm showing you Wikipedia" She said partly jokingly. "I'd probably be as confused as you, don't worry" She said with a kind smile, then looked sad when Oshizu looked upset. She put her arms in a way to offer Oshizu a hug if she wanted one. "Even though we have this much land, we still have problems with 1 billion of those people starving. There is a lot of crap with a big number of the population" She said with a sigh. "You'd be amazed at the price for simple things now" She said. "Damn inflation" She said with a laugh. "Ahh, ok" She said, nodding. "Ah, ok" She said again in response to Pete. She had no idea if Pete ever had dirty ideas and wouldn't ask him about it either.
"Though he is likely not as experienced with it as me" Cole said to Magneto. "Oh well, he'll probably tell someone about our location. I guess if they show up we just kill them" He said with a sigh and a shrug. "So what now?" He asked dramatically.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 8, 2011 13:01:28 GMT -5
Artyom ran a hand over his face, then wrote,I doubt Japan follows the gods anymore. We have a President. A leader, but he doesn't follow the gods, as far as I know. Back when they took the United States of America away from the people who lived here, I don't really know if the leader followed the gods or not. He shrugged, then wrote: It would be easier if you didn't tell us everything we know is wrong, and listened and learned. He leaned against a wall and listened to what else was said, having gotten tired of writing for now.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 8, 2011 17:08:43 GMT -5
Oshizu looked at Grace and asked "So by that logic it is a terrible thing, your leader can make mistakes, that is horrible. Uh I should really look up religions in a book or something, it will be interesting to see how many religions there are, we had two in my time." she looked at the paper, her brain hurt from having to not only speak but read such an odd language "I hope Japan still follows the gods, but I guess that isn't too common these days. If the gods weren't followed than that, what did you call them president, he gravely dishonored himself and his nation, I do hope he was allowed to commit an honorable suicide to pay for his sins." she smiled at Grace still not knowing what a wikipedia was really. She nodded and said "I'm sorry Artyom, it is really hard." she looked at Graces offer of a hug and tried to ask as politely as she could "What social class are you, Farmers, Lords, merchants, Artists, or Warriors?" she looked shocked "A billion people? How? In my time everyone was fed so long as they worked." she nodded and said "I bet I would be, if you don't like inflation in recent times, imagine how much it went up since my times."
Pete looked at Oshizu knowing they would have to explain calendars later "It is Obama 4 if you want to use your system." he also offered "There is still the Emperor in Japan, but he has no power really, there is a man called a prime minister who deals with normal people things, and there are people called generals who are like Shoguns."
Magneto shook his head and said "Your power allows you to be immune to electric shocks, logically you won't be able to shock him if you try." he nodded "Indeed, I wouldn't mind killing a few humans would you?" he sat back down "Now we wait for Demonica to give us a report."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 8, 2011 21:55:12 GMT -5
"Honestly to me, even when people followed God, they could still make sense. They could usually just say they follow God when they really are going against God" Gracie said with a shrug. She chuckled again and said, "You know, you probably, once again, could use Wikipedia for that. I really need to show you that". She sighed and said, "Things have changed drastically now. Really, religion seems to be slowly on the process of dieing altogether. Not fully, but it seems to be dissapearing somewhat". She thought for a minute and said, "Uh, probably none of those". She sighed and said, "Like I said, the world has changed drastically. Corrupt governments, poor countries, dictators, and so on". It looked like she was a bit upset talking about this subject, but said nothing. "Yeah....That would be a crazy increase to deal with" She said to Oshizu. "You said that money of yours was your life savings? Nowadays that would barely buy you anything" She said. She nodded in response to what Pete said.
Cole nodded and said, "True. Why I did not figure that out, I do not know". He laughed and said, "Of course I wouln't mind killing a few humans. They are a disgrace to our kind". He nodded and said, "Ok. I bet she'll do well at her job".
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 10, 2011 14:25:13 GMT -5
How do you know what's the word of the Gods, and what isn't? Artyom wrote. He decided to let everyone else do the explaining now. His pencil needed to be sharpened and he didn't feel like teleporting to go get a pencil sharpener at the moment. He raised an eyebrow when she said his name, not really remembering telling it to her, but just let it go. He looked at his pencil and wrote: Uh. It's not that simple anymore. I'd be neather of those. I'm not a farmer, I'm not a lord, not a merchant, or an artist. I don't have a job...yet.
{Leigh}
Leigh ran into the school, panting hard. It was probably a good thing he didn't hear what Magneto said, otherwise he probably would have taunted them for assuming he'd go to Humans for help, rather then mutants. He looked at a group of people talking, then put his hands on his knees while he tried to catch his breath.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 10, 2011 21:05:50 GMT -5
Oshizu looked at Grace "Oh but the Emperor didn't just say he was following the Gods, he was one of them, he was a god on Earth to lead our glorious nation as such he could never go against the will of the Gods." she looked at Artyom and said "The word of the Emperor is the word of the Gods." she nodded and said "I would be much appreciated for that. This wikipedia sounds like a great thing." she shook her head "I believe people will continue to follow the word of the Gods, as they know it is true." she looked back and forth from Grace to Artyom "How do you not have social class? What did your family do? How do your parents decide who you can wed." she looked really sad thinking about weddings. She nodded slightly "I remember a corrupt Japanese official, he was commanded to kill himself to regain his family honor. Uh what is a dictator?" she nodded and looked at her money "Yes, and most of it is a gift from my fiance, he was a warrior, and he went to the Emperor himself to allow a wedding between a warrior and a pesent like myself, he was so honorable." she had a slight dreamy sound to her voice like she was thinking of the greatest guy in the world. She looked at the panting guy and asked "Are you ok?"
Pete looked at the person who was panting and quickly backed away from him hiding behind Oshizu and showing real cowardice.
Magnito looked up and nodded "Indeed they are, I would relish the opportunity to kill a few myself." he leaned back and said "Seal the main doors and seal them with concrete, leave the backdoor open for demonica."
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Post by Leslie on Dec 10, 2011 22:37:35 GMT -5
Gracie nodded and said, "Oh, ok, that makes sense. Not really many people truly follow the word of God when running a nation these days". "It is an amazing database of information" She said with a smile to Oshizu. "Most people do, but there is a fair ammount now that doesn't believe in God either. There is so many different versions of God though" She said with a sigh. "So I have a hard time really knowing what one to believe, if any" She said, hoping not to offend Oshizu. "By it being modern days" She said with a smile. "You can call our social classes now pretty much lower class, lower/middle class, middle class, middle/upper class, or upper class" She said to Oshizu. "My dad is a programmer and my mom is an artist..." She said with a sigh in response to Oshizu's question. "Uh, that's something else that's changed quite a bit. In a lot of places your parents don't choose who you can wed anymore. You choose for yourself. Honestly I prefer the option to choose over being forced into a relationship I don't want. Like I could choose Artyom, but he'd need to accept too. Usually people take relationships slow before getting married these days" She said, feeling awkward at using Artyom for an example. She let out a sigh in response to her asking what a dictator was, "That is kind of hard to explain. I'll tell you later" She said. She smiled at her story of her fiance. "He sounds like an amazing guy" She said with a smile to Oshizu.
She glanced over at the guy who arrived and asked on a worried voice, "What happened? You act like you've been running a marathon or running from something". She laughed at Pete but not in a rude way and said, "Oh come on, don't be so scared of him"
Katy and Rogue looked at the newcomer, but said nothing because Gracie spoke first.
Cole bowed and said, "Yes Magneto". He sighed and walked off to do what he was told.
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Post by Edenecho on Dec 11, 2011 0:11:31 GMT -5
Artyom sighed and shook his head slightly, but it wasn't in a 'no' way. It was clear he didn't believe a word she said about the gods, but was trying not to be rude about it. He listened for a bit, then wrote, My Father is a owner of an inportant buessiness, and my mother was a stable hand. We were a middle class family.
He jumped when the other person came in, then raised an eyebrow as they started panting.
{Leigh}
Leigh looked at them, then at Gracie. "I...Need...to...Talk....to...your lead-Ahh!" He gasped in pain, clutching his head, and fell to his knees. He had never been around so many mutants at once, and it overwhelmed his powers.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Dec 11, 2011 6:17:19 GMT -5
Oshizu smiled at Grace, honestly thinking that Japan's Emperor was a god rather than a man and said "I bet Japan and China are some of the few countries left." she shook her head and said "Well my school of thought tells me to respect the other religion, and to not to judge them for it. I do hope at least some believe the truth as I do." she smiled at Grace "I should take you to a temple sometime." she smiled and said "Oh oh I see your classes are named differently, that is neat." she shook her head and said "I'm sorry." when she said her mom was an artist then asked "Or is that good here? Maybe you could tell me just your social class based on your own measurements?" she looked at Artyom and nodded saying "Middle, just about were I am, it is a pleasure to know that." she raised an eyebrow at Grace "Your kidding, that is funny." she started laughing saying "You had me believing you there too, marrying whoever you want." she laughed as if it was really funny for a couple minutes then realised "Wait your serious aren't you? But what if you chose wrong, or disgrace your family, or your parents don't want you to wed them?" she nodded to the next thing she said "Ok, I'm sorry for you to have to explain this all, I bet some could be fixed with a good translater." she smiled and said "Yea, I was only 15 when my parents told me I was going to marry him, he was 25 and already a most honored warrior. He was marrying me as part of a thing to make farmers feel better about the Shogun, but to marry such a man and bring such honor upon my family would have been wonderful."
When Grace laughed at Pete he rapidly said "What if he haspeople following him, or is a human here to kill us? Or a mutant here to kill us? What then huh, I will live."
Oshizu was disgusted my Pete's cowardice and walked toward the guy asking "Hey, are you Ok?" she kept her arms together in the sleeves of her Kimono and had a knife ready to protect herself if need be.
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