URSULA CONTACT

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URSULA CONTACT
URSULA is usually available for brief contact. Consider this her inbox. Although she may be busy ICly doing something at the time, she can usually spare some time to answer something.

Alternately, you can link to a thread where she is being called upon. Note that she may ignore these calls or contacts dependent on her mood. Don't worry if she ignores you once or twice, as she will sometimes comment on open posts or make broadcasts to everyone.

Please label the day and time of the contact in the subject header.

For those curious, her voice sounds similar to this.

If any players wish to contact Naoko and her group, they are free to use this page. They will have to take the three hour trip by air or sea as there is currently no long-range communication in place for them. Please specify in the header that it is Naoko you are trying to reach and not URSULA, in this case, as well as labeling the date you are contacting the group.

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[splinten]

[He glances over at Dave, because while "very few words" + "general knowledge of Dave" is probably meaning he actually understands more of this conversation than maybe even the Kharaa would, his language is still very limited. Sometimes he has a hard time picking out which screech Dave is making. He did at least pick up the holiday Dave's talking about? Because obviously he would have asked Dave to tell him what he'd use for it, in terms of screeches. So he has to give his input in English.]

You might mention that it's billed as being about different groups of people coming together peacefully. Up to you if you include the genocide parts.

[Like. He sees downsides to that part.

He's also brought up the 'okay Dave, but you realize no one on base but you will be able to talk to the Kharaa' issue when they discussed it earlier so whatever.]

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[ All of that sounds extremely fake to P Diddy, but okay. Perhaps this is why humans are so easy to conquer? They spend all their time doing these types of activities instead of taking over the universe. ]

What is the Dirk saying?

[ Normally he would have asked more about Thanksgiving, but the whole not knowing what the unknown party is saying is more important. ]

[parodeity]

Sorry, he's like way behind in your language 'cause I've only had a week teaching him. But he caught enough of what I was saying to point out I left out the holiday is also about different groups of people coming together peacefully.

[ WHICH...HE FORGOT TO MENTION...BECAUSE HE'S A DUMBASS... ]

So it'd be kinda a good time to meet people?

[splinten]

[vague thumbs up of assuming Dave passed the message on]

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[ P Diddy seems to relax again after the message has indeed been passed on. ]

We will meet your friends on Thanksgiving. I can't wait to feast on more candy.

[ The Kharaa all start excitedly shrieking at the mention of candy. ]

[parodeity]

Hopefully by then Dirk'll know more Kharaa, and so will everyone else. And like, I know we have a ton of kickass chefs who will whip you up some new candies? And other food. But yes definitely candy, which is a thing friends totally give to one another.

[ i guess this is one way to make peace fuck it ]

[splinten]

[Okay he knows what that word means and—]

Have you asked them what they need to be healthy?

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[ Dave has probably not asked that. Which is probably why the evil conquering aliens are now addicted to sweets. ]

What is he saying now? Is it about the candy?

[parodeity]

Kinda. Dirk worries about what I eat all the time, because he thinks I'm not healthy enough. He wants to know what it is you guys need to eat to stay healthy, 'cause he thinks I probably have not asked, which I have...not. So, uh, this is me asking?

[ to dirk, in english: ]

No, but just did.

[splinten]

[Dirk puts his face in his hands because now he has to look after the health needs of an entire collective.]

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[ Thanks for adopting the Kharaa, Dirk.

P Diddy considers the question. ]

That depends on our host. For example, if the Dirk became a host, anything that makes him healthy would work for us.

[parodeity]

Huh. Do you know what stuff would make the hosts you guys have now healthy? If not I guess we could ask some of our doctors?

[ he just slides into providing dirk with a telepathic translation of shit which he should have done to start with. ]

[splinten]

[Thank you, Dave, that would have been easier earlier yes.

Also please do not consider the Dirk as an example host???]

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[ Too late. The Dirk is an example host. ]

Hmm... we are not sure! The species of Iniidae are not on any known databases that exist off planet. We can only speculate based on what we have seen from watching them in the wild. If you give us more time, we can research this more carefully, Dave!

[parodeity]

If you can, that'd be cool. You guys need to take care of yourselves and stay healthy, okay?

[ advice dave himself does not take ]

[splinten]

We can give them the information in our databases on Red Eyes.

[To help them stay healthy. Sorry Kharaa you get this now.]

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[ They seem slightly confused by this since thing like taking care of themselves and staying healthy isn't normally very high on their list of things they need to do. ]

[ To Dave: ] What did he say? [ And then to the both of them, even though Dirk can probably only catch a few words: ] Normally we do not have to worry about things like health. We are many off this planet.

[parodeity]

Oh we have info on the light frogs, they're the red eyes. To give to you?

[ :|a he considers what they said, but. ]

I think Dirk's actually right here. You should worry about health because...I'd be sad if you guys died? You have to take care of yourselves. If P Diddy died you wouldn't get to do the same things or be in the same place, y'know? You're him now. Even if y'all are collective, the details are important, too.

[splinten]

[It actually makes Dirk wonder if in a sense they're all splinters of each other, or something like that. Separate and yet connected, distinct but of the same root. With Dave naming them and teaching them all these things, would they even be able to reintegrate with other Kharaa?

Food for silent thought as Dave pushes Dirk's pro-health agenda on these alien kids.]

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[ The Kharaa all fall silent at the words. There's still one in the back drinking apple juice though.

After a moment, they all begin to start chattering again though. ]

Why would you feel sad for us?

[parodeity]

Because when your friends get hurt or die, you're sad. It's a thing that happens. And you'd be losing the life you have now. Like...don't you kinda like it? Maybe you could have another host and another life someday, but I think maybe you should focus on the fact you're alive right now and living with family and friends and whatever. What's the point otherwise?

[ he's not sure how to word it. maybe that works. maybe it doesn't? but. ]

And I'd feel sad that I wouldn't get to talk to you as you are now, you know? I guess that sounds weird probably to you....but I'd miss you.

[splinten]

[That one Kharaa with the aj is proof that Dirk must take care of these kids as he would the Magister. They are Dave's children.]

You might try figuring out how they understand individuality and life to help you explain your idea of it to them.

My guess would be that every individual is part of the whole. The collective can continue on without that piece, but regardless of continuity, the collective has been changed. Some part of this Kharaa group will have been lost forever. The group will always be a little bit different, or in more charged terms, less. Even if they develop new members, they are still less their dead. That's pretty sad to me.

[It is, coincidentally, not dissimilar to how Dirk talks and thinks about splinters.]

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[ P Diddy listens to what they're both saying, although he still can't understand Dirk. Either way, he cocks his head to the side. ]

We don't do "sad". We are... [ He looks over at the other Kharaa, like he isn't exactly sure what word he's looking for. Apparently none of them do either. ]

[parodeity]

I'm hurt. You wouldn't miss me if I were gone?

[ but yeah, ok, that makes. sense. although dave doesn't know that not knowing the word means they don't do it, but he's...idealistic in a few dumb ways. ]

Dirk's saying that you can continue when you lose a piece of your whole, but that if you lose a piece, it's still a change. Some part of your group will have been lost forever, and will be a little different. I think differences can be good, when you learn them and when it's like...I guess loss is just a sad thing to humans. But I get that you don't get it.

[splinten]

[Thumbs up bc thanks for passing it on Dave.

P Diddy is endearing to Dirk. Here he goes.]