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([personal profile] stupidhonor posting in [community profile] srwu Mar. 12th, 2015 10:49 pm)
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[Sielje's cell is littered with books. Books that she was reading - because she made a promise to. And in the middle of it all, the knight standing stoically while pondering her available moves, another book in hand.]

Trapped in enemy territory, sworn not to cause trouble to my own captors as is required of a honorable prisoner... what may I do?

Earth is even more dangerous and tumultuous as a place than Ankaia. The planet has been ravaged by wars and invaders, even invaders out of this world.

I... I wish to see. It is too much to ask of a prisoner, but I wish to see how the ordinary people of Earth manage to exist. I find it impossible to believe that they can eke out a living with a constant threat of demise over their heads.

[She closes the book. It's written in ancient Greek. As a matter of fact, the books around the cell are written in all kinds of languages, presently used or classical.]

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Hmm.

Hmm...

[The vending machine outside Sielje's cell roused her curiosity for a while now. As soon as she had a chance, she went out to pick up a few items it had available - probably certainly with assistance of others who needed to explain how it worked.

And now it's time to further inspect her rewards.]



This is Earth food, is it not? How do you... open yourself! Aah!

[She rips a bag of chips open, scattering most of them on the floor to her own surprise. Sielje pretends not to be embarassed about it at all.]

Such difficulty...

[She mutters while picking up a canned drink, then immediately puts it back down. Too hard to open - and the knight does not seem too impressed with the chips' taste upon carefully eating one.

Lastly, here comes the chocolate bar. The wrapping is easy enough for even someone like Sielje to remove on a second try. As for the taste...]





...!



It is sweet! How is it possible? How did they make the flavor so sweet?
a_monetized_mind: (huh?)

From: [personal profile] a_monetized_mind


Well, yeah, but in a lot of different languages. I can't even read some of those things...Like, is that Anabasis? In classical greek?
a_monetized_mind: (huh?)

From: [personal profile] a_monetized_mind


I know what the book's about, but how can you read it? For that matter, how can you read any of this-with how long Ankaia's been separated from the rest of mankind, your language should be completely different from anything in use today!
a_monetized_mind: (〴⋋_⋌〵)

From: [personal profile] a_monetized_mind


Okay, I get that you're new here and all, but some kind of language-comprehending superpower? That's totally unfair!

so many sleepless nights...
a_monetized_mind: (ಠ_ಠ)

From: [personal profile] a_monetized_mind


Don't apologize, I'm just angry that stupid tower of Babel, not you...

...But, really, you can read all of those? Just like it was your own language?
a_monetized_mind: (Kinda Sweet)

From: [personal profile] a_monetized_mind


It's an old story...you've probably got a bible somewhere in there, it's early on in that.

Kinda wonder what your writing looks like, then...

Have you been eating well?
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