[ this is a bleak assessment but sidon laughs a bit anyway. ]
You remain true to your pessimism.
[ while he doesn't deny the possibility, his feelings are an even stream, not yet disturbed. ]
I will make every effort not to die. I do have a kingdom to care for. But will you be putting yourself in danger? You do not strike me as the compliant type.
It's not a foregone conclusion, only a possible one that people ought not forget.
[scien isn't necessarily a pessimist? he's the kind of person who's like no actually i'm a realist! but once again, he'd enjoy being wrong here.]
I am not compliant, but it is not something I care to change. It would also obviously be an act if I were to change now. [so like... not that effective] If it makes me a target, I will deal with that when it comes.
[ he cants his head, curious. it takes some time to get used to scien's way of thinking—the zora are, by and large, an emotional people. his thoughts are charged with optimism. it's strange to meet someone so different. not wholly lacking emotion, but different. ]
Only in vague terms, which is for the best since we still lack specific information.
For now, I intend to do what I can to complete my own analysis of what's been done to our bodies and then perform a risk assessment. At the very least, I have less to lose than all of you if something becomes of me for poking around too much.
He's just small! [ small people can be so dangerous!!!!! ] But, no. I mean in the sense that neither of you seem to fear death the way that most would.
Ah. We don't, but that's because we're not like normal people.
Both of us will be revived back home if we suddenly disappear—we might even be revived before this tour is even over. In which case, these bodies will become outdated and will need to die upon return regardless.
I see... [ while this does spike a natural little alarm, because sidon has lived a long time but he's still mortal, it'd have been much worse if he hadn't already spoken to dahut. ] I hope you will take care of yourselves regardless. So much is unknown here. Even these "nanites" could make changes we aren't aware of.
[ it is a little fussy compared to his usual state of sunshine. ]
[that's fair, worrying more about dahut makes sense]
I'm not in a rush to die, and I'm always prepared for a fight.
But in terms of where I come from—I'm not worried about their ability to make it without me for a short while. I'd still like to get as much use out of this trip as I can.
I've thought that as well! Taking back all the knowledge and experience we accumulate here... this doesn't need to just be an inconvenience.
[ ignores that this is a murder game. this is only a waste of time if they make it one. ]
There are questions back home that may have answers here—where so much from the multiverse is available to us. [ he sounds kind of excited about it, even if he's not like, strictly a nerd. it's just neat and full of promise. ]
Well, we came very close to disaster recently. [ despite this, he is suddenly filled with EXTREMELY FOND FEELINGS!!!! that quickly becomes more morose, but for a moment scien can get blasted. ] But even beyond that, problems have persisted across all of Hyrule for the past hundred years. I'm sure every kingdom has problems that no one man can solve.
[there's something so funny about the way that scien gets blasted and yet on his emotional processing side, there's something... incomplete about it. how the feeling of fondness never completely manifests - instead stalling out and then disappearing entirely
scien still makes a face at the feeling]
Eugh...
Most likely. That's the way in which society works. Relying on one person to be a savior often backfires.
[ and once again he is just SOOOO FOND he is thinking about his original blorbo and it is just affection and pride and gratitude abound. but then, there's these fellas and their off-kilter feelings.
[ that's what he means, mostly—dahut's reaction had not been so disdainful, but there were still problems with all the surrounding emotion.
being conscientious, he tries NOT to think about link which just kind of makes him think about link, he just likes him so much, but the little tug of war going on in his fish brain at least does not hyper beam any more emotion at scien. ]
[ HE MISSES HIS LIL GUY scien also has a lil guy ]
Hm... [ trying........ but no ] I can't relate. Though you may not be as emotional as one of us, I enjoy the glimpses of your feelings that I get to experience.
[ precisely because they're so different. ]
Just like you were seeking out different blood samples, I suppose, to understand our bodies and the nanites better. Feeling others' emotions helps me understand them as well.
[i can't believe sidon is the first one to get this lore from scien]
Relivers don't have the capacity to feel strong emotions. When you become one, most vivid ones are left behind. I have enough to exist in society with the bare minimum, but I lack interest in experiencing more than that.
I have no interest in being understood either, but you should at least have all the pieces before you start spouting drivel.
scien is just :man_standing: as sidon's emotions continues to hit him in waves (and then disappear shortly after in that strange, almost mechanical way)]
My hope is that it won't last forever. Just... keep your distance so I don't need to endure it as strongly.
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But some of us, if we aren't compliant, perhaps.
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You remain true to your pessimism.
[ while he doesn't deny the possibility, his feelings are an even stream, not yet disturbed. ]
I will make every effort not to die. I do have a kingdom to care for. But will you be putting yourself in danger? You do not strike me as the compliant type.
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[scien isn't necessarily a pessimist? he's the kind of person who's like no actually i'm a realist! but once again, he'd enjoy being wrong here.]
I am not compliant, but it is not something I care to change. It would also obviously be an act if I were to change now. [so like... not that effective] If it makes me a target, I will deal with that when it comes.
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You've thought of many scenarios.
With all that in mind, do you have a plan?
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For now, I intend to do what I can to complete my own analysis of what's been done to our bodies and then perform a risk assessment. At the very least, I have less to lose than all of you if something becomes of me for poking around too much.
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Do you mean you and Dahut are similar? In your durability.
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He's just small! [ small people can be so dangerous!!!!! ] But, no. I mean in the sense that neither of you seem to fear death the way that most would.
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Both of us will be revived back home if we suddenly disappear—we might even be revived before this tour is even over. In which case, these bodies will become outdated and will need to die upon return regardless.
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[ it is a little fussy compared to his usual state of sunshine. ]
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I'm not in a rush to die, and I'm always prepared for a fight.
But in terms of where I come from—I'm not worried about their ability to make it without me for a short while. I'd still like to get as much use out of this trip as I can.
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I've thought that as well! Taking back all the knowledge and experience we accumulate here... this doesn't need to just be an inconvenience.
[ ignores that this is a murder game. this is only a waste of time if they make it one. ]
There are questions back home that may have answers here—where so much from the multiverse is available to us. [ he sounds kind of excited about it, even if he's not like, strictly a nerd. it's just neat and full of promise. ]
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Is there a problem that your fish kingdom is facing that you can't resolve on your own?
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scien still makes a face at the feeling]
Eugh...
Most likely. That's the way in which society works. Relying on one person to be a savior often backfires.
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[ and once again he is just SOOOO FOND he is thinking about his original blorbo and it is just affection and pride and gratitude abound. but then, there's these fellas and their off-kilter feelings.
actually, he'll just ask about it. ]
Does it bother you, when I feel strongly?
[ he's kind of prone to doing so. ]
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No.
[he actually doesn't care about how much other people as long as they're not getting in his way]
But it bothers me that now I have to feel it.
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being conscientious, he tries NOT to think about link which just kind of makes him think about link, he just likes him so much, but the little tug of war going on in his fish brain at least does not hyper beam any more emotion at scien. ]
It does not matter what the feeling is?
[ even if it's positive? ]
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No. It's not mine, so I don't want it. I'm not an emotional person to begin with, and I'd rather leave it that way.
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Hm... [ trying........ but no ] I can't relate. Though you may not be as emotional as one of us, I enjoy the glimpses of your feelings that I get to experience.
[ precisely because they're so different. ]
Just like you were seeking out different blood samples, I suppose, to understand our bodies and the nanites better. Feeling others' emotions helps me understand them as well.
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[i can't believe sidon is the first one to get this lore from scien]
Relivers don't have the capacity to feel strong emotions. When you become one, most vivid ones are left behind. I have enough to exist in society with the bare minimum, but I lack interest in experiencing more than that.
I have no interest in being understood either, but you should at least have all the pieces before you start spouting drivel.
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his reaction is mostly—curiosity. a little something else, quietly hidden. and then something sparkling and pleased. ]
But, you see! This is something I'm glad to learn about you!
[ even if he thinks it's drivel. ]
If you don't feel so strongly, if you don't want my emotions imposed upon you—I want to know these things. If I don't understand yet, then I want to!
[ he is kind of getting a picture of how these relivers are, but not really the whole thing. he's learning. ]
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scien is just :man_standing: as sidon's emotions continues to hit him in waves (and then disappear shortly after in that strange, almost mechanical way)]
My hope is that it won't last forever. Just... keep your distance so I don't need to endure it as strongly.
[icky gross emotions getting all over him]
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I will try to rein them in.
[ he does try, even if they're still... there. ]
But that doesn't change what I've said. Tell me more about you! Your world—the things you're trying to save.
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Don't misunderstand me. I'm only interested in my research.
It is incidental that my research aligns with preserving life and saving others.