2nd Suitor ❦ Video/Action for Rocket Goldenrod Base, then Anonymous Text ❦

[eternallywithoutfear]

[Justine still is pretty disoriented by the video function, so she tends to stick to audio when making public posts, like right now.]

As predicted, my transition into this new time is rocky at best. Is there anyone in Goldenrod kind enough to escort me through the shops and explain the various novelties invented within the last century and a half or so? I would be most grateful for the gesture.

Ah, and if possible, does anyone know where I might find books that are not dedicated to the animals here? I would quite like to catch up on literature. [And also designs for modern technology, but she's not saying that.

For someone else from the 1800's, this is pretty clearly a flirt, and simply expected of a woman. She's showing off vulnerability that she's actually capable of handling herself in order to play into the role she is used to being in.

Although the act isn't quite perfect. She doesn't sound like she's completely in over her head, and she forgot to throw something in there implying that she's just not smart enough to deal with all the books on animals, but that's just because the people of her time fill in those blanks themselves.]

[Anonymous Public Text, a few hours after the previous message]

But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle's van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man.

Or so said a man long ago in 1844. I can't help but think he's optimistic if he thinks people will even try to die in their 'fittest place'. Of course you hear stories of brave men taking a bullet for a comrade in battle, but they become stories because of how rare it is. I don't think I've met anyone who would sacrifice themselves for another.

Would you?

Comments

[text]

[darkenedgales]

I try not to die in general

but to answer the question: yeah, I would.

[Anonymous Text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

Even if that 'another' were a complete stranger to you?

[text]

[darkenedgales]

if I had to and could choose I'd rather die for someone I know

but that's not what you're asking about so

depends on the circumstances? I wanna say yes but whatever I say here while lying on my damn comfy bed in my hotel room and eating snacks and mulling over your questions for however long I feel like doing is kinda different than if I was there and had to make decision right now without room for debate or doubt and knowing there's no turning back

[... Okay fuck that was probably needlessly dramatic.]

uh what I'm trying to say is

I guess it's one of those things you don't know until you experience them?

but I still think yes

would suck for me if whoever I sacrificed myself for turned out to be an ass later on though

[Anonymous Text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

If you don't know what you would do, then assume the worst. People tend to be more accurate that way.

Yet even so, would you like to find out for sure?

[anonymous text]

[usedlaserbeam]

[Well, now, that's a little curious, isn't it. Okay, he'll play the philosophy game today. Why not.]

I have. Moreover, I can say with certainty that any one of my associates would unhesitatingly die for the sake of our captain, if such a thing were possible.

[anonymous text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

Loyalty. A much admired trait, but I have to wonder how admirable it really is.

Say it was a complete stranger. Would you still do it?

[anonymous text]

[usedlaserbeam]

A perfect stranger? Don't be ridiculous. That's an entirely different circumstance.

[anonymous text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

Then let's make the circumstances less certain. What if you were just risking your life for theirs instead?

[Text]

[anabottleofcola]

What a question!

I would, and I have known at least as many others who would likewise sacrifice themselves for another as I've known cowards.

[Anonymous Text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

You're so certain. How can you be sure?

[Text]

[anabottleofcola]

I've traveled in the company of scores of those who would throw themselves within range of a bomb's blast for someone else, and I've seen them do so times enough for my confidence to be steady.

If you'll pardon, what's the reason for your skepticism?

[audio] c-c-c-combo breaker

[enjoymyatelier]

[...he's not usually one to reply to posts asking for help outside of questions about training Pokemon, but this one catches his interest...]

You would be from... the 1850s, then? Unless I'm off by a decade or so... I'll admit, this place is over a decade off from my point in time-not only that, but the technology here is different from what it seems like we'll have in the near future.

In any case, while it's extremely difficult to find books that have nothing to do with these Pokemon whatsoever, the literature isn't particularly difficult to come across. It can be a bit... strange, though, of course.

[audio] o/5

[eternallywithoutfear]

1858, to be specific. I was hoping that there would be something to the tune of what my world would have recently written--perhaps a poem from during one of those supposed 'World Wars'. Simply something to help me examine the current culture and how it has changed from what I know.

[audio]

[enjoymyatelier]

Unfortunately, I can't say that I know whether or not you're going to find something like that here, since I can't even be sure if this place has the equivalent historical events. It has some equivalent works of art and literature, certainly, but it's still very different from the world I'm from.

text.

[flareblitz]

[ Normally, he wouldn't bother with questions like these, but dead people seem to be the flavor of the day. So what's a little more.

Lazy, lazy texting: ]

depends on the person

circumstance

other factors

Anonymous Text

[eternallywithoutfear]

Let's say that it was a person you didn't know, no one was watching, and to your knowledge, you were only risking yourself for his life.

What would you do?

text.

[flareblitz]

risking or dying?

[Anonymous Text]

[scientificflair]

Are you expecting to get an answer that isn't "That depends on the circumstances"? That's the most that can be said to such a vague question, I think.

[Anonymous Text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

People fill in the blanks themselves and answer the quetion they think I am asking. It is particularly interesting when they do that.

Yet so far, I have heard a range of answers, with most people quite confident that they would sacrifice themselves, at least for those they care about. What about you?

[Anonymous Text]

[scientificflair]

[There's a bit of a pause before the next text; it is a good question, in some ways, at least.]

I can't think of any one person, off the top of my head, that I would sacrifice myself for. But I'm more than willing to sacrifice myself for a cause. Should it resonate strongly enough, of course.

Though I'd try to solve the puzzle of how to go about serving my cause without dying first before doing anything of the sort. It defeats the purpose a bit otherwise.

[Text]

[foolishwren]

depends on the person

[Anonymous Text]

[eternallywithoutfear]

Say it was a complete stranger, and as far as you know, you're only risking your life for his.

And there is no one to watch you.

What would you do?

[Anonymous Text]

[foolishwren]

if it was just some random shmuck, probably not.

but it depends on the circumstances, i guess. you never really know until it actually happens

video

[kingbowser]

Gwa ha ha! Good luck finding anything that doesn't revolve around Pokémon in this place. Ya might be able to dig up some cook books, but given how much this world revolves around 'em, I doubt you'd find much else.

[He chuckles, and... why yes, those are some very sharp teeth.]

[Audio forever]

[eternallywithoutfear]

[Yes. Very sharp.

Luckily, she's not easily intimidated.]

More's the pity, I suppose. You would not happen to know of anyone who is particularly well-versed in modern poetry, would you?