✵ 001; [text/anonymous]

[jumyouboshi]

[A simple anonymous text goes out to the network today. Nothing malicious, honest, just curiosity speaking. For those who know him well, it’s anything but anonymous when they read it. It's a habit of his, after all, and bringing up his identity (or attaching an identity at all) might cause a bit of bias...though asking questions anonymously would subject him to some bias from those browsing the network anyway as well. Shhhh.

Ever-curious, ever-wondering. And...a bit ever-tactless, at times. Despite the fact that several people just returned from something quite traumatic, he’s most interested in their thoughts. However, others are certainly welcome too. Nothing wrong with that.]

Though seemingly unpredictable, the power to traverse worlds may contribute to the growth in humanity’s possibilities. But will it lead to man's destruction instead, or...?

[Of course, he may sound a bit detached, but considering his own situation...oh well. Most of the humans here seemed to want to go "home", despite their duties here, and despite the need of their presences here.

And then an apparently illogical topic jump/subject change. Honestly, it’s something he’s been wondering for quite a while now, ever since his arrival. Now that people have experienced more of the proof of existence of multiple worlds, surely this would be a good time to bring it up.]

Hinoto-Ri, I wish to know. What do the worlds you hail from possess that make you desire to return to them so?

[A pause in the typing, as if he just thought of something else.]

Or, for those who have recently returned, another question, if you will. What in this world did you desire while you remained in another?

[...He’s expecting answers like “not going through hell and back”, for the last one. Though given what he’s overheard, he’d pick Hinoto-Ri over wherever they went himself any day. Alcor couldn’t blame them in the least. Humans shouldn't have to needlessly suffer...]

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[jumyouboshi]

[...Well, he might seem "crazy" to humans, but...]

I had thought that the majority of you are seeking such a thing.

[Of course, that's a majority...]

[thewunderkind]

Pffft. No way! If I go back I'll just be stashed away as a prisoner of war. Blue Moon civilians would probably be screaming for my head.

And Orange Star, Green Earth, Yellow Comet...

[jumyouboshi]

[Well, if she did something to civilians, he wasn't quite sure if he could blame them, there...

...But there's no absolute right and wrong. And he's assuming "Blue Moon" and those...colorful celestial bodies...are names of nations of sorts, since civilians were brought up.]

...That is a notable amount of human nations searching for you. You seek refuge from punishment, then?

[thewunderkind]

Well I was a Commanding Officer of Black Hole, after all! The Wunderkind Lash, at your service...uh...whoever you are, tee hee hee!

Also I sorta helped them out at the end when me and Hawke got kicked out for knowing too much about the new leader's real plan to suck the planet dry.

So while I know the other Commanding Officers were okay with me, I just KNOW they'd have kept me somewhere....really really boring!

[jumyouboshi]

[Oh...alright. That...kind of resonates with him, in a way.]

I see. Do you believe such a punishment is unwarranted?

[thewunderkind]

What? No! I know what I did and I don't regret it! I had fun! I...

...alright I guess I do care a little bit but...and it is kinda weird being alone here too...

[jumyouboshi]

So you do possess some regrets.

[That's a...good thing? Feeling a slight amount of remorse for stuff like that.]

Then, you long for your former bonds as well.

[Don't think he didn't catch that last bit.]

[thewunderkind]

No I don't! [Arguing for her is a fact of life.]

I'm just not used to being alone before, that's all, you big, annoying dummy!

[jumyouboshi]

[wow so tsun]

I see...it is not loneliness, but a longing for familiarity instead. Forgive me for misunderstanding.

[To him, loneliness and being alone are rather different. He was used to being alone for nearly all his life, but never felt...loneliness. Humans need air to breath. Water is wet. The sun is hot. He is alone. Universal facts, they are...supposedly.]

[daswunderkind]

[They make up half of her fabulous hair.]

Yeah you better apologize uh...whoever you are!

[Nailed it.]

[jumyouboshi]

My apologies for offending you.

However, is the admission of loneliness considered offensive to humans? I had thought that an innate desire for closeness amongst your kind was natural.

[thewunderkind]

[Heh heh heh, she got them to apologize.]

Pffft! Only if you're weak! Black Hole conquered others, I only joined Orange Star because I had no choice! I...we didn't have time for stupid emotions like loneliness and closeness and niceness and...[she visibly groans here, but it looks more like forced acting] love. Emotions cloud your judgement and make you inadequate!

Fear no challenge, fear no pain, fear no death! That's the Black Hole motto for you!

[jumyouboshi]

[Lash, getting a guy who apologizes for like everything to apologize isn't exactly an accomplishment worth bragging about.

Ah...a viewpoint he's (unfortunately) encountered before.]

Yet it is such emotions that drive your kind, do they not? From them, humans have drawn supposed weakness as well as strength.

[And don't even get him started on what it's like to literally have no emotions. Those times weren't pretty.]

[daswunderkind]

[Not that she knows and not knowing is half the victory she shall celebrate anyway!!]

Oh yeah! I guess a lot of other soldiers are pretty scared of going to war. That just makes it more fun!

[She is very special!]

[jumyouboshi]

It is natural for humans to both desire and fear war. Man is a species of conflict, yet the prospect of death on the battlefield frightens many. When one dies, all their memories and personality are lost.

Though it seems you find such a prospect amusing, rather than terrifying.

[He is beginning to see that...okay no, he saw that a while ago. Saw it from a mile away.]

[thewunderkind]

...pfft, you make it sound like so much of a downer.

And yeah, I do! What's life worth living for, if you're just stuck doing nothing and being bored? Throw away morality and all that noise, and the entire world becomes open to you!

Besides, if I die, I won't care what happens. I'll be dead anyway! I'm just too young to die right now tho, tee hee hee!

[Yet ironically, she does fear death.]

[jumyouboshi]

That's one way of achieving personal freedom, I suppose.

[...Not the best way, in his opinion, but it's still a way. Even a staralien like him holds some standard of morality, even if it's shaky at best.

...Morals weren't a topic he wanted to touch upon anytime soon anyway.]

A rather carefree mindset. Are you certain about that? Age matters little to death.

[After all, young humans died all the time. Humans died in so many ways...so fragile.]