[She is giving him such a flat look right now, because--she's not quite as keen as Jade, so it really does look to her like he's being as difficult as possible (while still helping).]
Just come in already, jellyfish or not.
[And there's his invitation. She doesn't actually believe he's a jellyfish, but she might be tempted to keep calling him one as long as they're being snarky.]
Anyway, a "slightly-harder-to-kill" human is still a human. You sure don't look like the barrier would hold you.
[He can feel the invisible barrier around her cabin disappear. It's always weird and disgusting, tricking an innocent person to let in a monster.]
I'm not human, no matter how I look. [Though if his supernatural physical abilities don't convince her, the only proof she'll accept will be his nastier powers and - yeah, not gonna happen. Natsuno shrugs, resting a hand on the box.] I don't mind testing it. It'll help us narrow down what it can and can't grab around here.
[Rita makes a half-shrug; whatever he is, it doesn't change anything about him in her eyes. It would be helpful for testing the barrier, though...(even if Natsuno keeps swinging between helpful and kind of not-helpful...he sure is in a mood today...)]
Hmm...then we'll need more space. Let's go to the sports deck.
[Since he lifted the box so easily, going all the way up there shouldn't be a problem, right?]
[No complaints about the elevator on her end. But she is, of course, the picture of innocence when she gives him a flat, somewhat bemused look in response.]
[Being Natsuno is suffering. Rita puts her hands on her hips.]
Hey, who do you take me for? I'm an expert when it comes to blastia.
...You'll have to get his parts out of the box, though.
[...Look, it's a large blastia! The core and main body are at least assembled together already, but there's also a couple of additional, separate parts in the box.]
Do you order people around like this in your world, too?
[Still, Natsuno takes the parts out of the box, and for all his belligerent sarcasm, he treats the blastia with proper care and respect. It's possibly-useful magic device, after all.]
[A shamelessly casual response. He's at least doing better than some people from her world who don't know how to treat blastia with the respect they deserve, though. She's even nodding approvingly before she inspects the parts.]
Now... Hmm...
[She leans in, staring intently at the blastia, hand on her chin in deep thought. Clearly she's considering some very important problem.]
Aha--I've got it! Wilhelm.
[.....No, she was just coming up with a name for it.]
[Maybe she'd take the time to be surprised at how easily Natsuno goes along with using the blastia's name--if she wasn't already so focused on getting it working. She goes over the core and main body, muttering to herself the whole time.]
Let's see... It looks like his parts are already assembled...so we'll just get those connected, and then...
[Satisfied, she activates the blastia: the dark blue core glows, and a touchscreen-like interface appears. Rita's hands fly across the keys as she reads the output above them.]
Hmm, yeah...so the formula's... Good, he's a regular model...I'll just make some adjustments here...
[And then there's the secondary panel, which is separate from the main body and has a tiny core of its own; Rita activates that one too.]
Alright, now I just need to get these synchronized, and...there! He should be all good to go.
[Natsuno watches in interest as she sets "Wilhelm" up. The floating touch-interface is straight out of science fiction. He knows nothing about blastia, but it's obvious Rita is an expert who's done it countless time before. Did she learn it in school? They're about the same age...]
Do they all come with this? [He gestures at the screen.] The ones you and Yuri wear, I mean.
Yeah. Since people can't control aer without using a blastia in the first place, they need to have these interfaces so we can interact with them and input the correct formulae.
[Yeah just a medieval magic world with sci-fi computer magitech it's fine.]
[They have stories--fairy tales--like that. Estelle loves them...
...Anyway, Rita shakes her head as she picks up the auxiliary panel and starts to walk a distance away.]
Nope. Just stay where you are, and I'll see if he can trap you.
[The panel is set back down once she's several feet from him, and she inputs some commands. The main blastia lifts off its stand, floating up into the air a couple of feet above Natsuno--and when she inputs another command, the barrier forms: a shining blue dome that forms below the blastia and encapsulates both Natsuno and the area surrounding him.]
Hmm, alright--now try to break out!
[Sound, air--all of that passes through the barrier without any issues. Whether or not Natsuno can pass through it might be a different question. (There aren't any monsters on Terca Lumireis that were once human, after all.)]
[Hey, more cool sci-fi stuff! Natsuno taps the dome, knocks on it with a fist and presses him palms against it. The barrier holds - would it be like Jade's holy bottles? Rita doesn't seem to be familiar with human-looking monsters, and yet her world's technology still recognizes him as a monster? For a moment something vague and sullen settles in the pit of his stomach.
He's quick to push it away, though. If that's how things are, it's only natural, and there are more important things to test. Natsuno continues to struggle against the barrier, trying to increase the power behind the blows gradually. First like a human would, then like a jinrou who isn't trying very hard. Finally, he steps back against the back "wall" and swings back and worth to build momentum, dashing at full speed to slam his shoulder against the barrier.
Much to his surprise, the barrier just stops resisting altogether and Natsuno pretty much flies through it, crashing on the deck in a totally dignified way.]
[Admittedly, she's a little surprised to see that the barrier's initially repelling him. He really doesn't seem all that different from a human. A barrier like this couldn't have worked on Estelle, surely...but Rita's reminded of the sphere she'd been trapped in, and how it may not have been so different from a reverse barrier, despite some alterations to the formula--
Oh, wait, there he goes, spilling very elegantly onto the deck and snapping Rita out of her thoughts. She heads over and crouches next to him--not worried, because all he did was fall over, really.]
Hmm...that was pretty weird. Looks like he thinks you're close enough to a human.
[Ow. Natsuno sits up, wincing slightly, rubbing the bruised shoulder.]
You were expecting that, though. [He did use to human, not to mention that jinrou like him were built to blend in. Maybe if the item wasn't holy, it wasn't as effective...] It can be a problem if you try using him on the captain, though.
[...and there it is again, another crack in the wall of vagueness. Maybe he should just walk around with "I'm a vampire" t-shirt and get it over with.]
Used to be humans. [A shrug. His face is impassive as usual.] Then we changed.
[Well, that's one way to explain it. Blunt and effective! Even if Rita's going to take some time to really process this, for now, she's just going to kind of stare in shock at Natsuno.]
A...what? How does...
[Look, biology isn't anywhere near her specialty, but she's pretty sure diseases don't normally work like this?!]
How does getting sick change someone that much? That means you didn't have those regenerative powers before, right? What the hell kind of disease was that?
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Just come in already, jellyfish or not.
[And there's his invitation. She doesn't actually believe he's a jellyfish, but she might be tempted to keep calling him one as long as they're being snarky.]
Anyway, a "slightly-harder-to-kill" human is still a human. You sure don't look like the barrier would hold you.
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I'm not human, no matter how I look. [Though if his supernatural physical abilities don't convince her, the only proof she'll accept will be his nastier powers and - yeah, not gonna happen. Natsuno shrugs, resting a hand on the box.] I don't mind testing it. It'll help us narrow down what it can and can't grab around here.
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[Rita makes a half-shrug; whatever he is, it doesn't change anything about him in her eyes. It would be helpful for testing the barrier, though...(even if Natsuno keeps swinging between helpful and kind of not-helpful...he sure is in a mood today...)]
Hmm...then we'll need more space. Let's go to the sports deck.
[Since he lifted the box so easily, going all the way up there shouldn't be a problem, right?]
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Just to be clear. This isn't an invitation to throw elemental magic in my face.
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Huh? Why would I ever do that?
[Like that's ever happened, right? ...Right?]
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Whatever.
[Once on the sports deck, he puts the box down and steps away, hands in pocket.]
Your turn. Just don't make us look like a bad comedy duo.
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Hey, who do you take me for? I'm an expert when it comes to blastia.
...You'll have to get his parts out of the box, though.
[...Look, it's a large blastia! The core and main body are at least assembled together already, but there's also a couple of additional, separate parts in the box.]
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[Still, Natsuno takes the parts out of the box, and for all his belligerent sarcasm, he treats the blastia with proper care and respect. It's possibly-useful magic device, after all.]
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[A shamelessly casual response. He's at least doing better than some people from her world who don't know how to treat blastia with the respect they deserve, though. She's even nodding approvingly before she inspects the parts.]
Now... Hmm...
[She leans in, staring intently at the blastia, hand on her chin in deep thought. Clearly she's considering some very important problem.]
Aha--I've got it! Wilhelm.
[.....No, she was just coming up with a name for it.]
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How do you know it's a boy.
[DAMMIT]
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Actually no, Natsuno is spared from some kind of bizarre blastia sex-ed lecture by Rita blinking at him.]
...I don't really think about it... I just know!
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Just tell me when - [The briefest pause, this is so freaking ridiculous] Wilhelm is ready.
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[Maybe she'd take the time to be surprised at how easily Natsuno goes along with using the blastia's name--if she wasn't already so focused on getting it working. She goes over the core and main body, muttering to herself the whole time.]
Let's see... It looks like his parts are already assembled...so we'll just get those connected, and then...
[Satisfied, she activates the blastia: the dark blue core glows, and a touchscreen-like interface appears. Rita's hands fly across the keys as she reads the output above them.]
Hmm, yeah...so the formula's... Good, he's a regular model...I'll just make some adjustments here...
[And then there's the secondary panel, which is separate from the main body and has a tiny core of its own; Rita activates that one too.]
Alright, now I just need to get these synchronized, and...there! He should be all good to go.
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Do they all come with this? [He gestures at the screen.] The ones you and Yuri wear, I mean.
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Yeah. Since people can't control aer without using a blastia in the first place, they need to have these interfaces so we can interact with them and input the correct formulae.
[Yeah just a medieval magic world with sci-fi computer magitech it's fine.]
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Your magic's totally different from the stories back home. Wizards just wave their hands or a magic wand and stuff happens.
Do I need to do anything for "Wilhelm" to work?
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[They have stories--fairy tales--like that. Estelle loves them...
...Anyway, Rita shakes her head as she picks up the auxiliary panel and starts to walk a distance away.]
Nope. Just stay where you are, and I'll see if he can trap you.
[The panel is set back down once she's several feet from him, and she inputs some commands. The main blastia lifts off its stand, floating up into the air a couple of feet above Natsuno--and when she inputs another command, the barrier forms: a shining blue dome that forms below the blastia and encapsulates both Natsuno and the area surrounding him.]
Hmm, alright--now try to break out!
[Sound, air--all of that passes through the barrier without any issues. Whether or not Natsuno can pass through it might be a different question. (There aren't any monsters on Terca Lumireis that were once human, after all.)]
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He's quick to push it away, though. If that's how things are, it's only natural, and there are more important things to test. Natsuno continues to struggle against the barrier, trying to increase the power behind the blows gradually. First like a human would, then like a jinrou who isn't trying very hard. Finally, he steps back against the back "wall" and swings back and worth to build momentum, dashing at full speed to slam his shoulder against the barrier.
Much to his surprise, the barrier just stops resisting altogether and Natsuno pretty much flies through it, crashing on the deck in a totally dignified way.]
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Oh, wait, there he goes, spilling very elegantly onto the deck and snapping Rita out of her thoughts. She heads over and crouches next to him--not worried, because all he did was fall over, really.]
Hmm...that was pretty weird. Looks like he thinks you're close enough to a human.
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You were expecting that, though. [He did use to human, not to mention that jinrou like him were built to blend in. Maybe if the item wasn't holy, it wasn't as effective...] It can be a problem if you try using him on the captain, though.
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The captain's something else entirely. I wouldn't even know how to start calibrating the barrier...
[She frowns a moment before focusing back on Natsuno curiously.]
I wasn't expecting the barrier to work on you at all. It's almost like...he couldn't quite decide. Are shiki related to humans?
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Used to be humans. [A shrug. His face is impassive as usual.] Then we changed.
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[Rita's face remains blank for a moment--before she does something like a double-take. She's never heard of anything like this before.]
--Wait, what? You...changed? How?
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There was a plague in the village I lived in. Most of those who got sick died. [And some of the dead rose.] I changed.
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A...what? How does...
[Look, biology isn't anywhere near her specialty, but she's pretty sure diseases don't normally work like this?!]
How does getting sick change someone that much? That means you didn't have those regenerative powers before, right? What the hell kind of disease was that?
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