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rabbit 2, evening [video]

[ Seto is in the library, downstairs with the colorful posters and the cutesy model train carrying books in the background. He's holding his notebook, squinting at it briefly before he speaks. ]

...good evening. It's been a while since I've made noise publicly, so. I'm Seto Kaiba from Orange, if we haven't met. I'm usually working on game design in the games car or tech in the lab. I'll work with you on those things, but that's not what I'm here about.

So I recently bought some books for our library that I've spent the last day reading, and I wanted to point out their contents---in this case, it's all theories on the spiritual side of void travel. That's not my area, so someone more attuned with that would probably be better at interpreting the text than I am. But here's what I could glean:

The first book was about a history of void worship in void-active worlds. The people who get prophetic dreams developed whole religions around them. The second was about our void-selves being souls, and asked a bunch of questions about the implications of that, but no answers. Annoying.

But it was the last book that interested me the most. It was from a group of void travelers who work with the Ministry, but disagree with their philosophy. I was reminded of Captain Halo, for those of you who remember her. For those who don't, she was the captain of a crashed voidcraft a few of us met on a mission planet a while ago. She died when her craft did, because she was tethered to it, but she had a clear mission: to save the 'weird' beauty of the void.

Anyway, the travelers crafted their stories into a really wordy narrative that took me a while to digest. They claim void travel is possible even at the basic level because souls call out to each other. People who didn't set out to become heroes ended up being pulled to worlds in crisis. And there's a brief aside on lost souls, with a clear belief that they can always find their way to where they belong. As much as I'd love to be skeptical...I hope they're right.

That's what I have. They're in the library now if you want to read them yourself, but I know it's a lot to take in if you're newer. There's still so much we don't know, but we're working on it. And I can take a crack at answering questions if you have any.

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Clef waited until he was done recording to speak. "I can make copies of all of those, if you like."

"You think they'll be so popular we need multiples?"

Seto doubted that, but...hey, might be worth it. Just in case a copy gets lost. He hands the books over.

"All right. But you're duplicating the more vital history records too, right?"

"A copy for the library, a copy for you to keep, a copy for me to keep. I have been copying very nearly every book I have had access to."

"And you manage to fit all that into your room?"

It's...well, it'll probably have to involve hammerspace. How he wishes he had access to that.

"In my staff and glove, actually," he said confirming that it was, in fact, hammer space.

"The same place that I keep the Angelic Layer devices."

"...right. I've been so buried in work lately." He looks apologetic, then takes a breath and remembers.

"But if the train rhythm doesn't get any more off-track, I should have time to work on it now."

"I would enjoy that, I think. Though I am thankful that most of my part is already completed as I have a lot of research that I am involved with at the moment."

"All right. I need to...build the interface and arena space, right?"

Forgive him, his head's been full of so much mess.

"I can help with the technology behind the interface, yes. You also are going to be the one dealing with people. I can fulfill the orders, but negotiating how many books or other items are to be paid for each item is up to you."

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"Dealing with people, my favorite subject," Kaiba deadpans. But he's not serious---he promised, he's doing it. No fear there.

"Hm. Think you can enrich yourself off these payments?" It's said as a joke. Just a possible scheme.

"Knowledge is to enrich us all. I seek to make copies of the received books so that we can all learn and grow."

"Good thinking. Nowadays most people duplicate knowledge digitally, but paper books have their value too."

He's content with this at last. "When you're done with that, are you ready to see a demo?"

"If we wait until I am done the demo shall never occour," he said with mild amusement. "I intend to copy every book brought to the library as it comes in. I suspect this shall occupy much of my time while I am on the Train."

Is that second book more along the lines of religious and belief studies than actual research upon the structure of the souls via the void? [Because those were two very different topics of research, even if for some they would be the same. Idia wants hard evidence, not someone's feelings on what they think life was or whatever. Idia wasn't setting himself up quite yet to get into that line of research here... but it might be good to browse through what is already available for when or if he does start that.

Oh! But more important than any books!] Seto! Do you have a sound library available? [Sorry, this is far more important than souls or tethering or any of that, Idia's speech speeding up as he switched topic, that excitement for his project clear in his tone.] I want to try and recreate an old retro game here. I can make the hardware and program it, even do the art assets, but I would need a sound library to try and match up the best I could to the original game. [Because of course it has to be exactly the same! That's the point after all! Such a project needs perfection.]

Mm, it's religion. Like I said, not my area.

[ But he listens to the pivot with interest. ]

Yes. I keep a sound library on my laptop for building new game objects on the fly. Do you want to transfer it now?

Hmmm, I may still have a look at it... maybe some parts of it started as fact and just changed over the years, there still may be something useful to get from it even if we don't realize it right now. [It's amazing how much myth came from events long forgotten. Then a sigh.] Not that I'm expecting much from it but... [Then a sound that sums up a shrug and 'I donno' feel to it, even if not those words.]

Wonderful! I was just going to make a game that would work with the current systems we have, but Emporio inspired me to even make the correct console controllers as well rather than just mapping them to our current ones! I can't wait to get started. [Those improvements they had made to the 3D printer would also help for Idia to work through this.] And a skin to put over the consoles, to make it really feel the part during play. [Of course.] I'll come grab it off you, and I guess that book at the same time.

...feel the part? What genre of game is it?

[ He might want to poke at it...maybe. It's been a while since he's played something new. ]

Star Rogue, the Road of Heroes! [Ah! Just thinking about it makes Idia excited! It's his favorite all time game! He and Ortho had put so many hours into it growing up!] It starts as a basic sci-fi vertical scrolling shooters, but turns into a real bullet hell as you go up in levels, and of course the secret areas. Start simple so all can play, but to dominate it you have to excel and perfect it. [As he continues Idia's tone gets more and more excited. He loves this game!]

It's a zero to hero plot of a prince who had to hide his identity within enemy forces before learning the truth of his birth parents and starting out on a journey to find them and bring peace to Gaia and defeat the armies of Kronos! [All of that said in one, long, rapid fire breath. It's so good!]

A classic tale. And that style of gameplay requires precise control and pattern memorization, right?

I see the appeal. And I have a sound effect library in mind, if you'd like to come download it.

My brother and I used to play it all the time we were younger, though I had to play the harder levels for him. [Less so now...

But back on topic.] Are you busy now, or can I get a copy of them to start going through? Oh, and that book. [He may as well grab that too, see if it's worth his time at all.]

I'm not busy. Come meet me now if you want. I'll be here most of the day.

That all sounds really fascinating Kaiba. [He speaks quietly, turning on video so he can smile at him from where he sits on the edge of his bed.]

The third especially, the idea that we are pulled towards worlds that need help... It really is a different way of looking at things rather than seeing the void much like an ocean...

It was good thinking of you to buy them.

I didn't think of it, the train suggested them to shut me up. But it worked.

I just hope it'll help us find answers.

Do you think that? [He looked at him gently.] You believe it sees us as only nuisances?

No...it cares about us, as much as it can. But its life is pretty exhausting.

[ As he learned from the communication effort...]

And maybe this will be part of the answer to its problems.

I hope so. It does seem to be... trying? I guess none of us are trains, so we can't truly know how it thinks.

How are you feeling after all of that?

I may borrow those books. I don't know if being Death Incarnate will give any additional insight, but I can take a look.

[ Somehow, Thanatos has been finding himself among philosophical topics lately. ]

They're checked in and being copied, just for extra security.

I was hoping the souls book would tell me more about what happens to people who've died as voidselves, or no longer have a body to go back to...but it's not my area of expertise.

[ Ah, that topic again. It could be that Seto is thinking about Osiga, but he also asked that before then. It's a very personal interest for him. ]

How did you discover these books? What did you ask for?

I've been hitting the train's suggestion box. When I landed on the topic of all the friends and allies who are now wandering void ghosts, it recommended this list as guidance.

I wasn't aware the train could do book recommendations beyond that searching tool.

[ Although, isn't that still the train anyways? ]

May have to try that.

Right. When I first boarded, it used to say 'thank you for your feedback' and nothing more to every suggestion. Lately, it's been more able to respond. A group of us are planning to look into why that is, and see what else we can learn.

You think it's something more than the train learning.

[ It's half a question, half a statement. Thanatos finds himself empathizing with the train a lot. His own growth as a person fell in line with the train answering the passengers more than before. ]

The more we can have a conversation...the more good we can do. That's why I want to know what all is possible.

I don't know if I can do anything to help further, but you have my support.

[ Mort squeaks his support too! ]

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