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[Senku waves slightly.]

I'm Senku, if you don't know me. [Everyone can't possibly know him, at least, but they've probably seen him around he certainly has a distinct hairstyle, that and he's always working on a project.]

Had a bit of a slow start from the last mission, but I wanted to tell people about the supplies we picked up during the last mission, so you know the food that's available to you.

We picked up fifty-five konjac roots from the devil's tongue plants. I used about ten to make some Shirataki noodles, which are a vegan substitute. The technique can be used in a variety of ways, to substitute for other things, which I'm happy to help with if people have requests. There are about forty roots left over, just stored in the pantry. I'm not a vegan so I don't really know what people might like specifically, but it's fairly easy to do.

Aside from that, we picked up forty passionflora, which included an average of three fruit per plant. To that end, I've put forty of the fruits in the fridge, and I'll replenish them when they're out. The rest are being stored in the arms band so they don't spoil. If I don't notice, don't hesitate to tell me, or if you want them for a project or something.

We also picked up seventy-five cocoa pods full of cocoa beans. I've got them all out of the pods right now, but that means in the next two weeks I'll be making cocoa powder and chocolate, that will end up in the pantry when it's ready. We tried to gather a lot of that specifically, but chocolate takes a long time to process, so it won't be ready until then.

I had help gathering these things from Gen, Inigo, Tidus and Roland on the last mission. If anyone is interested in learning how to make chocolate, or interested in gathering things the next mission we go on, don't hesitate to ask me, I intend on continuing to do this for the forseeable future. [It's his hobby okay.]

Does anyone have any questions about any of that? [He'll stay by the ICP, but he's already picking up what looks like an animal pelt and a bone needle and stitching. He doesn't like to sit idle.]

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That is a good question, and yes they can be. In the terms of radio waves, that we're talking about, there are certain metals and materials that can interfere with the signal. You could also lose the message by being outside the radius of the tower.

If I went to the luggage car and screamed at the top of my lungs, you wouldn't hear me in standard no matter what I did. On top of that, any closed doors would stop my sound and dampen it further. Signals work like that too. At the bottom of the tower is usually a power source to boost the signal as far as they can get it.

Communication is a fascinating resource that people have come up with. Apart from the basics there, then humans went about trying to pass messages without other people overhearing them.

[ It's a bit of a tangent, but he thinks it's cool. ]

You can do a few things. You can alter the signal so you need a different device to decipher it. You can change frequencies, which is like the line the signal is being sent along. You can send things in code, so you're not understood.

Ah, yeah, I've heard of that too! That's something you can do even if you don't have modern technology, after all.

[ And while subterfuge wasn't exactly necessary anymore by the time he got old enough to use it, Inigo still remembers seeing examples of it when he was much younger - if not just in heroic stories. ]

Like switching around the letters when you're writing! [ He looks a little proud. Maybe it's dumb to look that way over just.. knowing something of what Senku is talking about, but considering how smart Senku is, it already feels like a big accomplishment to Inigo. ]

Correct! [ He's all too thrilled, he likes it when people understand something after all, and if Inigo is proud, Senku is proud of him too. ]

Those are some of the easier ciphers in history, but there are more complicated ones. Like Morse code, which might be more universal, and uses the roman alphabet or our Japanese-specific Uesugi cipher.

They predated modern technology like cell phones and radio waves.

[ He's such a nerd. ]

[ Hey, you don't have to tell him that they predated modern technology! Inigo himself predates modern technology, and he knows about ciphers. Maybe not in detail, since he was still too young back then, but he at least knows of the very concept.

But Senku looks so happy and excited that of course Inigo doesn't bother to even jokingly say something like that, instead he just listens. ]

You seem to enjoy those. And here I thought you were more of a straight out technology kind of guy.

I definitely was, but since my world has no technology left, stuff like that has become increasingly more fascinating.

[ Remember that one time he dropped out of nowhere that they'd been through an apocalypse and all that. Yeah. Senku never explained that. ]

Not that ciphers weren't always fascinating. Communication is how people tend to win wars, after all.

[ .. win wars, huh. Kind of fitting. ]

Do you think that's why this train maybe is blocking our efforts to communicate? [ Inigo realises that sounds kind of vague, but that's why he continues, elaborating: ] I mean, I'm pretty sure that if I could just reach Naga from back home, she'd be able to get all of us out of here and back to our own worlds in no time.

[ There's no hesitation in his voice about that - as if Inigo has full, unshaken faith in it. ]

But even though I'm connected to her, I can't seem to reach her. Do you think a mental connection like that also uses those.. invisible waves? [ NOT LIKE INIGO HAS ANY CLUE.. Does it work the same as technology?? ] Could the train have something that blocks those from going outside?

[ Senku looks like he's thinking. It's not as vague as Inigo thinks, it's something he's discussed more at length with Gen, Tidus and Roland, so of course his mind goes there. ]

From what I understand about mental connections now, it's unlikely it operates on the same invisible waves...but it's a good analogy. Being connected like that lets you send and receive signals, those signals being whatever it is you share between you. I can sort of tell where Eva is, for example, if we're close enough, and I can feel how she's feeling when we're in the same proximity too.

[ He breathes. ]

So. I think the train is fine with communication as long as it's among us. I do think, very specifically, the train does not want us to be able to communicate with anyone outside the train.

I can't speculate as to why, exactly, except that the train wants to keep us here against our wills, for its objective to save worlds in danger, nevermind how dangerous some of our own worlds are and which ones need saving.

We need to find allies outside of this train. [ The last part is murmured quieter, he knows not everyone agrees with this. ]

Naga could help.

[ Inigo figures it's probably not really what Senku means with 'allies outside of this train', that he probably means something more direct, something also out in this void rather than in any specific world.

But Inigo can't help but want to push the point a little all the same, if not just to offer up the possibility. Because he thinks it's such a good one, if they could somehow reach her. ]

She's the Divine Dragon from my world. A god. She helped me travel through time before, and she also powers the Outrealm Gate in my world, which is connected to other worlds. [ Which may be exactly why the train is keeping him from reaching her, Inigo figures. ] If anyone could get us out of here, it's her. And I know she would too, there's no way she would be alright with people being held somewhere against their will!

[ If he sounds like he has just a bit too much faith in her.. well, it's just what happens when your god is an actual physical entity, really. ]

But I don't think my prayers are reaching her at all. And I haven't been able to figure out a way to do make them reach her. I can't even feel her through our usual connection..

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I'm sure she could be helpful, but unfortunately we haven't found a way to contact her. Or anyone else, really. I...really want to get back.

[ He confesses looking a little distracted from what he's doing. Orion head butts his temple. ]

Anyway. I have a lot to do at home.

[ Inigo can just feel his mood deflate at that answer from Senku. But he's determined to not let it show on the outside - and at least he's usually pretty good at that. So despite the feeling that sinks all the way down to his stomach, Inigo keeps smiling on the outside. ]

You will be able to get home.

[ He says it so easily, like it's only natural. Like he isn't worried at all. Instead Inigo just easily continues on sewing. ]

One way or another, we'll find a way. There's nothing a bunch of people can't do if they band together!

[ He didn't mean to do that, despite all evidence to the contrary he was not actually a robot and he did have feelings and for a fleeting moment, he let them win. It was fine, he centered himself again. ]

I know. No matter how long it takes, I will make that happen, one way or another.

[ He smiles a little bit. ]

True power is people. [ He agrees with that. ]

I'm not sure everyone agrees though, about trying to go home so efforts have been...kind of quiet. I wouldn't want to take anyone's choices away, I just want the choice to return, and everyone to get what they want.

I think it's more just that it's.. hard for most people.

[ Even those who do want to return home, because Inigo knows there are some people who'd prefer to stay here, or at the very least not return to their own world. But most of the people on the train probably want to go back to their home, right? Back to the people they miss.

Rather than looking at Senku, he keeps on sewing while he speaks. ]

It's hard to stay motivated when you've been stuck here for a long while, especially when there doesn't seem to be any easy way out. When the train keeps blocking any attempts at improving certain things, or finding ways to get back home. A lot of people probably think, "if someone smarter than me can't figure a way out of here, then how could I?"

Ah...

[ Was he doing emotions wrong again? Probably, right? He isn't sure what to say, it feels like Inigo is correcting him and he just bypasses that then, he'll let that go. ]

I guess I don't understand that. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't stop trying when something is going to be possible at some point. Science in a nutshell really. Nothing comes easy. Nothing comes without effort so I don't...

[ He's had his doubts, he's had his moments, but he tries not to. They're weaknesses, aren't they. He can't relate to finding someone smarter than him, there were precious few people who fit that bill. ]

I'm not going to give up.

[ Inigo's gaze flutters up from what he's working on. For a moment he stares at Senku, wordlessly. Usually this is exactly the kind of moment where he'd reach out to hold someone's hand or touch their shoulder, but Inigo knows that kind of thing is a problem with Senku, so he doesn't.

But he does put the needle down for a moment, as if to show he's giving the other his full attention for a moment as he speaks. Anything less wouldn't do. ]

Hey, Senku.. It's okay. I know that sort of thing is hard for you to understand, that's why I thought I'd try to explain how other people may think. [ Because, yes, Inigo is also sure there aren't.. a lot of people smarter than Senku.. Is that even possible?

So there's no way he'd relate to that thought. ]

I think it's admirable you don't want to give up. That's a good thing, hold on to that! I just.. [ Inigo's voice trails off, and he shakes his head with a smile. ] I was just worried you might look down on people who aren't as active about it since you wouldn't know why, you know? But I like to think that everyone has their reason. People always have a reason.

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[ It's effective in catching his attention and if he knew the reasoning he'd be appreciative because Inigo isn't wrong that he'd probably be more uncomfortable with the sudden touch. ]

Ah, yeah. Thanks. I mean. I'm trying not to draw conclusions I know that I...do that.

[ He glances away, looking like he's been scolded, which is not far off the mark. ]

No, I wouldn't. [ He shakes his head a little bit, and that's a perception people could have of him, but really that's because maybe some people like him are like that. He doesn't really make those kinds of judgments at all. ]

I also recognize not everyone intends on going home. I'm fine with that too. I just want them to have the choice of what they want to do. I would choose to go home because I have so much work waiting there. My world is in trouble and I can't just abandon it.

[ He exhales and then maybe tries to explain himself. ] I don't- I'm not usually thinking about what other people are thinking about at all. Or what they're doing. I just...figure they're doing their own thing, what they want. Not everyone's just going to see things like I do. Probably no one does. [ He scoffs at himself. He's used to it, painfully so. ] And the things I do have opinions on are just things like looking after each other and making sure everyone is safe and I think everyone should help with that and...

[ He's rambling. He knows he is, but he's just not great at expressing his thoughts when they weren't the logical kind. He isn't sure anyone can appreciate how hard it is for him to do that. He shies away from it at every opportunity, no matter how much it makes people judge him. ]

I don't think the way you think is that strange compared to other people's. Not always, anyway.

[ Sure, there are some ways in which Senku is.. eccentric. Very eccentric. But some of the examples he's giving here aren't that weird to Inigo. He's pretty sure everyone would agree that people who want to stay here should be able to, and that people who want to go home should be able to. Or even wanting to keep everyone safe, that's a pretty common desire..

Though Inigo isn't too sure if Senku himself realises that. When he already says he doesn't think about what others might be thinking. ]

I mean.. I think just about everyone here wants everyone to have the choice of whether they want to go home or not. Most people probably would do something about it if they could. [ Discounting the weirdly rude people on the train, but thankfully those are in the minority. ] But the problem is that they don't think they can.

[ Inigo breathes out. ]

And I understand that. I don't think I can do anything either. I've been trying to think about it, trying to think up ways, but.. everything I think about ends up coming up short. [ Since he's not that smart. And he knows it. ] I bet more people are trying to think of ways to get out of here. But that's not something you can see on the outside.

[ It's only something Inigo realises because he - in total contrast - thinks a little too much about what other people may think. ]

Well that's good maybe...

[ He's skeptical, honestly, because he's got a suspicion that a lot of people do think he has strange thoughts. It doesn't really bother him, he's usually gung ho about everything he puts his heart into. The fact he can't relate to people is more of a challenge the more he tries. It's also kind of exhausting, at that. A big part of him wants him to go back to being the recluse he was years and years ago, but then he'd be lonely.

Now being lonely hurts. He can't quite stand to be alone for long periods of time. ]

Of course anyone can. [ He blinks. He doesn't understand the limitation. ] There's nothing stopping anyone from trying and no idea is bad, considering so far we've collectively gotten nowhere.

[ He nods a little bit. ] I guess. I don't really think about it unless someone tells me something like that. In a lot of ways, I just think about whatever's going on with me.

Of course there's things stopping people from trying.

[ .. well, aside from the train itself, but that is a limitation that Inigo is sure Senku himself is aware of. Isn't that what they all run into, the train limiting the possibilities? ]

For example, I want to reach Naga. So I try to get in touch with her every time we arrive on a new world, just in case it might work one time. So what can I do beyond that? [ He shrugs a little, figuring that it might be harder for Senku to understand this part. That other people run into the limitations of their capacity for thought much quicker than Senku does. ] I just keep trying the same thing over and over, but it's not like there's anything more I can do. I can't figure out what might help get in touch with her more. That's where it ends for people like me, who aren't very smart.

[ Not that he thinks the whole train is as dumb as him.

But, let's be real, there aren't a whole lot of super geniuses either. Because those are rare. ]

[ Senku's brow is furrowed, a sure sign he's trying to understand something and coming up a little short. It's not the words he doesn't understand, but the concept. ]

That's where it..I don't...

[ He presses his lips together a moment and just shakes his head. ]

Alright. I am just going to take what you say as a...a fact or something.

[ Why? Why is that a limitation? Senku can't conceive of a moment when he only has one single idea and nothing after that. ]

It's good you keep trying anyway. I'll keep trying too.

[ That's the best he can offer though. ]

[ Yup, there's that thinky face alright. Though it seems a little hard to believe, even to Inigo who has a vague idea of what Senku is like, that it's this hard to grasp for the other guy.

It may be why Inigo's smile turns a bit wry. ]

Sorry that we can't all be super-geniuses.

[ At least it doesn't sound like a jab at all. Or well, not at Senku. If anything, it's a little self-depricating. ]

It means I run out of ideas pretty quickly.

[ He was going to let it go but Inigo said that and he can't help himself, at all. ]

But then you get more ideas right? I mean...you can't just think something and then not think anymore?

[ He hesitates a moment. ]

I mean, you might not know how to execute the idea or something, but you get ideas...?

[ No, he's really confused about that. He's never understood how people think. ]

[ Inigo starts sewing again, quietly listening to Senku for a few moments. Is it really that hard of a concept for him to understand? Well, if he never even considers what's going on in other people's heads, and it isn't happening in his own.. ]

Do you never run into mental walls or blocks at all?

Not really. I'm mostly limited by things outside my head, and almost never.

[ That's probably a strange concept to consider. ]

At one point we were limited because we didn't have a certain element. That would...there was nothing we could do. It wasn't that I didn't have ideas, but that there were no suitable alternatives. It was frustrating. We got lucky and found some though. Chrome and Suika did.

[ See, that much Inigo can understand too. It's not like he hasn't run into that before either. Especially while talking with Tidus, trying to figure out a way to get past the train's attempts of blocking any and all communication..

But it seems that's the only thing Senku can understand. ]

Well, most people also just have the problem that the well of ideas dries up after a while.

[ Inigo can't help but be a tad insecure about this, worrying if maybe he isn't saying the wrong thing about people he doesn't even personally know.. But he's pretty sure this is a general people trait, and not just an insecure Inigo trait. ]

I have that a lot, really. I'll just think, and nothing more will come to mind. It'll feel like I'm just going in circles, thinking the same things over and over without being able to think of anything new.

[ He's quiet for a moment as he digests what Inigo was saying about how his thought processed worked and he just nodded after a moment. Senku was just going to have to trust Inigo's making a point that's like an initial datapoint. ]

I see...I guess I understand what you're saying. As much as I can anyway. I'm not thinking bad things about you..or anyone else. I promise that. I get people don't think like I do, fundamentally.

[ He sighs a little bit and rubs his forehead. ]

I know I'm difficult.

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