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[When Rich appears on the screen, he doesn't look... all that great. He hasn't slept, and his eyes are a little red. As much as he's trying to keep his tone casual, he's not super convincing. He's obviously rattled.]

Yo. Rich Goranski here. Saw we got some more newcomers, and... well, something got my attention.

[Yes, something. Jack certainly doesn't deserve to be referred to as a someone.]

For those of you who haven't gotten saddled with my baggage yet: I come from a world with some pretty dangerous technology. I didn't want to talk about it much, because it sounded like it was something that I could deal with on my own. Didn't see anything that was dangerous around here related to my shit, so.

But now there's a certain robot asshole on this train, and in case he tries anything again, I thought it would be best to get everyone some info.

I left a document on the computer for people to look at. If you wanna talk about it, or if it gets deleted before you can see it, just come talk to me.

[He sighs and runs a hand through his messy hair.]

I know I'm probably being paranoid, but... all I got is information. If this helps anyone, it'll be worth it. Thanks for listening.

((Rich has made a document with his findings and a small warning on Handsome Jack. It's obvious that he's got trauma from robots, so feel free to have your character ignore this warning.

Also, he has not realized yet that he's giving the person he hates information on all his trauma. Whoopsie.

Threads here may have a higher chance of getting into triggering territory regarding mind control and Rich's mental health, so please use my opt out post if you need!))

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... I super don't understand you, dude.

[Both the world he came from and him, really.]

I can't even imagine, even in a fucking apocalypse, trusting someone who was going to kill me. I guess that's why you're leading your group, but damn.

I get that a lot.

[ He's not offended, he just shrugs it off a little bit. ]

I'm the leader because I won the honour in a fight. [ Yeah, that's a story and a half. ] Not because of that, but I managed to gain a lot of my allies and people's compliance through the way I do things. What am I going to do with someone like that?

We don't kill. That's a policy I agreed to, to gain allies. [ He offers another shrug. ] I wasn't particularly bloodthirsty to begin with. We had Hyoga as a captive for awhile, and his second, Homura, but that's not that great either. It's much better to turn people into allies than any of that.

It's a bit of a delicate balance, maybe. If anyone got it in their head that they wanted to remove me with force, I'd be completely helpless. That's the part about leadership that's not particularly great, and I'm not the best at it. That's what I have the Mentalist for.

I don't believe in killing either, if that's what you're saying. Keeping 'em in prison would be the thought I'd have.

[He tries to listen to the rest of the story carefully, maybe just silently amused that he thought he was coming here to spill the beans on his life, and instead had gotten caught up in Senku's strange politics.]

So you took over from some other leader, huh? Why did you feel the need to do that when you want to protect your position now?

And I'm guessing the Mentalist is that Gen guy.

Homura and Hyoga were imprisoned before they were repetrified. It's a lot more work than just locking someone up though. You have to take care of them. They're hostile and dangerous and if you're not careful, they could hurt you. [ Senku explained. ]

Ah, well that's a bit of a story. I was trying to help Chrome. Part of the package deal of being the chief of the village is marrying the priestess and he has a thing for her. Unfortunately, a default and a crafty win later, Chrome couldn't get up, I won on another default.

And he is, yeah. Asagiri Gen. Before the whole thing he was a stage magician.

I mean, yeah, and usually I think prison is bunk in most societies, but when it comes to murderers, I just think it'd be better than letting them go completely free.

Gen's a magician, though, huh? I'll have to ask to see his tricks.

[He chuckles softly as he looks down atthe dough he's been working with.]

You know, you're a strange guy, Senku. I thought you had questions for me, and we've been talking all about you. I like listening and all, but... thought this was gonna be a lot worse.

He prefers mentalist. He likes to be the centre of attention, he'd show you.

[ He's just warning Rich, since Gen always corrects people, and he only calls him a magician when he's trolling him. ]

I asked about it...[ He blinks a moment. He's gotten distracted, sure, but that's about par for the course with him. ]

Did I do it wrong? [ He's mostly just curious, he accepts corrections. ]

O-Oh! Uh, no, nothing like that! I think I just expected someone like you to have a lot more questions.

[He looks away from Senku and pokes at the dough with a finger.]

I thought... maybe you just weren't asking because you were worried I'd be too upset to talk about it.

Highly unlikely.

[ He kneads a little bit, decides he's done and sets the dough aside to rise. ]

I'm not likely to notice that. [ That's just true. ] I was interested in the machine, and maybe what I could do to help.

If...you want to say more, I mean, you can. [ That's a little more effort than what he gave to Matsukaze, really. Gen had sighed at him a lot that time. ]

N-No. It's okay. I really just wanted to give you the information so you'd know what to look out for. In case I started acting really messed up. I wasn't really expecting any help.

[He considers his lump of dough, sets it aside, and shrugs.]

I guess maybe it's just getting easier to talk about. Or your questions were easier to answer.

I got it.

[ It's okay, he can't mess up the dough anyway, and he'll take it to add to the rest to rest and he then went to wash his hands. ]

Well, I guess that's good. I get that. There's things I find difficult to talk about. [ He isn't sure anyone would ask about that though. ] I don't usually get easy, but I'll take it.

Maybe I'm just getting used to your kinds of questions.

[Rich teases gently as he moves to wash his hands.]

So if you really don't have any questions, you can tell me more about this whole tribe thing.

[ Senku chuckles at that. ]

That I also get more often than you'd think. I already know I'm weird, it's not a secret.

[ He can't think of any, he was more interested in the science behind it really, and with that kind of settled. ]

Sure, the bread needs to rise. Depends on what you want to know really. But the bout is a pretty good place to start. I'd been living on the outskirts of the village for six months since then, because I wasn't permitted to set foot there, being an outsider and all that. [ He'll wash his hands too. ]

In that time, we'd been working to make an antibiotic, because Kohaku's sister was very sick. We needed wine and vinegar to complete the chemical process, and the best way to do that was to win the bout and claim it from the village. It worked out for everyone. The favourite, Magma was likely to win and Kohaku didn't like him. She trained Kinro and Ginro, as well as herself to enter. Chrome and I entered at the last minute to try and give someone a default if needed, or tire an opponent that wasn't on our side.

My first match was against Kohaku, which should've ended with me defaulting to pass her through, but Mantle told her that Suika had been hurt so she fled to save her, meaning she didn't quite make it back in time so I won by default.

[There is... a lot of imformation for Rich to parse here.]

Okay, so don't quite know all these people, but I've got the gist. You were just trying to help, but you were seen as an outsider, so you had to compete if you wanted to make medicine. Sounds like the odds were kind of stacked against you guys though.

I guess my big question is how there was a separate village of people in the first place? Everyone got frozen, right? So did enough people break free before you?

They happened to be. In the end, I had one victory and two defaults, including the final round. Really, Chrome was meant to be the one in charge. So that just left me to marry the priestess and become chief.

[ He shakes his head at the question, but he doesn't discourage him, he likes talking about his world, a lot. ]

No, there were six astronauts on the Internation Space Station at the time of the attack, so they were unaffected. They landed and built themselves a settlement on an island quite a ways off the coast of the mainland. They're the descendants from them. At some point, the tribe split in two and some of them headed to the mainland. It would be a bigger village, but they've run into some troubles, famine, that sort of thing.

That's... pretty impressive, really. To end up with a whole village of people from just six people. I thought that was like, kind of impossible, mathematically.

You're not wrong. They got lucky in the genetic lottery over the course of 3700 years, because otherwise the gene pool would've been too much of a problem. They likely had some genetic mutation along the way, but there were probably some difficult generations.

Yeah, it could have been messy, that's for sure. You would have had a lot more to rebuild if they weren't around...

"Yes and no. They didn't have a lot in terms of technology or civilization. They had huts, and baskets, things like that." Senku commented. "Everything else we worked on together, and those were things I'd conquered in my first year." He hummed.

"I'd have to revive more people, is what I'd have to do. And I'd have been alone for another year." That sounded unpleasant to him.

"I mean, sure, but it's still more than just being completely on your own. Sure, maybe you could have handled it, but anyone else... loneliness could have gotten to them, you know?"

"No." Senku said softly, now he looked vulnerable, his expression less confident and more troubled.

"I couldn't be alone again." It had gotten to him, alright, six months was more than enough.

"...Yeah. And that's okay to admit. I'm glad you weren't alone. And that you don't have to be alone here, right?"

Rich at least tries his best to be supportive and comforting. He doesn't want Senku to have to dwell on something so miserable.

"Yeah, it's impossible to be alone here, there is still a presence of people around here."

He took a deep breath and shook it off. Ignoring his problems would completely make them vanish. It was a solid plan.

"Yeah, exactly. And people want to talk to you, so..."

It's always best to ignore any problems, in Rich's opinion.

"Yes, that is the case, despite my dislike and ability to perform small talk adequately." Senku snorted. "No matter how much Roland tries to impress it upon me. He should give up." He waved his hand slightly.

"Heh, I don't think anybody's 'good' at it. Before I had my SQUIP, I couldn't talk to anybody... unless it was over text, and I'd usually shove my foot in my mouth eventually."

Don't ask him about the sexting. Just don't.

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