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[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

{There's only so much you can do/study whilst waiting for your (mostly) wonderful plan of a society's collapse to fall into place. So! Dietrich comes to the Plane, sitting at a table with a smile charming enough to melt any girl's heart. Or boy, if you swing that way.}

You know, I realize that a few generous people offered to let me borrow some of their literature or technology to study, but I've taken up only a few of those offers. So if anyone here wouldn't mind lending me a book or some item from their world for a short time, I would greatly appreciate the gesture.

{A pause, then he figures explaining it now would save his breath later,} Ah, but I suppose explaining the "why" part would be useful. You see, contrary to most people here, my world is one of limited technology and literature. It seems to be the future for most, the year 3073, but 900 years ago there was a war that pretty much destroyed the world, knowledge quite included. I'm something of a researcher for these things, we call them "Lost Technology", so I'm obviously quite interested in seeing what other worlds have to offer...

{Then nodding to the short stack of books on the table} I also have a few books for Miss Ryoko, if you're here.

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Oh hai] Really? That's awful. But what about those puppet-fighters you can make?

Ah, I might have some things...not fancy things, but I could try and find some? What kinds of 'Lost Technology' did you want?

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, they're useful, but there's only so much they can be useful for. But I created those to begin with, so...

{He smiles} Trust me, anything you think isn't fancy would be wonderful to me. But what kinds...? History books are very useful, but technology in general is useful. Weapons, entertainment, communications, I'm really not picky since you're offering such a valuable thing.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

You know, I think I might be locked out of the TARDIS right now, but when I get the keys back, I'll snatch up a few books for you. Though it goes against the Prime Directive. Ahh, well.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, would you? I'd really appreciate that. She lent me a few books before I got bored, and they were very useful.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

[Nods quickly then disappears from the Astral Plane for a few moments, returning swiftly carrying a somewhat large and non-descript cardboard box, filled with multiple hardcover books - eerily fancy ones. Leather bound covers, gold-edged pages, all first editions and ranging from classic literature to science to children's stories. Bitch don't mess around with her information, ya dig?]

I hope I didn't keep you waiting, Dietrich-san. It took longer than I anticipated to get some of these.


((Delayed fail!mun is delaaaaayed plz forgive me :<))

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Ponders... and then vanishes and reappears, frowning. She has some books about history and politics that Crowley bought for her, as well as a stack of adventure books.] Um. I don't know if these will be very useful. Most of them are made-up stories.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

{He takes them very gingerly, since books like these are like treasures to his world} Ah, no, it's very generous of you. Thank you very much.

{Then thoughtfully,} Though, is there anything you'd like in exchange? I feel kind of bad just taking these.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, not at all. And quite the variety, it looks like~

{He's very happy, really! So he picks up the select few that he picked to hold them up} I can't boast quite as impressive a load, but there's a history book from after Armageddon, a collective of the Church's pope's autobiographies, and a book, if you'd call it that, that I've written about some of the things that I've made. It's more like a research journal, but actually making books is expensive, so.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Just tell me if you need anything else! We're very willing to cooperate~

[If it were anyone else, there would probably be a fangirl squee right here.] They're more impressive than you think! Being able to find out what happened in your reality without having to merge with it... It certainly saves me plenty of time! Not to mention seeing your research should be very interesting~

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Oh, of course, but I'm sure these will hold for quite some time. It's quite a bit more than I expected! I'll have to bring you one of my inventions once I get a proper one that can be given in exchange for all these. It feels like I still owe you a bit...{Nodding to the books he brought}

But you're welcome to keep those. I don't need them back.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Was it too much? I'm sorry! I guess I'm too used to going overboard with my decisions~ [Flips through one of the books, eyes already scanning the pages.] Oh, you don't owe me a thing, Dietrich-san! But... If you feel that way, I have a better idea~

Thank you very much! Are you sure you don't mind? You said one of these was a personal journal...

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, never too much! I'm just a bit surprised. But what is your idea, exactly?

Not at all. Even though it's a journal of work, I keep everything stored in the computer systems that I operate.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Why surprised? I take my job seriously after all. [Giggles and closes book she was reading.] I've been meaning to look into something, but only having one unit gathering the data is far too insufficient. Yet, at the moment there appears to be no other way to acquire it except manually! It's woefully inconvenient! [Slight pouty face goes here. DAMNIT I WANTS MY DATA NOW ;A;]

As long as you're okay with it.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

{Simply} Ah, manually? How do you mean?

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Asking the people involved first-hand, mostly. It's too tedious for what I'm curious about.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I see.

{Thoughtfully,} Though, if you'd really like to learn about this place, the other worlds, whatever you want, you should ask a sentient being called the TARDIS. It's a time traveling machine that contains...quite a lot of knowledge. Though, she's terribly reluctant to offer it.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

I'm already working on that! [:D] It's something else. A person I met mentioned "the Machine breaking", and that it doing so all but destroyed their realities. You would think that something so strange would be looked into, but no one investigated it! Even if the Twins said nothing, it sounds like a wonderful challenge! It shouldn't be that hard to figure it out for oneself!

So - I want to.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

{Truly, a girl after his own heart :'D} Ahhh, it's a noble cause. Digging on one's own, though, it's a bit troublesome. Perhaps we should make a temporary alliance for the sake of figuring this place out. There's so much that I'd like to learn, but it's hard to do so discreetly.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

[Oh bb ;D] That's exactly what I was thinking! Two units working in tandem is a far better alternative than working separately! With these circumstances, it won't be long before phenomena start lining up for us! [Puts hands on the table and leans over to get all up in your personal spaces and :D at.] Does this mean you agree with me, Dietrich-san?

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

{Laughs pleasantly} You certainly have an interesting way of wording things. But I do agree, and it'd be a pleasure to ally myself with you, Miss Ryoko.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Interesting? I've been called worse~ [GLEE! Cue 90-degrees bow this time.] Thank you very much! I hope I'm good enough to work alongside you.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, you must be, if you're so interested in the mechanics of this place. Most people lose interest quickly enough.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

Those people don't know how wonderful an opportunity this is! It's a human trait for them to take things for granted, but even so!

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, but there are some things that humans don't really want to look into, if only to content themselves with their existence.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

.......

I wonder, is that what constitutes the phrase "ignorance is bliss"?

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Most certainly. There is merit to the phrase, though I personally find ignorance unsettling.

[gusadere.livejournal.com]

As do I! Those who are guilty of ignorance are just as guilty as everyone else, if not moreso!

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah, then it would seem that the Plane hosts quite a lot of "guilty" people.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

There are a few upsides to having all time and space at your disposal. By the way, how've you been? It seems your little game with the TARDIS did you little harm.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

So it would seem! I can only imagine what that kind of power would be like, though.

Ah, but I've been fine. I haven't been coming here often, since I have work to do at "home", but that should reach its peak soon. As far as the TARDIS, nothing that dropping off the Plane wouldn't solve has bothered me.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Did that wolf-goddess thing try to kill you? She refused to leave me alone at all after Self and I killed Hei. Dreadfully annoying. I hope some of your work is at least interesting.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Oh, a few times, yes. It's terribly inconvenient and troublesome, though the few times I've been here recently, it hasn't tried to kill me. Or rather, hasn't been around to, at least.

Ah, but my work is very interesting. The politics are nothing new, but it's quite fun to have my puppet. Former noble of the Methuselah empire, now deceased, so I've reanimated him with my strings. Playing with his best friend through that body is also very fun. It's a good way to pass the time, and ends up being useful because of the other's position.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope backstabbing has been involved. There's nothing like a little treachery inserted into a friendship.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Of course. Though, he did that himself without the help of my strings.

{Smiling~ Radu is Dietrich's favorite toy, after all} The two were childhood friends, actually. Radu joined the Orden quite a while ago, but never told his friend, of course. It was only recently, in fact. The two of them had gone on the behalf of the Methuselah Empire to keep peace at the Vatican, but Radu, ah...we'll just say interfered a bit. A few dead priests and nuns, an assassination attempt on a prominent cardinal, things like that. Then it came to the point that his friend was a hindrance, so he attempted to kill him.

Obviously, he didn't succeed, but it was fun to watch all the same. And without my strings even, it's hard to believe.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

All of that, and you didn't even have to puppet it? That's convenient. I can never really tell if I prefer staging a show or just sitting in the audience.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

It depends. I've enjoyed both, really. Though, just watching can be boring if there's really nothing else to do.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Nice for relaxing, though. Over popcorn or a cup of tea or that sort of thing.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Very true. Though for now I just hope that things go well more than taunt Radu from beyond the grave. I'm sure that if they don't my supervisors will be...ah...unhappy, to say the least.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Oh, supervisors are always throwing fits. Never leave anything up to hope, though. You can lose entire planets that way.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Then I will make sure that things go well. It's merely the interference of one of my supervisor's dear brother that makes me worry.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a conflict of interests to me. I would have expected that supervisors like yours wouldn't hesitate to remove anyone interfering.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Ah...you'd be surprised. It's a long story, but it's basically that Cain wants to kill Abel. Ironic, isn't it? Though it's a shame, since that means that I can't do it myself.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Nothing like a few Biblical parallels to top off the day, is there? And you're sure you don't want to just go around and kill the man anyway? For the greater good and all that.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

I've considered it several times, but the only reason that there are two above me is because I know they're more powerful than I. Ah, and besides that, I respect them both, since they were the ones that brought me to the Orden rather than let me sit idly in the village of corpses I had made.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, I suppose. As long as they're not insufferable, anyway.

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

A vampire that feeds off the blood of vampires, and a man that may as well be immortal. Isaak told me that one name he once went by is Count Saint-Germain, if you're familiar. Though, I rarely see Cain. After getting thrown into space, his body has a hard time staying...ah, together, I suppose it is.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

In...? Oh no, that's all right.