Star 018

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Please excuse Isaac while he drops a few bodies into The Hole.

MMkay?

Alright then.

Turning away, it's evident that there's something 'off' about Isaac. He seems....not drunk persay, but definitely slightly 'out of it.' It seems to wear off after some time on the plane though, especially as he wanders over towards the kitchen for something to eat.]

Comments

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[a thoughtful nod]

What else about it?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

What else do you want to know? I don't know everything, but I'll tell you what I can.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Could you tell me what it can do?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Well, I can manipulate earth and rock and heal people a bit, but not as well as Mia.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

How does it do that?

[and now she's not going to stop asking questions ever. Good job, Isaac!]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[He shrugs] I don't know. But only a few people in the world can manipulate it.

[Isaac's best friend has the mental processing power of a brick. He's since leaned patience]

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[considers]

Do you know how you manipulate it?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Yes and no. There are things I do that I have to think about, but a lot of it is instinctive.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Could you tell me about the bits you do know?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Well...you have to know exactly what you want to do with it, and then you have to gather the energy...[Martha probably WON'T be able to see the psynergy rings around him, but she may notice the tension in his posture]... and direct it to what you want to do! [And as he says that, a nearby clod of earth that someone or another must have brought suddenly shoots straight up into the air.]

I can only manipulate earth by myself...that is, without certain focus items or Djinn.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[Martha STARES]

That was incredible.

[it doesn't matter how many times they show her awesome magic tricks on the Plane, she'll still be wow'd by it EVERY TIME!]

But you can do that with other--things, then? With 'focus items' or 'Djinn' - like, genies?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[He nods and blushes a tiny bit, then digs in his pockets for a small blue gem shaped like a teardrop.] This is the Douse Drop! [And after a moment's concentration, it's raining over the pillar of earth]

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[Martha's face reads like today has unexpectedly become a holiday and a birthday]

That's so amazing! And ... completely impossible, but oh my God! [she steps forward to touch the earth and the rain] Oh my God! That's brilliant!

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[May or may not be as red as a beet] I'd show you a Djinn, but I can't bring them here, for some reason.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[As Martha considers, she is missing out on Isaac's red face] They're alive, right? I've never been able to bring anything that's alive here.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

I think so....We're still not entirely sure what they are.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[incredulous] But you use them for ma--with Psyenergy.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[He nods] They change how we can manipulate it. They make us stronger, too.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

And you're not sure if they're alive.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Well...They're spirits, and Flint talks to me sometimes.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty much like life to me. I don't think you're talking AI here, anyway.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

AI?

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

Artificial Intelligence. Like, a robot that can think and feel like a human can.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Nope. You lost him.]

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

...you have no idea what a robot is, do you?