rest, my brother, and tell me all about the ocean

[extramural]

FORM: Sending crystal.
SENDER: The Outsider
RECIPIENT: everyone
WHAT: Poking the hornets nest.
WHEN: Nowish?
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: He creepy.

What a tumultuous time it is in this world. An empire at war, ancient protectors showing what many feel to be their true colors, strangers falling from the sky -- the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I am not of this world, though it bares similarities to my own -- namely a prominent disdain for the other and ridiculous class differences -- as much it it shows its differences. Empires rise and fall; I admittedly have little interest in wars that have played out hundreds of times in similar ways across hundreds of worlds.

However, I do want to know what you find interesting about this world, if you will share.

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

I'm not saying it's regular. Most people into body mods only go so far as tattoos or a couple piercings. That kinda shit's more on the extreme end of things.

Aliens are aliens because they didn't originate from Earth. Uh, our home planet. Humans I'm pretty sure are the only other sentient species, so that makes the not-humans from not-Earth the aliens. They're...extra-terrestrials.

[extramural]

But it does happen. I imagine it could be quite the fashion statement in my own world, if they knew.

[ and now he's. learning about aliens. ]

I see. And you think these ones in particular are- ugly? [ church please just. give him more to go on about aliens please. ]

[motherfucking_ghost]

Uh, yeah, they're pretty ugly at least from my standpoint. They're very...weird. Way different biology. I mean at least they've got two legs and mouths and hands? But their knees bend like a dog or a horse or something, and the fingers they do have are pretty claw-like, and you know crabs? Their mouths are like crabs. But with teeth.

You, heheh, you could say they're out of this world. [CHURCH NO]

[extramural]

[ c h u r c h . . . ]

I imagine it is all very suitable, in their own world. They are likely fast.

[motherfucking_ghost]

They're a little too fast for my liking on other planets, too. I got stabbed by one of those big fuckers. It's not fun!

[extramural]

They use weapons?

[motherfucking_ghost]

Do people use weapons when they're at war? Yeah, they use weapons, and not just stabby plasma swords. We're talking full scale, guns and spaceships and destroying planets.

[extramural]

Intelligent predators. Most humans are used to being the only ones they know.

It must be frightening, at times.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Intergalactic space wars that span decades can be frightening, but man, look, the aliens are assholes with some shiny tech, but let me tell you that it's other people that fucked up my life more.

...I mean, if you wanna get super technical, other people fucked up my life because of the alien space war, so it's kind of still their fault...

[extramural]

[ Aw, Church. And people call you clueless. ]

Though not specifically intended, [ he points out, chuckling slightly. ]