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[axeofoath]

Resolutions are quite an interesting tradition, and certainly one to appreciate! Working hard to reach your goals for the year...I resolved to help a busy man named Santa--or is he Father Christmas? In any case, it would be wonderful to assist him in bringing presents to good people.

So, to that end, I will be collecting "pin-up magazines"! Young Master, would you happen to have any?

[ooc: Result of this. 8D No, he doesn't know what a pin-up magazine is. Troll away~?]

Comments

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Accepted.

I am an artificial intelligence -- a machine with a sentient mind.

[axeofoath]

A-artificial...S-s-sentient machine? I'm not entirely--I-is it magic?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not magic. With the right circuits and programs and complexity, a machine can be made to think.

[axeofoath]

A-ah...Is that so...?

[Though his hesitant tone of voice makes it obvious he doesn't understand one bit.]

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Your world clearly had no decent technology...still, yes, it is true. Where does your society stand, in terms of technology?

[axeofoath]

I suppose we have very different ideas of decent technology...

I'm not certain how best to describe it in comparison, however--nearly all of the machines here in the City are unfamiliar to me. Some work is done through the use of magic.

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

I see. There is no magic in my world.

[axeofoath]

Really? There's truly none at all? H-how different that must be!

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

In the land of the technological, the greatest machine wins.

That would be me. And that is how it is different.

[axeofoath]

Do...you mean to say that you rule your world?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

...I once did.

[axeofoath]

Once? Did something happen?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[axeofoath]

I...I see. A rebellion of sorts?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

One could call it that, yes.

[axeofoath]

How unfortunate...

I don't suppose you might be willing to share the reason for that, would you?

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

What reason do you have, for wanting to know?

[axeofoath]

...Mere curiosity. Rebellions happen for reasons, if not always good ones. Ah--However, please don't feel you need to discuss it with me!

[citadelspirit.livejournal.com]

They refused my rule and wanted their own brand of anarchy, and so they threw all nearby forces at me to attempt a coup. They all died...except for one man, who was victorious, and that one was all that was required.

[axeofoath]

...A-all of them?

[That's a lot to take in, especially when he can't begin to understand her abilities. Wars are ugly, but for all of them to die-]

I can only guess from what you've told me, but...Something caused them to be unhappy with your state of rule.

[He makes it a statement, not a question.]