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Ah, she started young, then… Is that what she-
…you know, I feel like we’ve had this particular conversation before.
I was curious, though, in terms of character and development and such if she’d always been a bartender or if…
nope, this feels familiar, too.
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That’s a pretty legitimate theory, the Pre-Fall Humans would have built objects like the Ringworld to fulfil their need for differing social structures as well as sheer space. Any kind of government or social structure would have been represented, from Despotic Monarchies to Divine Mandates and Hyper-Democratic Federations. You have the resources and space to go off with a bunch of fellow believers and set up everything you could possibly need with basically no effort on your part.
This means that basically anyone could have made it inside the Rings before they were sealed.
At this time Vitruvian does have the necessary equipment you specify, he’s a very complex machine after all.
I am spoiling all of you, aren’t I? That’s a holdover from the days when this was a group project that collapsed in on itself.
I like group work, but there are no guarantees.
C’est la Vie, eh?
Don’t worry, there are ways and means of avoiding the pinch if you’re quick enough and able to offer an adequate distraction. You learn to grow eyes in the back of your head, though. It basically evolved into an arms race between supple flesh and the ingenuity of an old man.
Thankfully mostly directed at customers and older bartenders given your youth.
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…I think I’m going to regret saying this, but perhaps you should save the title An Upright Machine for whenever Vitruvian’s romance scene plays out…
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Well, I liked the Les Miserables reference but you’re right. I should save that one for a saucy pun, really.
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Or, mr. Gray, if my speculation is true, I suppose. 
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Since I love anything that can beget drama I must inquire as to what some of these instances are.
Unrelated to that, some part of me feels the need for a pun vault for all the puns here.
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Classy literature reference… naughty word play…That’s not a choice I’d want to be faced with, honestly. I don’t envy you.
I second this inquiry.
…so long as you keep all of mine hidden under a pile of socks in the vault closet, I think we’ll be safe. But, yeah, honestly, I’d be interested in seeing just how many puns are in this thread.
…huh. Again with the familiarity but… Nex’s wife’s condition is genetic, correct?
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Hmm… Well the Blue-skins would likely be more vulnerable to diseases of the blood like Haemophilia, unless they were spliced with Cetacean DNA to ensure that their blood clots correctly corresponding to the severity of the wound.
Red-Skins would probably suffer from a hardening of their outer skin, leading to an eczema-type skin disorder dialled up to 11 when their outer skin starts to harden and impede movement. This wouldn’t be common, but might affect a small percentage of children. There would also be a greater change of illnesses like Vertigo due to their enlarged sense of Spatial Awareness receiving ‘false reports’, although that may not strictly fall under genetic disorders.
Green-skins might well fall prey to a diabetes-like disorder where their bodies don’t properly metabolise the glucose they create from sunlight, and everybody knows that doesn’t lead anywhere good.
Like the one from Civil War where they sink it into the sea to make sure that Jeremy Renner can’t escape?
It’s like Sophie’s Choice all over again…
Genetic in the sense that she hasn’t evolved a way to dodge falling masonry, I suppose…
Nira’s injuries were sustained when a large slab of marble hit her squarely in the gut, crushing several ribs and more than one organ. She retains some limited movement in her lower body, but is far too weak to move unaided, requiring medicines to aid her breathing and control pain.
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…Right. I do remember this being discussed at one point… That must’ve been the ‘familiarity’ I felt, then - the subconscious knowledge that I was completely wrong.
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49 new replies in 19 hours!! I have lots to catch up on;;
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Alas, they have discovered my weakness…
I love talking about Sci-fi worldbuilding minutiae, more so if it’s about my own work.
My ego is currently powering the London Eye. There’s a gear-crank hooked up to my right ear.
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Yep, though before the fall those likely initial obstacles encountered would have been mostly ironed out, considering just how advanced humanity was back then. Of course once the doctors no longer have the knowledge and resources and the great interbreeding in the Rings begins those and all kinds of other problems would probably have returned with a vengeance, that might be another reason why Flash was chosen for the forge, he and his ancestors may have had incredible luck, or perhaps far less bad luck than most in how the random mutations affected them since the fall.
She could probably benefit from the Forge if we could make it not kill her, as the treatment for such injuries would have been extremely trivial for pre-fall medicine. I bet even an “emergency medical hologram” in pre-fall medical facility could perform the necessary surgeries and synthesize the necessary drugs and nervous tissue replacements easily.
Hey! We’re helping you flesh out your ideas and hopefully give you some new ones once in a while too. 
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Wow! Just Wow! Right or wrong, that’s probably not a leap I’d likely have made otherwise.
A different number of chromosomes means they’re a different species and virtually guarantees that they’re not going to easily produce children with the originals. There are likely to be a lot of stillbirths, many, perhaps even all of the children are likely to be infertile similar to mules (donkeys have 62 chromosomes to the 64 chromosomes of horses), and if you’re unlucky many will be born with developmental disabilities similar to trisomy 21 (aka downe syndrome) which is due to an extra chromosome 21. I don’t know why you’d want to intentionally change the number of chromosomes in humans unless you wish to encourage speciation and reduce the liklihood of successful interbreeding.
@Moreau BTW, you mentioned “the church” two or three times. What exactly does this church teach? What are its values and precepts? How does it influence society?
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Emphasis on the flesh in many of your cases, eh…?
But, for the record, I’m also enjoying the ego str-
I like talking about this world you’ve built, I mean.
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One of the most delectable parts of the thread is skimming through and catching colorful phrases entirely out of context such as “sexy blue skin” and “shagging corpses” and wondering why more minds don’t cater to a surrealist lifestyle. Not to mention playing a rousing game of have a shot of absinthe everytime I see the word “pun”. (30. Yes, I can now see through time.)
In fewer words, keep it up. J’adore.
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I do nothing but make leaps. I feel like an extra in West Side Story sometimes…
Remodeling room by room won’t necessarily do much to fix a crooked foundation and… so forth. And, if I can be… that guy, I guess… taking too long to change the system- er, remodel your house could lead to just as many - if not more - deaths than a straight up revolution… Even if you are king/queen/god emperor of the castle, pretty sure the nobility wouldn’t take too kindly to some punk coming in and telling 'em to be excellent to each other…
Ugh, but now I’m getting into ‘this many die now to save this many later?’ and… I’d rather nobody die. Nigh impossible, I know, but I can hope.
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That’s a good way of thinking about it, Artificial Uplift meets Natural Selection with only the lucky few getting out alive and unharmed.
There are still one or two pieces of Pre-Fall medical equipment that are in use today, but renting the use of one for an hour costs more than all of the Yeomen are likely to make in their entire lives. Scarcity breeds demand and demand leads to price-gouging. Ergo the Nobles tend to live longer, healthier lives while their subjects die of preventable illnesses.
You’re quite right, a Pre-Fall medical centre would have Nira on her feet again in less than an hour, but that was then and this is now.
You are quite right there. I would expect no less from the Father of the Rattenkönig. Happy belated Father’s Day by the way…
I confirm or deny nothing!
See? Told you I wasn’t a Geneticist.
The Church of the Nomad is the dominant religious organisation in the Three Rings, centred on ‘Interpreting’ the actions of the Nomad, which silently stalks the perimeter of the Outer Ring. Having a God that is very much real is quite a boon for these particular religious folks, tempered by the fact that the thing hasn’t said a word to anyone since the Fall.
Arinthas’ quest is to use you to win him an audience with the beast in the hopes he can convince it to open the Outer Iris and thus give him access to the true outside world.
If la vie est drôle, then we have no excuse not to be.
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I’m assuming that Arinthas has run the numbers on the likelihood of this scheme working. What are the odds? And what’ll he do if he’s wrong?
And is the MC going to be a tasty admin-privilege flavored treat? Is the Nomad going to… integrate us into whatever its consciousness may be? Is it the fate of Flash/Flash 2.0 to be fed to machines under the supervision of Arinthas?
…will we become the Nomad?
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Well… His key lynchpin (you) was won by making a bargain with a non-corporeal entity who has a penchant for last-minute betrayal and a dark sense of humour, so there is a non-zero chance that this is all going to go a bit pear-shaped, yes.
I can’t really speculate on how lines of communication are established with a two-mile high automaton, so I can offer no concrete details.
Interesting question…
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