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[explosivecombat]

[TEXT; LOCKED TO doitrockapella]

The offer for conversation is always open, should you desire to take me up on it; I can't guarantee that I'll respond immediately, nor will it necessarily be the response you want, but I'll always respond in some way.

In the name of enlightened discourse.

Comments

[doitrockapella]

I just thought I'd say hello before the train ride puts me to sleep. You're a nice complement to watching the world fly by outside my compartment's window.

[explosivecombat]

I'm rather fond of the trains here, though I can never sleep on them, personally; I tend to be a bit too fascinated by the view.

[doitrockapella]

I usually do. It's a rare occasion when someone else is doing the driving for me, so being able to sleep without having to think about steering is something of a luxury I don't often get.

...The background noise is comforting, too. Engines and motors. It sounds like home.

[explosivecombat]

It's the speed that does it for me, really; I'm not used to anything quite that fast. We have trains, but none that efficient; cars are expensive, usually owned by government officials or high brass, and I've never learned how to drive besides.

I seem to recall that being something you enjoy doing, though - driving, that is.

[doitrockapella]

Magnet train technology would be several decades out of your league. Your trains are still steam-powered, I imagine? I have a soft spot for those, too, but certainly not for when I want to go fast.

I miss driving. Riding a Growlithe or piloting an Aerodactyl is fine, but it's just not the same.

[explosivecombat]

They are, yes - I've done battle while on the outside of a moving one once. It brought a bit of a challenge to it; of course, doing anything of the sort on the train here is completely out of the question.

And I should think not - how can you stand having that much contact with an animal for an extended length of time like that?

[doitrockapella]

I hijacked one from horseback once. Likewise out of the question, even on the variety of horses you can find around here.

What is there to stand? You're not fond of the fur and feathers?

[explosivecombat]

That, and I just think entirely too much about how I'm spending far too much time on something alive. There's something about it that's always bothered me; you should have seen my parents trying to get me to ride horses when I was younger - I certainly can, but I've sworn never to do it again.

[doitrockapella]

I remember the dogs, but I didn't realize you had horses, too.

I don't know. Around here it doesn't bother me as much because the animals I'm riding feel as much like old friends as they do pets. Like traveling is teamwork, I suppose.

[explosivecombat]

I wanted nothing to do with them; the horse was my sister's.

I've never minded things like Steelixes and the like, though - those have always been fine. I suppose it's because they feel less organic.

[doitrockapella]

Why am I not surprised.

A Skarmory might be a good investment in terms of air travel, then. Assuming you keep your extremities well out of the way of its wings.

[explosivecombat]

That latter point would be exactly why I don't have one.

[doitrockapella]

You know, I have eleven things that fly on my roster and I honestly don't think a single one would meet your preferred criteria.

That strikes me as almost impressive, somehow.

[explosivecombat]

Almost nothing that flies does, but then, I've always hated birds.

I had a Togekiss before I was sent back to Amestris last year, however. That one was actually fun.

[doitrockapella]

You hate them too? Now I'm surprised.

If you don't have some deep-seated objection to suits of armor, Golurk can fly. It's a nine-foot steel golem.

[explosivecombat]

...Some people from the world I'm from might find that to be in poor taste - it's a long story - but that's never bothered me before. I'll keep that in mind.

Why does it surprise you, though?

[doitrockapella]

My boyfriend was afraid of them. The reason I got my first dragon was so that we could travel together; prior to that, all I had were birds, and he didn't have anything that knew Fly. So I usually drove, and for that I needed something with wings that wouldn't send him into fits.

[explosivecombat]

Ah, I see - it's not a fear in my case so much as it is general dislike. It's the possibility of contamination and finding them largely annoying in terms of behavior, primarily.

[doitrockapella]

You're going to twitch when I tell you I occasionally sleep on mine, aren't you.

[explosivecombat]

...So you're just inhaling all that. Lovely.

[doitrockapella]

Oh, I doubt the bird contamination will kill me before the radiation waves from the Gear will.

I used to have a pair of wings I bet you'd approve of, though.

[explosivecombat]

[woman]

Well, surely you know you can't just leave it at that.

[doitrockapella]

I wasn't planning to.

It was a collapsible glider. It was light enough to wear on your back and you could trigger the wings to extend by remote in a timespan of...oh, about a second or two. I won't get into specifics of how it was powered because I imagine you'll just get the wrong idea and start wondering how it didn't set my back on fire or burn my legs clean off, but suffice to say, I could climb the Goldenrod Radio Tower and leap off backwards, and be soaring back up before I was halfway to the ground.

[explosivecombat]

You know, while I've appreciated the occasional discussion about these things that we've had, I can say with all certainty that if I were to see the world you come from, that's the sort of technology that would interest me.

It has its practical uses, I'm sure, but I've never been opposed to practical things that can enable my usual tendencies toward recklessness.

[doitrockapella]

My organization has an entire division dedicated solely to designing and manufacturing toys like that for me. Headed up by a mad scientist, of course; her tendency to try to backstab me is a permissible tradeoff in exchange for the work she puts out.

It's designed for my weight, though; you'd need one calibrated to your own measurements. Not that it'd be particularly difficult — especially not considering the person you'd be asking for it. She speaks Drachman, too.