[ It does take Yuri longer, a reality that can't be helped. The man may be perfectly capable of keeping up on foot with mounted fighters on a battlefield, but that doesn't help him with water or other geographical quirks.
He does get there eventually though, and upon sighting the van, he veers in that direction. ]
[ Gorgug's got some company while waiting. He sits with the driver side door open, letting tunes play of the rock variety, the entity inside his van as chill as ever, being an ear whenever he finds some mindless chatter to talk about to pass the time.
Gorgug isn't sure if many people even come this way anymore. But when he does spot a figure, he watches, but waits for them to approach closer before he lets his dangling legs hit the ground--not a far off way, when his figure comes to 6'6" upon standing, and he rounds the open van door, green hand on its metal. Should he wait for them to come directly to the van? ...well, he decides to be a little nice, and to start walking to meet them, greet them, hands awkwardly balling into the pockets of his hoodie jacket as he calls out: ]
Yuri?
[ Please be Yuri. He should've asked for a photo...!! ]
[ Yuri gives him a mock-salute. Not an awkward bone in this man's body, not unless he talks about the dreaded Feelings. ]
Damn, you're about as tall as Balthus.
[ Little did Yuri suspect he'd be encountering a tree of his caliber in this place. Granted Balthus is also a broad wall of muscle, a mattress-shaped mass of a man, but Yuri seldom sees such height in the wild. ]
Best of both, huh? [ That's not exactly what Gorgug said, but if he's got something of both parents, it sounds like a good thing. ] Guy can't complain about that, yeah?
[ Yuri's got no idea who his father is, but his looks are all his mom, so hey. ]
Sorry about the wait, no handy vans where I come from.
[ Oh, he can stop trying to figure out what parts of him he got from which parent? P-phew! He's never met this kind of cultural greeting before... ]
I-it's okay. I got my van before the islands moved around, and my place ended up really far from everywhere... uh, but this is why I wanted to see you. This--
[ He interrupts himself to dig into his jean pocket on one side, and then switching to the other to-- aha. He pulls out a slim card, and holds it out to Yuri to take. ]
Do you know-- not to be rude, but do you know about electrical elevators? Elevator-- locks?
[ He-- kinda wants to ask about the magical touch, but one thing at a time, right? He lets Yuri have the card. ]
That bypasses the security on the elevator Aurora put up. She wants you to have it-- in case anything happens again. Like an emergency. [ He pauses, and he knows Yuri knows, but: ] It wouldn't be the first time something's managed to get into Aurora's system.
[ This would be useful in a somewhat different situation, but nevertheless, the potential issue is there. But Gorgug knows that Yuri's one of the few people who have seen Aurora as she actually is, and the thought is at the front of his mind, a curiosity that's reignited. ]
[ Yuri accepts the card and promptly tucks it somewhere in that close-fitted ensemble of his. If he can conceal far too many knives in there, he can manage a key-card. ]
Don't I know it; I've not forgotten that business with whatever that evil muck was.
[ Yuri knows there's some proper name for that entity and its infectious influence, but he won't dignify it with that. He remembers how he and Claude had to knock out Dimitri with...creative means to save the man from doing something he'd regret.
Then there was delving deep into that building to help Aurora. It's all an exhausting blur now. ]
The way I hear it, we've had a more recent incident too.
[ He nods. ] She let them walk right in. She said she's shutting down access now, so-- there isn't many of us with this access. And I guess... if she trusts you with this, if you wanna try and set up any extra security? She'll listen. If you've got any ideas with that-- I've been talking with her about it.
[ He nods outwards, not at any particular immediate structure, but: ]
The-- Solmara's people watched us from outside the barrier first. So she set up security around it.
Well, seeing as I come from a realm with...none of these innovations...
[ Yuri brings his hand to his chin as he weighs the thought. Perhaps something that relies on more archaic methods would throw their attackers off guard. It might be worth mentioning. ]
My best suggestion would be make the place a fortress. Make it secure, make it hard for strangers to navigate, make them pay for trying to breach her home base. If they need air, and I assume she doesn't, be ready to cut the supply off if they ever get too far for comfort.
[ Sometimes, one has to be ruthless to protect their own. Just how it is, though he won't deny it isn't pretty. ]
If she does go the route of fortification, the less people who know the ins and outs, the better.
[ Gorgug thinks about what's said, but only for a second. He's not really against anything that's been said. ]
Yeah-- you could tell her that. [ Though he pauses, since he remembers something. ] Isn't it hard to get to her the farther you go down? Didn't that-- there was a network post about that, right? You saw Aurora's brain room?
Well, when I asked her if I could look at it, she said I should ask you, so, I don't think it's been changed. I don't know that she goes back to see herself? She's probably too busy to redecorate.
...So we've got some other Connor. [ He huffs. ] Well, damn.
[ That must be what all the fuss was about not so long ago, leading into all this. ]
In that case, Accelerator's your guy for the more technical bits. What I recall most was the place being hot as Ailell and needing to keep wind spells going longer than I'd ever had to before. Bone tired after that mess.
[ It's a quick question, or most likely, just a confirmation. He wouldn't have pegged the guy as one, but it's not like it's always easy to tell, either. It's a surprise more than anything--not many wizards around, as far as Gorgug knows. Always plenty of humans, though. ]
[ Ohhh. That actually piques Gorgug's interest more, since it sounds like it could be something--special? Specific? ]
An adventuring school? [ Though, it might not be that, so he asks instead: ] Do you have adventuring schools? Training to take on dangerous jobs?
[ The fact there's a side of magical education makes Gorgug curious at all if there's the possibility of an adventuring-esque academy like his own world has. It'd be the first, kind of. ]
Kind of? It's an Officer's Academy, training for leadership and the like. But it includes getting deployed to handle problems in the region, whether looking into or resolving them, so I guess if adventuring was a formal assignment...
[ Is it similar, sort of? It's the first Yuri has heard of adventuring in a way that suggests it's a career path. ]
Then there's a magic academy, up in Fhirdiad. My homeland's capital city.
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[ It does take Yuri longer, a reality that can't be helped. The man may be perfectly capable of keeping up on foot with mounted fighters on a battlefield, but that doesn't help him with water or other geographical quirks.
He does get there eventually though, and upon sighting the van, he veers in that direction. ]
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Gorgug isn't sure if many people even come this way anymore. But when he does spot a figure, he watches, but waits for them to approach closer before he lets his dangling legs hit the ground--not a far off way, when his figure comes to 6'6" upon standing, and he rounds the open van door, green hand on its metal. Should he wait for them to come directly to the van? ...well, he decides to be a little nice, and to start walking to meet them, greet them, hands awkwardly balling into the pockets of his hoodie jacket as he calls out: ]
Yuri?
[ Please be Yuri. He should've asked for a photo...!! ]
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[ Yuri gives him a mock-salute. Not an awkward bone in this man's body, not unless he talks about the dreaded Feelings. ]
Damn, you're about as tall as Balthus.
[ Little did Yuri suspect he'd be encountering a tree of his caliber in this place. Granted Balthus is also a broad wall of muscle, a mattress-shaped mass of a man, but Yuri seldom sees such height in the wild. ]
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You're maybe as tall as Kristen. [ He thinks. Maybe. It's been as while. He tilts his head, white pupils looking at Yuri. ] ...Softer face.
[ A pretty boy........ ]
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[ He says as much with an easy smile and a measure of pride. Yuri loves his mama and he's not at all coy about it.
Pretty boy and quite happy with the fact. ]
You've got a fine complexion yourself.
[ Gorgug would be the first green guy Yuri has met, but it's a nice shade of green? ]
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I got it from my dad? [ Uhh. ] But I guess my face is more like my mom. My dad's got a more... stronger face.
More round. [ More creases. ]
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[ Yuri's got no idea who his father is, but his looks are all his mom, so hey. ]
Sorry about the wait, no handy vans where I come from.
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I-it's okay. I got my van before the islands moved around, and my place ended up really far from everywhere... uh, but this is why I wanted to see you. This--
[ He interrupts himself to dig into his jean pocket on one side, and then switching to the other to-- aha. He pulls out a slim card, and holds it out to Yuri to take. ]
Do you know-- not to be rude, but do you know about electrical elevators? Elevator-- locks?
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What Yuri doesn't know won't kill him, but he only has a moment to eye the key-card before he's presented with the question. ]
Oh yes, the ones my magic touch doesn't work on.
[ Yuri lifts a gloved hand, wiggling his fingers. Electrical locks have proven immune to his charms, unlike what he's accustomed to back home. ]
I'm acquainted.
[ Well, somewhat. ]
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That bypasses the security on the elevator Aurora put up. She wants you to have it-- in case anything happens again. Like an emergency. [ He pauses, and he knows Yuri knows, but: ] It wouldn't be the first time something's managed to get into Aurora's system.
[ This would be useful in a somewhat different situation, but nevertheless, the potential issue is there. But Gorgug knows that Yuri's one of the few people who have seen Aurora as she actually is, and the thought is at the front of his mind, a curiosity that's reignited. ]
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Don't I know it; I've not forgotten that business with whatever that evil muck was.
[ Yuri knows there's some proper name for that entity and its infectious influence, but he won't dignify it with that. He remembers how he and Claude had to knock out Dimitri with...creative means to save the man from doing something he'd regret.
Then there was delving deep into that building to help Aurora. It's all an exhausting blur now. ]
The way I hear it, we've had a more recent incident too.
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[ He nods outwards, not at any particular immediate structure, but: ]
The-- Solmara's people watched us from outside the barrier first. So she set up security around it.
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[ Yuri brings his hand to his chin as he weighs the thought. Perhaps something that relies on more archaic methods would throw their attackers off guard. It might be worth mentioning. ]
My best suggestion would be make the place a fortress. Make it secure, make it hard for strangers to navigate, make them pay for trying to breach her home base. If they need air, and I assume she doesn't, be ready to cut the supply off if they ever get too far for comfort.
[ Sometimes, one has to be ruthless to protect their own. Just how it is, though he won't deny it isn't pretty. ]
If she does go the route of fortification, the less people who know the ins and outs, the better.
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Yeah-- you could tell her that. [ Though he pauses, since he remembers something. ] Isn't it hard to get to her the farther you go down? Didn't that-- there was a network post about that, right? You saw Aurora's brain room?
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[ His experience is in defending against sieges, after all. The sooner an incursion is thwarted, the better off Aurora is. ]
Has it changed much recently? I might've missed out on the renovations.
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[ But who knows!! ]
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[ Huh. Color him surprised. ]
In that case, it was damn hot down there. Air becomes a problem, but with that heat, oxygen tanks are no good.
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[ He's so curious what she looks like...!! ]
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[ He is but a medieval man aggressively cramming mechanical knowledge into his head to take back home, AI are above his pay grade. ]
You'd want to ask Accelerator or Connor about that.
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[ From Hank. Weird situation, but Gorgug doesn't try to think hard about these things. ]
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[ That must be what all the fuss was about not so long ago, leading into all this. ]
In that case, Accelerator's your guy for the more technical bits. What I recall most was the place being hot as Ailell and needing to keep wind spells going longer than I'd ever had to before. Bone tired after that mess.
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[ It's a quick question, or most likely, just a confirmation. He wouldn't have pegged the guy as one, but it's not like it's always easy to tell, either. It's a surprise more than anything--not many wizards around, as far as Gorgug knows. Always plenty of humans, though. ]
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[ His understanding of wizard may be entirely different from Gorgug's. ]
Part of the curriculum where I went to school.
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An adventuring school? [ Though, it might not be that, so he asks instead: ] Do you have adventuring schools? Training to take on dangerous jobs?
[ The fact there's a side of magical education makes Gorgug curious at all if there's the possibility of an adventuring-esque academy like his own world has. It'd be the first, kind of. ]
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[ Is it similar, sort of? It's the first Yuri has heard of adventuring in a way that suggests it's a career path. ]
Then there's a magic academy, up in Fhirdiad. My homeland's capital city.
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