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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2014-02-22 12:00 am

Arrival

They were noticed a half hour before they arrived.

The Guardsmen atop the city walls, their keen senses trained to observe anything out of the ordinary, had not failed to observe the flight of birds disturbed from their nests and the distant shuddering of trees. The pace was steady. Not of wild Pokémon meandering about, but of something with fixed, determined purpose.

News spread quickly, as it ought. The Council was aware of the situation in five minutes flat, and the guard on the walls surreptitiously tripled in the same amount of time. It didn't take much longer for idle citizens to realize something was amiss, and as the rumors propagated -- There are people coming through the forest! -- so, too, did the number of people thronging at the gate craning their necks to get a look.

They emerge from the forest, their pace brisk and their numbers thirty strong. Many wear attire that is hardy, made for traveling - leather boots, thick wool pants, and long jackets in shades of deep crimson and black. Others, clearly of some higher rank, are clad in suits or other formal wear; a few wear pristine white coats that must have only just been changed. As they approach, most stare coolly upwards at the assembly gathered before them atop the walls of the city.

At their lead stands a man with a mild smile and shaggy red hair. Two others stand close beside him: a young woman in a crisp, fur-lined white coat, sleek black hair pristine and perfectly in place and a gentle smile on her face and an aloof woman with brown hair wearing a sharp suit who appears extremely disinterested in the proceedings.

The company pauses. And there is a long, awkward silence before the man with the red hair takes a step forward. He speaks, and his words, though understandable, have a strange, foreign inflection.

"My name is Rory Donnachaidh. We have come on behalf of our people to serve as a diplomatic presence to your city."

...Another awkward pause.

"...I believe it is appropriate to say - take us to your leader."

He smiles more broadly, as if he's made a joke.

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We are Team Evolution.

We represent a group of people with a common purpose - to restore humanity to the peaks it once ascended and to raise up all Pokémon alongside us. We call ourselves Team Evolution for the only path forward for both human and Pokémon is to evolve. When we realized that our signals could be detected no longer, our scouts reported that the reason was human sabotage. Imagine our surprise to learn that a human civilization lay so close to those mountains... But what do I say? You, of course, must all have experienced surprise in equal measures, no?

We have come here for reasons twofold: to establish relations with this city and to retrieve the materials that you have been holding for us. It was a prototype, you see, and we would wish to have it returned.

Of course, we understand that you have little reason to trust us and great reason to drive us away. We will not attempt to enter your city if that is preferred - but we will camp outside, between the forest and the gates, for the space of 10 days, after which we will depart, with or without our materials. We hope you will be willing to speak with us during this time. We would also like to... hold a demonstration to explain our actions, if you and your Council are willing.

Please, come and speak with us if you have any questions. That is an offer extended to anyone in your fine city. I shall personally ensure that any visitors are treated with the greatest of courtesies...


((For approximately 10 IC days, the people of Team Evolution will be camped outside of Union. The next part of this event will require sign-ups. There is an accompanying OoC post to this post here. Please see that post for more details.

Please feel free to use this IC post to talk with the NPCs. All responses here will receive an NPC response.))
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-22 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
Not as much as you might think. We are still a far way from those who lived in our world before us.
antiseptic: (Festivities)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-22 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Still, your current level of progress is quite admirable. Have those machines been under development for long?
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-22 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
They have been several years in the making, but it would seem we still don't quite have it right.
antiseptic: (That elusive tomorrow)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-22 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not surprised; it sounds like a complicated device. But, at least they've fulfilled their purpose of causing Pokemon to evolve. May I ask why you're doing so?
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-22 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles.]

Evolution brings one that much closer to their true potential.
antiseptic: (Hmm...)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-23 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
But surely forcing them to evolve before they're ready would do more in the way of harm than unlocking their potential.
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-23 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She almost chuckles.]

Surely an educated man like yourself doesn't clutch so firmly to such beliefs.
antiseptic: (Sunset)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-25 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[A small nod.]

Oh, I believe that our current theories on Pokemon are imperfect. But we're also forbidden to bring harm to Pokemon in the course of our research, and your experiments have certainly done so.
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-26 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Is that so? Not even for the betterment of Pokémon and mankind?
antiseptic: (Yes quite.)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-27 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's well-practised at pretending to fit in, so it's a simple matter to smile and shake his head.]

It would be difficult to better Pokemon and mankind if they're destroyed. Reckless experimentation had led to mankind, and there's no reason to presume that it won't do so again. If anything - it's more likely now, as the strength of Pokemon is greater than that of humans.

[From anyone else, it may sound like a lecture, but Jade speaks in a pleasant tone, one without any real fervour behind it.]
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-28 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Who said that they had to be reckless? You can conduct controlled experiments and learn much from them.
antiseptic: (Why yes I kill lolis.)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-28 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't call your experiments "controlled".
antiseptic: (Tch.)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-28 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[His tone doesn't change from its pleasant cordiality.] You believe otherwise?
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-28 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[And hers much the same.]

I can only assume.
antiseptic: (I know something you don't)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-28 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, deciding to drop the subject; he's not really here to lecture on morals. Or experiment design.]

Your society sounds quite fascinating. I'd enjoy visiting your city.
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-28 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe one day you'll get the chance.
antiseptic: (Smuggest handchin)

[personal profile] antiseptic 2014-02-28 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. Do you intend to bring any citizens of the Union with you when you depart?
bnw_sheepy_npcs: (Dr. Crystal Verdine)

[personal profile] bnw_sheepy_npcs 2014-02-28 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Not to my knowledge.