AUDIENCE 🚀 SHEBA

[dropoffs]

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[uncoincidental]

Please just call me Sheba... it was filled in like that when I started using the I.R.I.S. and I couldn't make it go away.

[it's some kind of cosmic joke...]

Directed-energy weapons? Umm... I'm not sure. Some of the weapons I used would activate with elemental energy under certain circumstances, but I kind of get the feeling we're talking about two different things.

[dropoffs]

[ It seems like Callisto heard her, but doesn't utter any confirmation. Just have to accept the shared vibes that they heard. ]

It sounds like energy drawn from within oneself. These draw energy from cartridges, like... Ammo.

[ So, yeah, different. ]

Do you know how to polish? Oil?

[uncoincidental]

Like bows and arrows?

[teach her to use a gun.]

Mmhm, we had to take care of our weapons while we were traveling. I usually used maces or staves, but I also helped my friends with their swords or axes. The basics behind it are probably similar, just applied in a different way, right?

[dropoffs]

If bows can shoot energy arrows.

[ That makes more sense? Right? They seem perplexed by the example of something like bows and arrows, but they know enough. ]

For the most part, it is the same for oil. Some parts need to be lubricated so it can stay operational.

[uncoincidental]

That should be easy enough - I'm pretty good with my hands. [she grins.] Let's get started!

[dropoffs]

[ And what's simulated is an oil canteen thing. It looks like a watering can, very animal-crossy, with a sunflower sticker on it. Sheba can hold onto that.

There is a diagram that manifests, showing her all the spots she needs to water of this simulated mechanical flower. They're highlighted for ease. ]

[uncoincidental]

[yep! nice and easy.

she hums a little as she oils up the simulation.]

[dropoffs]

[ Cool. She oils it up and she can see it moving in movements with the MASSIVE CANNON, but this is also just all a simulation. It is moving freely without any stuttering motions. ]

[uncoincidental]

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can she shoot something in the simulation because that would be funny]

[dropoffs]

[ Because it is a simulation, she can imagine that it is operational even though Callisto has imagined it in maintenance mode where it shouldn't be shooting.

gives this to you ]

[uncoincidental]

[ BOOM




she looks delighted.]

[dropoffs]

[ They watch that happen, then look at her in silence. ]

[uncoincidental]

[she just smiles]

[dropoffs]

Don't do that with our real weapons.

[uncoincidental]

[innocently:]

Why would I ever do that?

[dropoffs]

Seeing that you were curious enough to simulate it, I'm right to warn.

[uncoincidental]

There's a difference between a simulation and the real thing, but... fine!

[dropoffs]

I do not know how much self-control you have.

[uncoincidental]

I have plenty! But this is a simulation, so isn't it a safe way to find out what this sort of weapon does?

[dropoffs]

[ They sigh... ]

At least simulate targets to shoot if you're going to use this manmade tool.

[uncoincidental]

Oh, that's a better idea...

[hmm. what does she want to blow up...]

[dropoffs]

[ They seem tired, but won't stop her from deciding what to blow up. Let's see it? Impress them. Show them your IRE. ]

[uncoincidental]

[WELL.

i yoinked her from right after they lit the last lighthouse but before everything was nicely wrapped up, so she is still holding some grudges. which means the simulation changes - a giant floating rock with an eye materializes in front of them.

she deadeyes it, takes aim, and blows it up. boom.]

[dropoffs]

[ They are indifferent about the shooting part, if not in general displeased about the weaponry, but.

WHAT IS THAT ]

What is that.

[uncoincidental]

...the Wise One.

[she huffs. genuinely so funny that if i had taken her from a canonpoint like 30 minutes later she would hold so much less of a grudge.]