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Post by Sumiko on Jan 2, 2013 23:55:32 GMT -5
It wasn't much, but Sumiko had managed to get a shack on the edge of the Human Village. She'd managed to learn a few things in the short time she'd been here. How to fly for one, and she'd gotten a hold of a couple of spellcards as well. She wasn't that great with them, but she knew how to use them. She'd even managed to make a strange little 'danmaku gun' so she could better use them in accordance with her abilities.
She hoped to eventually upgrade both her skills and the facility. For now, on the shelves, the items would be regarded as fairly basic by anyone else, but they were rather special by Gensokyo tech standards. Flashlights, arithmetic calculators, what amounted to an electric blanket, and similar items could be found. Still, the selection was bad, and the items were a tad pricey; more so due to the labor demand than anything else. Hopefully, once she got a bit more skilled, she could make things both fasted and cheaper.
Still, she'd made half an effort to get word out, and continued making what appeared to be a sort of magictek teapot that didn't require a flame to heat.
Given her situation, it wouldn't be terribly difficult for her to pay back her debt.
So far as her advertising campaign went, she'd put up rather straightforward fliers around the village advertising her location and the sort of products. They were neither clever, humorous, or illustrated, though they were informative. Those that had visited her locations might have mentioned that Sumiko was helpful, but didn't seem to be terribly social, nearly emotionless, and spoke with a dull monotone. Some did figure that she might not be entirely human, or at least a normal human, since she didn't look to have even reached puberty... which at least a the majority of the humans who could go up against a yokai on a regular basis had aged to. As for the name of her buisiness. The 'cleverest' thing she could come up with was 'The Artificer's Workshop'
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Post by Mima on Jan 3, 2013 0:55:11 GMT -5
Eirin It was very rare that Eirin left Eientei. The Lunarian found socializing with Earthlings often awkward, since even over the many years she'd been here, she still hadn't picked up on their customs or manner of thinking, so she had no motivation to go out and visit. Usually, when she needed anything, she would send a rabbit youkai to fetch things for her, even her moon rabbit apprentice if it was that urgent, and she would let the leader of the rabbits handle their affairs. But as of late, she'd been bored. With almost no patients, she had nothing to do, and a mind as sharp as hers needed to be occupied. So she had taken on all of the errands, just so that she wouldn't be sitting around driving herself insane with her need for mental activity. Her best friend had requested that she look for an 'interesting present' for her while she was out, and so Eirin had kept her eye out as she purchased some fabrics, some food, and some medicinal herbs from various shops in the human village. The fliers for a small magitech shop had caught her interest. Even if there was nothing that Kaguya would like, it would be interesting to see magitech made by someone who was neither a kappa nor Lunarian. The shack didn't look like much of a shop, but that didn't stop Eirin from stepping inside, not bothering to set down any of the other things she was carrying, though it was a bit more than she was used to carrying. "Good day," she said as she entered 'The Artificer's Workshop', hoping that the person who ran it was present to hear her or else she'd feel silly. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 3, 2013 12:20:46 GMT -5
Eirin would be greated with the sight of a white haired, pale skinned, pre-pubescent girl tinkering with something. She quickly would then switch her attention over to the lunarian, her yellow eyes taking note. She then said, in her characteristic monotone "Hello." to the Lunarian, keeping a watch on her in case she needed something "Do you have a specific item in mind, or want to look first?"
The designs of her items didn't look terribly similar to either Lunarian or Kappa designs. Oddly, however, they at least somewhat resembled the sort of things that one could find at Korindou, Rinnosuke's shop. This might suggest to Eirin that she was familiar with technology from the outside world. The main difference between them, however, is that parts that could be identified as being mystical rather than technological could be seen, in addition to the usual technological parts.
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Post by Mima on Jan 3, 2013 22:51:31 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin paused for a split second, surprised by the appearance of the girl who was the shop's owner. Yes, okay, given her experience with Gensokyo she'd expected a girl, but not one who was this young. Was she even a human? The Lunarian's instincts told her no., but she didn't seem like a youkai either. How strange. Perhaps she could study her sometime. "I'm not looking for anything specific. Just something for a bored friend," Eirin said, finding herself surprised again as she started to inspect the devices that the girl was selling. They were very much like the outside world's technology, but magical. Okay, this certainly had her interest. She wasn't too sure what Kaguya might like from the selection, but... she had time to think on that. "You've come from the outside world, somewhat recently, I take it?" she asked, without looking at her, continuing to inspect her products. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 4, 2013 16:31:58 GMT -5
Had Eirin specified a particular use, then she'd have pointed her in the general direction of an item; however, gifts and sentiments were obviously not the homunculous's forte.
"Yes, I see then." she mentioned in her usual tone. Had Eirin said nothing more, then Sumi would have stayed silent, watching her. Sumi wasn't obvservent enough to tell a Lunarian from a regular human yet, not that she even knew about the Lunarians.
Eirin, however, was skilled enough to detect that Sumiko was from the outside world. Sumi was 'impressed' as far... well, 'impressed' by her standards. "Yes, that would be correct."
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Post by Mima on Jan 5, 2013 0:11:12 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin wasn't quite sure what kind of non-human or almost-human would have come from the outside world recently, but she was glad she'd guessed right. "I thought so, from the way your inventory looks. My knowledge of the outside world is probably quite outdated, but I've seen similar devices from the outside world that have no magical components," she said, pausing to look at the self-heating blanket. Not terribly exciting, but Kaguya would probably get a lot of use out of it. The calculators... okay, she didn't need one, but perhaps for her apprentice, whose mind was nowhere near as swift at calculations as hers... "These are interesting devices. There certainly weren't items like this on the moon, and the magical aspects were, last I checked, not common in the outside world. I don't suppose you'd be willing to tell me where this ability came from?" she said. She really did want to know, and perhaps she could even guess what the girl was without asking if she didn't straight-up tell her. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 5, 2013 17:34:16 GMT -5
Quite frankly, Eirin had managed to impress her with her skills of deduction. She'd have had to have contact with outside world technology, then be able to compare the designs of the two pieces of equipment. Eirin then mention that there was technology on the Moon. This didn't surprise Sumi, simply because she didn't know much about the Moon in the first place.
Eirin then asked her how she got her ability. It was an odd question to her. Then again, she was fairly confident that it was entirely possible for someone to have been apprenticed, schooled, or read up in whatever skills were needed to create magical technology.
"Given my origin, I would suspect I inherited it from one of my 'parents'." Sumiko mentioned. Perhaps it might have not been as precise as Eirin wanted, perhaps it was enough. Sumiko might have not had the sort of feelings for the alchemists as a normal child might have had for their parents, but that wasn't saying much, given that she didn't feel much towards anyone.
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Post by Mima on Jan 6, 2013 16:01:14 GMT -5
Eirin Given how many times a certain rabbit had given Kaguya presents from that half-youkai's shop, Eirin had certainly seen her fair share of outside-world technology. "That's an interesting way of phrasing things. I'd appreciate it if you'd clarify," Eirin said, setting down her armload of other things in order to check how much she still had on her and thus what she could actually take home for the others. Ah, currency... such a universal concept. Not even the moon, with all its supposed purity, was clean of the idea that trading items for scarce minerals in specific shapes, or even notes that could be traded themselves for scarce minerals in specific shapes, was a brilliant idea. While Eirin saw the merit in it, since it meant they could still buy food if nobody needed any medicines at the moment, she had devised several better systems in her spare time that nobody was willing to switch to. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 7, 2013 11:15:00 GMT -5
She supposed that how she explained it was a bit vague "Certainly. Under natural circumstances, one would inherit the genetic traits of one's mother and father. Given an unnatural origin, then something else must be inherited. While appropriate materials could be said to be a 'parent' of sorts, the process itself must contribute something to the being as the other parent. If nothing else, then the fundamentals knowledge and ability to utilize the field involving the process in inherited." Sumiko explained.
Given that her explanation still might be confusing, then here's a less 'Sumiko' explanation. A mother and father pass on it's genes to a child, as the basis of biological reproduction. Given Sumiko's artificial origin, she does not have a traditional mother and father, though there are elements of it that can very loosely be said to be their mother and father. The first is the actual alchemical materials that were used to create her. The process, however, cannot contribute any particular traits or whatnot. Therefore, something else is passed along, specifically insight to the fundamental ability and knowledge in the field that created her.
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Post by Mima on Jan 7, 2013 21:06:38 GMT -5
Eirin Sumiko's explanation would have confused most people, but Eirin's mind was sharp and rational and had been idle for a time, and needed a puzzle to solve. She paused to consider her words for a few minutes, then pleasantly nodded. "That makes sense," she said with the faintest hint of a smile on her face. "It also means I don't have to ask what you are. I don't suppose you'd let me study you sometime?" She had quickly caught on that Sumiko was an artificially-created being, and her curiosity immediately demanded to know whether her blood had the same composition as a human's, how medicines affected her, if she counted as a human as far as youkai powers that specifically affected humans went... oh, she was far from bored now with these ideas she had running through her head. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 8, 2013 19:28:05 GMT -5
It seemed that Eirin had once again managed to deduce the fact that she was artificial origin. Then again, she believed that she had given it away to some degree.
Eirin then asked an interesting question... if she could test on her. Suffice to say that Sumiko was used to being tested on by the alchemists, though the tests never led to injury, so that would likewise be the standard.
"So long as the tests are not injurious." Sumiko replied. Sumiko could understand a few blood samples and whatnot. She would, however, draw the line at things that were notably inhibiting.
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Post by Mima on Jan 8, 2013 20:31:22 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin's eyes almost sparkled when Sumiko agreed. Oh, she hadn't intended tests that would be more harmful than blood tests anyways, so this was a perfectly reasonable agreement. The artificial being had quickly jumped up above most of Gensokyo's population in Eirin's mental rankings of how much she liked people, though remained firmly below the other residents of Eientei. "Brilliant, thank you! Now isn't the best time to arrange a specific time and place, but I'll come by or send a rabbit later. Oh, also, I'll buy these..." Eirin took the self-heating blanket and the most functional of the calculators over to Sumiko, and offered her a handful of money that was slightly rounded up from the asking price of the two items. She had noticed while counting, of course, but this was both more convenient, and a bit of a thank-you for agreeing to testing. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 9, 2013 21:46:01 GMT -5
Sumiko took the money and told her "Thank you. Have a nice day.". Sumiko seemed to have made Eirin's day. Truth be told, and as ironic as it might be, Sumi knew relatively little about herself as well.
She didn't know what she meant by 'rabbit', though she figured she would be able to figure it out once the rabbit arrived.
((Do you want to continue it here, or move the topic to Eientei?))
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Post by Mima on Jan 10, 2013 10:47:53 GMT -5
(We can go to Eientei, that makes more sense I think~)
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