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Post by Sumiko on Jan 10, 2013 20:34:15 GMT -5
Being lead by a rabbit through a bamboo forest wasn't the most ordinary thing, though it made for a good reason to avoid cooking rabbit stew later on; she'd rather not anger the folks at Eientei.
Still, she'd locked up her store for the time in order to be tested on. Truth be told, she was actually a bit curious herself; her creation had taught her a little about anatomy, but she wasn't quite sure of the more salient differences between herself and a normal human, from a biology standpoint.
It wasn't long until she reached the gates of Eientei. It was a surprisingly large, if not antique looking structure. Assuming it belonged to Eirin rather than Kaguya, she assessed that Eirin must have been one of Gensokyo's greatest mages, scientists, or magical scientists in order to afford such a place.
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Post by Mima on Jan 10, 2013 22:29:16 GMT -5
Eirin When the rabbit led Sumiko up to the gates, Eirin was already waiting to welcome her, trying her best not to look overly eager. It was hard, though, to keep that look out of her eyes, the look of someone hungry for knowledge gazing at an unfamiliar book. To Eirin, that was, in a way, exactly what she was faced with. "Hello again. I hope you didn't have any problems on your way here," Eirin said at once, rather pleasantly given her usual demeanor. Boredom had the effect of making her much nicer when she was nice, and much more acidic when she wasn't. She dismissed the youkai rabbit with a short wave of her hand, and the rabbit went off, presumably to nap or make mochi or... whatever the rabbits did in their spare time anyways. "I know for a fact you haven't been here before, so welcome to Eientei." |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 11, 2013 19:36:20 GMT -5
Eirin seemed rather eager for the tests to be executed. It didn't seem particularly odd to her to be tested on; Sumiko was perfectly used to the alchemists doing their odd tests. As long as Eirin didn't hurt her, she'd be unlikely to protest.
"Hello Eirin." she told her "No, I didn't have any problems at all." The rabbits were dismissed, and Eirin welcomed her to Eientei.
"Oh, I assume this is your laboratory or clinic then?" she asked.
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Post by Mima on Jan 12, 2013 1:41:02 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin made a mental note to find the rabbit that had escorted Sumiko and reward them for making sure Sumiko's trip through the bamboo forest was a calm one. Any number of things could go wrong, and when nothing did, it was quite satisfying. "Your assumption is only partially right. While a significant portion is dedicated to my research and practice, Eientei is also my home, as well as the home of my assistant Udonge, my associate Tewi and her many rabbits, and my best friend, Princess Kaguya," Eirin explained. As she talked, she started to lead Sumiko in, because why waste time standing outside when there was a perfectly good lab inside? |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 12, 2013 21:15:38 GMT -5
It seemed that Sumi's assumption was wrong, and that Eirin wasn't the head person here. Also, by the fact that one of the residents was a princess, she surmised that Eirin might be subordinate to her.
"I see." Sumiko told her, walking with Eirin "Well, I suppose it is about time we begin." Also, if Eirin hadn't figured this out, Sumiko wasn't the chattiest being in the world.
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Post by Mima on Jan 13, 2013 23:26:56 GMT -5
Eirin Sumiko was pretty quiet... then again, Eirin didn't mind that. She led her inside, and down one of the many halls towards her workspace. "Indeed. Now, would I be correct in assuming that you think differently from humans? I have an interest in studying the mind as well as the body," Eirin said. They arrived at her research room, and she held the door open for Sumiko. She was a guest, after all. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 14, 2013 18:52:00 GMT -5
The building seemed as big on the inside as it did on the outside, at the very least. She eventually reached Eirin's workspace.
"Yes, I have been told I have a relatively small level of emotional res ponce." Sumiko told Eirin "Other than that, I cannot say. I've had relatively little contact with others, the alchemists in particular, so I have relatively little to judge by."
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Post by Mima on Jan 18, 2013 11:29:24 GMT -5
Eirin Now that was interesting. Eirin had sort of noticed, but this confirmed her observations. Was her low level of emotion due to being artificially created? It was likely, though Eirin wasn't sure if this was permanent or if she simply had yet to develop a baseline for emotional responses. "Interesting. I haven't noticed anything else you've done that suggests significant differences from human thought processes beyond the reduced emotion, but I'll be paying attention to that." Eirin gestured for Sumiko to sit down on one of the few chairs in the room while she pulled a small kit out of a drawer, and fished out a blank scroll for taking notes. "Do you require food? Since I have no experience with artificial life, despite having heard of such beings, I'll have a good number of questions," she said. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 18, 2013 21:08:02 GMT -5
It seemed that she had one that was pretty basic. At first, she'd anticipated more advanced questions to be asked of her; however, it seemed that Eirin had next to no experience with artificial beings.
It seemed that she mostly acted human. Well, it made a good deal of sense; she figured that her creators, assuming they had control over such, would create her thought processes to run similarly to their own.
"Yes, I do require food. Though it seems that it can, under some circumstances, be averted. Perhaps it was experimental, but the alchemists several times used a ritual that left me sated. Oddly, whereas I typically feel at least a minor hunger starting several hours after eating, the ritual seemed to leave me sated for two weeks." Sumiko reported.
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Post by Mima on Jan 21, 2013 22:20:51 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin tilted her head to the side. Now that was odd. "If you remember the details of the ritual, I'd like you to write that down for me sometime so I can take a look at that too," she said, scribbling on her scroll with a plain charcoal pencil. Eirin then pulled out a 'flashlight' that was really a black wood tube with a brightly-glowing crystal wedged inside so the light only came out the end. The most unusual thing about Sumiko that she'd noticed from just looking was her eyes, so that seemed like a natural place to start. "So look over here, I'm interested in your eyes. Don't pay any mind to the light I'm going to be shining in your face." Because it wouldn't be tests if there wasn't at least something mildly annoying. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 23, 2013 10:40:40 GMT -5
"I will, if that is what you wish." Sumiko told her. She remembered a bit about it, perhaps even enough for Eirin to be able to figure out the ritual, but she could only remember the circle, and the nature (but not proportion) of components used.
Eirin then shone a light from a strange flashlight-like item into her eyes. Sumiko managed to avoid blinking too much, but it was inevitable that she would every now and then. The pupil of the eye seemed to have a layer of yellow over it, though it had a natural appearance. Still, one would notice that the area corresponding to the pupil was somewhat darker. The truth was that it was meant to make her eyes less sensitive to damage from any alchemical ingrediants that might be in the area, which would obviously require at least some deviation from the standard human genome to accomplish.
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Post by Mima on Jan 26, 2013 22:44:57 GMT -5
Eirin Eirin put the light away after a minute of observation, a bit impressed that Sumiko had blinked as little as she had. She scribbled down some notes, closing her eyes to go over what she'd seen in her mind again before setting the notes back down, satisfied. This was fascinating. She was already coming up with theories as to how her creators had managed to modify her eyes like this, and why they'd done it. It would probably take her a bit more time and information to draw the correct conclusion, of course, but the answer didn't matter to Eirin nearly as much as having a problem to solve in the first place. "I like your eyes. I don't understand everything about them yet, and that makes my life more interesting," Eirin said. "Would you be alright with me taking a blood sample?" |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 27, 2013 23:05:45 GMT -5
So it seemed that Eirin didn't have much of an explanation for her eyes yet, and she seemed to find that intriguing. She supposed she could hazard a guess why. If she had all the answers, then there was nothing to continue by.
"Go ahead." Sumiko told Eirin. She trusted Eirin enough not to take terribly much. If Eirin examines the blood immedietly, she might or might not be surprised with some of the contents. While it mostly resembled ordinary human blood, she'd also find enough mercury and dissolved sulfur in it, that if her whole system contained that much, would have been easily enough to kill even Gensokyo's relatively hardy people many times over. There were also a number of unusual elements that shouldn't be there, what alchemists would consider to be 'salts'. None of the normally poisonous elements in her blood, however, would be uncommon to alchemical ritual though.
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Post by Mima on Jan 30, 2013 18:27:35 GMT -5
Eirin With Sumiko's permission, Eirin didn't waste any time getting out a clean syringe, which she wiped with disinfectant again just in case, and picking out a spot on the artificial human's arm where she could safely draw a usable amount of blood. She collected two small vials, then taped a cotton ball (also sprayed with disinfectant- one could never be too careful in Eirin's lab, which had seen every disease in Gensokyo and then some) over where she'd used the needle. "Thank you, this should be interesting," Eirin said, looking over the fairly normal-looking blood. Though was it just her or did it smell slightly too metallic? She took one vial and put it in a magically-cooled storage box, and took out an already-prepared tile with a spell for analyzing blood, which was quickly introduced to a small sample of Sumiko's blood from the other vial. The results did surprise her- she was certainly not identical to a human, that much had already been obvious, but to be apparently healthy with so many normally-toxic compounds in her blood... "If you were a normal human or even a human magician with blood like this, I'd be performing an autopsy," Eirin remarked dryly. |
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Post by Sumiko on Jan 31, 2013 11:21:02 GMT -5
There was a bit of a prick, but it didn't really bother Sumiko; it was nothing that wouldn't have been done by the alchemists. She watched from her position as Eirin analyzed the blood sample, as she had nothing better to do at the moment. Soon enough, Eirin returned with the results. It seemed that there were a number of toxic compounds in her blood, though they didn't effect her.
Sumiko took a best guess on it, stating "I would presume substances that would be common alchemical ingredients." Sumiko mentioned. Still, while she figured that if they were, she might have been modified to be unaffected by them, though she didn't know why she might carry them in such high quantities; after all, she should be old enough now that anything unusual substances over from her original creation would have been filtered out by her liver by now.
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