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[not_the_philistine]

There's only so much Goliath can learn about this new era and the future he missed from the castle's library, and so he is visiting the ship's library again, looking for histories.

Besides - the datapad he was using until now is broken (again), so he's there to replace that, too.

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[silverduelist]

Yzak had gotten a bit of information about their enemy upon his arrival. That bit of information topped off by the fact that where he came from, he'd never come across non-human sentient lifeforms was a cause for start when he came across the library. This was still something to get used to, he thought.

[not_the_philistine]

Goliath could sympathise. He's still getting used to humans with magical abilities not being Children of Oberon.

He glances at the human and says nothing for a moment, eyeing the other up and down. He does not recognize the man.

"I am willing to guess you are not accustomed to my kind."

His expression seems permanently set to grim and he is manipulating the datapad with some very serious-looking claws, but the gargoyle's voice is low, calm - an invitation to conversation.

[silverduelist]

It only took Yzak a couple of moments to regain his posture. Strange as the meeting was, it was near nothing in comparison to the situation he found himself in now. And if Goliath was here, that meant he was an ally. To Yzak who was a leader where he came from, it was important to make a good impression.

"Not at all, I'm afraid."

[not_the_philistine]

That was a dangerous assumption to make, that because they were all on the same ship, they were all allies.

Goliath is nearly as likely to make that assumption himself. Nearly.

"Are you human, and from Earth?" he asks, "I've met a number here who appear to be, but are not."

[silverduelist]

Yzak was thankfully a sharp one, and would question things and people if they showed signs of being untrustworthy. But as it stood so far, he had many people to meet, and couldn't think of a reason why anybody wouldn't be trustworthy or willing to help when it came to something as large as bringing their lost home back.

"I'm a human, but I'm not from Earth. I'm within its orbit, however."

[not_the_philistine]

"You may be from a time after mine, or from a different version entirely. If my race has not survived to your future, I hope it is the latter."

The datapad gets stored in a pouch on his belt. Goliath remains one of the few crew members who has never been made to wear a plantsuit.

"I do not recognize you. Are you a new arrival?"

He had stayed long enough at the meeting to determine whether or not any humans he knew where there. When there were none, he left, not in much of a mood for socializing that night.

[silverduelist]

"I am," he started, thinking back. "I just ... woke up, a few days ago."

He saluted, a habit more than likely not to fade as time went on. "Yzak Jule."

[not_the_philistine]

A military greeting. Hmm.

"Goliath."

The gargoyle nods once in greeting.

"It is in my interest to learn about the futures of Earth that I have missed. I would be glad to speak to you about the times from which you have come, if you would care to speak of them."

[silverduelist]

"That depends on where and ... when," that felt so strange to say, "you come from, yourself."

Goliath, huh. That somehow seemed like a fitting name for such a being. Although there was still one more question Yzak had.

"What are you, exactly?"

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie enters the library with an expectancy to her mood. She is a little brighter than she usually is (when it comes to concerning herself with literature.) She holds her hands close and swivels her head around to take in the setting. She's been here before, thanks to the boys who had been very helpful, but it had only been really a small search since at that moment she'd only really wanted to locate the library.

In her plethora of thoughts, she doesn't notice someone else is in the room with her, and she bumps into him.

"Oh...I'm sorry...I wasn't looking where I was going..."

[not_the_philistine]

"It's all right."

The voice comes from several feet above her head, and Goliath waits for the human girl to orient herself, inspecting her face for familiarity. He's seen her somewhere.

"You are the girl who was looking for the library over the communication devices," he says, after a moment of thought. "I am glad you were able to find your way."

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie looks up at the sound of his voice, eyes widening in the slight dark of the room. "Oh, h-hey there. Yea, some nice boys showed me around and then I just took a peek in."

She can't really see the person above her because of the darkness, but still, he sounds nice.

[not_the_philistine]

Goliath's low-light vision is about as good as a human's during day, so unfortunately if she's having any difficulties in seeing in the dimness, they're going over his head.

"You will find it accomodating."

What she can probably tell is that he's very tall, and seems to be wearing some sort of a cloak. His diction is formal, tinged with the archaic.

"What you wrote about yourself, your . . . mutation - I had a few questions I thought to ask, if it is not impolite to question that subject."

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

"Oh...no, no, you can ask. We're crewmates, right?" She carefully picks out the cloak and height of the person above her. Perhaps he's a mutant and is sticking to the ceiling? Like Spider-Man! Or maybe some other possible way...?

For sure, he reminds Laurie faintly of the statue gargoyles she'd seen around the outside of the mansion.

[not_the_philistine]

"You are very much unlike the mutants I know of from my Earth. I wondered, if one such as yourself is considered a mutant in your home, what is considered normal? Are you from a planet where humans are not the most populous species?"

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

"I guess it is because we're different. We have these abilities that make us special, but also set us apart from the people who do not. The people who do not, they don't like us for it. They fear us for what we can do with our abilities and would rather have us locked-up or gone from earth completely."

[not_the_philistine]

There's a sigh from above her, a grating, low sound like the edge of a growl.

"You sing an old song, young friend."

The grim voice is edged with compassion now.

"I wish it were not so familiar."

[terribly2shy.livejournal.com]

Laurie nods feebly. "It isn't fun being called a freak for being different." She reaches up to move back a strand of blonde hair to behind her ear.

"I wish people would stop seeing us as monsters."

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

Ben was sauntering by, thinking about needing a smoothie run while he was shelving data disks when he noticed Goliath there. One of the more reclusive members of the ship, but as it stood, he decided to greet him. "Hey!" he called out. "Need help finding stuff?"

[not_the_philistine]

It's easier to be reclusive when, even on a ship in outer space, most of one's fellow crew adhere to a daytime schedule.

"Thank you, I may yet." Goliath regards the boy with curiosity. It is difficult to tell whether or not a human is from his version of Earth, and he wonders about it each time he meets a new one. "I am in search of Earth histories. Ones that survived past the year 1996."

He's got his memories back. He doesn't need to know any more about the future of his.

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"That's the world history section. I think I saw it over here..." said Ben, shuffling over to the indexes and drawing up the list. "Here we go. It's over here in E for Standard Earth History."

Reaching up, he skimmed through the disks. "Here we go, World History 1996 to 2010. I guess it's current."

Handing it over to Goliath, his Ultimatrix beemed.

"NO NO WAIT STOP!" exclaimed Ben, dropping the disk and slapping the controls as the color of his Ultimatrix shifted from green to yellow.

[not_the_philistine]

"I am curious about the var -" he manages to say, before the boy's watch begins to act up, and the scanning of his DNA, to which he must react. He throws an arm up between himself and the device, as if that will do any good.

"What is it doing?!"

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"It has a mind of it's own, I swear!" proclaimed Ben, trying to get it to stop. But instead, a harmless yellow beam flashed out and played across Goliath's form. "Oh damnit!"



"NO!"



Ben slapped his forehead. "I hate you, you stupid thing!"

[not_the_philistine]

He lifts up an arm, as if that's going to protect him from the beam. When it doesn't, he towers over the human, tail lashing in fury.

"My DNA is not for you to take at a whim." The growl in his voice is not metaphorical. "Remove it from your device."

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

"I'm trying!" exclaimed Ben, slapping and fiddling with the controls. "Ultimatrix, command code override Zero-Zero-Zero-One-Zero."



"Delete previous sample acquired."



"... what the hell. Ultimatrix, isolate genetic pattern and remove from databanks!"



Ben slapped his forehead. "I'm REALLY sorry about this. This stupid thing has no instruction manual and keeps doing this to me. I should lock it down, put it under a leash or something."