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[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

Before Nanaki finally visited Hydroponics, he wanted to check out the rest of the ship - mainly to make sure if he could find any other places that sounded as nice. The city hadn't been too bad; if anything, the park was peaceful enough. But just as he expected, nothing came close to the earthy, planety feeling that he sensed immediately upon entering Hydroponics. To him, everywhere else on Stacy, while tolerable, still felt like he was living inside the belly of an animal (which wasn't too far from his actual situation), which irritated and dried out his nose. He had to get used to this, he figured, but for now he wanted to sit and think, resting somewhere comfortably.

Before he did that, he took it upon himself to take a look around, moving, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, through the vast area. He spotted some of the wildlife, took note of the different sorts of trees and plants that lived there - some of them he'd never seen before, so every once in a while he would pause, taking a closer look at something.

He finally took refuge underneath a tree, stretching out and lying against the base. Silently, Nanaki watched the others passing through, wondering how those he'd met so far were faring on their new "home."

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[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I was awakened on the last occasion, a few months ago."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"A few months?"

His head tilted a little, taking that in and thinking about it. While he didn't look outright angry at that, he definitely wasn't pleased. "Is that how often people get woken up?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I have not been keeping a proper tally the entire time, and I was briefly kidnapped by a cake-obsessed madwoman, but I believe around two months."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"That's a pretty long time to wait." Nanaki wondered if there was any reason for it. "If we have a war to fight." He was waiting for that, next. He was taken here to fight, so he figured that he'd be doing so sooner rather than later.

He gave the Chancellor a curious look. "A cake-obsessed madwoman?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"A cake-obsessed madwoman. She periodically abducts people and subjects them to mazes."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

Of course, Nanaki is now thinking of a human running around doing this to others. The maze part unnerved him, though, giving him a creepy impression of some sort of experimentation.

"Why does she do that?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea. Excuses are made that it prevents out souls from falling out, but I feel certain souls do not work that way. The AI in the Empire are much more sane."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"Souls..." He blinked. Falling out? That sounded ... wrong. Just as wrong as the Chancellor said it probably was.

"If it isn't for what she claims it to be for, then I wonder why she subjects others to that in the first place."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"Sadism, possibly. Some beings are so certain in their own superiority that all others are merely useful tools beneath contempt."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"Who is this woman that forces others to run these mazes?" Nanaki asked, tail twitching irritably. "I'd like to know so I can stay away from her."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"She is called GladOS"

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"What does she look like?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I do not know. She's a synthetic sentience."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm..." he looked down to the ground, considering. "That doesn't give me much to work with."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I am afraid not. And she gives little warning."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"In that case," he continued, "thank you for the information you were able to provide." He bowed his head slightly. "I'm Nanaki."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"You are welcome. I am called the Chancellor."