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001 - Arrival... Sort of?

Who: Tieria Erde, Open to All
When: A few days after his arrival.
Where: Library in Athena's cabin. (You can also catch him near the cabin as he leaves for things like food.)
What: Studying, learning, figuring things out, etc.
Warnings: Some spoilers for Gundam 00's timeline, as Tieria comes from near the end of his canon.

Despite the rather "holy" references Celestial Being had in its naming conventions, Tieria didn't believe in gods. VEDA, the quantum super computer, had been the closest thing to a god for him, and even that was now simply a tool to him in the ultimate goal of unifying humanity. So, when he woke up in a strange cabin, surrounded by many, many strangers, and was told that he was a demi-god, a child of a Greek god, he was, at the very least, shocked.

More than shocked. In fact, he didn't want to believe it because it was logically impossible. He was an Innovade, a being created for the purpose of carrying out Aeolia Schoenberg's plan. He had been given control of VEDA after the super computer determined Ribbons was no longer fit to be the lead Innovade. He was in charge. He was important. He was needed back home to finish the plan and keep things moving properly. The plan had been accelerated because of the ELS presence on Jupiter, and things were moving much faster than anticipated. He couldn't be away from all of that. Not yet.

This was not part of the plan.

First he noticed the lack of his quantum brainwaves. That was disturbing. It wasn't just losing contact with VEDA. This was a complete and total loss of his quantum brainwaves altogether. As if they didn't exist at all. He felt like someone had muffled all his senses. It was actually upsetting, and left him a bit off-balance. As a result, he retreated to what he knew - research.

For the last several days, Tieria had gained access to and holed himself up inside the library, reading what he could, learning what he could, and trying to figure out the bigger picture. He had ignored the necklace for now, leaving it off, but never far from him just in case. He didn't want to be bothered by communicating with others, but, if they were from home, he wanted to make sure he heard them. He listened, but only long enough to determine if it was someone worth talking to.

There had to be a way home, and he was going to find it.

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For the most part Ami had made a point to give the new-comer space in the library. She wasn't the most sociable of people, but she was fairly empathetic. She could sense that the young man was tense and not particularly willing to fraternize with his cabin-mates. (Or fellow campers, for that matter.)

Today was different, though. It'd been several days, and she honestly hadn't seen the stranger in the dining hall or asleep once. Maybe they simply kept different schedules, she wasn't sure...but Ami was going to at least attempt to take a page out of Usagi's book and bring him a few things from the dining hall.

"...it's not particularly good, but..." She offered as a disclaimer while she set the tray and goblet beside him. "It'll at least give you a little more energy so you can study more efficiently."

Also, 'hi, nice to meet you.'

Her voice in the quiet almost startled him a little, and he looked up at her quickly. Tieria was always the type to get a little flustered when someone went out of their way for his well-being, and he hesitated, not quite sure how to respond right away.

"I... thank you." That would work for now. He almost went right back to reading, but she had brought him something and done him a favor. He at least had the sensibility to realize that was rude. He took a quick glance at the page to mentally mark his place and closed the book completely, no folded pages or fingers left in there to hold the location.

"That was kind of you."

Oh no, please don't be flustered, that'll only make her feel more self-conscious than she already was. It was her own fault, sticking her neck out like this in a friendly gesture, but she hadn't prepared herself for the consequences.

"...it's nothing...really." Her voice was mousy and, were it not for the fact that the cabin was quieter than most of the others, almost inaudible as she recoiled from the attention, such as it was.

Her eyes noted the fact the the boy closed the book without so much as marking it. "O-oh! You don't--! I didn't mean to interrupt!"

"It is okay. The book will be here later." It wasn't like they were going anywhere any time soon, according to the people in charge. So, he could always read it after he ate or after they had spoken.

"I realize that I have been rather rude since my arrival." While it wasn't something that normally bothered him, he'd been trying to improve on that. After all, he had learned he needed to be open to the idea of interactions and such if he was going to get by on his own. He didn't have the rest of his team to help him out in that regard this time... as depressing a realization as that might be.

This could be considered sort of an unspoken apology. Tieria wasn't good at saying he was sorry, since he rarely ever was.

"N-no...I wasn't thinking...anything along those lines." Because frankly, she wasn't really any different upon her arrival here. It was easy to fall back into old habits without Usagi and the others around to pry her out of her stubborn shell.

She's actually pretty amazed with herself that she's carried a conversation this far without some horrible mishap. She'd still tread lightly, not one to tempt the fates. "I just...well, since we're in the same cabin, I couldn't help but notice how furiously you were studying, and..."

She faded off for a moment, clearing her throat and resuming when she realized that people couldn't just finish her sentences like back home. It took familiarity to be on that same wave-length, and that luxury wasn't one she had here. "...not to be presumptuous, but...if you needed any assistance, or if you were looking for something specific, well...two pairs of eyes are better than one, I figured."

He listened, surprisingly patient for all her hesitations. Her quiet demeanor was actually a bit refreshing and reminded him a little of Anew before she'd been mind-controlled into betraying Celestial Being by her twin and Ribbons.

He considered her words, glancing at a small stack of books he had selected for the time being. He hadn't wanted to create clutter by pulling too many from the shelves all at once.

"It would be helpful to learn a bit more about things here," which had been his goal all along, really. "I was hoping to find something about interdimensional transportation, which would have been what brought us here, if I am to understand the situation correctly. And then, from there, attempt to discover a way back."

Because, really, no offense to Ami, but he didn't want to be here. He didn't belong here. His home was back there, and he wanted to return to it.

A bewildered blink, followed by a drawn-out pause was Ami's next response. Did she just hear him right? Inter-dimensional transportation? Not that it was impossible, given the ability to teleport with her team-mates, but it was always to different places on Earth (or, erm, the moon...), not different realities or dimensions. Not without some miraculous feat of magic.

Or Setsuna, but...

"You mean..." She weakly smiles, hoping not to insult his intelligence with the question. "...in a theoretical sense?" She stops short, eyes lighting up again and she quickly cradled her chin in the crook of her knuckle. "...though if this is in fact Olympus and we are somehow located above the Empire State Building...there would have to be some sort of dimensional manipulation in play, wouldn't there?"

Oh dear. You've gone and gotten her started, Tieria...

Tieria nodded just slightly to indicate that it was a little theoretical, but, at the same time, not really.

"There is certainly something," he said. "I am attempting to ascertain exactly what." He put the book aside for the time being.

"From what I have read so far, these gods and goddesses do indeed live on Earth, however, they do in what seems to be a sort of pocket dimension." Like how normal humans in ancient Greece never actually saw the godly realm on top of the geographical Mt. Olympus.

"Yes. As though they are cloaked from mortal view, somehow." Something similar to how familiar people could come face-to-face with the senshi and not recognize them? "Like some sort of veil."

Without realizing it, Ami took a seat across from him, pulling a few of the books across the table and skimming them over. "Unless you're wanting to go into the details of the gods' interpersonal...relations..." Affairs? "This second book is a bit redundant in regards to the information you're looking for."

She'd gone over them with Philbrezzo a week or so earlier. "You seem to be more interested in what they are capable of, is that correct?"

"Yes," he said. "That is exactly it."

He leaned forward on the table to get a better viee of the book she had chosen, but pulled back a bit from the unintentional closeness when she stated it probably wasn't what he needed.

Ami ducked her head lower, under the guise of nodding in acknowledgement, but in truth to conceal the blush resulting from the moment of close proximity. She held her breath for a moment as she turned the page, slowly sucking a breath through her nose as she managed to swallow the embarrassment.

"There are multiple accounts, as you can imagine, though most of them being inscribed by mortals, fallacy must be taken into account..."

"Yes. Especially with conflicting stories."

He reached over to take one of the other books.

"Do any particular ones seem to support each more than others?"

"I honestly haven't been able to cross-reference all of them yet." She leans back in her seat and slips an open hand beneath her bangs to press her palm to her forehead with a sigh. "There are a myriad of Grecian gods. It's not like other deities which tend to have a limited number of scriptures in their canon."

Because really, Grecian gods...sometimes it was hard to tell which things were original, and which things were tacked-on by the Romans later on when assimilating other cultures' gods into their pantheon.

"Mm." Tieria leaned his chin on his hands, staring intently at the now open book on the table before him. He nodded a little.

"Yes. This is true." In general, Tieria was more familiar with monotheistic religions because of the names Celestial Being used the most. However, he did have a basic familiarity with all religions. However, as far as specific powers, he was lacking. It wasn't important information related to being a Gundam Meister in Celestial Being.

"I am hoping we will have enough spare time that I can continue to look through and find what I need," he said, "however, I do not believe they will allow me to avoid any required camp activities for long."

Ami weakly smiles, knowing that apprehension all too well. "There's certainly spare time, but..." Yes, there were several curricular activities one had to partake in in order to remain under the radar. It wouldn't do to be a delinquent, not when the gods were watching...or were they?

"Though participating in such activities might offer other campers' perspective as well...things you won't find in these ancient tomes, here." She lightly taps the hardbound cover of one of the books.

He nodded. He knew that, eventually, he was going to have to go out and be social to get more information. He just didn't like doing it if he didn't have to.

"You are right." He sighed. "Do you know how long any of the others have been here?" Perhaps, if someone had been at the camp long enough, they'd have a lot more knowledge from outside these books than either of them seemed to have at the moment.

"I'm not certain who's been here the longest, but..." Ami tilted her head to the side thoughtfully as she folded her arms over her chest. "I can't imagine that'd be too difficult to find out. If anything, we could ask the head guardians--or whatever it is they prefer to be called."

But yes, it did involve getting a little social, alas.

And, oddly enough, Ami was probably better at that than Tieria was.

"If they will answer us," he said, his tone a bit dark. He didn't have much faith that they would get their answers from the people in charge, but he supposed they could ask all the same. "How do we talk to them?"

...because she is more polite, perhaps?

"It does depend on the question, though I don't see why they would object in answering a question we could very likely get on our own accord." That would just be lazy. Or contrary. Neither qualities of which Ami held in high regard.

That was likely the case, but he'd never admit it.

"It would be more direct to ask them," he said. As much as he liked being self-sufficient, sometimes efficiency demanded finding an easier way to get the answer. He nodded. That settled it.

"I will attempt to contact the leaders of the camp and see what I can find out." He would likely do that in a few days or so, though, once he was able to find some time between activities to actually catch one and demand answers.

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001 - Arrival... Sort of?

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Amiiiii... y so kyoot? :D

BECAUSE PRECIOUS BABIES

SHE IS PRECIOUS

NO U

/BLUSH/

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