( npc post )

[savrou_npc]

⚍⚍ INCOMING TRANSMISSION ⚎⚎

Sentients of this vessel: I am Zhou, envoy of Caducus Primary. Your current trajectory predicts your arrival shortly, and as such, we have prepared a generous welcome for you. All we ask is that you show the same kindness once you are here. As a token of hospitality, I extend an invitation for you to ask any one personal question — past, present, or future. It will be given an answer.

We, of Caducus Primary, recognize the value of all things no matter their fragile nature. We anticipate your approach with great happiness.

⚍⚍ END TRANSMISSION ⚎⚎

[ Ask whatever you might of Zhou, but keep in mind that it is only one question per person. Questions about Caducus Primary do not apply toward the one question, though they will still be answered. ]

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[commontype]

hello. don't mean to be rude or nothin' but how you gonna answer a question like that?

[savrou_npc]

There are ways. It's at your discretion whether to believe it or not.

[commontype]

alright, well i'm eggsy and i wanna know if my mum and sis are alright. like are they doing okay.

[imaginary_wife]

Sentients of this vessel, huh.

Know where we're headed?

[Its the only question she suspects will do them any good.]

[savrou_npc]

Back to the beginning. Your current course will bring you to Caducus Primary, the first of three.

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[forcefulgift]

That's a bit of a tall order, yeah?
What if we ask something you can't answer?

[savrou_npc]

Even impossible questions have their answers. [ So ask and find out. ]

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[pallantias]

How will you answer questions about us if you have not even met us yet? You don’t even know who we are.

[savrou_npc]

Caducus Primary allows us to see as easily as looking through a window. Speaking to you is enough.

[vengeance_driven]

I thought things could turn out a lot of ways.

Do you all do this thing? Because ah... it is a little creepy.

[savrou_npc]

All of us who? Your captains gave us permission to address everyone aboard to put you at ease.

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[forwardmomentum]

[ miles is skeptical, but he can't pass up the chance to try. ]

Can we trust the captains? That is, do they really have our best interests in mind?

[savrou_npc]

They haven't led you astray thus far. If they didn't want to keep you, you would have been left behind when you first came here.

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[neveroutwrenched]

"An answer." So....a truthful one? A lie? A guess? Any of the above? Passing fortune-telling off as something concrete is pretty cruel, you know. [Unless it's not. But until then, a question for an answer is snake oil if Ratchet's ever seen it. Or at least deserves some serious scrutiny.]

[savrou_npc]

I offer only honesty. It's your decision to believe whether or not what I say is a truth to be considered as such.

[heliakal]

We appreciate your hospitality, Zhou. We'll do our best to return the favor.

[savrou_npc]

Thank you. [ Politeness will get you everything. ] If you have a question, please ask it.

[intherigging]

So, can you tell the future, then?

[Jacky's had some experience with 'fortune tellers', and was taught how to con with the best of them, but. Well. She's in a ship moving through the stars, where people can talk to each other practically face to face from miles away so. Might be worth trying, then...]

...Bollocks, I just wasted m'question, didn't I.

[savrou_npc]

Those questions are not the questions I mean. The future is sometimes as clear as the very words we speak. [ And other times... Well. ] You may still ask anything of me.

[whatdidisay]

So we can ask you... anything? And you'll have an answer for us?

( he's... okay he's a little curious even if this is the sort of thing he avoids, innocent bystander and all. )

[savrou_npc]

Yes. Think carefully on your question, and ask it when you're ready.

[keelahselai]

[There's your standard several minutes of agonising over whether 'what kind of personal questions do you mean' counts as the one question. Then she decides to hell with it.]

How do you see the past, present and future? And why share it with us?

[savrou_npc]

The alignment of Caducus Primary with other celestial bodies allows the possibility. It is often simple science, but sometimes, not a satisfactory one. We offer it as a gesture of hospitality.

[seeingscarlet]

[Realistically, there could only be one question.]

Pietro. Will I see him again?

[hyperkinesia]

Hi, Zhou. I'm Bruce, it's... nice to meet you.

[ He thinks? The young girl (she looks young, but what does he know) seems friendly at least, and what she offers is something that interests him. Even if he's just as reticent as everyone else - though maybe just a little less so than some. ]

This question that I can ask, it'll be kept between us? [ Not that it matters so much, but still. ]