[open] march catchall

[techmaturgy]

Who: Viktor and special guests and YOU
When: throughout March
Where: Cadens, the Horizon
What: open stuff, closed stuff, general nerdery, horizon visits, whatever I WANT
Warnings: the usual references to terminal illness, will list additional warnings as needed.

[open and closed starters in comments! If you want a custom starter or something specific, just hit me up. full horizon details are here for any and all wildcarding needs. For everything else, I’m on plurk at whitticus and on discord at whitticus#8139.]

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[cryptsleeper]

[Great news Viktor: Alucard's going to just throw some off handed information out for you.]

Really? That's quite an interesting path to go down. My mother was a doctor and had great interest in progressing the medical arts, although our civilization was no where near as advanced as yours has proven to be. [Even with Dracula being...Dracula.]

But truly there are some logistical restrictions, no?

[techmaturgy]

It's not necessarily the level of advancement that's the issue. [It's the fact that half the population lives in an environment poisoned by toxic runoff and fumes.] Industry has a human cost--wastewater, pollution, a lack of interest in safety. To be able to lessen or reverse those effects is important to me.

[Not that it's personal, or anything. Viktor raises his eyebrows a little at this (very useful) tidbit of personal information.

Does the Hexcore have restrictions? Maybe. Right now it all seems to be a font of possibility, and all he can really hope for is to recreate it here, to a similar capacity. That said...]

Development...hasn't been without its roadblocks. I imagine I'll continue to encounter them.

[cryptsleeper]

--Investment in one over the other then? [Alucard thinks he's reading the implication correctly, but he wants to be sure.

And not poke at the personal. Yet.]

Doubtlessly. Such issues always arise but...[He breathes out, a little wary.] The air of mistrust with magic makes me concerned.

[techmaturgy]

[Viktor nods, but doesn't say anymore, seemingly aware that he might have revealed a little too much about his own situation. It's not that he thinks it isn't obvious, just that he finds it difficult to talk about, even with someone who is, arguably, at this point, a friend.

Easier to talk about the particularities of his work, instead.]

I know that Cadens is wary, but it's my hope that once I have a workable prototype, the benefits will be self-evident.

[cryptsleeper]

[Alucard is content enough to move on from the subject and not return to it for the day. It was already a personal enough thing to reveal. No reason do well.

There's small nod at that, but Alucard can't help what comes out next. It has to be asked.]

And if it is used for war?

[techmaturgy]

That is...always a risk.

[He knows that better now. Knows that he can't charge forward blindly with innovations that might be misused. It's almost funny, that he's the one thinking about safeguards now, but a great deal has changed for him in a relatively short amount of time.]

All I can do is build in the appropriate failsafes. [What those are, exactly, he hasn't quite figured out, though he does recall Samus telling him that he needs to build in stops and gos, to make sure that the Hexcore doesn't do anything he doesn't want it to do. He'll start there.] Which is part of the plan. If that's what you were wondering.

[cryptsleeper]

Yes, it was.

[It's nice to have implications so easily read and understood. And to know that his concerns are not unfounded, but rather anticipated and seemingly planned for.

It is a nice step up from Hector others in the inventing world.]

If you want to return to work, I can rather happily amuse myself here with books.

[techmaturgy]

[At the very least, his intent is clear, even if, internally, he isn’t quite sure how he’s going to accomplish any of this just yet. Viktor has his theories, about arcane conduits having connections to specific users, which seems like a promising place to start.]

You’re not bothering me. [He’s always looking for an excuse to get back to work, but he can’t say he minds Alucard’s company. Again—nice to spend time with a like-minded individual.] You’re welcome to stay as long as you like, though I’ve been warned that time passes normally outside of this place.

[Otherwise he would, uh. Stay in here forever, probably.]

[cryptsleeper]

[Go talk to Sypha, Viktor. Her take on magic should help.]

I can keep myself here then, if you'd rather work in the lab space. [He's polite enough, and definitely does not want to overstay a welcome.] And I've allowed myself space for the day, so I am not terribly worried with regard to time.

[techmaturgy]

I might be back and forth, if you don't mind.

[He offers a smile--small, but genuine. It's nice, he thinks, to have a little bit of company.]

Make yourself comfortable--if you need anything, just let me know.