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[not_that_lockon]

[The holodeck seems to be a little like that one toy you get at Christmas which every kid wants to have a go at playing with, and if the surroundings visible through the sphere when it starts broadcasting are any indication, Lyle is no exception to the rule.

He must have been there for a few minutes because the thing's already been set to look like a pretty normal street, with the sun's shining on it. There's a young woman standing in the middle of this setting. Even if she wasn't pretty - which she is - she wouldn't be the sort of person you'd easily miss in a crowd, with her unusual colouring - light purple hair and red eyes aren't common even in Lyle's universe.

So where's Lyle in all this? He's standing off to one side with an odd smile on his face, not really doing anything other than watching.

Oh, and he hasn't realised that his sphere's on either. :D]

Comments

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

O-oh! It isn't-- I-I'm truly sorry, I... I didn't know... And where you appear to be, I...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

[Oh, so THAT'S what she thought. How cute.]

I'm on the holodeck. It's still on the ship.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

The holodeck?... May I ask what a holodeck is...? I-if you don't mind. If I'm interrupting something, please, feel free to let me know...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

You're not the first one who's come along, don't worry about it.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

[T-that sort of makes it a little worse. :< Lowering her head a little, likely in apology.] Mm... I'm sorry.

The holodeck... Does it always look like that?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Should've made sure this bloody thing was off first.

[shakes his head] Nah, you can program it to look like pretty much anything you can think of.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

There is a way to turn them off?... I didn't know...

[... She doesn't really get it. :<] Program it? Like a computer...? It must be difficult to do...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

There should be a button somewhere.

Actually, it was pretty easy. Even if you've never seen a computer before I think you can just tell it what you want to see.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

A button... [Looks at her sphere, before slowly reaching out to it. For once, it doesn't back away, though there is just a slight jerk as though it might. A second later, it flickers off, only to come back on a second later.] Was that the right one...?

Tell it...? Do you mean by talking to it? Or by typing something in?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

[he nods] Yeah, that was it.

Talking to it seemed to work.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you... It doesn't appear to be solid, but... Apparently it was after all.

... This ship truly is unusual... The spheres, the transporter, I think it was called... And now this "holodeck"... I wonder who built it all...?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

It's a strange place, that's for sure.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

It is... We have spaceships were I come from, but they are nowhere near as advanced... And we don't usually have near as many people board them either.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Mind if I ask what year it is?

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

Ah, 1998...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

That far back?

Well, since you told me I might as well do the same. It's 2312 where I'm from.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

I-is that so... Somebody else from the future...?

... Do you know how this is possible, by any chance?...

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Not a clue, I'm afraid.

I'm Lyle, by the way. You got a name?

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

I see... Thank you, regardless.

Fujino Asagami. [Bow~] It is nice to meet you, Lyle.

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

You too, Fujino. Is that Japanese?

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

Ah, it is, yes. Are you from somewhere outside Japan? [Or Earth, is what she'd like to ask, but she's afraid that may seem rude.]

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm Irish.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

[... So he does come from Earth... How about that. :Oa] ... Do you have spaceships like this one where... Um, when... you are from?

[not-that-lockon.livejournal.com]

Not quite like this one. But pretty close.

[twisted-lilac.livejournal.com]

Mm... Do you think this ship could have been built on Earth...? If it is possible for me to be here from 1998, and you to be here from 2312... Maybe this ship that we are on is from somewhere even further in the future...?

... It is a lot to think about, isn't it...