Day 27: Library

[not-rly-fai.livejournal.com]

Libraries, he'd found, were rarely as dull as people made them out to be.  Though he felt no magic in these tomes, they were still full of useful information.  Maybe some of them could tell him a little bit more about this world he'd landed himself in. 

For that matter, why hadn't he run into any of the others yet?  They'd all been fairly close together when they'd left Rekord, but he hadn't seen a trace of any of them.  He was able to communicate easily with the people here though, which led him to believe Mokona was within a mile or so.  Unless the ones running this little game had some other way to let all these other-worldly people communicate amongst themselves.  In which case, the others could be very far away indeed.

The library had that wonderful smell of old books, and Fai traced his fingers along the shelves, skimming titles and pulling books that struck his fancy.  Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The War of the Worlds, and with a smile, he found Bram Stoker's Dracula as well.  Raven had been telling the truth then, in spite of his own lies.  Ought to be a good start.  He sat leisurely at one of the tables and began flipping through his selections.

[waiting for Tamaki~]

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[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"No other specifics. I could guard you, if that would be acceptable." Honestly, it looked like a guard might be a good idea for this man. "I'm used to having armor and a rifle, but I'm well trained for CQC." He really didn't feel like mentioning his prior experience with acting as a bodyguard. It still made his chest feel oddly tight, just to think about it.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust frowned. "I would have no problems with that," he said slowly. "Though I'm certain there are people who would benefit far more from your services than a doctor like myself."

Though, Faust could see the sense in it...

"How about this," he finally offered. "In return for you protecting me and thus fulfilling your orders, I will help you and your, er, leader and his or her group with any medical problems you may have, from first aid to major injuries and illnesses." It was a chance to try to help and Faust couldn't pass that up.

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"The Captain said he would be otherwise occupied during the night, but he might have found others to join up..." 622 glanced around, finding the Captain talking to... he had no idea who, but he looked like he was military of some type. "The Captain's the one over there, with the blue stars on the shoulders." He liked the Imperial cog symbols on his own shirt better, but that was just his own bias.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust took note of the man pointed out to him and nodded. "Captain... I see." Faust frowned slightly. Agreeing to work with someone like this reminded him of Yoh and Anna. He needed to return to them as soon as possible. They might not need him, but he was still a part of the team. Without three, they would be disqualified.

"I will speak to him at a later time," he looked back at the other man. "Unless you see him before I do." He smiled. "If you would let him know of my offer?"

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I will. A medic is always a great help." As long as more complicated things were required than 'bandage that cut', or 'do your best to hold your guts in'. Tracheotomies in the field were always a favorite...

Looking over at the Captain, he was reminded of something. "I've been told about... have you ever seen something called 'Star Wars'?" It still sounded insane to him, but...

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust smiled and nodded. "We certainly try to be," he said. No mention of how often he'd turned that knowledge of healing to causing great pain.

At the question, Faust frowned and thought hard. "It... sounds familiar," he admitted slowly. "I believe there was a military operation hinted at in the United States a long while ago with that name ... and something about a film as well." He shook his head. "I'm sorry if that's not what you're talking about. I am rather behind on global cultures."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

Well, the first was quite new. "I hadn't heard of the former, but the film was what I was referring to." He'd deffinitely have to ask the Captain about the military program...

"Apparently, the station I was on when I died was shown in this film." Which should be impossible. But quite a lot of impossible things had been going on lately...

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust nodded, still frowning thoughtfully. "I'm sorry to say that I don't watch many films so I haven't a clue what you're talking about."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"Neither do I. About the films, I mean. Appart from the fact that... well, in the film, the government I fight for is defeated." Which was a depressing and frighteningly possible idea.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust frowned. "That is rather depressing," he said. "But, unless it was a documentary or something of that nature, I wouldn't take it to heart. Fiction is fiction."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"The existence of the station was not made public until recently. They couldn't possibly have known about it for as long as it seems they had." Not enough time to make a holovid about it blowing up, in any case.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

"Then I wouldn't believe it at all," Faust said with a nod. "Don't forget about the rumors of alternate realities."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I don't completely believe it, but I've got little else here." The stuff about other dimensions just made his head spin even worse than the holovid business, so he tried to not give it too much thought.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust nodded. "Well, I don't know what to tell you," he said. "You are welcome to believe whatever you wish." He offered a slight smile.

He wondered what it was like, to hear people talk about your life as though it had been on public display like that.

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

What he really wanted now was someone to tell him what to believe. He sighed, uncomfortably aware again of the fact that his armor was gone. "I'd like to find out more about it, in any case. To see how much of it squares with what I know."

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust nodded. "It's made me curious. I think I will ask around myself."

If only to be a bit more current with recent (or not so recent?) events.

"I'll be glad to pass along anything I find out to you if you'd like."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"That would be helpful." He was considering posting a question about it on the message board, but he was almost afraid of the answers he might get.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust smiled. "I would be glad to help however I could." He tilted his head slightly.

"You mentiond CQC before. What does that mean?"

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"Close Quarters Combat. Hand-to-hand and melee." It wasn't used often, but that didn't make it any less important... if he hadn't been able to give that rebel spy a good punch, he would have... died a few minutes earlier. But as it was, the rebel hadn't escaped, at least. He wasn't going to be killing anyone else, now.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust nodded thoughtfully. "I see..." Close combat wasn't something Faust was big on. He was more the 'stand behind these dead folk and let them kill you' sort of fighter.

"I am sure you'll be getting quite a lot of practice with that here."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I will, or I'll be dying fairly quickly." Again. "As long as things go reasonably well, I won't be doing that any time soon." The damn thing was, he had been so prepared to die the first time.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Faust frowned. "I doubt that you'll be dying anytime soon," he said. "Not if I can still do my job properly." It had been a while, but not that long. "I am a descent medic."

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

622 shrugged. "I'm not doubting you. It just happens pretty quickly to soldiers like me, that's all." It wasn't fun to think about much, but... well. It wasn't something that was easy to explain to a civvie.

[empty-death.livejournal.com]

Blinking, Faust tilted his head. "Soldiers like you? What do you mean?"

He didn't like the idea of a man so content with death.

[loyal-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I'm a clone. Like I said, we have a short lifespan to begin with. We train to fight wars, and that's it. And one major theme of wars is quite a lot of deaths in all of them. I've gotten used to the concept by now." Otherwise he would have lost it. Some did. Usually not the Fett clones, though.