on the nature of oaths

[zuhrovet]

[In the current move, Sasha has just accepted an oath of service from Jedao, a relationship Reshad believes is coercive. I'm not sure whether this properly counts as character rp or a new half-move, but I think we all need some new space to deal with the fallout!]

Sasha is waiting outside the antechamber. She has tied her scarf again, and looks as put-together as she ever does. "Are we having this conversation in my office?" she asks Reshad. "Or over tea, with everyone?"

Comments

Re: literal manipulators - paging Alaric and the Cantata

[zuhrovet]

"Got it. I suppose it would be weird if a moth started singing encrypted songs, and we'll have to fuck the other mothgrids to insert our devices, in any case. What about range of motion? Cantata, would it be easier for you to think about the location of something with wheels, or something that hovered?"

[A lot of the servitors in the books hover! Could we use that technology in a range of time periods, or is it only plausible in Cheris's time?]

Re: literal manipulators - paging Alaric and the Cantata

[yhlee]

[Hovering tech is much closer to Cheris's time period, alas!]

Cantata considers the question. "Wheels are the round spinny things, right? I could think about wheels. They are very entertaining."

Re: literal manipulators - paging Alaric and the Cantata

[slybrarian]

"Locomotion control is easy to abstract to whatever form factor we need. We can practically do it with off-the-shelf military software. Or better yet, high-end competitive gaming interfaces. The custom stuff is way better than any lowest-bidder garbage they stick the Kel with. We'll just need to figure out how to adapt that interface to be something you can interact with. And that you can test out and learn with, well, games while we build the hardware."