Fourth Machine: IT'S TIME TO R-R-R-R-RRRREAD

[technomaturgist]

Who: Ferrus and YOU! (Open!)
Where: Aquila Library, in Aquarius.
Summary: Ferrus got tired of working on machines, after fiddling with them for a month or so - he's used to missions breaking up the tedium. So he gave himself a mission: learn more about Personas! Thus, reading up on them.
Warnings: N-N/A?

To tell the truth, Ferrus hadn't found machines interesting enough to work on them day after day after he became a teenager. He'd already spent most of his life in the vicinity of machines, sure, and his bitty years were spent enjoying technology (in spite of the machine cult). Even when the accident happened and he was shipped off to the machine cult, he still maintained his interest in machines. But...

Inevitably, he would find his work tedious instead of fun.

Normally, he spent a month doing tech work and then a month was set aside for missions. It broke tedium better then normal, and honestly what was Ferrus supposed to do with his time? It normally wasn't his own in the first place. He would either hunt with Garviel (which had sort of become tedious as well, in its own way, since Kais was introduced to the team) or work.

That was why he was currently sitting in a comfy chair, fully decked out in his robe - mask included - and reading through books on the subject of Personas. Whether they were government-made, psychology textbooks, or general books on the subject written by residents, Ferrus didn't seem to care: there was a small pile on the table in front of him, neatly organized as 'read' and 'unread'.

...Of course, if you need one of the books he's reading, or are just worrying about his eyesight through that mask's darkly clouded frames, you could come up and ask, but...

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[pistolsakimbo]

Of course she had to move in so close to read the cover of the book. She also had to plop herself on the arm of his chair to look over the page he was on too. That's just how she rolls, Ferrus.

"Didn't that long nosed guy in the Velvet Room say they're extensions of ourselves, or something like that?" she asked, not sure if Ferrus had been there or not. "The one I got from him is pretty cool."

And the same as that woman from her world... she wanted to bring that up next time the Room was open. After all, if Undine was answering her summons, wasn't that a bad thing? She shrugged to herself, before peering at the page he was on again.

"So, what'cha find out so far?"

throws up hands (sorry for the wait)

[technomaturgist]

Ferrus is going to just mildly scoot away from her seat on the chair's arm - not enough to be noticeable, but he's not quite good at interpersonal closeness yet. (In a psychological or physical way. >:Tc Jeez, Rune! More like RuDe!)

"That's what the books are saying, too." He hadn't visited the Velvet Room yet, and he wasn't about to let that on to Rune. (He was probably going to soon, though. It sounded interesting...)

"...Mostly that the idea of persona are concepts about the workings of the mind, too. Like... they're the way you present yourself." To be honest, Ferrus didn't quite like this. He was used to viewing people on their external level, not the underneath - the idea of personas was sort of surprising, in a way he couldn't identify.

XD <3

[pistolsakimbo]

"...way we present ourselves, hunh..." Rune muttered, leaning away, a bit of a distracted look on her face. "I... I don't think it's that simple. Y-you know... seems like there should be more to it than that."

[technomaturgist]

His face turned towards the book before him before settling it down on the space that'd opened up beside him, page number memorized - "...I don't know if that's what a Persona means in terms of the powers we have. It's just what I've read about Personas. There's only a few books on the powers, it seems... and most of them are either theories or childrens' books." He'd reach over into the already read pile (which was thankfully not the side Rune was taking up) and snatch up a thick theories book, as well as what appeared to be a children's book. He opened up both for her, although they'd probably be incomprehensible if she hadn't tried to read books here before: they were translated, but they still read from right to left.

"It's... still mostly related to the concept I told you about, though, so..."

Her distraction wasn't entirely unnoticed, but he assumed she was thinking about past experiences. He didn't... quite notice she might be uncomfortable for some other reason.

[pistolsakimbo]

"...that's not right!"

She shot up from her seat along with her sudden outburst, fists clenched tightly at her sides. Rune struggled to get a hold of herself, but it was near impossible. She... she wasn't like that... she wasn't a monster that just killed everything... she wasn't engineered to kill...!

"...that can't be right..." she murmured, sinking to the ground by his chair instead.

[technomaturgist]

What the fuck just happened.

Ferrus sat in his chair, startled entirely for a moment - his surprise had rendered him cowering from her outburst, for a moment, before he reigned himself in and forced himself to scoot back towards her.

What was he supposed to do??? He'd had this sort of outburst before.

How had Frak handled it?

Oh, right.

He's gonna just reach over, cautiously, and lightly pat her on the back. He's staying up in his chair, yes, but he's trying.

...A back part of his mind wondered if this was part of the principles he'd read. It was unfed, and unnurtured - but that small curiousity was there. People were sort of interesting.

[pistolsakimbo]

Rune let out a faint noise, almost like a sob, at that awkward pat. No, she wasn't crying, what are you talking about? She just had something caught in her throat, that's all! After a moment, she reached up, rubbing at her face to try and keep it clean.

"This isn't fair," she muttered. "Why does this place have to throw stupid stuff in my face like that?"