"I don't know what sort of projects interest you."
Bill is on the list of people who could more than keep up, but he's asked Nico to make things, so he's not sure what Bill likes. Though he can understand if it's just a quest to escape boredom.
"Not really."
He regrets that, not taking the opportunity to see more. But hiding from his dreams was as much as he could deal with after the nightmare.
"THE DREAMSCAPE'S LIKE LIVING INSIDE A WHITEBOARD THAT YOU CAN DRAW ANYTHING ON! OR LIKE TURNING YOUR IMAGINATION INSIDE-OUT! YOU CAN MODEL THINGS, CREATE THINGS, DESTROY THINGS, TEST PHYSICS OBJECTS, TOSS THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF AN IDEA AT SOMEONE ELSE... COMMUNICATION IN THERE IS WAY EASIER THAN OUT HERE!"
He does remember that it had been much easier to talk there.
"It sounds like... a dream. Especially for scientists." He doesn't say that he can see why Ford must've loved it, because that's a relationship that goes beyond even his usual careful avoidance of talking about the personal.
"Being comfortable with an idea doesn't translate into it being a good idea, especially when that comfort is based off surface similarities to past experiences, which engender certain feelings due to the specific circumstances. It's important to be able to take these things apart and understand them."
"It's not useful over-analyzing unless I'm able to check whether use makes any changes in your head." Probably, he is trying to figure out his emotions.
Still, he's more interested in testing his work. He carefully unhooks, handing it over to Bill.
"Not like that." Mostly not like that, anyway, he doesn't ignore any of the potential angles of danger. "More... literally. There's a reason humans dream. And brains can get rewired in all sorts of ways. It seems like it could be risky."
He watches carefully, this isn't the best moment, but there's something special about the anticipation before a test run.
Nico is already adding notes to his file on the project, just because he doesn't need them to remember doesn't mean it can't be useful to have things written down. Sometimes.
"That was one of the interesting things to figure out, how to make it display without the intermediary."
He starts on another explanation of 'motion activated sensors', systems that are supposed to respond to thoughts, experiments with AIs, block transfer mechanics as understood as the building blocks of certain universes and a slight digression into the possibility of temporal engineering if you start in a universe without time travel.
"...Uh. Anyway. It should work if you press your whole... hand against it."
Bill looks actually very interested in the temporal engineering part, and encourages the digression. Not like they're pressed for time here. Haha! Get it? Time.
"ALRIGHT!"
He does - the memory he's uploaded is just another one of him looking incredibly bored in the Nightmare Realm, eye half-lidded, floating with all four limbs limp and a deck of cards floating around him in zero gravity.
Bill's pupil goes squiggly again for a second as he uploads - "EUH." - and he presses his hand to the clip.
An image of Bill in the last port appears, riding on Yara's shoulders and having a vehement hissed argument with her about which direction they should be trying go in thorough the jungle.
"THAT'S ONE OF ABOUT A DOZEN EXACTLY LIKE THAT. WE SURE HAD FUN."
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Date: 2019-02-27 03:30 am (UTC)Putting concepts into words is tough, and getting in the flow on a project is great.
"YOU EVER WORK TOGETHER WITH ANYONE ELSE ON ENGINEERING STUFF HERE?"
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Date: 2019-02-27 03:34 am (UTC)He could follow their thoughts, but it's more awkward when it's one way.
"And finding out if they were interested -" It's just all so awkward, working by himself is far better.
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Date: 2019-02-27 03:41 am (UTC)Bill taps under his eye, thoughtful.
"I SAW YOU IN YOUR DREAM, BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE DREAMSCAPE CAN DO, DID I?"
Re: spam
Date: 2019-02-27 03:49 am (UTC)Bill is on the list of people who could more than keep up, but he's asked Nico to make things, so he's not sure what Bill likes. Though he can understand if it's just a quest to escape boredom.
"Not really."
He regrets that, not taking the opportunity to see more. But hiding from his dreams was as much as he could deal with after the nightmare.
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Date: 2019-02-27 04:03 am (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2019-02-27 04:08 am (UTC)"It sounds like... a dream. Especially for scientists." He doesn't say that he can see why Ford must've loved it, because that's a relationship that goes beyond even his usual careful avoidance of talking about the personal.
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Date: 2019-02-27 04:34 am (UTC)AND, YOU CAN STILL GET TO IT EVEN NOW THAT THE FLOOD'S OVER! YA JUST GOTTA BE ASLEEP OUTSIDE AN ACCESS FILTER AND I CAN GET YOU IN ANY TIME!"
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Date: 2019-03-01 01:18 am (UTC)“I’m not sure I should feel comfortable with that.”
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Date: 2019-03-01 01:31 am (UTC)"'SHOULD' IS A USELESS WORD! YOU'RE COMFORTABLE OR YOU AREN'T!"
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Date: 2019-03-01 01:42 am (UTC)spam
Date: 2019-03-01 04:47 pm (UTC)"WELL, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU, KID. OVER-ANALYZE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU DECIDE ON! IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S TEST THIS THING."
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Date: 2019-03-02 08:19 pm (UTC)Still, he's more interested in testing his work. He carefully unhooks, handing it over to Bill.
"Let's see how it goes."
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Date: 2019-03-02 09:07 pm (UTC)"NICO, TRUTH RING. TRUTH RING, NICO."
With that introduction done, "I CAN'T CHANGE WHAT'S INSIDE YOUR HEAD EVEN IF I WASN'T INMATE-CAPPED!"
The ring does not do anything. Bill takes the clip and also puts that on.
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Date: 2019-03-02 09:15 pm (UTC)He watches carefully, this isn't the best moment, but there's something special about the anticipation before a test run.
"What are you going to think of?"
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Date: 2019-03-03 12:42 am (UTC)"SOMETHING I DON'T CARE ABOUT LOSING AGAIN!"
One of his bricks starts blinking and his pupil briefly kinks into a lightning bolt.
"EAUH. FEELS WEIRD."
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Date: 2019-03-03 01:01 am (UTC)Nico is already adding notes to his file on the project, just because he doesn't need them to remember doesn't mean it can't be useful to have things written down. Sometimes.
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Date: 2019-03-03 03:12 am (UTC)Bill fiddles with the clip.
"ALRIGHT, SHOW ME HOW TO DISPLAY!"
Re: spam
Date: 2019-03-03 04:47 pm (UTC)He starts on another explanation of 'motion activated sensors', systems that are supposed to respond to thoughts, experiments with AIs, block transfer mechanics as understood as the building blocks of certain universes and a slight digression into the possibility of temporal engineering if you start in a universe without time travel.
"...Uh. Anyway. It should work if you press your whole... hand against it."
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Date: 2019-03-03 05:58 pm (UTC)"ALRIGHT!"
He does - the memory he's uploaded is just another one of him looking incredibly bored in the Nightmare Realm, eye half-lidded, floating with all four limbs limp and a deck of cards floating around him in zero gravity.
Re: spam
Date: 2019-03-03 06:09 pm (UTC)"...You, uh, had a lot of empty time."
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Date: 2019-03-03 06:12 pm (UTC)Bill floats around to look over Nico's shoulder.
"HOW'S IT LOOKING?"
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Date: 2019-03-03 06:16 pm (UTC)He taps his slate, unfocused for a moment.
"Can you pull up one with more elements to it?"
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Date: 2019-03-03 06:24 pm (UTC)"SURE, I CAN DO THAT! MORE EMOTIONAL ELEMENTS, OR MORE PROPS?"
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Date: 2019-03-03 06:25 pm (UTC)spam
Date: 2019-03-03 06:38 pm (UTC)"GOTCHA!"
Bill's pupil goes squiggly again for a second as he uploads - "EUH." - and he presses his hand to the clip.
An image of Bill in the last port appears, riding on Yara's shoulders and having a vehement hissed argument with her about which direction they should be trying go in thorough the jungle.
"THAT'S ONE OF ABOUT A DOZEN EXACTLY LIKE THAT. WE SURE HAD FUN."
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