004 *Action* Fisherman's Horizon

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

[It is strange to see Shelke Rui outside anymore. Usually she haunts empty classrooms and her dorm ,wires trailing behind her from a bundle of technology in her arms. But , here she is. It is around noon and the town is bustling. But , Shelke is not really partaking in the shopping. She sits on a marble bench. A class list sits on her lap. Shelke is busily scrawling on it. Finally , she got off her butt and decided to picks classes.]

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[polariity.livejournal.com]

<sub>[Artollo is looking a bit better in comparison to last time. Definitely a bit more healthy, although he's still more or less a far-too-skinny troll in a wheelchair. At least he's out and about, which is a change from the usual 'hole up and don't deal with other people' schedule.

When he sees a familiar figure, however, he rolls himself up.]</sub>

Rui. [Nope, not even going to bother with her first name.] Buthy?

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

[She looks up, smiling a little]

Not really. I am working on my class schedule. It is proving to be more difficult than I expected.

[polariity.livejournal.com]

Ah. [There's an understanding nod.] I completed mine not too long ago. I found motht of the mandatory courtheth to be... annoying.

Ballroom dancing in particular.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

[She glances at the list again]

...Dancing... That sounds dull.

[polariity.livejournal.com]

_{[That earns a snort of agreement.]}

Impractical, too. We could fill that thlot with a better activity. It maketh me quethtion their prioritieth.

What have you decided on?

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

I have settled on a major of blunt weapons for the time being. It is very tentative , though.

[Scans the list]

As for classes, I am still being indecisive. I guess , if I must I can take the dancing class. [ She circles it , then looks up at him]

Have you settled on any certain classes yet?

[polariity.livejournal.com]

Perhapth we will be in the thame clath, then. I am altho taking it. It ith better to get thuch a clath out of the way early.

[There's a pause, and he gives a small shrug.] It altho made motht of my 'cedule in alphabetical order.

I plan on completing two majorth. Battlefield Medicine and... [A frown.] Computer Thcience.

I have been told the former ith a good choice.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

I was too...preoccupied...to start on my schedule. [She wasn't gonna mention she had spent these past weeks holed up in that empty classroom with the computer. Old habits are hard to break. In truth she had put off doing the schedule because it was like laying down roots here in this strange place.]

I was debating Computer Science...I may reconsider. [Blink]

It would be comforting to be in classes with someone who I am even slightly acquainted with , Artollo Apemis

[polariity.livejournal.com]

I am only taking it becauthe I told thomeone I would help them. It ith... not my firtht choice.

_{[Hearing that sort of thing has him pause and cock his head to the side.]}

..I thee. I cannot promithe I will be a good dance partner, however. [There's a dry smile and he gestures to his legs.] I am getting better, but I am hardly graceful.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

I am not very good at dancing. It will not bother me.

It is strange choosing classes. I have never attended an institute such as this. Have you ever been to school,Artollo Apemis?

[polariity.livejournal.com]

Not like thith, no.

Alternian methodth of learning were different during my time. Motht of the thingth I learned, I learned from my... caretaker, you humanth would call him.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

He must be a kind individual then.

[polariity.livejournal.com]

_{[A kind individual.. Artollo imagines his lusus and actually smirks.]}

Not quite. Trollth are not raithed by their own kind, like you humanth appear to be. We are raithed by the wildlife on Alternia.

[Because saying it is annoying, he creates the words again: lusus naturae]

They protect uth and watch over uth. Even teach uth, in their own way. But they can be unruly, to put it lightly. They are wild creatureth.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. Lusus Naturae. Strange words.. A concept of being raised by animals is something at qualifies as barbaric where I come from. It is ...interesting at another culture considers it normal.

[polariity.livejournal.com]

They help teach our race how to be rethponthible and fend for our life. Almotht all life on Alternia ith fairly violent, tho it'th good to thtart learning early. They tend to choothe uth once we leave the area where we are born, if we can thurvive the trip. What blood color a troll hath decideth what variety of beatht will take care of them.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

[She looks curious ]

Blood color. Do you mean that different individuals have....?

[polariity.livejournal.com]

Correct. That ith even how our culture ith thructured. Thothe low blood like me- I have yellow- are worth little in the Empire'th eyeth. Thothe with high blood, which would be purple, rule over the retht.

_{[His bitterness towards it is rather obvious.]}

That ith the hemothpectrum.

[thecolorleslite.livejournal.com]

[She pauses for a moment. ]

...I hope that you do not take offense, but that system seems highly flawed. In logic , wouldn't a system based on heredity such as that eventually fall apart due to inbreeding to keep the bloodlines pure? Not to mention that if the count of "low bloods" is greater compared to the number of "high bloods" wouldn't that , in time , leave space for rebellion?

Tell me , Artollo Apemis, what are the population numbers in your society?