I think I have an idea of what's causing it, but... [ He fixes Ganymede with a serious look. ] I'll deal with it in whatever way I can. I don't want to point out the cause when I have no solution.
[ And he thinks Zelkova might have said something like that before. ]
I wonder if the source can be lured out? It has to keep moving around, right?
...Is it just you and maybe that other guy who have been able to search for whatever this is? [ Beat. ] And, is there a possibility for you to get mermaid skins?
[ THE LAST QUESTION SOUNDS SO OUT THERE, BUT IT IS...RELATED. Tangently. He is asking these inquiries with a straight face regardless. ]
[ So that it might not cause too problems. Incidentally, fishes are related to mermaids. ]
Anyway, mermaid skins. Do you happen to have those? I wonder if it might help with swimming around in deeper depths...just in case. There seems to be various places with quite a good deal of water.
[ And also Hani suggested the both of them to ask Zelkova. This is quicker. ]
Just forget I asked — trust me, you'd be doing me a favor.
[ Ganymede feels like he's embarrassing himself further and like wishing to be a cat crawling underneath a sofa cushion to hide itself, thanks. He's doing terrible at this, and he knows it is just that he's not clever.
Still. He's learned some new things that might help him in underwater casual shenans. ]
Anyway! That aside, I don't think I've...
Well, actually — there might be something else. Others have been translating some things on the network, and even before then. Do you know what the 'Cursed Wave' is? Or "Shadow of Death" and "Mirage of Deceit"?
As an aside, Ganymede thinks he can recite the particulars minus the missing words, though if Zelkova doesn't recall what's missing, it is a bit moot until he looks it up again.
That said, his attempts at fielding the other inquiries is to see if he'd answer anything else he'd consider pertinent. At this rate this is forcing him to circle back, giving Zelkova a Look. ]
And what about the other questions I asked, Zelkova? What else do you know about them? The titles? Why some of the words are missing? What's the Cursed Wave, Shadow of Death, and Mirage of Deceit? Why are you avoiding answering? Aren't we on the same side?
[ Yeah, he deserves this line of questioning, and so he doesn't look too perturbed by it. ]
There's only so much I know about this world, even though I was born in it. I don't want to tell you the wrong things, or interpret something the wrong way and cause panic.
I don't doubt that you have a limited amount of information. But, I also think there is something you know about these things.
[ More the poems than the other matters. Maybe some just rumors, but he's sure there is a line of certainty in there somewhere. But Zelkova is just hiding that as well. Even if that thought is wrong, this is the conclusion he's reached. ]
But, that's all I had to talk about. So, I don't have any other questions.
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[ Nothing Zelkova himself can trace, at least. ]
I think I have an idea of what's causing it, but... [ He fixes Ganymede with a serious look. ] I'll deal with it in whatever way I can. I don't want to point out the cause when I have no solution.
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[ He has no other software questions he might ask here, he's not really an expert in the field.
But. No solution so far...due to not being able to get to the exact problem, he imagines. ]
...Do you know what's making it difficult to trace this source?
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[ Sure, he's part of this world itself but the admins can still restrict him in some ways. ]
I do think that the source doesn't want to be found.
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[ And he thinks Zelkova might have said something like that before. ]
I wonder if the source can be lured out? It has to keep moving around, right?
...Is it just you and maybe that other guy who have been able to search for whatever this is? [ Beat. ] And, is there a possibility for you to get mermaid skins?
[ THE LAST QUESTION SOUNDS SO OUT THERE, BUT IT IS...RELATED. Tangently. He is asking these inquiries with a straight face regardless. ]
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[ That could be difficult. And dangerous, judging by all the glitches.
That last question halts all his other thoughts, however. ]
What?
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[ So that it might not cause too problems. Incidentally, fishes are related to mermaids. ]
Anyway, mermaid skins. Do you happen to have those? I wonder if it might help with swimming around in deeper depths...just in case. There seems to be various places with quite a good deal of water.
[ And also Hani suggested the both of them to ask Zelkova. This is quicker. ]
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You want to be a mermaid?
[ This seems to be what he's getting out of this conversation. Sorry, Ganymede. ]
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No! I mean...you know what, fine.
That's exactly what I want. To be a mermaid.
[ Ganymede doesn't know how to explain this so he will lean into the most outrageous part of it all. ]
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[ Maybe Ganymede can buy a fake tail and lay at the beach or something. ]
But the stew here should let you breathe underwater, if that's what is stopping you.
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Just forget I asked — trust me, you'd be doing me a favor.
[ Ganymede feels like he's embarrassing himself further and like wishing to be a cat crawling underneath a sofa cushion to hide itself, thanks. He's doing terrible at this, and he knows it is just that he's not clever.
Still. He's learned some new things that might help him in underwater casual shenans. ]
Anyway! That aside, I don't think I've...
Well, actually — there might be something else. Others have been translating some things on the network, and even before then. Do you know what the 'Cursed Wave' is? Or "Shadow of Death" and "Mirage of Deceit"?
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They're from a poem.
[ His answer doesn't take long, and it's as matter of fact as always. ]
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Do you know what they mean? Who wrote the poem? ...And what's in the missing parts of the poem?
[ Possibly not, but, well. He knows it's a poem?? Then again, it did seem kind of obvious that it was something like that too, so... ]
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[ Sorry that he's just evading all the other questions, Ganymede. ]
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As an aside, Ganymede thinks he can recite the particulars minus the missing words, though if Zelkova doesn't recall what's missing, it is a bit moot until he looks it up again.
That said, his attempts at fielding the other inquiries is to see if he'd answer anything else he'd consider pertinent. At this rate this is forcing him to circle back, giving Zelkova a Look. ]
And what about the other questions I asked, Zelkova? What else do you know about them? The titles? Why some of the words are missing? What's the Cursed Wave, Shadow of Death, and Mirage of Deceit? Why are you avoiding answering? Aren't we on the same side?
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There's only so much I know about this world, even though I was born in it. I don't want to tell you the wrong things, or interpret something the wrong way and cause panic.
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[ More the poems than the other matters. Maybe some just rumors, but he's sure there is a line of certainty in there somewhere. But Zelkova is just hiding that as well. Even if that thought is wrong, this is the conclusion he's reached. ]
But, that's all I had to talk about. So, I don't have any other questions.
[ With that, he logs straight on out! ]
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There's nothing more he can say, not when Ganymede has logged out.
Zelkova will try to talk to him another time, when he's finally more sure of things. ]