[ Bastion approaches the guest services desk holding what by all appearances is a twig with a leaf at one end and the other end submerged in a water glass. They take a moment to stare at the NO NECROMANCY-RELATED REQUESTS GRANTED sign, tilting their head as if the rotation will help make sense of it, and then look back to Friday. ]
// Hello. Why don't plants from the last excursion grow on board?
There really isn't a true sense of linear time in this reality, so nothing really grows! Plants are really awful at it, especially; they just can't figure out when they are!
[ It is very sad. The main reason such a small plant is even here is because Bastion didn't want to risk a bigger one testing to see if they could take living flora back from the island, but growing anything more from the cutting has been a resounding failure. And now they feel sorry for it, confused and adrift in time. ]
[ That makes sense given that the passengers come from a wide variety of years and timelines, an element of the ship that they don't think about often anymore but had been confronted with almost immediately upon arrival. They'd worried that they were here because they'd been ejected out of their original timeline. It didn't seem impossible considering what happened to Tracer. ]
[ However this explanation also raises some new questions. ] // Does that affect the passengers?
[ A wavey hand gesture! Indicating... partial applicability? Uncertainty? Both? They lean in closer as if squinting to get a better look. It doesn't help. ]
[ Automatically: ] // Likely to cause death or severe bodily harm.
[ The problem with repeating the dictionary definition programmed into their English language module is that it doesn't specify the probability of 'likely' danger or what qualifies as 'severe' bodily harm. And now that they're thinking about it, while the long-term effects are much more of an unknown, if there was a high short-term risk of death or injury from time disruption they would probably have seen it happen or been warned about it. SecUnit would have seen it. ]
[ Moderately reassuring! And they didn't have to define any more words to get their answer. If it's 'probably' not a physical hazard then it's not the type of concern that they need to prioritise. They nod and beep an acknowledgment. ]
[ They think back to how the presence of animals was specifically, forcefully advertised for the event where they got the plants in the first place. The one for the latest event, which they are unsubtly glancing at right now, does not mention any animals. ]
[ Sad robot noise. The little plant is stuck here indefinitely, just like all the passengers. ]
// Acknowledged.
[ Well, they're here anyway, they may as well ask more than one question. ] // If it did, what would happen if someone brought an animal aboard?
[ They don't necessarily mean themself; they're not ready to replace Ganymede, to start over completely with an unfamiliar bird that doesn't know or trust them, particularly not an adult taken away from its home. But they saw Nobunaga unsuccessfully attempting to kidnap a falcon from the island, so they know they're not the only one who would be interested. ]
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Friday, early December
// Hello. Why don't plants from the last excursion grow on board?
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There really isn't a true sense of linear time in this reality, so nothing really grows! Plants are really awful at it, especially; they just can't figure out when they are!
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[ That makes sense given that the passengers come from a wide variety of years and timelines, an element of the ship that they don't think about often anymore but had been confronted with almost immediately upon arrival. They'd worried that they were here because they'd been ejected out of their original timeline. It didn't seem impossible considering what happened to Tracer. ]
[ However this explanation also raises some new questions. ] // Does that affect the passengers?
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makes a sort of wavey hand motion]
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// Is it dangerous?
[ If not then it's not their problem. ]
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[ The problem with repeating the dictionary definition programmed into their English language module is that it doesn't specify the probability of 'likely' danger or what qualifies as 'severe' bodily harm. And now that they're thinking about it, while the long-term effects are much more of an unknown, if there was a high short-term risk of death or injury from time disruption they would probably have seen it happen or been warned about it. SecUnit would have seen it. ]
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thinks...
thinks......
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Probably not!
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// Would it grow in an excursion area?
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[considers...]
If it's not a realm created by the Captain, it would, but we don't really go to those very often...
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// Are any planned? How often do they happen?
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// Acknowledged.
[ Well, they're here anyway, they may as well ask more than one question. ] // If it did, what would happen if someone brought an animal aboard?
[ They don't necessarily mean themself; they're not ready to replace Ganymede, to start over completely with an unfamiliar bird that doesn't know or trust them, particularly not an adult taken away from its home. But they saw Nobunaga unsuccessfully attempting to kidnap a falcon from the island, so they know they're not the only one who would be interested. ]