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Post by Zoey on Oct 3, 2016 17:15:04 GMT -6
"No, no. It' snows in Hell, where Sebastian is from. Though I understand the confusion. Earth has...numerous underworlds. Sometimes it can get a bit political down there." Zoey sighed wistfully. She knew more than she cared to know about all of the political maneuverings of the various kingdoms that made up the world's afterlives. Someday she knew she'd actually have to participate in it. But she would enjoy every moment she could up here, away from it all.
She followed Jor in, remembering as he talked that he was not human at all. She knew that, of course, but she had gotten so used to him, and the way he was, she had let herself forget what he actually was. Not that she minded, of course, she actually found it a comfort. Human males like Walter and Martin she found a bit more jarring. And Sebastian was a creature unto himself, but at least she knew how to deal with him.
"So, your core is made of the same things your creator's build with. Must be rather versatile." Her voice was full of curiosity as they walked through the now open door, her hand reaching out to touch the walls as Jor told her about his planet. She listened to every word, rather extremely fascinated. She'd never been off the planet, couldn't even really imagine one, even when she read science fiction. But the way Jor described his, she almost could. Almost.
"That does sound gorgeous." Zoey smiled and then nodded at Kelex as the little robot was introduced. "How do you do, Kelex. I am Zoey." She was unsure if she should shake his hand, so she kept it at her side as she followed Jor down the hallway and stopped just in the doorway to marvel at everything before her. It looked sort of like Olympus in it's grand scale, except instead of one statue of Zeus, there were, as Jor said, his creator, Jor-El and Lara, holding up the world. She liked it much more than the statue of her uncle. She always thought it was ridiculously ostentatious to have a statue that big of oneself.
Subconsciously, her dress changed as she looked over the statues, mimicking those before her. She only turned to join Jor when he said something about answers. "I hope so. I do not like having to worry about you."
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Post by Jor on Oct 6, 2016 2:30:48 GMT -6
The mention of several underworlds on the planet Earth made Jor nod. Sometimes he forgot there were so many different different religions on the planet. Religion was an ancient concept on Krypton, but for the most part it was uniform, though mostly a relic of the ancient past. He didn't know how the humans kept track of all theirs. He knew there was roughly around 3000 religions on Earth in the past several thousand years. He'd done some basic reading on the larger ones and of Zoey's, interspersed with asking her questions as well, of course.
"I forget about all of the different human religions at times. Apologies."
As they walked, Zoey mentioned the element that his core was comprised of. "Oh, yes. Sunstone was a Kryptonian crystal that was completely programmable. Their buildings were made of it, my core was, and in ancient days, Kryptonian starships were made from it. Though, aside from my core, we haven't had starfaring vessels in a few hundred years. Not since the Science Council made the decision for Krypton to isolate itself."
Jor smiled as he watched her move around the fortress, looking at it with wonder. It made him happy that she liked the way the facility looked. "It was. I wish I could show you, but this is the closest that I can get, unfortunately." The small robot chirped back at Zoey in melodic Kryptonian. "Kelex says hello. I will have to upload a language program for him. I didn't get around to that yet."
The Kryptonian moved over to the console and started tapping it, in an attempt to bring up diagnostic software. He began running tests on his probe core first and then started priming a few other options. Jor turned around and looked at Zoey. His smile broadened as he took in her dress. "Kryptonian fashion looks rather wonderful on you." He reached down and touched his suit and it reconfigured into something closer to the traditional garb of Jor-El's statue.
"I will attempt to make it so you do not have to worry about me. I do not like making you concerned for my well being."
After a few moments, the scan was done and Jor shook his head. "My core is fully functional. I will have to scan this body to see what is wrong. There must be a malfunction within it. My powers functioned briefly while I was helping Walter save Martin from the other universe. I had full access to them. I was... less diminished. That means that I must still have them, somehow."
A few crystals slid back and revealed a small chamber, slightly bigger than Jor. He stepped inside and let the chamber fire beams of light all over his body as it scanned him. This was something he needed an answer to. And he needed it quickly. "We will find out what is going on here."
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Post by Zoey on Jan 17, 2017 23:38:19 GMT -6
"That is alright," she said, comfortably clasping her hands in front of her as they walked. "Most humans do to, some believing there is only one. More's the pity, as they fail to understand just how vast and rich their world is."
She was rather intrigued about all the technology these Kryptonians seemed to have, able to make buildings and starships and even sentient beings out of their sunstone. Though, she frowned when he mentioned they had decided to isolate themselves. Themiscyra had done much the same, and she could see how well that was going. So much had changed and the world had moved on and almost forgotten the island existed until Diana had decided to leave. The island had never been the same since.
She smiled at Kelex, quite liking the sound of the language he spoke. When Jor mentioned uploading a language program, she thought he meant for her to learn. "Oh yes, I would like that. Oh. You meant for him to speak some Earth languages. That would also be ok."
She touched some of the decorative elements on her new outfit, shifting the golden disks a bit as Jor mentioned she wore it well. She preened under his compliment and smiled when he changed to match.
Zoey's smile turned to a frown, however, when the first round of testing he had performed came back with nothing helpful. He was fully functioning according to the tests. Yet she knew he was technically two separate things in one body. She grabbed her chin, her mind trying to think as he recounted his time in the other universe, helping bring back Martin. He was, as he had said, a probe droid. But the body was human.
"Hrmmm...let us hope that we do. Tell me while you are running tests, what were the circumstances around your full access? Was it instantaneous the moment you were in the other universe? Or was there a reaction of some sort?"
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Post by Jor on Jun 10, 2017 21:45:54 GMT -6
"I can tell from speaking to you that I will need to broaden my readings to incorporate more of the cultural readings from Earth."
There was no regret in the statement. Jor enjoyed studying the various facets of his adopted race. Every time, he thought he knew something about a subject, he learned that there was so much more to it. It was because of this depth, that he was so in love with humanity. Zoey's lack of experience with them only gave Jor another reason to study them.
Jor smiled at Zoey's reaction to Kelex. "He is based on the model that served my creator. This model served the original Superman. I restored it when I repaired the fortress." He spoke a few sentences in Kryptonian to the machine and it went out of the room. "I've asked him to find a tablet we can program with language software. I will help you learn Kryptonian and Interlac, which is a sort of lingua franca in the universe currently. It might be useful if the Titans encounter a cosmic issue. I believe Martin and Lydia speak it as well."
The question caught Jor offguard. He took a deep breath and ordered his thoughts. "Well, I was upset at seeing my friends injured. I had an angry emotional response and my abilities seemed to manifest again. Even for a short point after the battle, they were present while I saved a hero from that universe's life. But it seemed once I realized it, they were non-functional again." He leaned back in the crystal cradle.
"It is a very confusing issue for me. I thought that red solar energy and Kryptonite exposure, combined with the sudden emersion in the sun might have destroyed my powers." He continued to look at Zoey thinking. "But this proves that they are still present in some fashion. Just inaccessible."
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Post by Zoey on Jun 11, 2017 17:30:06 GMT -6
Interlac. Zoey would like to learn that, as it may yet be helpful. One day she thought she could leave the planet, but it would require lots of preparation, and training, as she currently couldn't even leave the Underworld without consequences for more than 3 months at a time. But that was a bridge she would cross when she had to. Jor was the more important, immediate problem. She looked at him as he sat back, trying to formulate her next set of questions. They needed to figure out what happened to trigger it again, perhaps in a controlled environment to monitor the reaction.
"So, they were triggered by an emotional response. Could be indicative of something. They haven't resurfaced since then?" To her, the emotional response was important, as it potentially proved it wasn't the other universe he had been in. She looked him over again, closer this time. There were still two distinct things she could see, both Jor, and the human soul he shared the body with. Perhaps it was his body? They were melding? Or assimilating one another? Were his powers becoming tied to the human biological functions? They would have to test it to find out.
"Is there any way to test or recreate the conditions in which you had them...over there? Or find out of it is some emotional response?"
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Post by Jor on Jul 2, 2017 22:26:47 GMT -6
The Sunstone crystal around Jor hummed with energy as it continued scanning him. The line of questioning Zoey had begun using made Jor realize that there was an avenue he had not pursued. He had been thinking along the lines that the reemergence of his powers might have also been environmental due to proximity to the new universe and that his emotional state might have just been the trigger. But his wheels began to turn as she asked questions. What if it wasn’t just the environment? What if his powers never left?
“No, I have been unable to manifest any of my abilities since then. The only ability I have access to is my energy manipulation power, which is quite painful without any solar reserves. I suspect this is because to use my blasts or create matter with it, I am drawing directly from my own limited energy reserves unless I tap another source. That is why I built blasters into the costume. I didn’t wish to use my own life energies to power an attack.”
The question was a sound plan. He needed a way to recreate the experience in a controlled environment. If he could do that within the chamber, the crystals would be able to scan and catalog the data. Hopefully, then he could find a way to create a cure. The experience was not one he cared to recreate, but perhaps there would be a way to create a similar experience.
“I would not care to recreate the exact conditions. The lives of Lydia, Martin and Walter were on the line at the time. The situation was rather life threatening.” The Boy of Steel paused. “That said, there might be a connection to the emotional stimuli. My heat vision first manifested when I was still gaining my powers. My X-ray vision happened first when I had just met Lydia. That… caused me to fire a blast of heat vision for the first time.”
Jor touched the crystal console in the chamber and started playing with settings. “If I could create some sort of strong emotional reaction of any kind, it should allow me to manifest at least one of my powers. Even if it is only for a short time, I should be able to access my powers long enough to get a reading of some kind.” The crystals chimed as he touched them. “I just need to figure out how to create a strong emotional reaction without being enraged.”
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Post by Zoey on Aug 27, 2017 23:21:23 GMT -6
Zoe listened carefully to Jor recount his experiences when his powers seemed to active and come to the surface. It was interesting that it had not been the first time his powers had acted like that and she filed that away as useful information as another part of her brain tried to work on the problem of recreating the reactions. If she could do it here, where they could possibly study it and not have any civilian collateral damage should things go awry.
The part of her brain working on how to get a reaction out of Jor considered the types of emotions typical in humans. There were a few things that go strong reactions, and so far it seemed that Jor reacted strongly with negative emotions; anger, rage, fear and so forth. She was unsure what were the circumstances with his first encounter with Lydia was, but she understood what had gone on in rescuing Martin had been taxing. So she starting going through possible scenarios in her mind that would get a reaction. She could, conceivably channel her father and be mean and cold and hurtful. She even had a few things she could say at the ready. But she was not sure she could go through with it. The look on his face, the hurt, would be something she could not bear to be the cause of.
"Well...there are a range of emotions. Rage is only one." She looked at him, making up her mind then. A strong emotional response. She stepped forward and placed her hands on either side of his head and kissed him, hoping this idea would be better than trying to tear him down.
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Post by Jor on Sept 11, 2017 14:45:47 GMT -6
As he stood there trying to explain the circumstances of his original power manifestation, Jor felt slightly embarrassed by the entire thing. It was am emotional stimulation, but not quite what he needed. He opted not to elaborate on the scenario due to the circumstances.
Zoey did raise a good point about there being other emotions though. He had only considered his negative emotions and the reactions to those so far. "You do raise a rather good point about that. I had not considered..."
The Boy of Steel was cut off as Zoey's lips pressed to his own. He could feel the matrix program acting in accordance. Hormones dumped into his blood stream and he felt his body grow warm. The Sunstone crystal in his left hand shattered like it was made of glass as his hand clenched.
As he released the broken crystal fragments and instinctively placed his arms around Zoey's waist, the crystal chamber activated and began scanning Jor and automatically filtering out any readings from Zoey that might throw the scan off.
The chamber chimed and spoke something in Kryptonian and Jor hesitantly broke the kiss. "It would seem that created the necessary reaction. And then some." The holographic display showed his readings along with Kryptonian writing next to it.
Jor read and then stood thoughtful for a moment. After he read it a tenth time, he spoke. "I did not expect that. It appears that my emotional matrix is causing issues with my form." He looked at Zoey. "I was never designed to be active this long. My logic systems are in conflict with the emotional program that I designed. This is an interesting issue. I believe I am the first to experience it."
He looked back at the screen, carefully considering his options. "I am unsure what to do. The simplest option would be to uninstall the program, but I am enjoying the use of it too much. I don't wish to be made less."
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