[RL with Xelloss, backdated to August 19th]

[twotailmechanic]

After his talk with Xelloss, he got in his big world-hopping bi-plane and started it up. He was glad he had expanded the plane when he finshed fixing it those months ago so that he can pick people up when he needed to.

After a moment, he starts taking off. "World-hop mode, engage."

He puts the destination information into the Miles Electric, which was now attached to the plane and then presses a button next to the computer. A laser shoots out and creates a portal. He flys it into the portal and comes out of it into Xelloss' world.

He looks down as he flys around in the sky, trying to find Xelloss. He hoped it wouldn't take too long to find him.

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[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

It certainly bore a resemblance to Zelgadiss'. "Could it be made to trim hedges?" He had to ask.

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

He makes a small laugh. "Well, you could use a program to make it send a command remotely to a device that could trim hedges. But likely you could only make a simulation of hedges being trimmed, or simply a program to design homes."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"But ultimately hedges are being trimmed," he says. "Do you access the community with it?"

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

He nods. "I did use a different one when I went up to Eggman's space theme park a couple months ago, but usually I use that one."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"Speaking of space, Mister Tails... Do you think you could take me there?"

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

This caught Tails by surprise. "Um well, the space elevator that Eggman build to reach up there, got destroyed, and I don't own a spaceship, nor do I have access to borrow one."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

Well, that's discouraging. His expression was either mildly annoyed, mildly disappointed, or both. But his voice is perfectly level. "You can't?"

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

Tails shakes his head. "Sorry. I haven't had a need to learn to build a spaceship, plus spaceships aren't really available to the general public. The most I can do is show you some pictures taken from space." That and hack satellites, but he reserves that for saving-the-world business.

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"I don't fully understand," he admits, "but I suppose it was too much to hope for..." He pauses for a moment before turning back to the laptop. "Will you be using this again for the pictures?"

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

"Um, if you want me to bring up some pictures, I can."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"Yes.

"I would like that, Mister Tails."

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

He sighed. "I told you, you don't need to call me mister." He goes over to his laptop and brings up the internet. He goes into google images and types in 'outer space'. It brings up a whole page (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=12&gs_id=1a&xhr=t&q=outer+space+games&qe=b3V0ZXIgc3BhY2Ug&qesig=RNPwyOfQFKc3dekbiC2oqw&pkc=AFgZ2tnqHiWlmyGUOCbso9-33AYCvj3xBwuvUAAqinoyiS1d6LTtov9QWHkO3HJQM1pm-6SIoo4jYaHSYVgL8N17m-BoIOYb1g&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1680&bih=925&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=outer+space&pbx=1&oq=outer+space&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=107l107l0l368l1l1l0l0l0l0l186l186l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=92b2fdd27a967063&biw=1680&bih=925) full of images.

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"Is your culture so informal?" ... Which he says while leaning over Tails to see the screen. (Personal space? What personal space?) He points at one of the pictures. "What's that? It looks almost human."

Nice touch with the pic

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

"It depends on which country you go to, but pretty much yes." He looks at what Xelloss is pointing at. "That would be an astronaut. Humans who have special training to travel into space and they are wearing a space suit so that they can breathe in space. For some reason, only humans aren't able to breathe in space, at least here. That might not be the case with other worlds."

Tails is not lying either. That's just how weird the universe in Tails' (and Metal Sonic's) world really is.

Thanks, felt appropriate

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

In other words, the young fox was uncomfortable with being called a 'Mister'? He makes note of this for future reference. (i.e. he's going to continue calling you that, Tails.)

"Why, are the heavens poisonous for them?" It would be delightfully ironic if that were so.

From their previous conversations he considers 'heavens' and Tails' usage of 'space' synonymous.

Wish I could do that

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

"Not poisonous per say, just that in space, there's no way to breathe since you need oxygen. It's like being underwater."

<3

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

The magic users of his world had created a spell that made it possible to breathe underwater. For him knowing what it was is superfluous except for the purposes of blending in.

He grips his chin thoughtfully. "Then, their solution for the problem was this suit of armour?" Hmm. "Is there something in the air they need that you don't?"

Re: <3

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

His world doesn't have that, unfortunately.

"Pretty much," he shrugs at the second part. "That's the thing. Not even scientist have figured out why only humans cannot breathe in space. Granted, I can't breathe underwater, but that's beside the point."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

The priest picks this moment to regard Tails. Holding a conversation in this way (and for so long!) without being called out on it... An unexpected but nonetheless interesting development. Well...

If the fox wasn't going to ask him outright if he was human, he wasn't about to draw attention to the subject.

"Surely they've come up with a solution for that also? The oceans are closer than the sky is."

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

He's very sure Xelloss isn't human, but he's not going to bring it up out of respect.

He shakes his head. "It's a real mystery that not even our science can solve."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

He seems a little dumbfounded by this. "Not even ... with another suit of armour?" Rather cheerily, he continues, "If it works for one then it should work for the other? You did say the heavens were rather like being underwater."

[twotailmechanic.livejournal.com]

He tries to resist the urge to facepalm. "Well yes, but astronaut suits and scuba gear work differently."

[astralwhirlwind.livejournal.com]

"Do they?" He has no idea and seems to be revelling in it. The priest rubs (sheepishly? or mock sheepishly?) at the back of his head. "Goodness."