[Limelight] Vision Swap Visions 2: The Receivening

[aboveallthings]

[In your hand is a fidget cube, a rounded white cube accented with buttons, dials, and switches in the color of a certain Family on the ship.

Play with any of the fidget cube's six sides and you'll receive a vision. There are two problems with this:

1) some very important information seems to have been blocked out, and

2) you know, with a bone-deep certainty, that this vision isn't yours.

But if this vision isn't yours...then whose is it? Maybe the color of your cube is a clue.]

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[aboveallthings]

Your fidget cube's accents are Acidia Conservatory purple.

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[you are standing watching I*****, a robot girl, fix a streetlight, as the blond traveler walks up.]

I: ...Repairs complete. It was just an old circuit, nothing serious.

[you]: Such remarkable efficiency, Miss I*****. If it weren't for you, this street light would have had me stumped.

[you]: If it had proven beyond fixing, I may have had to take my own lantern and hang it in its place.

Traveler: You wouldn't have needed to go that far...

I*****: A**** previously proposed a solution. She said she could train the Ratniki so they'd have the basic knowledge to perform simple tasks, like repairing circuits.

I*****: That way, you wouldn't need to inform A**** every time a street light goes out and then wait in the dark until I arrive to repair it.

Traveler: The Ratniki are responsible for fixing the lights?

[you]:  Yes... and no. Strictly speaking, "maintaining the brightness of the lights" has been their traditional role.

[you]: Before the use of kuuvahki became widespread, the street lights were powered by regular oil. Back then, people were needed to light and extinguish the flames.

[you]: Because of how dangerous said streets were at night, the Ratniki took on this role — they already carried lanterns, in any case, and were adept at using them while fighting.

[you]: But, as I'm sure you've already noticed, the current street lights are powered by kuuvahki — and it's not so easy to light or extinguish them using traditional means.

[you]: Because of this, whenever a light goes out nowadays, all I can do is stand here helplessly and wait for a professional to come along and solve the problem.

Traveler: Have you not arranged to have classes?

I*****: A**** organized an engineering seminar, but all the Ratniki made excuses to leave halfway through. They said things like "I have an urgent task," or "I need to go on patrol," or "it's time for me to make a report."

[you]: I didn't leave. It is, after all, disrespectful to the host to leave a seminar early.

I*****: True, but the biscuits you brought were too much of a distraction for A**** — she stopped teaching completely. And then I was so busy trying to stop her from eating that I could not take over the seminar. So please, the next time you attend a class of any kind, don't bring anything sweet that might attract A****'s attention — and don't bring any toys, either.

[you]: Ah, I promise I won't.

I*****: Please say it in full. The last time you promised not to bring anything sweet, you brought a toy, and A**** was completely unable to continue.

[you]: I promise I won't bring anything sweet, any toys, or anything else that might unduly divert Miss A****'s attention.

I*****: That's better. I'll notify you when she next holds an engineering class. For now, I have to pick some Lakkaberries for her. Goodbye.

[you]: Hmm... [Traveler‍],  do you know of anything else, besides sweet treats, toys, and small, fluffy animals, that might keep Miss A**** quiet for a while? Half an hour shall suffice.

Traveler: I think you'd be better off studying.

[you]: sigh Since you feel that way, too, it seems I have no choice but to submit myself to her baptism of erudition.  I only hope I don't drown in the ocean of knowledge she wishes to impart...