<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7a/AlineMineiro01.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Petra Sabio (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339078.msg16082563#msg16082563)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>The 11th of March, 9am (GMT)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Aboard a shuttle en route to the Odyssey<br/><strong>Content:</strong>First approach to the ship<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any aboard the shuttle<br/><hr/><br/>Petra failed to<em>entirely</em>restrain the urge to laugh - consequently producing a rather unladylike snort, followed by an amused grin and an apologetic look.<br/><br/>"Yes, Captain.  I would indeed struggle to swallow something of that size," she agreed wryly.  "In all seriousness... even were it not a wonderful example of hybrid technology, it would be<em>far</em>beyond my capabilities.  If a pure-biotech device were available for formatting, and I had nothing else to deal with, then I could potentially bind something appreciably larger and even more complex than a VARG into my noetic signature... and thus 'swallow' it.  But most people find it unsettling enough to see even a small fraction of what can be done with assimilation by a specialist in the art.  And I have not recently tried pushing myself to discover the absolute limit of what I could swallow, with all other restraints removed."<br/><br/>Shrugging amiably, she chuckled - and offered the captain a wink.<br/><br/>"From Tivo in Hydroponics?  I have mostly heard a mixture of enthusing about the ship, and upset over things not being done the 'right' way.  But in spite of the initial grumbles, his reports say that they're making good time - and he seems to be rapidly adjusting to the idea of other Orders and Aeon having a significant hand in things,<em>and</em>to Norça habits not being followed at<em>all</em>times.  I really do hope that his colleagues are able to adjust to him, too!  He is young enough that he grew up with the Norça at the forefront of Sudamerican life, and many of his generation are rather prone to forgetting that other people - especially from other places - might need some time to accept transmogrification happening right in front of them.  People coo enviously over one of us changing our hair or eye colour on a whim... but they often have a rather different reaction if they see someone's arm break apart into a mass of tentacles, however convenient it might be for a piece of technical work."<br/><br/>Another shrug from the Norça (who looked only a<em>little</em>older than Tivo) was followed by a nod ahead towards the ship.<br/><br/>"For my own part, I admit that I'm very keen to see how this compares to - and differs from - my own previous experience of cross-pollination of ideas and practices, in the Brasilia arcology."<br/><br/>That, of course, was the lush, beautiful, and notoriously<em>strange</em>paradise-city created by the merging of Norça and Qin biotech and artistry with the latest developments in augmented reality and the most cutting-edge transhumanist fashions.