nexus_crossings | Polling the Nexus

Polling the Nexus

The question area: a place that many people traverse or where newcomers hang around asking for help on how to get home. Today there's a large white table with different tablets set out for anyone to touch or examine. In fact, the woman sitting behind the table is eagerly encouraging people to stop by for scientific reasons.

"I'm here conducting research for my home-world, studying the nature and mental fortitude of people and creatures alike. As you can see, I've set up a few example polls regarding different topics that allow people to reflect upon their mental strengths and weaknesses. So, as is proper to ask a question here: would you be so kind to volunteer a few minutes of your time to participate in a survey? I promise none of your personal information will be revealed."

Lusamine is very polite and sells a good case, but she understands how strange this may look in the Nexus. "Your time and efforts will be compensated should you choose to cooperate. Once again, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you, citizens of the Nexus."

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Ash's eyebrows go up intrigued and curious at that as she pads over slowly but surely. She smiles warmly and friendly at the other woman. "Oh," She tilts her head and listens raptly as she talks before replying in turn, interested. "um sure, ahem I mean certainly. " She smiles again and looks/scans her eyes over whats nearest to her. "You're most welcome." She responses almost automatically.

"Ah! Thank you so much my dear. Here, let's start off with a simple personality test." She reaches over and grabs one of the tablets, gesturing for the woman to sit down. Lusamine pulls up a simple quiz that doesn't seem to be asking for any personal information.

"Just remember, answer honestly and don't think too long on the questions. Once you're done, I'll take a look at your results and document them."

She smiles and nods, "Your most welcome. " Ash replies warmly before following her instructions taking the seat and doing so. "Okey-dokey."

She reads each question and answers pretty quickly, and at the End, she gets 'Fire Type' and offers the tablet toward the younger looking woman leaving it on the page. She did rather like the..was it Charizard or Charmander? She always got those two mixed up. "Here ya go." She murmurs warmly hoping she did it alright.

"Wonderful. I'll be sure to save your results." Lusamine takes the quiz and puts the data into another folder on the device. "Again, I am indebted to your volunteering for this experimentation. You must let me know how I can repay you properly."

Lusamine nods politely. "I know different worlds have different means of payment, after all. Have you been here long? In the Nexus?"

She beams at that, "Great." She murmurs in replies and hums a little and nods. Not quite sure what would er be appropriate yet seeing as they only did one little test so far.

She slightly wiggles her ears, "Aye that true and hmm, oh it's been off and on for..several months now at least. " She replies and nods.

Lusamine isn't in a rush to make Ash take another test just yet. Asking questions is far more interesting than watching people pore over tablets. Lusamine offers her a chair in front of the table so they can talk face to face.

"Oh really? Can you tell me anything about the animals or non-human lifeforms you've seen around here? I would love to be able to offer my assistance to those in need."

She smiles warmly and softly and carefully takes a seat, before folding her hands on the table in between them and waits patiently. She did like to chitty chat.

She blinks and then smiles friendly and gamely. "Oh, ah Aye..and a bit." She beams at that, it sounded like and she hoped she found another kindred spirit. After all, her first 'profession' back home had been in the healing arts.
She looks up in thought for a moment, "Ah, well let's see..there's been several sorts of shapeshifters,,.um most of the wolfish varieties." She states and eyes her for a second to gauge her reaction. Purposefully not giving names in that case, some folks didn't react well to such for various reasons.

"Also a few um superheroes aka Super Soldiers, " She states and ticks off her fingers, "Augmented humans, robots, nature spirits, wizards and the like." She summarizes a little.

Cricket doesn't care much about his personal information. He's from a more innocent time. As long as this isn't some kind of government thing, or legal trap, but it doesn't look like it. Maybe he's a little naive, but after peering at the tablets and seeing nothing bad happen to other passersby, he wanders over.

He does not cut an impressive figure, between the old clothes and the leg braces, but he has an honest face. "I'll do it. S'long as it's just written."

Lusamine is one who has a difficult time looking past appearances, so her smile falters for a moment when Cricket approaches. She's here to be polite and not cause any issues, even if the boy's look reminds her of her rebellious son.

"But of course. I have kept a few written tests for such an occasion." She pulls out a small two-page document that has different questions written on it, a simple 5-minute test. Anything more would be overwhelming.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a few questions as well."

Possibly it's the hair. Cricket's blondish-brown locks are all over the place. And he does have a hoodie on, but the clothing beneath is more appropriate to early 20th-century America. His accent is a soft drawl; broad vowels and dropped consonants appropriate to the southern Appalachian region.

He looks pleased by the written test. He can read perfectly well, but he's not accustomed to Nexus-level tech yet. And any funny looks she gives him he won't comment on. He's used to well-dressed ladies glancing askance at him. The wonder of the Nexus is that there aren't more reactions like that. "Thank you, ma'am, I appreciate it."

At least he's polite. And he scans the document quickly, considering it. It's a weird sort of questionnaire to his mind, but it ain't hard to fill out. He comes out with 24 in column L, 20 in column O, 31 in column G, and 25 in column B.

"Reckon I'm a Golden Retriever," he says, sounding amused. It's not a bad result. "Guess you could say I'm loyal, yeah. What else d'you want to know?"

A hoodie plus blond hair really does make her think of Gladion, except for when Cricket reveals his test results and Lusamine realizes the two boys have a great deal of differences. His accent is something she'll need to ask about though, since very few people in her home-world have one.

"You're referring to the cute yellow dog, correct? I've been reading up on different animals from other worlds as of late. Being loyal to your friends is a great trait to have." She nods eagerly. "Yes, yes. This is my first time getting to properly ask the Nexus questions. For starters, tell me a little about yourself? What are your hobbies?"

Really, 'golden retriever' suits his personality well. He's not completely without his own initiative and ambition, but he was made to be someone's Man Friday.

"Yeah, they're dogs. Not hunting dogs. Family pet types," he smiles, and he can't begin to imagine how quizzing him about his personality traits helps her world in any way, but he appreciates the conversation nonetheless.

"Well, my name's Cricket. I don't guess that matters for research but it'd feel weird not to tell you it if I'm talkin' to you. I like...building things, taking 'em apart and fixing 'em again. Specially engines, but I can work with things like stoves and toasters and radios, too."

"Like a Stoutland!" Lusamine takes on of the tablets and pulls up a picture of a large dog that has a person riding on its back. "This is a type of creature from my world that helps people travel and also sees use in search and rescue missions."

She bows politely to him as part of the greeting. "Lusamine. It's nice to meet you, Mr. Cricket." His answer to the question causes her to show a little bit of shock, given how Cricket's appearance implies that he does something less technical. "So you're an engineer of sorts? I imagine the Nexus has no storage of things to tinker with. What are your thoughts on scientific research? The discovery of new worlds and creatures?"

"A survey, I'm assuming?"

Ogilvy's a scientist himself and is sympathetic, even if his particular line of work is different than the strange woman. He feels like he ought to help a fellow researcher. Maybe he'd learn something in return. His universe is a lot larger than the town where he grew up now, and he likes that.

"I don't mind if I do, ma'am. I'm guessing this is a fairly typical poll?" He has a good idea of how surveys and written exams work, he's taken his share of them, but he is curious about the rules. There might be idiosyncrasies to the other scientist's homeworld that he isn't aware of. Other worlds probably had their own rules, and learning them was only good manners.

The whole concept of other worlds is new to Ogilvy, and he feels like a child in a candy store, eager to explore and experience everything he can. He wonders if the other Nexus visitors feel the same way.

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"That's one way of wording it, yes. I'm trying to study the personalities of people who come to the Nexus in order to compare them to humans and creatures from my world. the Nexus is full of so many new and interesting things that I couldn't resist the urge to conduct some data gathering opportunities." Lusamine clasps her hands together in a rare moment of excitement.

"Of course, no trick questions. It would just be answering things honestly and getting your feedback." She's not some shady scientist who wants to cause a ruckus in the Nexus or otherwise people won't trust her. "I'm Lusamine, President of the Aether Foundation. To whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with today?"

"My name is Gavin Ogilvy. Ottershaw, England. I'm an astronomer, so you could say I'm a researcher, too." Lusamine. He tests out the name - it isn't one he's heard in his country. Now he's curious about what Lusamine's world is like. It sounds as if the native wildlife from her home is distinctly different from England's.

"Don't mind if I help you with your study. I must say...I am wondering which creature from your world you think I am most like." Ogilvy had another question. "Aether Foundation. What does this foundation of yours study? My research is focused in an observatory near my home. Very quiet, but honestly I like things that way."

"England? That's a country I've yet to visit. Astronomy sounds fascinating, many people on my world study the creatures and stars alike, trying to learn their secrets." She could ramble on about moon rocks and Clefairy, but that would be culturally confusing. Best to keep things straight and narrow.

"I have an example questionnaire for that very topic, in fact. You can fill it out while we talk." She offers him a tablet with the quiz on it. "We help injured and lost Pokemon in the form of rehabilitation, but my personal goal is to study different wormholes connecting from a different dimension."

"Oh, yes, ma'am. The stars do have a lot to teach us."

Ogilvy raises an eyebrow at the word "Pokemon" as he accepts the tablet, since he's never heard of such creatures. Maybe the questionnaire will help him understand what Lusamine is talking about, since they're alien to him.

He fills it out, confused by his result. He was apparently most like Grass-type Pokemon, and he didn't see that coming. The creatures decorating the screen were ones he certainly didn't recognize. "If you don't mind, what are these Pokemon you're talking about? My world has no Pokemon."

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