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[callsignhornet]

I have an important question for the sake of organizing information about the group.

Feel free to message me directly if you don't feel comfortable sharing publicly.

In the world you are from, what year is it?

Edit: record of death for me should be 2186. Or 2187, though it would be very early in the year.

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Re: un: Shirogane

[callsignhornet]

[Someone not Legion referring to her as 'Shepard-commander, ' even in text, feels weird.]

Just call me Shepard. Human female, commander in the Alliance Navy. Unless you mean something else?

[fantail]

No, you have grasped the point to my satisfaction. That a human can have a military career that rises so high as that certainly means we are isekai from entirely different Earths!

[...that's how he understands the different worlds thing.]

Your people must not be quite so close to extinction as those I am familiar with. How fortunate for them.

[callsignhornet]

[Allynbee is grateful that this conversation is taking place over text; she doesn’t have to hide the set of her jaw or the way her eyes narrow in irritation. Clearly this person’s from some kind of elevated status in their point of origin.

Still the idea of humanity reaching near-extinction unsettles her.]

Are you from a particularly intense environment? Humans are pretty resourceful, even if we aren’t the most physically resilient species out there.

[fantail]

[unfortunately, this is fairly diplomatic for Sakuya.]

I am aware of the strengths of your people, yes.

Your decline is due in part to the spread of the Sumatera Influenza starting in 2068 and in part to actions derived therefrom. I must assume that if you had a noteworthy pandemic in that year, it was not so severe.

[callsignhornet]

That year was a big year personally, but nothing big on the societal level as far as I know.

[fantail]

The timelines involved diverged quite some time ago, then, if ever they were the same in the first place. How curious.

[he hasn't said what he is because the idea is so obvious but he can remember to put down his name.]

I am Sakuya Shirogane le Bel.

[callsignhornet]

Commander Allynbee Shepard. I'm assuming 'la Bel' is a name relating to a title?

[fantail]

[genuinely, despite the timelines thing he's taken aback to think someone doesn't know, so it's a long pause. He's taken aback enough not to launch into taking offense.]

It's an aristocratic family of considerable power and prestige, starting from the dawn of sapience when the first members made considerable tactical and diplomatic contributions. The house of Le Bel acknowledges no equals.

I was born to them but perhaps it no longer matters to say that I am not of the blood.