Private Finished An Amalgamation of Information

Since the start of the new school year, Steven had taken his studies to an extreme when he had time. His habit of reading and always trying to learn a bit about everything prior to his life on Manta Carlos had been mad but seemingly attainable. However when he had ended up on the island it had expanded the possible things to learn by an exponential amount. Every form of theoretical field of study, to those he had once considered pseudo-science and debunked were now real. That didn't even to take into account the expanded realms of arts, crafts and cultures that now surrounded him.

However Steven had never been one to take thing in half measures. When it had come to selecting a major for his first year of college, he could of simply taken English Literature, another language or maybe even science as they were were his knowledge was most concentrated. Not Steven though, he had picked alchemy, the first type of supernatural that had caught his eye when he had arrived on the island, and it was clearly out of his depth.

Sitting in the library, Steven was surrounded by open books. Many were of course alchemy ones, but alongside them were historical ones, with varying account of alchemy as well as a collection of chemistry text books. An examination of where alchemy and chemistry paths diverged. Beating the magical science over the head, until it fit in a frame work closer to the understanding he already had about how the world functions. Some things translated well, amalgamation of metals in in comparison to the admixtures of bases of mercury and other more magical ingredients to reach wanted results. Even so, it was hard and Steven closed the book directly in front of him with a heavy sigh.

After had closed the book, Steven had let his eyes follow. Giving them a moment to rest from the strain of read so long. Not noticing the sound of footsteps moving over. A young man's voice was the first thing that alerted him to there being someone there. Asking for a book. Without actaully looking which book they pointed at, Steven answered. he wasn't going to monopolised the library if someone else needed one of the books around him. "Sure go ahe.." Only for him to trail off as the words his mind expected to hear, were overrode as his thought caught up to what was actually said.

His eye sprung open, and his head looked up to see the man with a expression of some confusion. "You arm? Want to read?" He asked before he could stop himself. He should of been used to all the different kinds of people on the island by now. However that one was certainly new. Looking towards the man's arm it was seemingly made of a silver metal at least his hand and wrist he could see was, and Steven assumed it went further up. Interesting.

bringing his gaze back up and looking towards the man's face. The small silver patches across the guy's jaw that Steven had just glossed over because they looked human seemingly matched his arm. A cyborg of some kind, he wondered to himself it being the first thing that came to mind.

The explanation the other man gave was short, but effective. Once he had mentioned that their was another entity in there arm, that wanted the book, it wasn't as strange that the man had referred to it as his arm. Thought there was something that was still off about the explanation to Steven.

Steven would reach out and grab the book the man had original motioned to and hold it out towards him. "Well I suppose I shouldn't be shocked by things on this island any more. Curious though that an embodiment of knowledge itself would desire to read." Steven mused allowed. "What I mean is, wouldn't they already know the stuff in them?" Steven asked, it had assumptions in the question. He didn't know the true nature of this entity that was the guys arm, but he wouldn't have expected an being of knowledge to be very lacking in the knowledge they had themselves.

As the man went on to explain the entity in further detail, Steven face would contort into a quizical expression, a single eyebrow raised at the fact the man's decription of the incarnation of knowledge sounded as they had a pursuit of knowledge to match Steven own. That was surprising. "Makes me think of myself." He said sounding impressed.

"As for coming here though I suppose I didn't have any better options." Steven answered the guy, holding the guys question holding up a hand and creating a small flame in it before closing it immediatly after to avoid keeping the flame around the books. "My powers woke up during a near death experience and If my cousin hadn't sent me out here after I recovered I'd probably be some media shit storm by now."

The narrow reality. It was amazing that Steven actaully agreed with the name, because that was how he felt when he had first discovered just how much of the world he did not know. It had been one of the things though he didn't agree with, there was so much that could be done for the world beyond Manta Carlos, but he understood the problem of 'The Insurmountable Obstacle' and the deconstructing the veil of secrecy.

"Rosett, Steven Rosett." He introduced himself in return after a few seconds, having been distracted by the mention of what he still thought of as home. He then held out a free hand to Jude, for a handshake. "Born in England, but spent most of my life in the U.S.A." Steven answered the question.