[Video/Action]

[charming_jerk]

[VIDEO:] [A face comes across the screen that is startlingly white, with large blue eyes that lack pupils. He looks over the device, scowling slightly, before looking into the camera and speaking.]

So, what am I supposed to say here? This whole damn situation is unreal. I can barely fuckin' believe it. "Transport"? More like "canon fodder" I'm sure. This is like some bad dream. Like I fell asleep while watching a bad action movie or somethin'.

I don't got time for this shit. I bet most of you don't, either. I got somewhere to be and someone to find.

...

Is there a red-headed guy with horns here? Big scar on his mouth? Tell him Johnny's lookin' for him.

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[ACTION for roomies:] [A tall young man enters the apartment, looking angry and a little overwhelmed. He's wearing an old hoodie and jeans that have seen better days, and there's a guitar case strapped around his back. After a few awkward moments of silence, he'll speak up.]

I'm the new guy. Which room's mine?

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

Is that common where you're from?

[ And really... ]

What about your...

[ She gestures to her own face, then rolls her wrist to flick at the netbook screen. ]

Everything?

[charming_jerk]

[Aaand he deflates again, looking annoyed.] No, it ain't. None of it.

[whatsupcroc]

What makes you so unique?

[ What is being nosy for $200, Alex. She sounds as curious as she is, though that usually doesn't do much for the people she annoys. ]

[charming_jerk]

[He's used to getting questions and such. Usually they're more fearful instead of curious. But he also refuses to hide what he is, even if people don't believe him.]

I'm half demon.

[whatsupcroc]

[ Huh, this demon thing was coming up more often than she suspected. ]

What kind of demon? On your mom's side, or your dad's?

[charming_jerk]

My dad's an incubus.

[whatsupcroc]

[ Such a blank stare. ]

What's an incubus do?

[ Possess writers? Buses? ]

[charming_jerk]

[Oh god does he really have to explain this.]

They're... the guy very of a succubus.

[whatsupcroc]

[ ... Yes. Collette is not, fortunately or otherwise, all that up on her folklore and supernatural critters. She's got the idea of angels, ghosts, demons, and shapeshifters down, but the specifics?

Ha. ]

Then what's a succubus?

[charming_jerk]

Wow, seriously? They... seduce people and prey on 'em.

[whatsupcroc]

... I totally don't think you need to be a demon to do that.

[ And she finds herself laughing, shaking her head. ]

And yes, seriously! Demonology 101 was totally never on my high school curriculum. How does being half demon who seduces people work out for you?

[ She so badly wants to ask if the pale thing really works for that, but bites back on the question just barely before blurting it out. ]

[charming_jerk]

Yeah, but people don't usually suck out the life of people 'n' killin' 'em.

...It doesn't. I don't think half demons are supposed to exist or somethin'.

[whatsupcroc]

Maybe not literally, but figuratively... though who even wants to think about that?

Huh. How old are you?

[charming_jerk]

Yeah, not me.

I'm 20. Why?

[whatsupcroc]

You're looking pretty good for 20 years of someone who isn't supposed to exist!

[ Just don't let her think on the logistics... and then she starts to. ]

When you say half, your mom's human? Or something humanoid but not demonic?

[charming_jerk]

Yeah, well, let's just say that some people DID find out I exist when I ain't supposed to, so the last two years of my life have been a bitch.

She's human.

[whatsupcroc]

And now you're here.

[ She whistles. ]

On an upside, people who aren't the natives probably won't all hate you just because you're not supposed to exist?

Oh, cool! I thought so, but I wasn't sure. How did she -- uh. I guess your dad didn't decide on the... um, nevermind.

[charming_jerk]

They'll figure out some other reason to soon enough, I'm sure.

Yeeeeeah you're gettin' a little too personal there, chica.

[whatsupcroc]

Outside of "wait you guys aren't from here we don't like you let's riot or try to control you?" They've got that one down to pat.

[ She shrugs, looking off to the side -- but unapologetic. ]

But the natives aren't all bad, and you can almost feel bad for them after a while. The longer the Initiative is around, the more of them might never be, or might never have been. Changing the world is mostly supposed to happen going into the future, not the past.

[charming_jerk]

So does this "changing the past" crap actually work?

[whatsupcroc]

Yep! It does. For everyone on this world, though they can't do it, we're the lucky ones who get to mess up history.

[charming_jerk]

[He still looks a tad skeptical, but he shrugs.] And here I thought it'd be a big pile of bullshit.

[whatsupcroc]

Who knew, time travel is possible in a whole different weird future?