oo1; voice + video

[justthedriver]

Biggest country in world I know but Initiative don't seem to bother to bring anyone else but me. Too many goddamned Americans and Japanese. [ Says the heavy Russian accent. ] And aliens. And fucking elves. [ For all the emphasis he puts on that word, he doesn't sound angry. More of a 'fuck, what the hell, man?'

... Sorry, elves. He's targeting one elf in particular and he doesn't much care if there's more of them.

Sharp snort. Sound of a lighter snapping on, and the crackling of cigarettes. Then the camera switches on.

Have a pair of heavily tattooed hands, one of them curled around a white stick. Then he tips the tablet upwards until it shows his face, and Nikolai pulls off the sunglasses. ]

You lot ever get tired of talking on this thing? Bunch of stupid questions lately. [ He takes a drag of the cigarette, and blows it at the screen. ] You've all forgotten how to fuck, or something?


[ ooc; for any character with knowledge of Russian criminals, Nikolai's hands carry tattoos that basically says he's one of the worst ones out there. Yeah.

Also, content warnings for sexual assault for the thread with Steph (controlledvariable). ]

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[have_hat_will_travel]

Maybe, just maybe, some of us prefer to have motivations besides sex that we are trying to explore in spite of a pretty shittastic environment for doing so.

And please tell me someone didn't try to sell you on those tattoos by claiming they'd work as holy symbols against vampires or something.

[justthedriver]

Only stupid people put protection on hands. Invites knives to cut hands off. [ Idly.

(And actually, it's completely true. You hide the protective symbols under your clothes, because if they're seen, they invite people to try to remove the entire piece of skin. Welcome to Russian prison.) ]

Only stupid people make stupid assumptions also.

[ He's kind of rude. ]

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[freewoman]

Says the man who is talkin' on this thing... [Her head cants to the side, brows raised. Honestly, this thing is still a mystery to her-- how it works, what it is, even. It's been explained to her that it isn't any kind of magic.

But it's just as foreign as those metal buildings and all the rest this world offers.]

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[justthedriver]

[ He's just sitting here waiting for you to keep going. ]

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[skypsalms]

[ he's question concerning the fucking completely goes over her head so she'll move to something she's a bit more familiar with. also if he was trying to be intimidating, somehow that goes over her head too. ]

Is there something wrong with being Japanese?

permavideo here too;

[justthedriver]

[ He's not trying to be intimidating. He's trying to be offensive. Intimidating just comes to him naturally.

Also what is his life now that he is attracting teenaged girls to his post. :| Nikolai eyes her for a moment. ]

Not as bad as being American. [ Have some smoke. ]

[charming_jerk]

Have you forgotten how to fuck? Get off the damn network then. [Oh no it's yet another American]

[justthedriver]

[ Wait he's got to do this properly. He sets the tablet a little further away. Balances cigarette on his lip. And he's giving you a very slow applause. ]

Listening comprehension, zero. Da, da, very good.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

[His Russian's rusty, but passable]

Maybe they don't trust the Soviets not to fuck things up again, hm?

[He sounds like he's joking. Probably]

[justthedriver]

[ In English, because people, stop fucking up his native language. He's allowed to fuck up yours, but no dice on the reverse. ]

Not been 'Soviet' anything for long time. [ Unimpressed look. ]

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[implying]

Oh, and what's so wrong with elves and aliens?

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[justthedriver]

[ ... Oh, it's you. Hi, Vanadi. ]

You are a smart man. [ Drawl. ] You tell me.

[solitaire]

_{( He glances at those tattoos with a knowledgable eye but doesn't otherwise comment. )}

Big enough universe, homme, that one country prob'ly don't even register.

'Cides, not like there's much quality entertainment 'round. Talkin' is about all we got.

[justthedriver]

[ You should see the tattoos on the rest of his body. Very informative, if you know how to read them. ]

Very lazy of you. [ ... Referring to both sentences. ]

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[onlyasong]

My, what colorful hands you have and an equally colorful tongue, it seems.

[If she appears amused? It's because she is.]

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[justthedriver]

[ Amusing little girls is new. Nikolai just looks at her. ]

Black is not colour. [ Just... fyi. In case you don't know. ]

[heirwithouthope]

[Damn it, Nikolai. Don't say things that he can agree with when he wants to settle down with the notion that you're an idiot.

Of course Thorin only understands a third of this post. And the pointed accusation eats at him until he decides he can't leave it alone.]

I have no knowledge of what this is, so how can I forget it?

[justthedriver]

[ ........ What. Nikolai stares, still smoking. ]

You start conversation in middle. Very rude. [ Otherwise known as: What? ]

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[burnsinvisibly]

I'm not American or Japanese. [ instead, have a very Australian accent! ] You're from... Russia?

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[justthedriver]

Da.

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[falsehoods]

In your complaint about asking stupid questions, you seem to have asked one of your own...

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[justthedriver]

[ He just leans back against the wall, takes a drag, and waits. ]

[urnotafraid]

Not really. [ And here is a Japanese guy with blue eyes and wearing a long white coat. The braids he wears his hair were heavy with extra jewelry that matches what he wears in his ears and around his wrists, and while he sort of slouches in his chair, there was a wariness in his eyes. He knew what those tattoos mean.]

Sometimes you gotta talk with someone even if it's to complain about the weather.

[justthedriver]

[ Now that's a familiar face. Nikolai blinks. He owes this man a favour from what seems like several lifetimes ago, but here Sho is, talking to him like Nikolai is a stranger, and dressed like-

Dresses like one of the triads. (Oh, the Mafiya know the triads perfectly well. They rank a little higher than the yakuza and far above those fucking Italians.) Nikolai takes a drag of his cigarette. ]

So grab someone on street to talk about weather. [ Shrugs. ] Don't need to use this thing.

[ Maybe it's someone with a different face. Nikolai knows that's a possibility. He knows it very well. ]

Totally not here

[inthejunk]

[But somewhere offline you are getting a dirty look, dude.]

la di la not here.

[justthedriver]

[ Nikolai takes your dirty look and puts it in his collection. Such a cute dirty look, Yosuke. He'll keep it for a pet. ]

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[alittlesweptup]

Mindless chatter is the M.O. of anyone with a pair of thumbs about here; I'd recommend putting your tablet in a drawer if you're tired of it.

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[justthedriver]

[ He looks at the words and he snorts. ]

No one using thumbs but you.

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[controlledvariable]

[Those tattoos are enough to catch her attention, and she replies in Russian, speaking it well and with only a faint American accent. There are Russian mobsters in Gotham, after all, a girl's gotta know how to properly threaten them.]

You forgot the British. And the dragons.

[What? There are a fair few of them, too.]

Can't say I disagree about the stupid questions, though.

[There's a reason she really only replies to the occasional person.]

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[justthedriver]

[ Oh for God's sake, what the hell is with people speaking Russian around here when they have no business speaking Russian? Not even Anna knows Russian and she has a Russian father!

Nikolai almost- almost scowls. Instead, he takes a long drag of his cigarette. ]

Seen too many British. Used to those. [ In the same tone as one would say well, if you live in a shit-infested city, you'll be used to shit.

He's flattered to have been chosen, Steph. ]

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[tofindthesun]

Idle hands will want for idle chatter.

[SIGH, NIKOLAI.]

..Have you seen other Elves? [genuinely curious and trying not to be (or sound) overly giddy at the prospect of.. potential brethren.]

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[justthedriver]

[ Ahahaha he knew you'll be here. Nikolai doesn't even bother to hide his sharp-edged grin. (Shut up, let him have his minor victories.)

Then he flicks his fingers over the camera. ]

I don't like talking to blank screen, Elf.

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[skennen]

[The dye markings on the stranger's hands draw his attention, but he doesn't mention them in his comment.]

Would you want your people to be here, enslaved to the Initiative's cause?

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[justthedriver]

[ His people. Nikolai laughs. ]

Will be better entertainment.

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[hostage]

You got something against Americans?

[Look, it's a baby gangster.]

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[justthedriver]

Da. [ Grin. ] Especially stupid ones.

[ Baby gangster, meets papa gangster. (Who might not actually be a gangster...) ]

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[strategic_guile]

I definitely haven't forgotten how to fuck.

Please tell me that's an offer.

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[justthedriver]

[ Long drag. ]

You should be careful about who you ask that question.

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[accidentalrebellion]

[And isn't that exactly what he's doing right now? It's not that she's particularly fond of this thing either. Not by a longshot. But she has her reasons to keep a better eye on it these days than she did in the past, and when she comes across this, it's one of those gems that irritates her just enough to say something.

Of course, she's only going to focus on that last part, because what is paying attention to an entire post.]

How to what? ['Fuck' is not really a word they have in Panem, yo]

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[innominata]

fuck

[ look. she was nice and spelled it out. ]

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[chronologistics]

the aliens i can deal with
its the two legged wombats that have me scratching my head
like how is that at all inconspicuous
the transformers arent so bad
nice ink btw

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[justthedriver]

[ Long pause. ]

Use better text or show your face. [ It's not that he cant' read it, but he just dislikes text okay. ]

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[hejhej]

[JESUS.]

I haven't forgotten how to fuck.

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[justthedriver]

You think I am talking about you, gzah?

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[heartsink]

[ the name field attached to this account reads Haruka Takahashi
wow how japanese can you get ]

And they claim it's random, who gets brought here. You'd think they'd be able to manage more than one or two countries per continent if that were the case.

(Japanese-American, for the record, so I suppose I was doubly appealing for this.)

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[justthedriver]

[ Long drag. ]

Why do you think I'm asking to talk to Japanese or American?

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[reconnaissance]

We've got an exclusive club with one Italian and Australian going. We're just collecting all the best accents into one group.

( And then, a slight smile. ) Dunno if Ezio has any tattoos, though. I haven't got any.


( WAIT WAIT HOLD THE PHONE: ) There's no fucking.

( just to be clear )

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[justthedriver]

[ Ellie. Nikolai nearly choked on his cigarette with your last sentence. He recovers very quickly, though. ]

Pity. You were getting my hopes up with your 'exclusive club'.

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[neveraskedforthis]

Some people can do both, you know. Not necessarily at the same time.

[ THAT SAID ]

The irony in this post is astounding, but I'm sure you noticed yourself.

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[justthedriver]

Many people think differently. [ A drawl.

Referring to the first bit. He's not even addressing the irony because hypocrisy is fun. ]