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[velveteened]

( oz has spent some time practicing, so when the video feed comes on, it's steady and propped up to give a good view of him in the living room of his apartment. he shoots the camera a grin before holding up a helmet that may seem familiar to some people. )

Hello, everyone! You won't believe what I found today. ( a meow can be heard off-screen, and he corrects himself - ) Or more correctly, Li Jun did. Something like this must belong to someone, right?

( he hefts it up closer to the camera so that viewers on the network can get a better view. it's probably clear he basically thinks it's one of the coolest things ever. a real helmet like what a real knight would have!! maybe even what one of his favorite fictional knights would wear while doing something gallant.

it would probably be rude to put it on his head. which is what he does a moment later, cheerfully, because look okay how many chances like this does one get!! the network gets a wave before he takes it off and adds, )

Well, if it someone's, I wouldn't want to keep it from you. So tell me if it's yours, alright?

Comments

video

[duplicitoussight]

[Oh, it's the cat guy! And that's... a... really familiar helmet actually. Oz no you look silly in that, he can't help giggling.]

Ehh? What an amazing find! Where was it?

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[velveteened]

( oh hi cat guy! he doesn't mind the giggle, having been aiming for silliness himself. )

In the hallway! I only found it because the cat had got stuck under it.

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[copia]

[ she laughs at him as he rocks that helmet. but, there is something familiar about it... ]

Hm...I feel like I've seen that before...

video;

[velveteened]

Really? You'd think someone wearing this kind of thing would be hard to miss...

[video]

[galactically]

[While Sheryl hasn't met anyone with that helmet prior to this response, she can't help but to look mesmerized. Maybe it's the way this kid is wearing it. Either way, she laughs amiably.]

My my, you look so adorable!

voice;

[alphonse]

[Huffily cuts in.]

Please don't encourage him. There's nothing cute about taking someone's property.

[video]

[velveteened]

Thank you! Though, I was hoping it might be more like "dashing" or "knightly"!

voice;

[alphonse]

[Abruptly enough that it's clear he didn't listen to a word Oz actually said.]

That's my head!

voice;

[whatsupcroc]

No way! You're an armor ghost!

video;

[velveteened]

Ah. So it's yours?

voice;

[maddeninghatter]

[ What the everliving what. Listening to this has been quite a trip. So: ]

Did you lose it?

voice; couldn't resist sob

[nobleminded]

CALL IT WHAT IT IS! IT'S A HELMET! THAT CAN'T BE YOUR HEAD IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT WITH YOU!

[Sore spot? Yeah, sore spot.]

voice;

[accidentalrebellion]

[Somewhere, even Katniss's stone cold heart has to at least be somewhat amused by that. To the most microscopic of microscopic extents.

Somewhere.

Maybe.]

Can you even see out of that? [... Hi.]

video;

[velveteened]

( oh, it's katniss! it's near enough after what happened in that one world that it's nice to hear her voice. )

Yes! ( no. ) ...a little bit. It was probably meant for someone ( A LOT TALLER ) older, though.

[silenceandcards]

Don't wear other people's helmets, Oz.

[velveteened]

Aww, it was only for a minute before I return it!

video;

[retraced]

[Aw, his master is as cute as always.

Aside from that one thing. That meowing thing in the background. That just ruins the whole video, tbh.]

Your...cat found it?

[That really, really sounds like a lie.]

video;

[velveteened]

( WOW HE HEARS THAT INCREDULITY that's rude )

You can ask him, if you want!

( do you hear that threat, gil? do you? )

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[anklets]

[ arrived on-scene just as the helmet went on, though she has the good grace to wait until Oz' PSA has reached closure to commence questioning. plucks the kitten gently from the floor ]

Li Jun found it?

also action you cannot stop me

[commentboxtroll]

[ meanwhile, from the lazy jerk lounging on the couch. ]

A cat drags something in and his first impulse is to stick it on his head. How unhygienic.

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[heartsink]

You have a cat?

[ CLEARLY THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS POST. also the fake name attached to the account is still there etc etc ]

permavideo;

[velveteened]

I do! Would you want to meet him?

( haruka is also something of a relief; he doesn't really think she would've gone out into the warzone, but hearing from her is nice just the same. not least, really, because she is disconnected from it and doesn't know what happened (to him, at the very least). )

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[imperfect]

Glad that's settled. Hey, kid. [There is so much transparent brightness in this greeting it's probably leaking out of the tablet.] Run off with that thing again and you won't have a head left to put it on, alright?

[AND WHEN HE GETS HOME HE'S LOCKING AL IN A CUPBOARD FOR A YEAR, SHEESH...]

video;

[velveteened]

( matches that transparent brightness )

To think, I never took you for the type to threaten kids!

video;

[nobleminded]

[...Vessalius with a cat, he is not surprised. He's probably as bad at taking care of it as his sister is with hers, too.]

How did a cat find a helmet like that in the first place?

You know how to take care of that thing, right, Shorty?

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[velveteened]

I want to know that as much as you do. ( even if li jun did manage to get stuck under the helmet, how on earth did he get under there in the first place? and why was it lying around? ) And of course I do!

[voice]

[acemedium]

[Speaking of rude--]

I think it looks great on you!

[SO IS SHE]

[voice]

[velveteened]

( FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS )

You think so?

video

[taijiya]

[Oh yes, that is a familiar helmet indeed.]

Um, I'm pretty sure that does belong to someone. Alphonse, If I remember correctly.

[The kind armordude who helped her out in Elmer's world.

Meanwhile, a meow answering Li Jun's is heard and then accompanied by a cream-colored, kittenlike creature on screen.]

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[velveteened]

( so that's what "al" must be short for. )

Alphonse, got it! Thank you.

( li jun meows in response to that, leaping up onto the table to peer into the tablet. )

[video]

[blossomgale]

[ ...Sophie waves at the screen. Mostly because the person on screen did too, she's mimicking it. He might notice the waving movement is exactly the same... ]

You look funny.

[video]

[velveteened]

( he almost moves to wave back when he realizes that it is the same - and that anyway she was waving in response to his waving in the first place - but at her pronouncement, he laughs )

Do you think so?