exsilium | 001: video

Entry tags:

001: video

[The video switches on easily to show Isa looking at the screen, more or less expressionless.]

Nice kidnappers we've got here. They provide weapons, lodgings, and computers so we can communicate. Probably would've been nicer if they'd asked before the whole kidnapping thing, though.

[A slight smile appears on his face, then disappears almost as quickly.]

I've got a question. Do these things save conversations? It seems like that could be useful. You know, so we could all relive the complete lack of an explanation we got when we arrived.

Anyway. Looks like this is gonna be quite an adventure.

I'm Isa.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[This place isn't so bad. It might be fun, anyway.]

You mean they haven't given you a medal already?

Any minute now. Seriously.

[His grin widens, and he looks up and down the hallway.]

C'mon, Isa, let me show you around here! There's a ton of stuff to see.

All right. Might as well take advantage of the fact that you got here first.

[Which is totally unfair, by the way.]

It seems like a weird place.

I'm practically an expert by now.

[Hey, it was kind of tough being stuck here without anybody he knew! So he's entirely within his rights to milk it for bragging material.]

...Yeah, it's weird, all right. Most people here haven't even heard of Radiant Garden.

All right, expert, teach me all you know.

[Calm and subtly mocking. He is glad that Lea's around to show him the ropes, though.]

I've gotten that impression. It's a totally different world.

There was this one kid who'd visited... but I think he's gone now.

Hope he went home. I made him promise he'd let us ride in his ship next time he came by our world!

-- [Elbowing Isa in the side.] I think the first step is getting you a room! C'mon. Then I can show you the market!

A ship? You always find the weirdest people to make friends with.

[Also the coolest. No way he's gonna say that, though. He rubs his side where Lea elbowed him, as if it actually hurt.]

They assigned me somewhere to stay, I guess, but I don't know who any of the other people there are.

Yeah, a spaceship! He said he'd been to a ton of different worlds.

[He briefly frowns, not sure if Isa's faking or not, before putting a hand on his hip.] Come on, I didn't hit you that hard.

-- What're their names? Maybe I met some of them!

That's kind of cool. He had his own spaceship, and he was just a kid?

[Wow, kind of jealous, here! And he smiles a little.] Hey, you don't know your own strength anymore, Lea.

Roxy and Tephra, apparently.

I know, right? Totally unfair! [His eyes are shining. And -- hey, why not: he reaches out to sling an arm around Isa's shoulders again. It makes a good handle for dragging him in the direction of the dorms.]

Roxy... Hey, I think I met her when some kid she knew left. She seemed pretty nice!

[He grudgingly submits to the arm around his shoulders. Not that he actually minds, of course. Isa lets himself be dragged along, looking around a little as they go.]

I wonder if they're both girls? It'd be kind of weird to live with a bunch of girls. Especially ones I'm not related to. Who are your roommates?

We've got separate bedrooms, so it's not that weird... Actually, both my roommates are girls too. Feferi and Chloe.

Huh, really? And they don't get annoyed with you leaving stuff all over?

Hey! [Okay, that's a valid question.]

...anyway, no, they're cool with it. I just have to pick it up myself sometime.

I guess I'll have to meet your roommates sooner or later. Let them know how to handle you.

You better not try and convince them to dump water on me to wake me up.

[...even if it works, no. Just no.]

Oh, come on, I wouldn't do that.

[Not now that Lea is expecting it, anyway.]

So can we get reassigned if we ask?

I've never tried asking, but it's not like they check to make sure we're in our rooms or anything. So we can just talk to our roommates and see if any of them wants to switch!

Seems like you get along all right with your roommates, though. I wouldn't want to kick one of them out.

Well yeah, they're cool, but now that you're here we ought to stay together, right?

Maybe we can ask for one of the empty rooms so nobody else has to move. I think there's some of those up on the higher floors.

Yeah, we should. Someone's gotta keep an eye on you.

Sounds like a plan. Do they really pay enough attention to us to care about that kind of stuff?

Naaaah, but they've got all the keys. Hey, I should show you some of the music cards they've got here! They're pretty cool.

Music cards? [He shoots Lea a somewhat confused look.] What's that?

[His hands dive into his pockets to search. A few minutes and a handful of lint, a couple cool rocks and a hard candy later, he gives up.]

Aw man, I guess I left it in my room.

...They're these little card things! Almost like playing cards or something. I don't know exactly how it works, but if you plug them into the right machine you can use it to play music.

[About what Isa would expect to see in his pockets. Those rocks are kind of cool, though.]

This place really is a lot more technologically advanced than home, isn't it? Not just the time travel stuff, but even little things like that.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

001: video

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]

[offline]