1st Mistake; video

[moralperil]

[Two lavender eyes stare deeply into the camera, leaning in too close.]

Testing, 1, 2, 3! Um, hi? Oh good, it's working...

[Mahdi slides backward. He's in the dining area of one of the assigned apartments. The guy looks about fifteen, and was clearly plucked right from his job: he's wearing a clean but old and stained black apron over khakis and a polo that have seen better days. There's a hairnet crumpled up on one side of the table, next to a glittery purple flashlight.]

Is there any way for me to contact my boss on this thing? You'd think a simple inter-realm transmission wouldn't be that hard considering how much other crazy stuff they have out here. [More to himself than to the netbook:] I really just want to tell her I won't be coming in. I'm supposed to be there for the breakfast crowd and she's gonna be up a creek without me. Probably can't get out of getting fired for not showing up... even if technically I was there. Early, even!

[He seems to remember himself, and addresses the camera once again.] Anyway, hi! I'm Mahdi. I'm new. They set me up with a place to stay, so I guess I'm gonna be a prisoner for awhile here, huh? [He doesn't exactly seem upset about it, though at least it's clear he's not enthusiastic.] I hope we can makes friends! That's what people do on the internet, right?

Comments

[fintastic]

What kind of restaurant, what things do you cook?

[moralperil]

Diner food, mostly! Pancakes and breakfast food, cheeseburgers and so on. Stuff that tastes great but isn't always nutritional, but that's the fun!

[fintastic]

Oh. Pancakes, like, with maple syrup?

[ She giggles in the same way as any other teenage girl amused by her own inside jokes, but doesn't offer an explanation. ]

[moralperil]

Exactly that kind! [He has no idea why she's happy, but hey, pancakes make him happy too!]

[fintastic]

Eheehee... maybe we can have pancakes sometime, then! With-- [ pfft! ] lots of syrup!

[moralperil]

Sure! They're really simple to make. You know sometimes I eat them with peanut butter and bacon on them instead of syrup!

[fintastic]

I can even help you! I'm not a terrible cook, you know.

[moralperil]

Oh, of course! The more the merrier.

[fintastic]

I like how we totally got off track, heheh. Pancakes aside! Were there other questions you had?

[moralperil]

I keep hearing I'm going to have to go to war, and train. Um... tell me more about it? I don't think I'm cut out for that.

[fintastic]

It's not always war, though sometimes it is! We've only been on a few missions so far, as far as I know, and I went to one war, then I went to one place where I got captures and kept in a prison, and then I went to another place where we had to keep some guy from getting killed!

I don't think they will make you fight anyone or anything you're not ready to, though. If you just explain to them, they can put you in a supportive role too, because those are also important!

[moralperil]

Supportive, huh? That'd be much better! I'm a very supportive person! In fact, you could even say it's my job to support others! [He's obviously cheered up by the thought.]

[fintastic]

See, that's the spirit! I'm sure as long as you're doing something helpful at all, they won't mind too much.

[moralperil]

Helpful is my middle name. [pause] Well, it'd be my middle name if I had one!

[fintastic]

You can make it your middle name right now! It's a good name.