Voice

[deservinghell]

[Having determined the netbook is capable of a video feed, Henry makes certain to broadcast only his voice when he reaches out to the network; given the effect his condition has on reflections and even digital images, presenting an empty backdrop for no apparent reason is not the way he'd like to initiate first impressions. With the channel open, there's the clearing of a throat, then:]

And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. I suppose it's about time fate doomed me to fight another man's war, eh? The Devil knows I've been asking for it. But it begs the question... What did the lot of you do to deserve it?

[The accent is unmistakably English, though a sharp ear might infer he hasn't been among Englishmen for some time.]

Comments

[itase]

Pirating mp3s.

[deservinghell]

I was thinking more along the lines of mass murder, bathing in the blood of the innocent, communing with the Devil. Little things like that. If you wanted in here so badly, pirating music seems a bit overkill.

[totallytrustworthy]

Whoever left their netbook running while watching the telly: turn it off or dial it down a bit, yeah? I can hear your historical drama loud and clear, and it's making it more than a little difficult to concentrate.

[deservinghell]

Concentrating so hard that you can't find the mute button, apparently.

[ex_bandai157]

It's rather a leap to assume deserving has anything to do with it.

[deservinghell]

I believe I deserve it, and here I am. It's not a bad assumption without any other data to go on.

voice

[latkje]

The missus says I deserve whatever's coming to me, but she'll never say just why.

[deservinghell]

That's awfully unreasonable of her.

permatext;

[boughtabookstore]

Suitably deep.

We existed. That seems to be the only consensus so far.

[deservinghell]

That's hardly fair.

Why am I not surprised.

[fe_male]

That depends entirely on who you ask. What's the other war?

[deservinghell]

A very old one.

Who, then, am I asking?

video

[allsongs]

[oh no look what you've done you've decided to up and speak in accent with all these words she's learning. now you've got a video feed of this lady, peering at the screen with great attention and eyebrow-raised interest.

her mouth parts a little just before she's determined whether or not to say anything at all; she doesn't know what he's asking. she winds up just giving off a soft, curious hum, quieting to listen to the rest of the conversations as they unfold.]

Re: video

[deservinghell]

[The sound does catch Henry's attention, and he watches the woman on the screen for a moment before determining she isn't about to speak.]

Hello.

[voice]

[myownbestfriend]

[Shakespeare. Hmm.]

What has deserving got to do with what happens to anyone?

[Emma speaks with what Americans often mistake for an English accent, but it's actually an upper-class Boston one.]

[deservinghell]

[Henry is a bit of a Shakespeare fanboy.]

It doesn't. But one can dream.

Video;

[onemoredeath]

[ A rather nicely turned out Japanese man with blue eyes and a killer smile is on the screen. He looks a touch bored. ]

It must be that time again... As for your question, I did nothing more then won too many games of pin-pon-pan.

Re: Video;

[deservinghell]

Sounds innocuous enough.

video.

[pantyraid]

Hm.. sometimes, I buy the more expensive TV dinners, even though daddy says to get the cheap ones. The stuffed cabbage is just so gross, though!

[deservinghell]

Well, then. I hardly see anything unreasonable about that.

video;

[bittertears]

What makes you think of this as punishment?

[deservinghell]

Well.

Generally abduction isn't considered a reward.

voice

[birdhousesoul]

We've been conscripted. No one deserves to be conscripted. That's rather beside the point of conscription.

[deservinghell]

Even conscription can be fled and cheated. There was no dodging the hand that brought us here.

[trustycrowbar]

[Yeah, I'll have the melodrama and self-pity with a side-order of fishing for blackmail material, please.]

If you're of the opinion that they're able to purposefully choose us, then our only crime is being in the right place at the wrong time.

[deservinghell]

I'm not discounting the possibility they're just looking for warm bodies. [Or cold ones, as the case may be.]