three: voice

[silhouetto]

[There's a small pause before Khashoggi starts talking.]

I've been trying to catch up on pop culture of this decade. After all, the fifth time someone calls you 'Agent Smith', you start to wonder.

For the most part, I've managed to catch on wonderfully. Though there is one thing that leaves me baffled. [And then, completely serious.] Tell me, City: how exactly do you 'zig a zig ah' and why do these Spice Girls want to do it so badly?

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voice

[invoking]

I'm not sure what those two are supposed to be, but it's a little rude, isn't it? People calling you by those names you don't understand.

[ He gets called Mr. Darcy sometimes. ]

voice

[silhouetto]

If a reference is popular enough, then people will naturally assume you understand it. As for the references I mentioned, the first is a character in a movie and the second is a pop song from the 1990s.

voice

[invoking]

Is that it? It still seems silly.

[ A light snort. ]

I don't know much about the music of today or... well, any music in this world.

voice

[silhouetto]

I'm glad I'm not the only one, then.

voice

[invoking]

You're... from the future, right?

voice

[silhouetto]

Indeed I am. What about you?

voice

[invoking]

The past, I suppose.

voice

[silhouetto]

What year, if I may ask?

voice

[invoking]

[ INSERT SOME... LATE VICTORIAN ERA YEAR?? cries at canon ]

Quite some years away from this world's time.

voice

[silhouetto]

[ DON'T WORRY, my canon doesn't give me a proper date either. :( ]

...that's further than I was expecting.

voice

[invoking]

Is it that surprising?

voice

[silhouetto]

Most people seem to be from the years 2000 to 2020. Outliers like us are rare.

voice

[invoking]

But you're accustomed to the technology of this time, aren't you.