One! - Video

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

[It’s video, but it might as well be voice since the picture’s dark. Sometimes the glint of a pair of yellow eyes can be seen, especially when the Monster’s looking directly at the screen.


His voice is human, and young. He sounds worried and a little scared.]


Oh man, Xykon’s gonna be really mad when he notices I’m gone.


…Wherever I’m gone to anyway. Where is this place? It looks kinda like Azure City but less blue and less hobgoblins and not really like Azure City at all. I just remember popping in. Did I get tela-porked? I don’t remember doing that. Not that I can do stuff like that! I don’t know magic or anything!


OH! Is this where O-Chul went? I mean, I popped out and popped in here and O-Chul popped out so maybe he popped to this place. I hope so. Well, except this city place looks scary. If it’s scary maybe he should’ve popped somewhere else. [There’s a short pause as he considers this.]



Am I talking to myself or is this Sending? Hello?

Comments

[hellisforchildren]

Classes? [ Alex raises an eyebrow ]

Kid, you're starting to talk like you're from some kind of D&D session.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

What's D&D?

Isn't that the way things work? You know, you take a class and level up and get skills or whatever?

[hellisforchildren]

Sure, they work that way...in a D&D session.

It's like a sword and sorcery type tabletop game, if that even means anything to you. Pretty much people make up characters, then make up scenarios, and earn points through these scenarios to level up and improve their classes and stuff.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

[Did someone say game? He likes games.]

That sounds like playing life. Neat! Well, not Life, that's another game. Can we play?l

[hellisforchildren]

Maybe sometime later. We'd definitely need more than two people.

[ and Alex would obviously be the DM]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

I could invite my new friends!

Oh yeah, so what're we doing now? [He drops the empty take out box and picks up his umbrella}

[Perfection.]

[hellisforchildren]

[ he points at the empty box with a disapproving stare ]

Not on the ground, man! We keep trash bins along the sidewalks for a reason.

From here, we head on to the MAC. Free housing, decent place to live.

[ man now i think i have to do this, but can i make a post on the subject before i have to leave for work? ]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Sorry! [He picks up the box and looks around for a trash bin.]

Where is it?

[ If you want, sure. ]

[hellisforchildren]

Maybe a mile or so north, but pretty much a straight-shot. We could always catch a cab, but it's better to know the route, in case you need it again.

[ oh whoops i did it ]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

...There's... nothing scary at the place, right? It isn't infested with monsters or anything?

[hellisforchildren]

It's perfectly fine. Some of the residents may take getting used to, but any reports you hear of their quality being suspect are entirely exaggerated.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

If you say so.

Are we there yet?

[That was totally said in character]

[hellisforchildren]

[ he scopes out the nearest street sign, they're just about to cross 72nd St. ]

Won't be too long now, just about twelve more blocks.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

So how do these tag things work?

[hellisforchildren]

[ he fishes out the chain on his neck that keep his own ]

Special locks built to accept them. You swipe it through and it lets you in.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

{The Monster fingers his.

He... completely misunderstood what Alex just said.]

What? They're locks?

[hellisforchildren]

[ He wags a finger. ]

Not locks. Keys.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

They don't look anything like keys.