[video] Because the network is the best dating service?

[foreverbouncing]

[Charlie is standing in the center of the screen in her apartment when she appears, in a blue blouse and black skirt, and she waves, smiling brightly.]

Hey guys! This is kind of a ...public service announcement sort of thing but not really about something totally important! See this is-

[She frowns off screen.]

You have to actually be in view Kat!

[There's a groan off screen.] I guess I kind of have to, don't I...

[And then a girl with dark skin and blonde hair sidles into the frame, one arm reaching across her stomach to idly grab at the other arm. She seems uncomfortable, but manages a nervous-looking smile at the camera.] H-hi there!

Right, great. This is Kat! [Charlie throws a hand out as if to indicate her.]

She's awesome and cool and everyone should want to be her friend. And she's pretty, and she has this really neat gravity powers.

But! And you may not believe this, she has never been on a date before! Ever!

[She whispers a bit too loudly.] You didn't have to be so blunt about it--

[And then she just looks at the camera and waves a bit awkwardly.]

Well how else was I going to put it?

[She rolls her eyes and looks back at the camera.]

Anyway! She's awesome and cool and needs a date? So who's interested?

[A beat.]

Oh right! We're pretty sure she's eighteen or so, so kinda around there's the age we're looking for here, and...uh, don't be a creeper. Or evil. Evil's a big turn off, okay?

Yeah, if I could avoid anyone evil that'd be really great.

[She takes a deep breath for courage and looks at the camera, her smile growing more genuine if no less nervous.] I like cats and stuffed animals and like high-up places with nice views, and taking long baths and reading magazines, and think that--

[Oops. She timed that wrong. The feed shuts off.]

[ooc: Blue is Charlie, Red is Kat, they'll both be answering this!]

Comments

[redshifting]

He's definitely not an ordinary animal at all. I just don't know much about him beyond that.

But he's like my best friend!

[invoking]

You took in an animal you didn't know anything about?

[redshifting]

He sort of just found me! It wasn't like I knew much about myself at the time, either.

[invoking]

What do you mean?

[redshifting]

I woke up in Hekesville and didn't remember a thing. Dusty was the first creature I met, and we just kind of... bonded.

[invoking]

[ He pauses while listening to her story. It sounds so much like his... ]

You don't remember your past?

[redshifting]

Nope, not a bit!

--er, but I try not to let it get me down!

[invoking]

What about Miss Raven?

[redshifting]

You'd probably have to ask her. She remembers more than I do - or at least, we know where she comes from. But there's kind of a gap that she's never told me about.

[invoking]

That's-- [ He shakes his head, then. ] I apologise. That was a personal question for me to ask.

[redshifting]

No, it's okay! I don't mind. I just don't really have the answers you're looking for.

[invoking]

That's alright. Being from different worlds, I guess it shouldn't be much of a surprise some things sound a bit familiar.

[redshifting]

Okay!

So what's it like where you come from, then?

[invoking]

Well, I thought Dusty sounded similar to beings called chains in my world.

[redshifting]

He's not a chain, he's a cat.

[invoking]

Chains aren't like pets in my world. There are normal animals and then beings that come from the Abyss that need a human-- a contractor-- to stabilize their existence.

[redshifting]

Oh. So you think Dusty might have been like one of your chains?

[invoking]

Yes. I know it sounds silly... but chains lend their power to a contractor. It's how I thought of Dusty and the raven.

[redshifting]

That's really interesting. I don't think they'r eanything like that though.

[invoking]

I guess it really does exist in my world only.

[redshifting]

That's probably not so bad! A lot of things don't exist here that I saw in Hekesville.

[invoking]

What is Hekesville like?

[redshifting]

Huh?

Well, it's... big, and in four parts, and it floats around the Gravity Pillar.

[invoking]

What is that?

Pretend I said World Pillar.

[redshifting]

Well, it's a giant pillar that spans the entirety of the world, as far as I know.