01 ♔ accidental audio->video

[singingalleluia]

[The first sound you hear is-a sort of wet rustle, actually. How odd. But it's punctuated by a thin whine after a moment-canine?-and then more staticky sounds and shuffling.

Then the image clicks on. And if you guessed "dog's tongue" for the licking sounds, you were right-because there's a closeup of it.

But the object of said affections and owner of

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[strideonstrider]

looks like im not the only new kid on the block
sup
id say welcome but im not feeling it and still dont trust this place
get used to the dog
supposedly for our protection or something like that

[video] 1/2

[singingalleluia]

New kid? [Our?

Sorry, Dave, it's video still because he's not quite sure how to use this or what it is yet. Or if he's just talking to thin air because the notion of talking at text that seems to be responding to him is odd.]

Then- [eyes flick to his surroundings again-]

[video] 2/2

[singingalleluia]

[No, scratch that. He was going to presume you're in the same boat as him on this, but... no, really? He'd just. Finally. Walked what felt like a thousand miles to half drop onto Mother's doorstep and instead half fell awake here wherever HERE is and-what?]

[...] I'm sorry, you are-?

[Aha. Ha.

Sanity is brittle sometimes.]

[Video]

[strideonstrider]

[Normally Dave would stick to text but you look like hell. The feed clicks over smoothly to Dave Strider leaning against a ruined wall. Clad in his black pants and red-white broken record shirt. A crow caws from above his head.]

Yeah, I arrived here a few hours back. Give or take fourteen point two seconds.

Name's Dave. Or Strider. Take your pick. They're both right.

voice; 1/2

[pteroda]

[Well, this is surprising to her.]

Another one...?

voice;

[pteroda]

-Hello!

[Not quite as cheerful as she usually is, but she's trying. She's pretty distracted on what to do considering a certain someone she knows. Nevertheless, she isn't one to ignore a newcomer.]

[video]

[singingalleluia]

[Not. What he expected.] Ah- [But she sounds nice. Manners?] Hello!

[Though do please put up with him figuring out this-device and that it's even broadcasting video yet.]

Who is- [He's really trying to keep the brutally plaguing concern out of his voice.] -this?

[Waking up in a strange place when you're in the middle of something and suddenly wearing a strange communication device strange people are talking to you at over. I mean really.]

[video]

[pteroda]

My name is Yuuki. You just arrived, didn't you?

voice.

[nebenmond]

-the hell?

[Two new comers? That's the last thing he expected to return to after the previous night's casino adventures.]

[video]

[singingalleluia]

[Good morning to you, too.

There's a pause. And then just perhaps a bit dryly:] Sorry, am I disturbing something?

[Allen Walkers do, eventually, reach a quota of Weird and Traumatic when they start to just... snark instead. Discreetly. Blink and you'd miss it. But still.]

voice.

[nebenmond]

No. Just been a while.

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[sleightofhearts]

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.............

,.m,m,m,m,m,mm,m,m,m,kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Video] 2/2

[sleightofhearts]

[It is only by the grace of God (or, you know. Whatever.) that he manages to turn on the video function. Technology. What, even.

Recognize this face?]

Oi.

[Video] 1/2

[singingalleluia]

[Recognizes it with the hologram it threw up as he'd been fiddling with the device only all too well. And it makes Allen visibly jerk for a moment in surprise-but then perhaps maybe not all that much.] -Tyki?

[After all, he just saw you, even if he was sure we'd just parted ways for who knows how long.]

[Video] 2/2

[singingalleluia]

[But Allen's jaw tightens. You are not the person he wants to be talking to.] What's going on?

[But then this Allen is probably nothing like the Allen you just saw, is he.

Just like Allen's rather flummoxed at the sight-the very old sight-of Tyki in tophat and coattails. Perhaps he should have asked this when first he saw the new uniforms in their amazing stripper glory, but-Tyki, what happened to you?]

[blonde_neophyte]

Oh please tell me you're not new.

[While she may sound a bit rude, the aggression in her voice is one of desperate exhaustion rather than contempt.]