2nd Short - [Voice] + [Action]

[kingofwaste]

[Oswald flicks on the journal with the intent to ask one important, swift question. Straight to the point.]

So, how many of you don't know what a cartoon is? C'mon, let's hear it. No need to be embarrassed. [...] Oh, and no cheating by using a dictionary, either!

[Action]

[And for those of you keeping a wary eye out, Oswald can be seen out

Comments

[voice]

[redroseprince]

Cartoons...um, they show those in the cinema, right?

[voice]

[kingofwaste]

Oh, yeah! Back in the good old days, you had to go to cinemas to see cartoons. Brought about a great sense of community. Nowadays, people are huddled in front of their television to watch cartoons all by themselves. That just ain't the same.

[voice]

[redroseprince]

Back in the...?

Oh, you must...you must be further along than I am. ...Um, where I'm from, cartoons were only shown in the cinema.

[voice]

[kingofwaste]

... But you're still from Earth, right?

[baka_jyanai]

I dunno what one is.

[kingofwaste]

[Oh these poor, deprived people.] How about films? Do ya know what those are?

[baka_jyanai]

... That's... the movie stuff, right?

[kingofwaste]

Right, right! Now, picture a lot of drawings following each other up rapidly to form a movie. That's a cartoon.

[Voice]

[failuremage]

I do not recognise the word 'cartoon'... Perhaps you will enlighten me?

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Well... Do you know what films are?

Re: [Voice]

[failuremage]

I am afraid I do not.

[Voice]

[kingofwaste]

Oh boy. [He sighs, frowning deeply. How to explain this...]

Okay, drawings. Everyone knows drawings. Imagine a couple of drawings of the same rabbit. Same pose and everything, so they're almost identical, but in each drawing, his ear's flicked at a slightly different angle. If you take the drawings and flick through them really quickly, it's like the rabbit's ear is actually moving.

Are you still followin' me?

[ action ]

[one_green_eye]

[Ginko is in the forest, around Community Building 6-- close enough to the path to notice a sight this unusual. Being polite,

ehh. Not really. He just stares, with very frank curiosity.]

What've you got, there?

[ action ]

[kingofwaste]

[Oh look, it's the guy who hasn't been enlightened by cartoons yet. Oswald sets the frame down, but he's still holding it steady with his paws.]

I found a canvas poster of me. Can you believe it? And here I thought every world would be full of Mickey Mouse junk.

[ action ]

[one_green_eye]

[something of an amused grin-- he can't help his curiosity... you're so different and interesting] You found a picture of yourself?

[ action ]

[kingofwaste]

I sure did! See? [He holds it up next to his face again to show the resemblance.]

This baby's goin' straight on my wall.

[action]

[poppetry]

[ there is a rabbit carrying a picture of himself through town.

... intriguing. Xion must investigate.

so she will! by going over and tilting her head, curiously. ]

Hey, do you, um, need help with that?

[action]

[kingofwaste]

Haaah? [He revolves on the spot, nearly thwacking Xion in the shins with the picture. It's so hard to watch where you're going when you've got half a frame obscuring your vision.]

Oh, uh. No, I've got it. Nothin' to worry about.

[action]

[poppetry]

Whoa! [ she jumps back, reflexively, blinking. ] Uh ... you sure about that? I really wouldn't mind, if you need a hand...

[action]

[kingofwaste]

No, no. I'm tough. I'm manly. I can handle it. [He can't let a girl carry stuff for him. Being the guy from the 1920s that he is, that just wouldn't sit right by him. Even though, you know, she's taller than he is.]