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onceawolf

001. [video, public]

Jul 20, 2011 21:04

[The PCD feed clicks on abruptly. A child is crouched down low, holding it in both hands and causing the viewing area to catch largely the face and one shoulder, canted a bit to one side. It's a bit difficult to tell if the child is a boy or a girl. Arya's face is plain, her eyes brown, and her dark hair is shaved nearly to her scalp. Her clothes ( Read more... )

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onceawolf July 21 2011, 02:13:23 UTC

[Arya stops where she is after hearing the voice .. from her pocket.]

Hello?

[There is no answer. She calls out again, then scowls when only a sparrow flits overhead. Finally pulling the PCD out of her pocket to take a closer look at it, she hits a button that causes the video response to replay. It also starts recording automatically again after the playthrough. She watches, fascinated.]

What is this? [A monk, too?] Are you a monk? I live at the temple sometimes.

Oh.

Vaalor morghulis.

[It seemed the proper thing to say. Especially if he were a monk.]

How did you get inside there?

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onceawolf July 21 2011, 02:47:50 UTC

Oh.

[That didn't make much sense, but Arya didn't say so. She only frowned a little.]

I haven't heard of the Southern Air Temple before. Is it nearby? [She paused, not knowing how much else she should say. Or, really, who she should be. She didn't bite her lower lip in worry, though, which gave her some level of satisfaction. Only stupid Arya Horseface would do that. Finally, she decide that it would be alright to offer up even a little bit.] I'm not really sure where I am. This doesn't look like any part of the city I've been in.

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[Video] buntails July 21 2011, 05:01:49 UTC

[There's a cheerful voice coming from the PCD, and a blond girl with an expression to match the voice.]

I think the communicators are really useful!

[Video] onceawolf July 21 2011, 12:44:54 UTC

[This time, the face looking back at her is new - not the boy from before. Arya is surprised not to see him again at first, but she's already starting to get familiar with some of the buttons on the PCD. She plays the video back twice before answering.]

Is that what this is called? A communicator? I've never seen one before.

[Video] buntails July 21 2011, 21:36:55 UTC

[Usagi gives a little wave once Arya is focused on looking at her.]

That's right. We can all talk to each other using it.

[Video] onceawolf July 21 2011, 23:16:40 UTC

[Arya returns the wave after a brief moment. She even smiles, too.]

Is it magic?

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[Video] showchoirstar July 21 2011, 06:18:55 UTC

[A lost child. Rachel frowns.]

-- hello?

[Video] onceawolf July 21 2011, 12:45:31 UTC

[Arya peers back at her.]

Hello.

[Video] showchoirstar July 21 2011, 22:14:17 UTC

My name is Rachel -- you aren't home anymore, and I would keep a close hold on the device you're using to speak to me with. It's called a PCD.

Do you need any help?

[Video] onceawolf July 21 2011, 23:21:26 UTC

Hello, Rachel.

[Arya shakes her head. PCD must be another name for the communicator. Already she is starting to find out just how useful it can be.]

I don't think so. I just don't know how I arrived here, or what I'm supposed to do now.

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[video] grandtheftbody July 21 2011, 08:48:07 UTC

That's quite a quick conclusion to jump to. Just because you don't know what something does doesn't mean it's useless.

[video] onceawolf July 21 2011, 12:48:42 UTC

[Arya thinks about this for a moment. Look with your eyes. See what's around you. She nods.]

You're right. Now I know that I can see and hear other people with it. But I can't smell them.

What else can it do?

[video] grandtheftbody July 22 2011, 08:18:35 UTC

You can write in it. You can send people your location.

[He laughs.]

I don't think you'd want to smell some of us.

[video] onceawolf July 22 2011, 13:24:43 UTC

Maybe not. Some people smell really bad.

[But that was also one way of distinguishing them, or so she'd learned.]

How can I make it do that?

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bunny_flower July 21 2011, 18:02:17 UTC

You should not toss that, child.

onceawolf July 21 2011, 23:26:04 UTC

I won't. It lets me see and hear people.

[This is a new thing that I know today that I didn't know yesterday. And knowing that makes her feel good. She's still doing what she had been taught by the old man and the little waif. She's still learning something new each day.]

Does that mean that you have one, too?

bunny_flower July 22 2011, 16:43:00 UTC

I do, yes. What is your name, child?

onceawolf July 22 2011, 17:30:46 UTC

I am no one.

[Arya says the words simply and openly. It was a question that she had been asked so many times, and she had learned to always answer it the same way. She buries the wolf to save her lies, and to make them true.]

I was told that I would go to Izembaro for my apprenticeship. Am I to have it here, instead?

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