video | un: yukimura

[dairekka]

[Okay. This isn't hard. He's stuck here... and... there's no real way back so the best option is to work with this ALASTAIR ... clan? Clan. In order to fix issues in different places...

... and this ear cuff will let him talk to people but he has no idea how. Jewelry doesn't let you talk to people?? Talking to people lets you talk to people??

Carefully and very tentatively, like he's worried the communicator is about to leap out at him and grab him, Yukimura sets the little ear cuff communicator on the ground in front of him and crouches down in so he's eye level with it. Enjoy the overabundance of red.]

...

[He takes a deep breath. He was told he could talk to people, but he can't see anyone so... he'll have to speak loudly so he can be heard.

Brace yourself, Futurology.]


HELLO?

[... Nothing.]


HELLO, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME THROUGH THIS PIECE OF JEWELRY?

[Still nothing?? This is concerning him. Is he alone here, other than the man who had spoken to him when he first arrived? What should he do in this situation? Begin a scouting mission to search out any signs of life? Or should he continue shouting through this piece of jewelry he doesn't really believe is doing what he was told it would do.

...

Option B it is.]

I AM WORRIED THAT THIS JEWELRY IS NOT DOING WHAT I WAS TOLD IT WOULD, AND THAT I WILL FIND MYSELF AT A COMMUNICATION DISADVANTAGE IF THIS DOES NOT WORK. CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? [He reaches out and taps on the side of the cuff, shaking the image rather violently.] ANYBODY?

[TAP. TAP. TAP.

BEEP.]

... [He leans forwards, almost conspiratorially and whispers....] Hello?

[... Someone help this poor, unsuspecting loser out. Please. For the sake of your eardrums if nothing else.]

Comments

voice | un: FruitsParfaitSamurai

[naturallywavy]

_{[ Look at this fucking genius. A lazy sounding voice drawls out from the jewelry: ]}

It's also a rice cooker.
_{[ Let's see if he goes for it. ]}

[dairekka]

[Joke's on you, he has no idea what a rice cooker is.

... So he's gonna half go for it.]

... This jewelry does not look big enough to be a pot for cooking rice. [He picks up the cuff and turns it around. Enjoy the shifting view.]

There are no sides. The rice and water would all flow out before it could boil and cook properly.

[naturallywavy]

_{[ No shit, Sherlock. ]}

Maybe if you try yellin' at it again, it will sprout a magic pot for you. Ever think of that?

[dairekka]

While I am accepting the fact these things allow us to communicate, even if I am not sure how, I do not accept that these device could create a pot out of thin air.

[There.

Although if the device were a pot initially, then that would solve all their problems.]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ This guy, though. ]}

... You're not from around these times, are you?
_{[ Depends what you mean by these times, Gintoki. Technically you're from the 1800's but you know all about this stuff. ]}

[dairekka]

[He's one of a kind.]

I had assumed that was fairly obvious...

[If the yelling madly into the comm hadn't been a tip off...]

[naturallywavy]

You're not alone. There are a lot of people from different times and different worlds. I've seen more embarrassing things..
Like some people's faces here.

_{[ He can name a few people he dislikes off the top of his head. ]}

Be thankful you're just obnoxious and not ugly.

[dairekka]

[... Wow.]

I... uh. Thank you?

[?? ? He guesses it was a compliment??]

Still, it is reassuring to know this device is confusing to many people at first. It gives me confidence I will learn how to use it more than competently soon!

[DETERMINATION!]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ How painfully optimistic. ]}

You can start by not screaming into it and hoping for the best.
Sceaming and hoping usually gets you nowhere good in life unless you're stranded on a toilet and in need of paper.

[dairekka]

[That's Yukimura for you.]

I will do my best to keep volume under control over this communicator. [But there are no promises. He is who he is.]

... but passionate yelling is an excellent way to fire up one's determination. I cannot discard it completely!

[naturallywavy]

_{[ Oh my god. ]}

It's also an excellent way to get yourself knocked in the teeth by somebody. Somebody specific with silver hair.
Don't do it.
_{[ Mindless yelling, though. It kind of reminds him of home. ]}

[dairekka]

I am very resistant to punches. You would probably not succeed in damaging me very much.

[He's not kidding. He's really not kidding.]

[naturallywavy]

Your skull is that thick? Not surprised.
_{[ He doesn't sound like he cares at all, honestly. ]}

Sure it built a resistance from being dropped so many times as an infant.

[dairekka]

I was not dropped on my head as an infant, I'm fairly sure.

[Punched? Maybe.]

Still, a thick skull is better than a fragile one.

[naturallywavy]

Are you sure your head isn't just empty then?

[dairekka]

I would not be conversing with you, or capable of doing much at all if my head were empty.

[ SQUINTS. ]

[naturallywavy]

_{[ oh great.. he's one of those take-everything-literally-people like Katsura. ]}

Look, just be careful around here. There's a lot of freaks. I wouldn't want them to rattle whatever small brain you have in there too much. It could hurt you.
_{[ caring for you but insulting you ... ah the vicious Gintoki cycle. ]}

[dairekka]

[Good job, Gintoki. You're a walking contradiction.]

I am more than capable of looking out for myself, thank you.

[Innocence and naivety aside, he can take care of himself. Also, his world is kinda odd. He's not going to be as phased as one might assume. I mean, there's a guy who rides around on a flying robot man. In Sengoku era Japan. He's good.]