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side boob archer ([personal profile] pummelling) wrote in [community profile] futurology2017-01-16 07:27 pm

video; un: white_lotus

[The magitek's pulled back far enough to feature not one, but two members of Audentes... or, rather, one of them striving vainly to nudge his teammate out of the feed. It's the tail end of the struggle, though, and Kung Jin is fighting a losing battle. It takes half a second for Asher Millstone to shove his way into view, taking up half of the screen and speaking up before Jin can truly get a word in.

The law student looks more excited than ever when he starts speaking, and even lifts his arms above his head in a “raise the roof” sort of gesture.
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It’s time to get wiggity wiggity whack, yo!

Don't. [He nearly slaps a hand over his friend's mouth, but reconsiders, elbowing him back instead.] So, Audentes. Since we're almost all set to leave on our next assignment, it's come to our attention that not everyone here is from a world that people like Asher or I consider "modern day".

Whoa, you? Wait a minute. Last I checked, there was nothing normal about you, man. People in your world, like, rip dudes’ spines out through their mouths and crap!

[After he says this, Asher immediately turns from Jin back to the camera, and waves his hands emphatically in its general direction.]

Don’t try that.

[Jin casts a dubious glance at Asher and moves right along in spite of all the interruptions.]

Even if you look the part, you’ve still got to play the part, too. If you're looking for any advice or tips to blend in properly on-planet, we’re pretty much experts-- so let us know if you need a hand.

[The paler of the two pops up right behind him, leaning on the other’s shoulder.]

That’s right, baby! We’ll teach you how to be 90s.
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[personal profile] moneyballer 2017-01-28 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Because people don't usually ask.]

Oh.

[Asher puts his hands in his pockets.]

I'm from New York. Welp! Not New York City proper, but upstate.
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[personal profile] digiorno 2017-01-28 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. New York is . . . pretty big, isn't it?

[There are vast swathes of New England that are incomprehensible to the European mind.]

Was it . . . nice? [Other than the money showers and gold-plated underwear etc.]
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[personal profile] moneyballer 2017-01-28 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Kinda! It's not as big as California or Texas, but it was alright.

[It was lonely.]

Lots of open space.

[White walls and high fences.]

I always wanted to go to the city, though. Especially when I was a kid.
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[personal profile] digiorno 2017-01-28 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Giorno. Considers this.]

Cities are--they're easy to get lost in. To find a place, even if it's hard to find a place somewhere else. That's why I like them.
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[personal profile] moneyballer 2017-01-28 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's why you like 'em?

[Asher had made the mistake of assuming that being surrounded by more people would help somehow, but it's only made things worse. If anything being in a sea of other human beings...

It makes him realize just how alone he really is.
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I don't get it.
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[personal profile] digiorno 2017-01-28 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
I like it because--

[Hm. How to put this.]

You can disappear when you want to. And it gives you space to figure out who you want to be.
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[personal profile] moneyballer 2017-01-31 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[On the other side of the feed, there is confusion and quiet before the next transmission.

Something about that confession strikes him as peculiar, because in regards to their other conversations, those words make sense and then they don't. Giorno is confident but finnicky all the same, as though there is something uncomfortable he is hiding.

And that makes Asher worry.
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There's a lotta life in places like that.

[Good and bad.]

That's why I like 'em.