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[john_morris]

[The video opens on a man's bearded face frowning and obviously touching the screen. He mutters to himself at first.]

Is it... working? Just.. that... Ah!

[He pokes it one last time with his right hand then leans back, now just staring at the screen for a while.]

Hello? Is this... Can this be heard? They said I could be heard and seen through this small contraption. Is there anybody ...?

[He pauses, a little wide-eyed and takes a breath, muttering again.]

Ridiculous, truly... I... Maybe....

[Another pause and he side-eyes the device.]

On the off-chance that this is working as I was told...

Hello. My name is John Morris.

I do hope that I am not merely speaking to myself and the very vacant air around me like a fool... but I am told this will reach all the people that also have this ... rather magical communication box.

I have need of some assistance. You see... my hand...

[He raises up his left hand.]

I cannot let it touch anything or else something very strange happens. Like so...

[A glance around and he picks up a spoon. The silver utensil begins to visibly change to gold as he holds it in view. He lets the spoon fall again, looking distressed.]

I do not know what to do about this!

[He leans in again, poking at the screen.]

Do I... Hello? How does one hear a reply...?

Comments

[fireandhoney]

[He was wondering when that would come up.]

Perfectly fine. I'm a Dunmer, you see, and we Dunmer just naturally have grey skin.

[john_morris]

It is not a country I am familiar with...

[fireandhoney]

Actually, Dunmer is the name of my race, and we hail from the province of Morrowind, in the continent of Tamriel. To humans, we're also known as Dark Elves.

[john_morris]

You are saying that you are not human?

[fireandhoney]

Not human, no. Never seen a human who had pointed ears or red eyes.

[john_morris]

No, of course not... So it is not a mask?

[fireandhoney]

Last time I checked, it wasn't.

[Finn tugs on his cheek, as if he seriously expects his face to be a mask.]

Nah, not a mask.

[john_morris]

That is...

I do apologise but I have not seen anyone ... like you before.

Am I dreaming?

[fireandhoney]

Not surprising, seeing as my race appears to be limited to just my world, and I'm the only Dunmer who got ported at the moment.

If you are dreaming, you could imagine that it started raining grape soda.

[john_morris]

[There's a blank look at that. Even soda is well after his time.]

Are you talking about wine?

[fireandhoney]

Sort of. Except instead of real grapes, it's made of stuff that just tastes like grape, and rather than make you drunk and sleepy, it makes you want to jump around until you get tired.

[john_morris]

So then you still become sleepy.

[fireandhoney]

It's more the kind of sleepy where you just want to flop onto the couch because you ran out of energy.

[john_morris]

The end of an exhausting day.