Video - Knuckledown

[looking_sharp]

[Enjoy your video of a man in a suit, the angle chosen for the video making sure that more light shines off of his sunglasses than anything else, making his eyes even harder to see.]

Looking for a Porter city gym. Best one you know. Need somewhere to practice and train. Or a training center for MMA.

[Life was harder without the training facilities his division maintained.]

Also. Somewhere that serves Wutain food.

[Will that even make sense to anyone? He doesn't care. His questions have been delivered. The message will either be answered or not. So he just cuts the recording there and posts it online. This is really a weird communication method people have set up.]

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[looking_sharp]

I will attempt it.

[He still looks... uncomfortable. But he's trying.]

Do you frequent the place?

[drivesadesk]

I do, yeah. It's a great way to get a workout.

[looking_sharp]

Interesting. I shall keep it in mind.

[Still. Not. Asking. This is very difficult.]

[drivesadesk]

[And Jonathan just sits there, acting like there's nothing off about any of this, not acknowledging the discomfort.]

Great. See you there.

[Then, part of him is itching to finally address it since it seems this guy isn't going to.]

I'm sorry, is this weirding you out? You seem weirded out.

[looking_sharp]

[Finally he asks.]

You're not human are you?

[drivesadesk]

Oh, did you just notice?

No, I'm not. I'm Reptilian. I'm not usually quite this lizardy, but but scales and eyes are normal for me.

[looking_sharp]

[Of course he noticed before. He's not blind, despite the sunglasses.]

I've never met someone of another... species.

[drivesadesk]

Yeah, most humans haven't. I mean, here they have because of the whole imPort thing, and I guess it depends on what universe they came from, but I'm pretty used to humans not being familiar with Reptilians.

[looking_sharp]

[The only alien he's aware of back home attempted to destroy their planet, so... he's not sure how he feels about it.]

Is this language hard to do with your jaw structure?

[Only the important questions.]

[drivesadesk]

I guess a bit harder than it usually is, my jaw is normally more humanoid, but it's definitely manageable.

[looking_sharp]

[How intriguing. Wait, roll that back.]

Normally more humanoid?

[drivesadesk]

Yeah, there's something weird going on right now. I mean, I'm usually Reptilian, but right now I'm extra Reptilian.

[looking_sharp]

Will whatever this 'something weird' is pass?

[drivesadesk]

Oh, yeah. These things always do. Here, I might have a picture around here somewhere of how I usually look.

[Jonathan starts digging around in his stuff for a bit.]

Sorry, I'm a bit disorganized, I just unpacked, but I know I had some...okay, here it is.

[And he holds up a picture of himself.]

[looking_sharp]

Intriguing.

[Especially the implication that they can move.]

[drivesadesk]

Yeah, pretty weird stuff can happen in this place, but it usually goes back to normal, so you get used to it.

[looking_sharp]

The idea of being used to it is... distressing.

[drivesadesk]

Is it?

[looking_sharp]

Of course it is. Those alterations are not okay

[drivesadesk]

They're not? I mean, this is strange, but not a huge inconvenience. Not like the time I got turned into a tree. That was just terrifying.

[looking_sharp]

You were...

[Rude just has to take a moment to breathe. Because this is weird.]

You were a tree.

[drivesadesk]

Yeah. An apple tree. It was unpleasant, but I got free apples when it was done.

[looking_sharp]

You ate your own apples?

[Is that self-cannibalism?]

[drivesadesk]

Yeah? I like apples.

[looking_sharp]

You ate your own children.

[Because apples are effectively the offspring of trees. Saplings come from seeds, seeds are in apples. It follows.]