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U-uhm...

[ There's a reedy little kid peering into the video, looking really nervous and very distressed over what's going on. He has the cellphone really close to his face, and he's squinting at it, like he's having trouble seeing. ]

O-oh... I think this is working... Um... c-can anyone tell me what's going on? I-I was just going to cram school and...

I-I'm in... Florida?

[ That distress on his face just increases, and he bit his lip, rubbing at the back of his neck. ]

I-I really want to go back... I need to study a-and... I need to get out of this... thing I'm wearing. It's too big. And it smells like cabbage and beer?

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[ Oh my god, no, this is it. This is TOO MANY babies. ]

Heyyy congrats, you're on vacation now!

Edited 2016-03-28 23:19 (UTC)

V-vacation?

[ Was it actually possible for someone to be distressed about taking a break? ]

B-but I have a test tomorrow! And taking a vacation means I'll be behind in school! It'll ruin my grade!

Nah, you'll be fine. I took vacations and blew off tests and now I have a doctorate. Relaaaax.

...h-hunh...?!

[ This is the face of a kid who's entire world view has just been blown. ]

B-but... but how? Y-you can't do that!? You need to do well in school in order to get something like that! A-and...

Welcome to the real world, kid, where pretty much everything you know is a lie.

[ He shrank back, looking away from the screen. ]

...so... mom lied...?

[ He paused a moment, before rubbing at his eyes. ]

S-sorry, Miss. I'm having trouble seeing without my glasses.

Too bad. I'm pretty hot.

Eh...?

[ He gave her a blank look for a moment. ]

O-oh... sure, I guess...

[Wow, gross.]

...Please wash your clothes, zura.

[ You're telling him. ]

I-I rather just get clothes that fit.

B-But you're gonna stink the whole time you're looking for some, and then none of the store ladies will try to help you, and you're gonna end up wearing an unfashionable style, zura!!

[And nobody wants that.]

B-but I don't have anything to wear while I'm washing these! The underwear is too big too...

You're allowed to be naked if you're all alone, zura!

W-what?! I-I can't... I shouldn't...!?

It's okay, I'm naked a lot of times too and no one's ever gotten mad at me, zuraa~!

B-but you're an animal!

[Well what's that supposed to mean?!]

S-So are you, zura!!

[...Unless he's a robot. In which case, someone needs to be more open about their super cool robot status.]

I-I'm a human! There's a difference!

[Oh, he sees how it is.]

I-I don't think we're that different, z-zura...

Of course we are. Humans are expected to be clothed, not their pets.

[ ...speaking of, why was it talking? And he was totally making it cry, wasn't he? He let out a sigh after a moment, his shoulders slumping. ]

...s-sorry... m'not very good at talking to other people...

[Trust him, he can tell.]

.......You...you think I'm a pet, z-zura?

[ Oh boy, what a reaction. ]

Y-you're not...?

[The floodgates have been opened.]

Of course I-I'm not, zuraaaa!! Y-Youkai are people too, zuraaaaaa!!

[ ...wait, what? ]

Youkai? But... I thought Youkai were supposed to be big and scary...

...You want me to be big and scary, zura? Why...why would you want that, zura?

I-I don't! It's... just what I always heard... and read about...

W-Well...some youkai are big and scary, but it's not nice to assume we're all like that, zura!

[Why not read a book on MANNERS?]

Some humans can get pretty scary too, you know, zura...

Well... you're not wrong there.

[ He paused a moment, peering at the screen. ]

...sorry. I didn't know.

... Cram school?

[He narrows his eyes at the recording, and then plays it again. It's easier to speak through text so, naturally, that's what Adachi's getting.]

Edited 2016-03-29 11:54 (UTC)

[ Oh no, texting? Where were the buttons? Why were the buttons on the screen????? ]

Am i doing this right

Yes i was going to cram school

I need to get the best grades i can in school

[ He's... fairly certain he's not doing this right. Where was the punctuation!? ]

[Come on, Adachi. A fourteen-year-old's texting with better punctuation than you.]

Why?

[Though perhaps not quite so many words.]

[ Look, last he checked it was 2001; only the rich kids had flip phones, not these... whatever they are. ]

Because thats the way it works

If i study hard and do well in high school ill get into a good college and then i can get a good job

[And then move to a better town? He can understand that, strangely.]

That's what my teachers say, too.

What job do you want to do?

Dont laugh

I want to be a detective

I want to be a hero

[Crane's not laughing, though he's pessimistic about Adachi's ability to help anyone. Cops aren't going to do anything in the long run.]

A detective, huh? So I guess you want to catch bad guys?

Not so much that as i want to make the world a little better

I know that sounds lame but i think its a good goal

Even if its one ill be stuck working on my whole life

Besides a detective gets to carry a gun like the hero in featherman

Thats cool right

[No. It's totally lame. Guns are way too physical.]

I. I guess so.

Aren't detectives supposed to use their brains, though?

Well yeah

Thats why i cant just take a break

I think as soon as i get new clothes ill find the library here

Oh. ~~Cool~~.

The one in Nonah's pretty nice.

Is it

Ill have to go

How do i get there

Take the Porter to Nonah. Google the rest.

I'm sure you'll do okay.

Google

You mean that american search engine that started last year

People actually use that

And whats a porter

It's handy so I don't see why they wouldn't.

And guess. Clue's in the name.

Port

So its a ship

I guess that's one way of looking at it...

Okay

Ill look for it

After i find some clothes

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