[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

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?

Comments

[Video]

[monge]

[Trust him, he can tell.]


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

[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ Oh boy, what a reaction. ]

Y-you're not...?

[Video]

[monge]

[The floodgates have been opened.]

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

[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...wait, what? ]

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

[Video]

[monge]

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

[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

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

[Video]

[monge]

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...

[Video]

[sleight_of_hand]

Well... you're not wrong there.

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

...sorry. I didn't know.