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[aglonby]

[ the feed comes on to show a boy with very tall hair and a much shorter girl with scratches on her face over her eye, one looking rather cheerful and the other less so. ]

Hi hi hi everyone, I have an important question. [ he holds up a finger, tilts his head as if a thought had just occurred to him. he's so preoccupied he was going to launch himself into his spiel without even introducing himself. ] I'm being rude. I am Henry Cheng, and we were wondering —

[ the not so tall and in fact very short girl interrupts. ] We're looking for someone we know! [ she pulls a little face, looking over at Mr. Henry Cheng. ] A few people, actually. [ okay, maybe that was a little rude. she murmurs something unintelligible and takes a step back. please, proceed. ]

And that was my lovely friend Blue. [ he gestures with a flourish toward her, shoots her a wink, absolutely unbothered by the interruption or her outburst. ] As she said, we are looking for someone. Multiple someones. I'm sure this place has a list of sorts, yes? A quick way to CTRL-F a friend's name and find out their status?

[ he looks a bit more serious, then, like underneath the cheerfulness he's exhausted. his next words are very earnest. ]

We would appreciate any info. Thank you.

[ in the background, Blue begins tromping away, shedding dead leaves for some reason, and can be vaguely heard to say 'maybe we should've mentioned Gansey by name' before the video ends. ]

Comments

[suldreen]

[ Sophie's going to assume that's her name and not her general emotional state, because that's easier.

Also wow, older kids talking to her! ]

Hi, I'm Sophie. And yes... we talked a bit. He showed me his power.

[oceiteres]

[ Just don't call her Jane. ]

Hi, Sophie. [ Be polite, Blue! C'mon. You can do it. ] Nice to meet you. [ A+, good job. Be proud of her, Henry. ]

Did he? What do you think? It's something else, right?

[suldreen]

[ She wasn't even expecting to be noticed by the older kids, this is so awesome. ]

Well, I've never seen anything like that before, and I guess it fits him? He seemed to like it, so.

[oceiteres]

[ Age ain't nothin' but a number! Or something like that. ]

He's like that. [ Like what, Blue? ] He's really optimistic.

[suldreen]

[ Tell that to the girl that was a high school senior at the age of twelve. ]

I guess that's a good quality, all things considered.

[oceiteres]

[ In that case, age sounds like nothin' but a limitation? ]

For him, it is. [ She shifts her weight a little. ] It's good to have that kind of outlook in a situation like this.

[suldreen]

Hm.

[ Sophie wonders whether she would like her friends to be here. It's hard to make up her mind. Probably? ]

Did you find your friends?

[oceiteres]

[ Blue hasn't even thought about that yet. But she will... ] Oh, yeah. I did. I found more people than I thought I would.

[ Friends and otherwise. ]