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maskormenace2016-09-02 04:36 pm
devoutish) wrote in maskormenace2016-09-02 04:36 pm
Entry tags:
- adam parrish | n/a,
- † alfie solomons | n/a,
- † francis urquhart | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † hartley rathaway | the pied piper,
- † james jesse | the trickster,
- † john watson | n/a,
- † kitty jones | n/a,
- † lance | the blue paladin,
- † mako mori | n/a,
- † nike lemercier | n/a,
- † rincewind | n/a
💣 001 | audio
[There's the sound of fumbling and a little bit of unintelligible muttering before any real words are spoken - the communicator isn't hard to figure out, but it still takes some practice to get the hang of.]
-- this button here, and then-- oh, there we go. Have I got it? Hello.
[Alfie's voice is deep and rumbly, and very Cockney. He switches on the video next. It's zoomed in too close on him to give any real clues to his surroundings - there's just the back of a couch and a blank wall visible behind him - but his clothes are clearly old-fashioned.]
Fucking fantastic, these things. Looking at your little images on the screen, it's like you're really there. Yeah, wonderful picture quality. I'm very impressed. But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, should I - bigger and bolder seems like something of a trend here. I discovered one of your supermarkets earlier this morning. Fucking hell, the size of that place. Entire aisles set aside for nothing but ketchup; for ice cream. Hats off to the future, eh?
[And since he's actually wearing a top hat, he goes ahead and tips it.
But despite his conversational tone, his eyes are deadly serious. He narrows them a little, as he peers closer at the screen. He seems calm and affable, sure - but if you look behind that front, it's clear that he is very much not happy with how his day is going.]
Right. How many people am I speaking to, right now? Is it just those who've been brought here like me, or do I also have the pleasure of the army's company?
[Because he would like to have words.]
-- this button here, and then-- oh, there we go. Have I got it? Hello.
[Alfie's voice is deep and rumbly, and very Cockney. He switches on the video next. It's zoomed in too close on him to give any real clues to his surroundings - there's just the back of a couch and a blank wall visible behind him - but his clothes are clearly old-fashioned.]
Fucking fantastic, these things. Looking at your little images on the screen, it's like you're really there. Yeah, wonderful picture quality. I'm very impressed. But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, should I - bigger and bolder seems like something of a trend here. I discovered one of your supermarkets earlier this morning. Fucking hell, the size of that place. Entire aisles set aside for nothing but ketchup; for ice cream. Hats off to the future, eh?
[And since he's actually wearing a top hat, he goes ahead and tips it.
But despite his conversational tone, his eyes are deadly serious. He narrows them a little, as he peers closer at the screen. He seems calm and affable, sure - but if you look behind that front, it's clear that he is very much not happy with how his day is going.]
Right. How many people am I speaking to, right now? Is it just those who've been brought here like me, or do I also have the pleasure of the army's company?
[Because he would like to have words.]
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[ Well, not happiness or peace but close enough. ]
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[ He never really has cause to head to the mall, but he's been a few times to the one in De Chima. ] There's a few in each of the Porter cities. Plus, the food courts are always good.
[ Cheap, varied. If Alfie's looking for a place to get acquainted with US foods, then that's the place to try. ]
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[ He's ... guessing. ]
They have a lot of different places you can buy food from. Usually it's like a couple of burger joints, a Chinese or a Thai place, a pizza hut. You can pick and choose. But they also have seats and places you can eat so it's not like you have to walk and eat.
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Do you have fast food where you're from?
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Yeah, if you go for a Subway. But then KFC does chicken and Taco Bell does Burritos. So some of them are a bit more advanced.
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[Mexican food isn't that common in England in his day and age. Educate him, Adam!]
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[ Weirdest conversation he's ever had. ]
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So I'm gonna guess, right, that you've either been here for a long time, or you're from a world like this one. Yeah?
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Except sort've not at the same time. This place is like it's stuck in the past, compared to where I'm from. The Cold War's over. But we don't have hover cars.
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[ If Alfie is a library person. ] This world's war is a little different from the one I knew. I had to do a lot of research on it.
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[He's honestly not very interested in the history of this world unless it's related to imPorts somehow - but context could be important.]
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[ It always makes Adam feel a little better. ] I have a folder still, if you want to take a look at it.
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[ Once he's got all the irrelevant bits edited out. ]
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[ He might just get it photocopied, if he's honest. It'll make the threat of losing it less. ]
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