maskormenace | 💣 001

[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.]

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Yeah, it comes quick. That's pretty much what the food court sells. It's nothing fancy.

Something like a sandwich, then?

Uh.

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.

What's a burrito?

[Mexican food isn't that common in England in his day and age. Educate him, Adam!]

It's a tortilla - which is kind of like a very thin bread thing - filled with mince meat and beans and rices . It's really hot. Delicious too, but if you're not used to spices then you should start mild.

[ Weirdest conversation he's ever had. ]

Edited 2016-09-04 20:06 (UTC)

[He's gonna do it. He's gonna try a burrito. A spicy burrito.]

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?

The latter, yeah.

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.

Stuck in the past for you, still stuck in the future for me. Bit confusing, innit. I don't know anything about the Cold War.

There are books in the library.

[ 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.

How useful was your research in learning about our predicament?

[He's honestly not very interested in the history of this world unless it's related to imPorts somehow - but context could be important.]

A little.

[ It always makes Adam feel a little better. ] I have a folder still, if you want to take a look at it.

Yeah, I'll take a look. Where have you got it?

At home. But if you tell me where you work I can drop it off sometime.

[ Once he's got all the irrelevant bits edited out. ]

Some radio station. Haven't been in yet.

Well, you could just message me when you figure shit out and I'll drop it in some place.

[ He might just get it photocopied, if he's honest. It'll make the threat of losing it less. ]

Drop it off at the flat they've put me in. Maurtia Falls Independent Housing.

Yeah, okay. I can do that.

Excellent. I'll be in.

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