Major Nathaniel Lilywhite (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenace2017-08-08 10:49 pm
majorlyugh) wrote in maskormenace2017-08-08 10:49 pm
[video]
[As the video comes on, Major's leaning in a bit close, trying to get his comm to stand on its end, but the thing keeps sliding over at varying speeds. He sighs, eventually picking the thing up and holding it out with his arm extended.
He offers a shrug as an explanation.]
I'm - never sure if I'm supposed to like, greet people when I start one of these? Well, to be on the safe side ... hey! How are you? I'm doing all right, thanks.
Okay, now that's out of the way, I have two questions for the folks here. .. They are completely unrelated, but of sort of equal importance. [He's walking under some trees that are out-of-shot, but the sunlight pouring through the canopies are sun-dappling Major's face as he moves.]
One: I'm a millenial so I'm pretty good with technology, but - these things sort of elude me a little bit. Is there a way for me to like .. go anon on this thing? Or change my name? Or just use a different one entirely? Or do I have to use my actual name on the network?
Two: Does anyone know if there's a copy of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark lying around? Could be a VHS, for all I care, so long as there's a VCR, too. But I'm not picky; could be anything, just as long as it's watchable!
If you're still listening, thanks! And if you have answers to my questions, I owe you a drink or something!
He offers a shrug as an explanation.]
I'm - never sure if I'm supposed to like, greet people when I start one of these? Well, to be on the safe side ... hey! How are you? I'm doing all right, thanks.
Okay, now that's out of the way, I have two questions for the folks here. .. They are completely unrelated, but of sort of equal importance. [He's walking under some trees that are out-of-shot, but the sunlight pouring through the canopies are sun-dappling Major's face as he moves.]
One: I'm a millenial so I'm pretty good with technology, but - these things sort of elude me a little bit. Is there a way for me to like .. go anon on this thing? Or change my name? Or just use a different one entirely? Or do I have to use my actual name on the network?
Two: Does anyone know if there's a copy of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark lying around? Could be a VHS, for all I care, so long as there's a VCR, too. But I'm not picky; could be anything, just as long as it's watchable!
If you're still listening, thanks! And if you have answers to my questions, I owe you a drink or something!
[video]
Okay, no, it's not Indiana Jones, but he sure looks like him.]
Yeah, you can go anonymous or change your name on the network here. I've seen people do it, usually if it's a weird question that'll get folks laughing at them. [Or if it's the Constellation. Or if it's Goldfinch or Jyn.] Why, you got an embarrassing question?
The hell's a VHS? And what's this Raiders of the Lost Ark?
[video]
OH CRAP.
Be cool, Major. God damn it, just be cool. He does his best to appear as casual and unaffected by the man's message as he can, but there's a sudden pink in his cheeks and the top ridges of his ears, and he looks a little giddy for someone asking something innocent.]
DUDE YOU DON'T - [Nope. Try that again. Ahem.] Sorry about that. Sometimes I can't, uh. Control the. Uh. Volume? Of my voice.
I don't have an embarrassing question but mostly it's that I was sorta thinking, hey, we get a do-over here, might as well go all-out. The name I was given at birth is kind of silly, even though I've gotten used to it, but I might as well try to make it more Average Joe, you know? [Is it working? Does he seem casual yet?] Uhhhhh. Well. They're pretty much defunct now, where I come from. They're like. Uh. Tapes? You could watch movies and stuff. Record your own and re-watch them. But they were replaced by DVDs, which .. might stand for Digital Video Disc? I actually have no idea, I made that up. And those were half-replaced by a thing called a Blu-Ray. I don't really know what the difference is between the two since they're both discs, except Blu-Rays are better quality.
ALSO, Raiders of the Lost Ark is just like, one of the best movies from my world. You .... uh. You look startingly like .. the uh. Main character. Indiana Jones. Like.
Dead ringer.
[video]
Yeah, happens all the time, doesn't it. [There's a note to Han's voice that says he absolutely does not believe him at all.]
Why, what did your parents stick you with that's so embarrassing? [There is so much morbid curiosity there.] And, y'know, you wouldn't be the first person who's said something like that, except she said something about a—Harley-son Ford, is that right?
[Han, you know his name, you can pronounce his name, quit playing dumb just to see how this kid will react.]
[video]
[He wants to tell Han the truth because - FUCK IT'S HAN - but he also doesn't want Han to hate him or laugh at him or basically shatter all dreams Major might've ever had as a child who grew up clinging to the world of Star Wars and Han Solo in particular.
No pressure.]
It's, um. Major. Like, that's my first name. Major. Middle name is relatively normal for where I'm from, which is Nathaniel. Last name is usually the kicker, cause it's .. Lilywhite. Major Nathaniel Lilywhite. I guess I could go by my middle name. Nate, maybe. Except I'd never realize it was me and would probably never answer to it.
[He puts a hand over his chest as though mortally wounded.] Ugh, dude, it's Harrison. Harrison Ford. Guy went a little batshit crazy as he got older, but he's pretty legendary in terms of Hollywood and acting. Been in a bunch of films, most of them were amazing. Didn't really want anything to do with the celebrity life, but didn't have a choice cause he was - is - famous as all hell.