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maskormenace2018-01-07 03:49 pm
curiosityvoyage) wrote in maskormenace2018-01-07 03:49 pm
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—and, got it!
[When the feed cuts in, the first thing anyone might see is—a mop of brown curls. Wow. So exciting. After a moment, a young boy's face comes into view, blue eyes alive with an excited curiosity. Some more adjustments, and the background finally makes itself clear: the kid's in a park somewhere in De Chima, and he happens to be dressed like a Ghostbuster like it's Halloween or something.]
Hey, so, I've got a few questions. A lot of questions, actually. [So many curiosity doors, so little time.] To start with: anyone else here from Hawkins? [He hopes so. He—really doesn't want to be alone.] Man, Mr. Clarke'd have a field day.
[Eat your heart out, Hugh Everett.]
Secondly, has anyone started up an imPort A/V club yet? I'm a little curious about how it would work, especially since people from all kinds of different worlds with varying levels of technology keep getting pulled in. I think it'd be a great opportunity for us to learn about technology from other worlds, and from this one too. I know I'd love a crash course in how to use this—they called it a phone, but it doesn't really look like one. [Phones looked very different where he's from, and they definitely can't do half the stuff this device can.
Something warbles shrilly nearby. Dustin's head turns, and he bends down a little out of frame to talk to something just off-screen:] Shh, Dart. I'll feed you nougat later, just gotta finish this up first. [Turning back to the comm:] Also: Is there a species on your world that, appearance-wise, might be comparable to a pollywog but isn't? Like, pollywogs are cold-blooded and need heat and light, for example, but that particular species actively avoids heat? What kind of food would you feed it? [Beat.] I'm asking for a friend.
[When the feed cuts in, the first thing anyone might see is—a mop of brown curls. Wow. So exciting. After a moment, a young boy's face comes into view, blue eyes alive with an excited curiosity. Some more adjustments, and the background finally makes itself clear: the kid's in a park somewhere in De Chima, and he happens to be dressed like a Ghostbuster like it's Halloween or something.]
Hey, so, I've got a few questions. A lot of questions, actually. [So many curiosity doors, so little time.] To start with: anyone else here from Hawkins? [He hopes so. He—really doesn't want to be alone.] Man, Mr. Clarke'd have a field day.
[Eat your heart out, Hugh Everett.]
Secondly, has anyone started up an imPort A/V club yet? I'm a little curious about how it would work, especially since people from all kinds of different worlds with varying levels of technology keep getting pulled in. I think it'd be a great opportunity for us to learn about technology from other worlds, and from this one too. I know I'd love a crash course in how to use this—they called it a phone, but it doesn't really look like one. [Phones looked very different where he's from, and they definitely can't do half the stuff this device can.
Something warbles shrilly nearby. Dustin's head turns, and he bends down a little out of frame to talk to something just off-screen:] Shh, Dart. I'll feed you nougat later, just gotta finish this up first. [Turning back to the comm:] Also: Is there a species on your world that, appearance-wise, might be comparable to a pollywog but isn't? Like, pollywogs are cold-blooded and need heat and light, for example, but that particular species actively avoids heat? What kind of food would you feed it? [Beat.] I'm asking for a friend.
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Leia tilts her head, noticing how he fixes himself. Oh, it's that Fisher name again. ]
Please, call me Leia. And that's good to hear, that you have your friends here with you. That should make things easier in the long run.
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[This is method acting, right? Because if so then Dustin's really excited to learn more.]
Thanks, Ms. Fi—Leia, I mean. Did you see them, are they okay?
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I've only seen your friends through the network. They look well. They're safe.
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[He offers this sage piece of advice up with the most innocuous tone of confusion.]
Oh—okay, good. Do you know where they are? I need to go find them.
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I'm sorry, you'll have to speak up. What was your name again?
I don't know their exact location. You can look them up in the directory and, if they haven't contacted you first already, you can speak with them that way.
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[The Princess slips in out of habit. Okay, sure, he's talking to Carrie Fisher in-character as Princess Leia. Fine. He can roll with that.]
Yeah, they just answered. [A sigh of relief.] They're okay. But, hey, is it common to find out that your friends just came from the future?
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[ She smiles then, how could she not, but at the mention of future things it slips. ]
Quite common. Neither of us have any control over who the Porter brings in. Could be friends or family from the future.
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Could we even get home at all? Or are we just stuck here once we're here?
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I've heard of others leaving the directory. One can only assume that they returned home.
[ Or they're, you know, dead. No need to bring that up to this sweet summer child. ]
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[Aw. Sweet summer child.]
"One can only assume"? How do you know for sure if they went home, then?
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[ Too much past and future mixing together. It's no good already as is. ]
I don't. But it's better than thinking about the other possibility.