neverplaysfair | Game 060 [Voice]

Entry tags:

tags will come later

Game 060 [Voice]

[ The first sound when the journal turns on is a rather disgruntled huff as a flash of rainbow feathers catches the camera. ]

Well, I'm back. I don't think I even want to know how long it's been. There's dust everywhere.

[ The disdainful voice sounds a good deal like Joshua, and the feathers and face both look like Joshua... but there's something off about it. The voice is higher than usual and there's a bit more volume and length to the hair.

Regardless, the speaker continues on like usual. ]

Is asking for a bowl of ramen a pointless endeavor? My captors weren't exactly generous and the store seems to be completely out of any form of instant noodles. Honestly, treating a lady like that...

[ Wait, lady? Why, in fact! Joshua does appear to be a good deal more feminine than even he usually is... ]

All that aside, there seems to be a lovely new addition to my journal. Tell me, do I need an antenna to make it work? Perhaps there's a remote lying around to change the channel? I can't imagine it's supposed to be showing static.

(( Replies will come from

myunfairlady ))

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

["Treating a lady like that..."]

["A lady"]

["Lady"]

[...it is not often that Kari finds herself speechless, but this is surely gearing up to be one of those times. And if not for that wonderful opening at the end, she might have just stayed that way.]

...okay, hold on. Antenna? What year did you say you were from again?

2007. I hear they're still common out towards the countryside, and this village certainly isn't urban.

Maybe not, but the outer shell of our little prison cell is definitely advanced. I'm pretty sure they've at least upgraded to digital by now.

Yes, but why bother passing the bounty on to us? We've only had electricity for a few years, after all.

But wouldn't it just be more effort on them to set up an old signal just for the purpose of keeping us in the stone age?

Besides, our journals don't have antenna. So why would this new thing need one?

To work.

[ There's the sound of tapping on the journal. ]

It's not working. If you know how to change that, I'd love to hear.

Hey now, we only just got the upgrade. You know it always takes time for new software to catch up with the newest hardware. They'll probably release a few apps in due time. You just have to wait...

[But now that girl!Josh looks like it's gonna be a thing, like hell Kari is going to just sit by and miss this opportunity to see this for herself.]

[The potential for gathering blackmail material is just too good to resist.]

Oh! And speaking of waiting, I hope I'm not just holding you back from going out for that bowl of ramen you've been deprived of?

For all I know, it's been months. I've been slightly occupied in the meantime. And don't worry, no one has been kind enough to offer me their valuable noodles just yet.

Well. I've got a pretty decent supply of the instant stuff here if you want some.

I mean, I was heading into town today eventually anyway. So I can just drop some off for you no problem. [...] Since, you know. Us ladies gotta look out for each other at least some of the time.

[Totally not suspicious at all.]

...

If you want me to invite you over, dear, there are subtler ways of asking. Hee hee. [ Why yes that giggling sounds almost the same as before. ]

Care to come by and visit for a bit? I promise not to bleed on you.

[ which might sound strange out of context but most of the time he's come back from kidnappings in terrible shape so he's really glad that dust and ramen are the greatest of his worries. ]

Edited 2014-09-17 03:18 (UTC)

[...]

[Flatly:] ...good to see the Malnosso haven't done anything to that delightful sense of humor of yours.

But yeah, sure. I'll be there in a bit. Just try not to starve before I get there.

[And she'll just go ahead and head on over... making sure her phone is charged so she can us her camera. You know. For science.]

[So sometime in the next 30 minutes or so, there's a Hoshikyo knocking at Josh's door, looking around to make sure no one sees her -- her reputation would be at stake if people saw her paying a home visit to the resident creeper!]

[ Resident creeper with the coolest and flashiest pad in the neighborhood, thank you.

When there's the sound of the knock, Joshua calls down from upstairs. ]

It's open!

[ /busy dusting off all his paintings, ugh. ]

[Aaand letting herself in. It only really occurs to her now that it's been awhile since she's actually talked to him as Hoshikyo. But truth be told, there was something else she needed to talk with him about still. How convenient that he was a girl now -- maybe he'd be more tolerable.]

Special ramen delivery for Pretty-- [Urk, that's not gonna work.] --girl.

[How creative. She's just gonna look around until he comes down to meet her.]

...just how long have you been gone, exactly? This place smells like an old antique shop with all the dust around.

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Action]

[Action]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

[ Voice ]

no subject

no subject