Dot Dot Dot [Video]

[ghost_bait]

[ It’s been a very long week for Miku. The room behind her is spartan and bare, since she hasn’t found it in her to ask about decoration yet, trying to absorb her new status. She is very pale, with dark brown hair bundled behind her head in a massive bun, a face framed by thick fringe, and from the way her brown eyes keep looking away from the camera, quite nervous.

Introductions, after all, are always so scary.

Her hands are clasped together, thumb rubbing over the joint of her pinky over and over as she tries to think of what to say. The Legion ring catches the light, and she bites her lip for a moment before taking a breath and setting her narrow shoulders straight.]


Good evening, my name is Miku Hinasaki... but I’m told I should call myself "Recall" now. My abilities are... retrocognition, mostly. I look forward to working with you.

[She bows politely and straightens up again, then smiles a little.]

I’m... not sure what else I should say? [The feed turns off, after a little fumbling on Miku's part.]

Comments

[turntex]

just chilling and watching netflix what else
anyway sweet photography is my jam
i used to mess around with a camera a lot
made a darkroom in my closet and everything

[ghost_bait]

Oh. I see.


We had a room in the house for it. The chemicals were a bit much, though. It doesn't seem like something you can safely use in a closet.

[turntex]

safety wasnt really a concern in my apartment when i was a kid

[That is putting it so, so mildly.]

a whole room for it would have been cool though
less probably toxic fumes and less tripping over random piles of clothes and snack hoards

[ghost_bait]

It was very nice, though occasionally I needed to chase my cat out from there.

[How Ruri got behind closed doors is a mystery.]


There was no reason to keep snack hoards or piles of clothes in our dark room, so yes. Quite a bit less of those.

[turntex]

yeah that sounds like shit a car would do
sneaky assholes sure do love doing shit theyre not supposed to with absolutely zero remorse
hell i can already picture an unrepentant smarmy fuck of a cat sitting his ass down on a darkroom table and swatting chemicals all over the place
what does he care its not his time or money going into this shit
only thing that matters to him is sleeping and eating and destroying the curtains

[ghost_bait]

It was easy to forgive her; she's very cute.

[turntex]

see thats how they get away with this shit
my sisters cat pulled shit like that and everyone was angry for about five seconds before just shrugging it off
like oh its just jaspers being a cute silly cat its not that bad
no fuck you that cat wasted a perfectly good pseudo resurrection on an alien furry
god

[ghost_bait]

... ... ...We are still speaking of cats, aren't we?

[turntex]

yeah
shit got weird back home dont worry about it

[ghost_bait]

So, where are you from?

[turntex]

earth
texas specifically but earth got thoroughly fucked beyond saving or repair so thats probably not really relevant anyway
i mostly spent the last few years living on a meteor flying through paradox space
what about you

[ghost_bait]

I lived in Japan.


...Everything was fine?

[turntex]

yeah im not surprised
it sounds like theres probably an infinite number of alternate universe versions of earth floating around
and from what ive heard most of them were much less apocalyptic than mine so you shouldnt have to worry about an imminent asteroid pummeling in your future whenever you get sent back home
i mean probably its not like i actually know what the future has in store for your particular version of earth

[ghost_bait]

I can't think of anything particularly worrying, either. It was a nice place, where I lived. Very quiet.

[Except, of course, for the ghosts.]

[turntex]

i mean
a lot of people on my earth probably could have said the same thing up til the moment when meteors started slamming themselves into the planet like drunk concertgoers in a mosh pit

[ghost_bait]

Oh...

[There are really no words.]

I suppose... you have a point there...

[turntex]

probably nothing to worry about though
seems like the majority of earths are crazy resilient and survive any apocalyptic scenarios that might occur
its like the cockroach of planets and my version just happened to be the runt of the roach litter with a shitty immune system all weak to basic household insect sprays