hadriel | Video 2 (Backdated to the 12th)

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Video 2 (Backdated to the 12th)

[the video opens on an awkward looking teenage girl, sitting cross-legged on a bed, wearing a tank top and a pair of shorts. she's holding a sheathed sword in her lap.

finally, she speaks]

Okay. I'm looking for someone to teach me how to fight. Fist-fighting, martial arts, swordfighting, guns, I don't care. I'm just sick of everyone else fighting my battles for me.

I guess that's about it. Just--lemme know if you can help. Thanks.

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I can teach you the sword, or firearms. And if you want to learn to use your fists, I'm good with that, too.

Also, I'm a smith. I make weapons, so you'll have your own as soon as I have a chance to craft some for you.

Edited 2018-01-18 15:33 (UTC)

[she visibly straightens up]

Yes. Awesome. All of the above, please. Thanks.

[raises an eyebrow curiously] Seriously? Damn. You've got all kinds of skills, don't you?

Then all of the above it will be! [ Smile. ]

Seriously. I'm an Elf, and we live a long time. So we have lots of time to develop our skills.

Say, what about that sword you have there? That looks crafted by a master!

Thanks. I mean, that's really cool of you. And I should probably introduce myself, right? I'm George. Hi.

That's gotta be kinda nice. [considers a moment] I guess I'm gonna have a lot of time to learn, too.

[she blushes] I found it in the armory. It's--based on a sword I saw in a movie I really like, so when I saw it, I had to have it.

Pleased to meet you, George! I'm Curufin.

Sometimes it is nice to live for millennia. On the whole, I'm glad I have. You too are long-lived?

[ Chuckles. ] I'll bet there are a lot of people who would have grabbed that sword if they had known it was there. Good thing you got there first! What was the movie?

Yeah, you too Curufin.

On the whole? [looks self-conscious] Uh, yeah. Kind of. I'm technically immortal as long as I'm here. Back home, it's another story.

Maybe. It's kind of from a niche filmmaker. People either love 'im or they don't. And the movie's called "Kill Bill, Part One." Never got to see Part Two.

What makes you immortal here, but not at home? [ Curious. ]

I've never seen a movie, but I've heard people describe them. It sounds a little like an art form we Elves know of. We don't call it anything, but I suppose it could be described as Elvish film or theatre -- the ability to project a dream or a vision into somebody else's mind. Not all Elves do this, but I've tried it.

[ What an awesome idea -- giving such a production a TITLE! ]

KILL BILL? [ He grins. ] If Bill gets killed in Part One, what happens to him in Part Two? He must be having a really bad day!

Edited 2018-01-23 17:18 (UTC)

Well. The thing is, I'm a Grim Reaper. I'm supposed to take the souls of people before they die and send them on to the afterlife. Every Reaper has a quota of souls they have to take before they can go to the afterlife, but no one knows what it is. So in theory, if I were home, I'd be taking souls and moving closer to the afterlife. It may take a hundred years, but I'd get there. Here? No one dies, not for keeps. No souls to take, no quota, no moving on to the afterlife. So I could be here forever.

Seriously? That sounds cool. Though, some dreams can get a little gnarly.

Nah, he doesn't die in Part One. A bunch of other people do, though. I assume he gets it in Part Two, but I died before I got to see it.

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