001 - video - is this thing on?

[64th]

[ Cash knows how these network type things work, so she is feeling pretty smart right about now. when the video comes on, you can see she's holding the phone at arms length. she fixes her hair first, and then smiles. ]

Well, if I've got one of these, I'm sure the rest of you do too. Assuming you didn't get eaten by a bear. [ ha ha? ]

I'm Cashmere. Who are you? Where are you?

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[unitas]

[ There was absolutely no way she was going to play the video chat game. The name attached to the reply reads Heather Mason. It was safer to use her fake name, especially if any of those whacked out cult freaks were around. ]

Heather. [ The who. As for the where, it's a question she promptly ignores. Not your business. Not anyone's business. ] Who do you think left us the cellular presents?

[ Because sleep has been an off & on thing, and it hadn't been there when she'd dozed off. And then it rudely woke her. ]

[64th]

[ alright, audio it is. fine by Cashmere. she doesn't miss that her second question goes unanswered. she was expecting people to be reluctant about. ]

Hi Heather. Oh, it's probably whoever brought us here. That's what I think. If it's anyone else I'll be pretty mad that they waiting so long to feed us.

[unitas]

Doesn't that seem weird to you? [ her tone is a little pointed, edged with paranoia and wariness. anyone who is anyone is suspect. ] Why give us a cell phone?

[ because, let's face it, that doesn't make any fucking sense. at least not with the rules she came to understand in Silent Hill (no cell service). that narrowed out it being her, or Alessa, or even the cult. it meant that something else entirely had some grip on her life, and it made her stomach roll with fear. ] Why give us a way to communicate?

[ she knows the woman on the other line won't have the answers, but come on, this is all really fucked up, right? ]

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[americanclassic]

I'm not sure if I should be surprised or not to see you as the first person saying hi to everyone. Should I think of you as the welcoming committee?

[64th]

[ oh, Steve. you precious thing. ] Until I get bored of it, sure. I thought this would be the best way to figure out who all our new neighbors are.

[americanclassic]

Our neighbors, mm?

[So many implications there.]

Likely more people stuck here, though I wouldn't be adverse to getting a head count.

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[dragonbite]

[ He so doesn't know how to use this thing, so the video is shaky and unfocused and not focused on his face. ]

What is this, anyway?

[64th]

[ sweet shaky cam, new friend. she won't judge since she's made a video or three in the past that looked the same. ]

The last place I was had something similar. They were bigger than these little things, though. We could use them to talk to each other. So far, these are the same. Mostly.

[dragonbite]

[ How kind of her. Not that it would have bothered Vaiz even if she did judge him. ]

Oh. It did? How do they work? Magic?

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[whichend]

[ A very high, very panicked voice. Arya is standing pretty far from the device, so all that's visible is her feet and the tip of her sword. ]

Cash? Why are you inside the small box? The thing that speaks with no tongue?

[64th]

[ oh no, poor thing! Cashmere shakes her head and tries to sound reassuring. ] I'm not, see? [ she moves the camera to show the room she's in. ]

It takes a picture of me and shows it to you, so we can talk even if we're far away from each other.

[whichend]

[ Arya's never seen anything paint a picture so fast. Or so accurately. It's like Cashmere's really there. Doesn't look like a painting at all, and anyway, paintings can't move.

But she believes Cashmere when Cash says she's safe, so she gingerly picks up the small device. ]

So it paints a picture of me, too? Lots of really fast pictures?

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[closerift]

[ maker's breath HOW and also WHAT ]

I- Who are you? [ She feels incredibly out of her element, holding the device very close to her face for scrutiny, seeing the image (a moving image!) of another woman, a stranger, who seems at ease with how she speaks to (she assumes) Cecily herself. ] This... isn't magic, is it.

[ A statement, not a question. Unless it works as an Eluvian, it's another piece of the strange technologies of foreign worlds.

The mystery grows. ]

[64th]

[ oops, sorry, new friend. didn't mean to startle you. she smiles. ]

No it's... not really magic. We don't have anything like it at home but we did at the last place I was. You can talk to people. Or just watch.

[closerift]

[ The Inquisitor worries at her lip, listening intently. ]

But they aren't really there, of course. They can be very far away.

[ This kind of technology could change lives. Change the world, really.

She thinks of Leliana's poor birds, how they'd be out of a job, and smiles thinly. ]

What are they called?

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[drunkdetective]

[ _{he doesn't really want to give his position off, so he's going to be as nebulous as possible.} ]

Sebastian. Picked a house and stayed in it. You?

[64th]

[ fine, she can play that game too. ]

It has four walls, a floor, and a roof.

[drunkdetective]

Good job. Seemed better than bears.

[zen_en_vert]

Doctor Banner.

[He greets her, clicking the feed on, clearing his throat. It's like skype facetime, except more post-apocalyptic and awkward, right? Okay, he can handle this.]

I want to suggest we consolidate a small settlement- but on the other hand if things go wrong then we'd all be in one place.

[64th]

[ a doctor! finally someone who is actually useful. ]

I'd rather be together than alone if things go wrong, wouldn't you?

[zen_en_vert]

[He both isn't that kind of doctor, as he'd be quick to point out, and yet will still be medically useful, weirdly.]

Unless it draws an assault. A target rich environment.

[casperdisaster]

Um, I'm Noah? [yes, it does sort of sound like a question instead of an introduction. He's had practice taking videos but he's still sort of a novice at it, not quite centered precisely in the frame.]

Some friends of mine and I found a house. Uh. For now, you know? Maybe for a while, dunno.

... These things get really good reception considering we're underground.

[64th]

Hi Noah. [ she's going to try and reel it in a little instead of scaring him off. ] New friends from here or friends you know from home?

[ she shrugs at him about the reception. do phones not work underground? ]

[fuwatokurage]

Hi! I'm Clear!

This is kind of old technology, right? Maybe we're in the past!

[His voice is kind of muffled by the gas mask he's wearing.]

I am located in an apartment. It seems like whoever brought us here is providing for us well enough even if everything is very strange.

[64th]

Nice to meet you. [ she thinks? why is he wearing that mask? ]

Uh - well, I'm not sure. I never had anything like this at home. That could just be my home, though. I don't think we're in the past. Even before the Dark Days, it wasn't like this.

What's the apartment like?