audio;

[extradite]

[ As it happens, the boy's voice could be a little quieter, a little more distant - possibly, if he'd ridden in with a horde of the undead. ]

How do you... resign?

[ Slight pause. ]

When I tried to, they weren't the right words. Right sounding. Right on paper. Right to think abou - ...right. Sorry. That's impolite to ask all of a sudden, without a proper greeting. My bad.

[ A hint louder, more rehearsed - ]

Good day. Pleased to meet you. How do you do.

[ And now back to the pathetic old track. ]

If it's all the same to you: how do you resign from something like this?

Comments

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

It wasn't that bad! I loved my home. But seeing so many people, just.. existing so close everywhere? It's amazing.

audio;

[extradite]

It's like any city in the world. Absolutely any.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

And I've never seen a city with people in it before.

[ Not humans, at least. ]

So it might be boring to you, but it's thrilling to some of us.

audio;

[extradite]

Aaaaaaah - it's all right to be excited by it! Go... go sightseeing! I suppose. Stay away from the horses.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

What's wrong with the horses?

audio;

[extradite]

Horses don't belong in a city. They'd get in the way of cars and trains. Or get scared by the noise.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

There really aren't any cars or trains here, though.

audio;

[extradite]

Maybe they're... on an environmental strike.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

Hehehe. You're really not that bad, Shinji.

audio;

[extradite]

Don't say that sort of thing to strangers.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

You're in Asgard now! We're not strangers anymore.

audio;

[extradite]

I don't know anything about you. You know even less about me. We're strangers.

video;

[nukeoleptic]

[ She flips the feed to video, beaming at him, fluffy white ears perked. ]

We've met. We know each others' names. We might not be friends, but we're definitely not strangers.

audio;

[extradite]

[ And this 'friend.'

Is hereby.


s c r e a m i n g . ]

Your - ahhhhh - your - your head's - your --- !

video;

[nukeoleptic]

[ lkajsdfklasjdf SHINJI you have terrified her..!! ]

What? What happened??

audio;

[extradite]

There's something on your head!

video;

[nukeoleptic]

[ ... she flicks one of her ears and SIIIGHS. ]

Those things?

video;

[extradite]

Th - tha - those!

video;

[nukeoleptic]

Um. They're my ears!

video;

[extradite]

They can't be anyone's ears.

video;

[nukeoleptic]

Oh, my god. You were just pulled into a new world and given a magical power and a magic bracelet that we're talking over, but it's my ears you have problems with?

video;

[extradite]

There is no new world. It's kidnapping.

There is no such thing as a power. I don't feel any different. At all.

And the bracelet's a telephone.

video;

[nukeoleptic]

It's way more like a computer than a telephone.

And it is kidnapping! But the powers are real.

video;

[extradite]

I don't believe it.

video;

[nukeoleptic]

What house are you in?