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;

[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?

video;

[extradite]

...He... Heimdall?

video;

[nukeoleptic]

Great! I work in that district. Stop by the Highwind sometime after you've gotten settled, okay? I'll give you a free pastry.

audio;

[extradite]

I'm not going there.

[ And he's not eating something a rabbit's cooked!

But then, because, clearly, curiosity - ]

What's it like? The people there... what are they like?

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

The people in Heimdall? Or the people in Asgard in general?

audio;

[extradite]

Heimdall. And in general. Umm. Everyone.

audio;

[nukeoleptic]

I'm not really sure. I haven't really met a lot of people in Heimdall... but people in general are nice. We've all been kidnapped!! So mostly we're all just trying to figure out what's going on, or trying to get home.

audio;

[extradite]

I thought some of them might've been angry. And willing to take it on others.