001 :: Video

[kuramaless]

[Hello, Asgard. Here, have a set of bright blue eyes, perhaps a little too close to the communicator screen. The moment the feed starts however, he pulls back - blinking at the thing in his hands.

That’s when the shot twists, and he finally settles for grinning at the screen.]

Yo! So, this place really is super grey, y'know?

I got a bracelet thing, and this--! I guess everyone else got one too right? Er. Lesse, lesse. Oh! Yeah, I’m Uzumaki Naruto, from Konoha. Ya probably dunno where that is. Hey! Unless there’s other people from back home?

[As if an idea has hit him he frowns, and looks away before turning back again.]

How do I know if people are gonna talk to me on this?

Comments

[integrous]

What kind of school is this academy even.. [ She's still just assuming that it's a normal kind of school. ] If they don't teach you something that basic, then I wonder what they would even teach you! You're missing out on stuff everyone at all knows..!

[kuramaless]

Well... It's a school for ninja, right?

[DUH. Where else would he learn??]

They teach us about chakra, an' weapons and enemies and different jutsu--

[None of which went in, so-- you know.]

[integrous]

[ See, now this is uncharted territory for her. She blinks once or twice before scratching her head. ]

They teach you all that stuff, but not stuff that's basic to know? I can't say that's bad stuff to learn, but still, they've got to teach some things not related to ninja!

[kuramaless]

Huh? Well...

They teach us to read a bit, and do maths stuff. I dunno if the other stuff's important. I mean, you can get all kinds of books from the library if you want...

[but you just know that's the most boring thing in the world.]

[integrous]

But then you start assuming dumb stuff! Like if it gets dark at night, you might just decide it's since someone turned off all the lights in the sky if you don't know anything about planets, only some moron would do that..!

[kuramaless]

Ah-- what?

It gets dark 'cause...

[Why does it get dark, Naruto?]

the... sun goes away.

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[integrous]

...

[ For a moment it seems like she's not going to say anything. ]

[integrous]

[ But who are we kidding, this is Asahi, so a moment later she's already yelling.. ]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

[kuramaless]

[WHOA! Okay, whoa whoa whoa.]

Alright already why d'ya need t'yell!?

[integrous]

Why wouldn't yell at that, that's the kind of answer a five year old would give..!

[ Or rather, her yelling is just instinctive, she can't even stop it. ]

[kuramaless]

Ah-- I ain't five! They just don't teach you about that kinda stuff!

[Not that he knows why really. Except maybe that it's rather unimportant in the life cycle of a ninja. The life expectancy doesn't really allow for knowledge that won't affect them.]

Look, just drop it yeah? It ain't even important. Stuff's different here anyway! How do you know?

[integrous]

No way, like I could forget that now! [ Sorry, Naruto, Asahi's forever a difficult one to deal with.. ] I'll forever remember you as the planet boy now!

Although.. I don't know if this is even Earth, I'll give you that much. It's a much weirder place.

[kuramaless]

You better. [You won't. He knows. Most people don't seem to forget these things, but what can you do?]

This place is stupid. That's for sure, yeah?

[integrous]

.. Yeah, I'll agree on that much with you. [ At least she's accepted he can be slightly reasonable now? ]

Especially the people in charge. They're even more stupid.

[kuramaless]

Mn.

[He huffs - seems like that's another situation he's managed to settle... sort of.]

Yeah. You even heard anything from any of 'em?

[integrous]

Sometimes they leave messages to everyone over these bracelets, but it's never anything good. [ She grumbles. ] They're just.. annoying. They're trying to control us and use us for their own sakes, there's no way I could ever find something like that okay.

[kuramaless]

Really?

[He can't imagine what kinds of conversations you might have with them. But he's tempted to find out. Hopes he might be able to. Didn't Sasuke talk to one of them once?]

We still need t'get home though. You know, we need to-- work with 'em or... get rid of the grey. Then we can go home.

[integrous]

.. That's what they said, yeah, but.. when I first arrived here, the city was super grey. Literally grey. [ Since that was near when they first pulled people in here.. ]

But there's tons of color here now compared to back then. And they still won't let us get away from this place!

[kuramaless]

Really?

[It's difficult to imagine the world even more grey than it already was.

He huffs and folds his arms, looking around.]

Maybe they don't want anything t'be grey?

[integrous]

It still sucks though. It's like they don't even acknowledge our efforts. [ And at the same time they keep being punished or having bad stuff the gods can't just stop happen to them.. ]

That's why I don't like them. They're no better than normal kidnappers!

[kuramaless]

Don't they even like-- say thanks or anything t'ya?

Now you say that stuff, I mean they sounded pretty-- unreasonable anyway. This makes it worse.

[integrous]

No, they never do. At most they insult us for not cooperating well enough, like they think it's natural to just do whatever your kidnappers tell you.. honestly, I've seen plenty of bad people in my life and they're just more examples of it.

[kuramaless]

This sucks--

[He doesn't know what else to say, or what else to do. Being powerless like this is awful.]

Guess... I mean, it could be even worse?