[the feed starts up to reveal a statuesque blonde in a brown, red, and gold ballgown. She's sitting at a little table, somewhere in the Loki dorms. Even though the area directly around her is calm, a few things on the periphery of the scene speak differently - an overturned chair, a broken tea cup, a splatter of black tea. Someone has obviously just come off a temper tantrum!]

Oh my, is this how this little bracelet works? How charming!

I do so wish our hosts would show themselves. It's quite rude to summon one to your tea party and then fail to be a proper host!

[even though her words are sweet, chipper even, there is a barely disguised malice behind them. Beato is not happy in the slightest, particularly about the power situation. Too bad her wings have been clipped here, or she might be able to do something productive about it]

[ A girl no less than seventeen years old and in a sleeveless floral dress appears on the feed, giving everyone her sweetest smile. She looks pretty happy despite being taken to another world. ]

Hm~ If they're gonna give me something to talk to others with, that must mean there are others here like me, right? Ehehe, wei! How is everyone? Being kidnapped isn't a very nice thing to happen, so if it happens to you, you should kick him right away. That doesn't sound like a good idea right now, so you shouldn't do it. Aiyo, but I need to get back home soon, you know. There's a game I have to watch and a movie I have to catch! Speaking of movies, has anyone seen Hong Kong or Macau? Tell them I have their tickets already!

[ no Taiwan no one wants to watch the new Jay Chou movie with you ]

But looks like I'm going to be stuck here for a while. This is really bad. [ Taiwan wants to fight her own battles. She looks more pensive, and a little hesitant. BUT SHE CHEERS UP AGAIN. ] I'm sure we'll all get back home soon, though. Hey, I know, why don't we all get to know each other? I'll start! Ahem.

My name is Taiwan and I'm from, ahaha, Taiwan... My house? It's Freya. I'm turning a hundred and one this year and my favorite bubble tea flavor is taro! I like music, movies, sports, karaoke, and lots of other things, um. If I had to pick my favorite country aside from my own, it'd be Japan!

[ Beat. ]

J-just the country! I hope he didn't hear that... Anyway, nice to meet you! I hope we all get along and stuff.

[This has all been horrendously confusing. When the video comes on, it's to the curious face of a young, pretty metrosexual looking guy. A teenager, clearly, and one who's currently in the park in the dwindling sunset.]

This is kind of like a BBS, right? Or a chat room?

It's kinda cool, but this is all cliche, isn't it? I've watched a lot of sci-fi movies, and this is really overdone! I know I'm a handsome, desirable protagonist, but this is a really lame set-up for a movie! I didn't even find any cool clues to foreshadow it!

[He smiles, and laughs, but still looks a little disoriented despite the enthusiastic gesturing that accompanies his speech.]

And anyway, girls with no faces aren't as nice! They don't even smile or blush! The only person I've seen who was interesting at all was a weird old man trying to warn me about something. Not sexy at all!

But I bet there's some cute girls around, right? Other people like me? If you're pretty and looking for a good time, answer this ASAP! It's of vital importance!

Hmph. So those fake Gods felt it mandatory to drag me to an unknown location, not on any maps I've heard of, away from that moronic faithful dog of mine? I suppose you wish for a congratulations on your success. Well, you aren't getting one. Why, you ask? Hah, isn't it obvious? While I'm grateful to be away from those two noisy idiots with their bickering and swordplay, you chose a truly awful time to do so. Now that I'm not there, they'll probably slit their throats and I'm not there to find out the reason to as of why beside the mere fact that my faithful dog has been keeping something quiet from me. Surely you can imagine my irritation at being taken at such a poorly timed minute.

[ through the feed, a petite figure finally reveals itself-- the height is no more than 4'"9. a child's height, really. hair that reaches a little further down from her back comes into view, a black shade, to be precise. in anime terms, this girl would be best described as a loli but the look on her face gives off a more cruel, condescending look. almost patronizing, actually. she smiles, but it is in no way kind-hearted. ]

While I seem to be the topic of pointless chitchatter through this device, I might as well introduce myself. But, on second thought, I don't think I will. One is only meant to exchange their name when the other party has, after all. Hmph, well then it does seem like we're strangers and we'll remain as such for I have no interest in making my acquaintances with you people. If that maid wasn't bad enough, I already had a stranger from this district greet me as though we were friends, or was hoping that to be the case sooner or later. Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not interested.

[ with that, the feed shuts off as if proving a point. ]

Ehe...hehe...ahahahahahahaha!

[Good day Asgard, today you get to see a feed of one (1) albino weirdo laughing like a maniac. He doesn't seem to realize the feed is on...]

It's quiet! It's quiet it'squietit'squiet it's finally quiet! No voices since I was in the castle, nothing nothing nothing! Even if 99% of the population was grey, I should be able to hear the remaining 1% and I get nothing. Ah, maybe I died and this is heaven, though I'm pretty sure I should be at the river instead --

[...A-at least he sounds very happy? Ecstatic, even. If you are some poor unfortunate soul passing by in Hel district you might have even got a surprise hug from the weirdo out of sheer joy.]

[Kodaka is just staring, not saying anything yet. He looks away, breaking eye contact right before he speaks. He's breathing heavily because he's nervous, but instead it comes off looking like he's wheezing or has a very gruff voice.]

I've seen others post videos like this, and they mention how they feel or if they needed something. [He doesn’t particularly feel like expressing his thoughts about this place just yet. Instead his face and his ever so... strange pudding color blond hair tells you something is strange and odd about this kid.]

Is that what people share here? Sharing information about themselves, or asking things. Can you meet people and make friends using this? Like those social networking sites people use. [He attempts to smile, but it comes off looking rather scary. His smile looks more demented than anything.] My name is Hasegawa Kodaka and I’m looking to make friends here since I am new.[Somehow such a statement did not match with how he is looking in the video... which is downright omniscient and scary. He moves his face closer, so close only part of his face can be seen. He can’t help his nerves have gotten to him.] I like doing things friends do together and spending time with other people... oh, I like telling jokes! [While it may seem corny and pathetic, he really has no idea how to introduce himself on these social networking things. So sadly, he's giving out huge CREEPER!! vibes rather than someone friendly.] It'd be nice to meet some friendly people here who know how things work here.

[ooc: sorry for the delay everyone! busy weekend was busy.]

[The feed kicks in with a sudden crash and the sound of harsh stomping echoing around the room, with maybe some frustrated grumbles in the background as well. Suddenly a foot comes flying right at the video feed, sending the feed into a blurred frenzy.]

Does thou want to suffer thousands of years of torture, because I will continue to kick thine sorry self around all day-

[With sudden realization, a small young girl no older than 8 with long flowing golden hair poked her head into view, looking pretty damn cute, and innocent. That didn't last for long though as a pretty nasty looking grin covered her face as she rushed to set up the camera.]

Waah! Finally! That wretched machine would just refuse to work! If I had to tamper with this abomination any longer I'm pretty sure it would of been brought to naught. Aaah, but seeing such an awful visage would be enough make one weep to see me in such the state~

Never mind that though! Thou shall now begin to feed my boredom as we speak, as I fail to sustain the little nourishment of entertainment I lack upon arriving. Fail to and... I will have to resort to measures which will leave thine soiled in thy bed! Wahahaha!

[Slumping back into a chair, she kicks her feet up and folds them over each other, teasing whoever is watching by rubbing them back and forth slowly. Though she realizes that her body is that of an 8 year old, she still thinks this idea could work if used in front of the wrong type of people. You know who I mean...]

Hurry up! Hurry up! Don't leave a lady waiting!

[There is this guy going around picking up every single piece of trash he sees. He doesn't seem to be aware that the video feed is on.]

There's some here too.

[Could he be a janitor, maybe?]

It'll take me all day to clean up this city.

[Cleaning up cities is totally normal.]

This would be easier if I had a broom to work with. [Pause. He's probably asking for too much.]

Well, now's not the time to complain. I'd better do a thorough job cleaning.

Someone's going to benefit from my actions.  That's all that matters. Might as well make it worth it.

[The feed flicks on suddenly, and all anyone would get to see at first is the torso of what seems to be a male human, wearing distinctly modern clothing. The view then switches to the person's face-and, of course, the first thing you'd notice about him is the bright orange hair.

He looks slightly surprised, but then seems to realize he actually hit the record button and starts scowling. Yep.]

Looks like I got it to work. Is anyone getting this?

[A pause, and then-]

Alright, so I heard about what we're supposed to be doing here from that weird faceless lady, but it still doesn't feel right.

[ALL KINDS OF DISTRUSTFUL yeah, uh. The gods chose a pretty bad spot to pull him from.]

I mean, taking us just to restore some color to the world? There's got to be more to all of this than just that. Some kind of catch, anyway. I heard about those Gods or whatever, but this is still really goddamn fishy.

....And how the hell are we supposed to do that, anyway?

[...Yeah, he didn't listen all the way to the maid. He was too busy wanting to get out of there, whoops.

He's about to turn it off, then-]

Oh yeah-and if anyone I know is hearing this, try to get into contact with me, alright?

[Off it goes.]