002 // @strange.magic: video

[suckstobestrange]

[Stephen looks… well less like a hobo than he has in past months. Still looks like he needs to sleep for a year, but that seems to be standard.

He ran a hand through his hair, frowning down at something outside of view.]

So… I think someone lost a dog in the park?

[He shifts the phone so the camera shows his feet, and the small puppy that was running circles around him. It slowed to a stop when it noticed the attention, peering up at Stephen and his camera, ears perking curiously. But when no treats or attention were forthcoming, it head-butted against his ankle with a bark.

Stephen took a few steps back, which just encouraged the Lillipup to run after him, tail wagging, catching his pant leg in teeth to tug, like he was trying to pull the man along with him, though if even the small pup knew where to was questionable.]

This little guy look familiar to any of you?

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[bone_idle]

[ And he just rolls with it. Sans ain't much for surprises, but these are the kinds he likes. ]

i could keep terrierizing you with these puns.
but i think we're getting a little outta hound.

[suckstobestrange]

[Stephen's got a terrible sense of humor. This includes puns when he's in a good mood, and let's be real, a cute puppy? That'll put a lot of people in a good mood.]

I'll concede. You've got quite the pedigree for puns.

[bone_idle]

you're not so bad yourself,
pal.
i'm sans.

[suckstobestrange]

Stephen. Good to meet you.

[bone_idle]

yeah, uh, same.
so stephen, which camp are you in?
the i can't believe the aliens are here and they're us camp?
or the camp that's been over the idea of alternative universes already?

[suckstobestrange]

The camp where back home we've given our version of Earth a number designation to differentiate it from the ridiculous amount of multiverse Earths we seem to be coming across in general.

[bone_idle]

[ He... actually means this with all sincerity: ]

cool.

[ That, uh, tickles the part of him that still retains a sense of wonder about the universe. Universes. ]

what was it like?
y'know, having society as a whole aware of this stuff?

[ But Sans, have you considered maybe the average person DIDN'T know? ]

[suckstobestrange]

Sadly most of the average folk don't really know. Probably better that way, they still get antsy about superpowers and mutants, and given my neighbors are all convinced I'm some crazy hobo or charlatan, they're... probably not really ready for multiple universes just yet.

They'll get there someday though.

[bone_idle]

[ Mutants? Just replace that word with 'monster' and Sans can relate. Still, sounds like something outta those soggy magazines and comic books that sometimes washed up in the subterranean junkyard of the Underground, if they weren't reduced to illegible pulp on the way. ]

heh heh heh heh, oh man.
superpowers, huh?
looks like comic books had humanity pegged right all along.
guess you're the type that doesn't get antsy about that stuff?

[suckstobestrange]

Given it's pretty much part of my job? Nah, takes more than that to get me fussing nowadays.

Humanity though. Talking like you're not human. Alien, technological, magical, or something else altogether new and exciting?

[bone_idle]

[ He might've been skeptical about it being his job, but then immediately reassesses that assumption. Ok, he's sharp. ]

sounds like a tough job.
dunno about new and exciting.
but i guess if you were put off by somethin' different you would'a said so by now.

[suckstobestrange]

You never know, some reality's boring and humdrum is another's exciting new thing.

[He has his moments.]

Given I'm the guardian of all things magical in my own reality? Yeah, different is not a thing that's gonna upset me. Kinda comes with the territory.

[bone_idle]

guardian of all things magical, huh?
sounds like a lotta responsibility.
so, what's that make you? there a title for that kinda thing?

[suckstobestrange]

A whole mountain of it, and a target on my back just as big. Fun times, that.

As far as titles, in all the realities I've seen so far, Sorcerer Supreme seems to be the standard.

[bone_idle]

[ Good thing he's just texting, because Sans is pretty sure laughing was not what he was supposed to do there. Still.

Sorcerer Supreme. That's silly in a way a monster can appreciate. ]

thought there weren't any of you human mages left.
you guys are like ancient history to us.
not great ancient history, either.