video }{ @badou

[yaylungcancer]

[He's already spent a little bit of time scrolling through a few of the posts on the network, now that he's gotten to his bed in the communal housing. If he thought that any point of his life up to now had been weird well... This was far and away the weirdest thing that had happened to him. It's obvious that there a lot of other new arrivals asking the same kind of questions, but it doesn't normally hurt to ask things. After a couple moments of poking around, he finally gets a video recording going.]

So uh. I know a lot of people are asking if anyone has seen their friends around, but I know this idiot wouldn't bother trying to use this thing. If anyone has seen a kind of scrawny looking guy with white hair, and probably some bandages around his neck, let me know.

[For what must be the millionth time, he pushes down the thought that Heine and Giovanni probably killed him and this is all just some super strange afterlife. He'd asked if that's what this was, and was obviously told it wasn't... But what reason does he have to believe anyone here?]

Well I guess I'll uh. Maybe go look around in the meantime. If I'm going to be here for an unknown about of time, I might as well get familiar with the area.

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[sixtyeighth]

Well - look who it is. Heine isn't here. I looked.

[yaylungcancer]

How can you be so sure? This seems like a pretty big place.

[sixtyeighth]

Because I know with him.

[yaylungcancer]

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure I know him better than you do.

[sixtyeighth]

That's hilarious! You definitely don't know him like I do.

[yaylungcancer]

You don't know what he's like NOW.

[sixtyeighth]

You're a fool if you think he's really changed.

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[leadintheyoung]

You'll find there's a vast expanse of ground to cover about the settlement alone. I've been here two months and there's still plenty left to see and experience.

[ If her tone is any indication, she considers that a promising thing and it's not something easily lost to a voice accented by something like Old Irish. The background seems to suggest she's out and about herself and she's a quick step, but attentive to the camera. ]

So, does this person have a name or does he respond equal parts well to "hey, you"? [ This is a fair question. ]

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[yaylungcancer]

I figured there'd be a lot to see here. Hopefully that won't end up being a bad thing.

[This gets a laugh out of him.]

He'd probably answer to "hey you", but he would probably respond better to Heine.

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[leadintheyoung]

You think it could?

[ She tilts her head, wondering at that, and that laugh of his sees her wrinkle her nose just a bit as she smiles. ]

Heine it is, then! And what about yours? I could give him a description, but he might think it strange that I don't have a name to offer him.

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[yaylungcancer]

I know it could. A big, unexplored place has bitten me in the ass before.

Oh, right, sorry. I'm Badou. Although, to be fair, he might not even actually stop to ask who sent you looking for him.

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[leadintheyoung]

You might want to stick to the settlement proper, then. Beyond the fence you run the very real risk of losing a good chunk of it if you aren't prepared. It's plenty good fun if you are, though.

[ And, well, even if you aren't, but then, her idea of fun tends to involve more risk and danger than most people she knows. ]

It sounds to me like this Heine might be an interesting friend to have. Badou, is it? Líadan Ní Donnabháin, but you can call me Lí if you'd like.

[ It's seemed easier for most people she's met in the Quarantine, at least. ]

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[yaylungcancer]

Duly noted.

[Don't mind him snort-laughing at that comment.]

Interesting is definitely a word for it. But it's nice to meet you Lí.

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[bringbackgold]

Name? I'll keep my eyes open.

[yaylungcancer]

His name is Heine. And thanks, I appreciate it.

[bringbackgold]

No problem. A lot of people are searching for someone.

[yaylungcancer]

It sure seems like it. But it looks like it's kind of a mixed bag on whether or not people have actually found their friends.

[bringbackgold]

Hopefully you find someone.

Some are lucky, some aren't.

[yaylungcancer]

Thanks. But, I kind of hope that no one I know actually shows up here at the same time.

[Well, no one else anyway.]

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[ragnarsson]

I'll keep an eye out for him. Do he have a name?

[Ivar knows what it's like to wonder if anyone from home is going to end up here. Every time the portal spits out more people, he tries not to hope too hard that one of his brothers will come through. They're idiots, but they're his only family.]

[yaylungcancer]

Thanks. His name is Heine. He's not really the friendliest guy though, just as a warning.

[He quickly realizes how that sounds.]

Not "immediately attack you" unfriendly, just a general maybe doesn't respond to you kind of unfriendly.

[ragnarsson]

Doesn't bother me. Kind of reminds me of me, actually.

[Ivar was not the easiest person to get along with and he knew this. Take one part sever anger issues, one part usual teenage attitude, a touch of prickly sarcasm, and one part bloodthirsty Viking, and you got what made up Ivar.]

[yaylungcancer]

I'd say you two would get along, but if you're actually that much alike, you'd probably try to kill each other.

[ragnarsson]

Good. [He smiles and he sounds far too eager about the thought of possible confrontation.] That'll liven this place up.

[yaylungcancer]

[This gets a laugh out of Badou.]

He'd probably be more of challenge than you're used to.