video || UN: Ozymandias

[dendera]

[When the feed starts, it's clear that the man using it doesn't fully understand the technology, as he's holding it very far away from his face. It doesn't seem like it will be an issue though, seeing as he's basically yelling once he starts up talking;]

People of Riverview! Your blighted gatekeepers have informed me of the situation I have been summoned into, and I shall say this! [The feed swings around to a side view as he gesticulates,] Truly, though it is not what I am usually called upon for, rebuilding a civilization is certainly a worthy cause for I, the man upon whose works stand all the temples of the world! However!

[And now, the view zooms in rapidly, TOO close, on this weirdo's face. He's still yelling. This is just a bad audio-visual experience all around.]
What merits can you claim, that you should call yourselves worthy of the aid of I, Ozymandias, King of Kings!? [He's very emphatic about this. He's certainly proven to not be King of Volume Control.]
I am not so generous as to lend my mighty power to any motley assortment of fools! Prove yourselves worthy or incite my wrath!

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video; un: RuffRabbit

[bunnyblock]

...

Don't LARP somewhere other people have to listen to your cringe-worthy stuff like this.

It's a public network.

[dendera]

[Oz didn't understand at least two of the words in that response. He does understand "cringe" though, so he can work out that he's being insulted and that won't do.]

Clearly you do not know of whom you speak to if that is the tone you take! Do not think that you are safe simply because you are on the other side of this arcane box! If you slight me with your strange words again I shall see to it that you are punished rightly!

video; un: Sly Blue

[bottombitch]

[ Aoba regrets getting pulled in by all the theatrics, because they get so deafeningly noisy that he can't seem to pull off his wireless headphones fast enough to avoid the sound of his voice booming enough to crackle the feed. ]

...O...uch. My ears...!

[ Why are we yelling so much?!? ]

Is this... what they call 'roleplaying'...? Why is it so noisy?

[dendera]

[If you give someone permanent hearing damage, they'll HAVE to remember you, right??]

Certainly not! [He doesn't know what roleplaying is obviously, but;]

If you think I am merely "playing" at this role, you are a fool. No one is more worthy to carry the mantle of "Pharaoh" than I!
[At least he is now just normal yelling?]

[ video | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ This? This looks like fun. Loki folds his hands together. ]

Proof begets proof. Can you prove that you are a king of kings?

[dendera]

[Well, at least this is a response he can understand.]
You would ask for a show of my power? Are you certain this fragile city that we stand in could handle such a thing?

Certainly, I could do so. However you should well consider what you ask of me, trickster.
[These usernames are just people's chosen names, right? That's his understanding of the network.]

audio; un: bluebird

[exfine]

E-Eh? You don't have to be so loud?

[ TSUMUGI IS SO TERRIFIED AT THE OTHER END OF THE LINE, RIP ]

But, um, I'm very sorry that they have taken you from your world either... But I'm sure everyone here would willing to give you a hand with your current predicament!

[dendera]

[There's a pause as Ozymandias figures out that this message is only a voice, and there's no image accompanying it. Please, don't confuse grandpa, he is so new at that phone business.]

My current predicament!? I am not the one who claims to be in need of help, it is your gatekeepers who are making such a request! Certainly, the people here may serve me if they wish, but I have no call for meek children who will not even bare their faces before me!!

video | un: v.nikiforov

[enticeing]

( There are countless videos of the technologically inept trying to adapt. This is like one of those, in his opinion, only he mutes it when the shouting starts. Keeping a smile on his face, very much in polite but not personally engaged mode. )

Is there a reason you're shouting on the internet about how teamwork isn't a strong point for you?

[dendera]

[He laughs, partly to cover up the fact that he doesn't know what "internet" means.]

Teamwork, hah! Have you sand in your ears? Pharaoh lead the people of Egypt by divine right as Ra's power given human form. We do not work in "teams," we command them.
[Obviously, everyone knows this.]

video, @konyx

[onblackwings]

What would your wrath look like?

[ you know, hypothetically speaking. probably. ]

[dendera]

[As far as he's concerned, this is a completely legitimate and normal question.]

What would you expect the wrath of the sun to look like? I carry within me the power of The Sun, Ra, himself! My wrath is glorious, bright, and would leave your land scorched and barren!
[Clearly he is proud of this.]

Therefore, it is understandably in your bests interests to not invoke it.

video » @LOKIOFASGARD

[lieborn]

Do you know of 'chill'? I can sell you some.

[dendera]

[He actually seems to think about this for a moment, it's possible the humor flew directly over his head.]

I know not of any definition of that word which would be a product one could sell. Unless you are trying to sell me ice, in which I am not interested in any case.
[Yeah, he missed it.]

UN: Jagged Fan

[de_evilise]

[ Okay.. um. WOW, first of all, Volume!~ ]

Okay um... well, we could ask you the same thing you know. Personally, if I had power [ And she does. ] I'd use it to help people in trouble, regardless of whether they're worthy...

... how do you even judge that?

[dendera]

[He lets out a sort of derisive snort before answering;]
Obviously, you have never had to rule, if that is how you think. I cannot know how many people are contained within this "Riverview," I do not know their goals or their character, as far as I know, you are all a wicked and undeserving group. Only by speaking with those assembled here may I judge them, and this is such the reason I have made myself known on your "network."

I am not required to blindly accept people that are not my own. Even when among my own, I was not able to save or protect every person. To suggest I attempt to do so here is naive and tiresome at best.
[Surprisingly coherent and thought out for a guy that just yelled about being "king of kings" all across the network.]

text; @a.bonny; I am so sorry

[venturer]

Fuck off.

Someone had to say it

[dendera]

[He's not great with slang, but someone so short can only be a sign of dismissal. Text messages was of course explained to him, but he can only retain so much new information.]

Begone, foul letters! I did not bid you appear! Is this infernal device itself seeking to scorn me!? I will not have it!
[Of course, he has no idea how to make it go away.]

text ; @altin

[bringbackgold]

That's not how this works.

[dendera]

[More letters!!! He's forgotten the explanation that these also come from other people.]

Explain further, device!
[This is his phone talking to him, surely.]

@necromantica/video

[yetunburnt]

You don't look like a King.

[Not that Letha even knows what her own country's King looks like.]

[dendera]

[He scoffs, though he seems less offended and more simply amused.]

Of course not, as I am no paltry king. As I said, among kings, I would be as unto a king to them! I am Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt by divine right, borne from Ra, the Sun, himself. Surely, you can see that, radiant as I am.
[This might sound more like nonsense if he didn't say it with such absolute confidence.]

video; un: youradhere

[buildingcastles]

Okay, you're at about a ten and I'm going to need you to bring that to maybe a six?

[The man on the other end of the device raises on hand in front of the camera so he can visually demonstrate the level of noise he's referring to.]

[dendera]

.... [There's a moment where he's just frowning at the feed, a complete lack of comprehension obvious on his face.]

Even if becoming shorter was a power I possessed in my mighty arsenal, I would certainly do no such thing, it would serve no purpose other than to mildly inconvenience me.
[There was an attempt at understanding. But no, wrong.]

video, @damen

[goldcuffed]

What sort of king needs to proclaim it quite so loudly, and unasked for, in an entirely new world? [Look Damen has never thought it necessary to go onto the network and proclaim his kingship to the entire city.] Frankly, one royal to another, you sound like a blowhard.

[dendera]

I am no mere king, if I were I would simply be "Ozymandias, King." However, I am certain you heard me say "King of Kings." I am Pharaoh, do not think to compare yourself to me so easily.

[However, he supposes, in a place like this, he can affort some level of respect until this other king proves unworthy of it.]
I do not know how things are done in your country, perhaps you have some reason or custom to mask yourself. But, in my Egypt, Pharaoh is Ra's divine power given flesh. We are brilliant, as the sun, and rule the people in such a way to bring prosperity and glory. Why would I hide myself? Would you ask the sun to mask it's presence? Surely not.

video; un: ghostking

[deathkid]

Just a king? [ please. ] Man, you're in a world of gods and demigods and you boast about being a king. It's not like anybody's asking you for help anyway.

This tag is late but I am so excited b/c I love Nico

[dendera]

I am not just a king, as I have already said. Since apparently you all need it spelled out for you, I am Pharaoh, and like all who ruled Egypt, the blood of the sun god Ra runs in my veins. Do not speak to me as if I am unfamiliar with such a world, ghost king. I know it well.

And I will have you know it was your very gatekeepers who asked of my help. They wish for me to devise buildings for them to construct.
[Translation: the staff offered him a job as an architect.]