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.

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]

[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: 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]

[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?]

[bunnyblock]

'Slight'? Hoh...

[He COULD play along with this weird... loud-talking LARP-er, but... he's so wordy, it makes Noiz just want to laugh.]

If I wanted to slight you, I'd just call you an idiot.

Kings have no power here.

[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.]

[dothelokimotion]

I must ask, o king of kings. What if someone took your identity and made such bold claims? Surely you would not lead your flock astray.

[dendera]

[Listen, no one would take him seriously as Pharaoh if he sat around talking about dat boi and such, he's gotta talk fancy and old fashioned.]

At what point did I express any desire to govern you!? You are not my people, it is for that reason precisely I am not lending my power without reason!
[GOD, KIDS THESE DAYS WITH THEIR NETFLIX AND FIDGET SPINNERS, THEY JUST DON'T LISTEN!!!]

However, that does not mean you can speak to me however you please. I am Pharaoh, Ra's power flows strong in my veins! You will adjust your tone!

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]

My flock? You jest, surely. Were you all my people, there would be no question of whether I should aid in this reconstruction. For it is the duty of Pharaoh to protect and bring prosperity to his people.
[First he's King of Kings, now he's Pharaoh, apparently.]

As it stands, I shall not draw upon what little magic lies in this place simply to prove to you that which is already immutable fact, whether you choose to believe it or not.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Perhaps not completely a fool, but a fool all the same. ]

Ah, but then there is no king. For no one will believe without some kind of demonstration. I imagine there are already doubters in droves.

[ No way this kind of declaration will be taken seriously. ]

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?

video, @konyx

[onblackwings]

What would your wrath look like?

[ you know, hypothetically speaking. probably. ]

[bottombitch]

[ They'll just remember you for all the tinnitus you caused! ]

Mantle... Pharaoh... [ Aoba's repeating the unfamiliar words to himself while he fiddles with something. Don't mind his distraction, he's just... looking for the volume control on this comm device. Can he even turn him down at all? ]

...Is that some kind of title? I've never heard of it.

[ Midorijima didn't have those and none of the books he was studying in Germany had a word like that. ]

video » @LOKIOFASGARD

[lieborn]

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

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?

text; @a.bonny; I am so sorry

[venturer]

Fuck off.

text ; @altin

[bringbackgold]

That's not how this works.

@necromantica/video

[yetunburnt]

You don't look like a King.

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

[bunnyblock]

I don't want you to govern me. And if you don't want to 'lend your power' to anyone here, than don't.

Find some place in the city to live and ignore everyone. That's what I'm doing.

[He's completely ignoring Ozymandias' 'adjust your tone' and the whole 'you cant speak to me how you please' bit, and he'll continue bothering with his The Netflix and Fidget Spinners as much as he wants, thanks.

A moment passes and he considers hanging up on this guy, but... he gets an idea.]

...

Do you like games?

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.]

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]

Of course there are. Truly, I had forgotten how godless the modern man was.
[HMPH]

Certainly they are treading the path towards meriting such a "demonstration," honestly I am not especially interested in playing tyrant with these fools, but if they force my hand then that is what I shall do.

[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!!