Dadwatch 2017 (@fraulein.zweihander: Video)

[oniondaughter]

[It doesn’t take Sieglinde very long to decide that she doesn’t like these ‘smartphones’ all that much. The idea of talking to all of these people over such a long distance is an undoubtedly novel one – and surely a concept with many practical uses.

But it feels like someone is always saying something on the network, and the phone she’d been given requires its user’s bare fingertips in order to work. Which means that she needs to remove her gauntlet, in order to unlock the bloody thing.

It’s a little frustrating, is all she’s saying. That, combined with the fact that she still hasn’t figured out all of the gadget’s quirks, has somewhat soured her mood on them – even if they clearly have their uses.]

Erm, yes. Hello? Is this working? I've never made one of these before...

[It takes a moment of fiddling with the gadget before the camera settles on a rather rotund set of armor sitting within the camera's view. If one looks closely, they can see Sieglinde's eyes through the visor, although little else of her face is visible. ]

Ah, there. I think I’ve got it. Greetings! I'm called Sieglinde of Catarina, and it is good to meet you all. Or as good as it can be, given the circumstances.


I was brought to this place by mistake, you see. The good folk of Riverview have promised to return me as soon as they are able, but until then I am holding out hope that my father will stumble into the same sort of portal that I did, and ends up here as well.

I beg of you, if any of you meet him here, please let me know. He is quite hard to miss – he wears the same sort of armor as I do, he has a moustache, and answers to the name Siegmeyer.

[A pause.]

And please, if you find him, ask him to stay put in the Guard Barracks until I return. I'll be away on a mission for a few days, and he has such a tendency to wander off on his own...

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[oniondaughter]

Erm, thank you, I suppose?

[She's honestly a little self-conscious about it, since most everyone she's interacted with on the network seems to have used their name as a username...]

I was told that, in place of a name, I could choose one of my interests or something similar as an identifier.

[Speaking of identifiers: She's taken note of this guy's username as well.]

Pardon my asking, Sir Knight, but are you from the land of Morgan or is Morgan your name?

[morganknight]

[Oh, this old misunderstanding. Morgan's been through it so many times now he doesn't even hesitate to answer.]

Morgan is my given name, Knight is my surname. I am not nobility nor have I been titled by a monarch, I'm afraid.

[oniondaughter]

Ah, my apologies then.

[She's a little embarrassed, but she'd like to think it's understandable how she'd make that mistake.]

In any case, thank you for keeping a lookout for my father.

[morganknight]

Hey, no problem. Family's important. I hope he actually shows up here, for your sake. [He doesn't say it isn't very likely, but she might be able to pick up on that belief in his voice nonetheless.]