un: mystearious

[mystearious]

[ On camera, Tear can be seen sitting against her bed with the lens from a distance, as if she's asking a question. She's not sure about the etiquette of face-to-face communication, so she looks... too serious. Laughably too serious to be coming on here and sitting with you like she's about to divorce you or is in a face to face interview. ]

Hello. My name is Tear Grants. If anyone should recognize it-- contact me.

[ It almost sounds like she's going to beat the hell out of whoever does. ]

I'm new here. I was in the hospital for a little while and I've been cured of-- an illness. Anyway, I've been assigned to Search and Rescue. I'm... in a communal dorm it seems.

I'm aware of the responsibility of one to take care of their own information-gathering, however--

[ Immediately she sits up when she hears a bark outside the window. Rushing over to the side, past her roommate's empty bed, she opens the curtains and sees a dog from the festival walking down the road in an adorable costume. ]

Oh my gosh....

[ She's forgotten the camera doesn't turn off by itself when you leave it alone, it seems. ]

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[voice]

[circumitus]

[In spite of everything, Rey is distracted by the username right away. That isn't how you spell...

[Oh.]

Is your display name supposed to be a joke?

[Yes, of all things that is what she fixates on. Not even the fact that apparently they were in the hospital at the same time, though for different reasons.]

[voice]

[mystearious]

...

... going off of everyone else's, I thought they were supposed to be?

[ She's really new to the username thing let her live. ]

[voice]

[circumitus]

[It's okay -- Rey is not one to talk. Hers is "hot.damn", after all which I forgot to add in the subject line, my bad. The hypocrite.]

didn't think that was supposed to be a prerequisite
but to each their own.

[mystearious]

while i have you here, could you tell me a little more about this place? i've definitely got the rundown, but I'd like to verify it with the locals too.

[circumitus]

wouldn't know much more than you do, honestly. not a local, and spent some time in the hospital myself.

[mystearious]

Understandable...
Is there anything you're lost on? Maybe we can work to figure it out together.

[circumitus]

does "everything" count as an answer?
been mostly just waiting to hear what the catch is in order to stay in this place.
like a fine print somewhere that just don't obvious on the surface.

[mystearious]

The catch...
I thought it was obvious, wasn't it? To rebuild. Or at least, that's what they told me.

... is there something else insinuated?

[circumitus]

not sure if there was.
sorry. have a hard time trusting authority figures.

Video @KingFisherman

[brotrips]

It looks like you're feeling better.

(She has the strength to run to the window. Noctis isn't entirely sure what 'better' is, but if she's in treatment, there was an injury or illness at some point.)

[mystearious]

I don't know how they have such a potent medicine, but I certainly didn't expect to be out in a day.

I- in any case. [ She turns from the dog. ] You are? I'm Tear.

[brotrips]

(Noctis originally spoke up because of the dog; he can understand her attraction to animals.)

I'm Noctis.

I'm in the community housing, too. It's not really bad. It's like having roommates.

[mystearious]

Oh, no worries. I was in the military. I remember the barracks just as easily as everyone else.

-- could you tell me a few things? About this place?

[brotrips]

Military, huh?

(Noctis thinks perhaps he can see it in her mannerisms, the seriousness and discipline many of his own soldiers had displayed. At least, until the dog came into the equation.)

What do you want to know? We get here with jobs and a place to stay. I hear we get a choice to go home after five years.

[mystearious]

... We do? How do we know they hold to that choice? Has anyone been here longer than five years?

[brotrips]

I'm not really sure it's true. I've heard people say it. Maybe it's a promise we don't know they'll keep.

[mystearious]

... then we should be actively looking for a way out, shouldn't we? If it's not guaranteed--

un: ny4n

[nyahilistic]

[Oh. Oh, pretty girl. Pretty girl with a real serious face. Ichimatsu watches for a while before switching on his own video, just creeping while she talks until just shortly before she skitters off to the window to coo at the passing dog.]

[As she does so nearly immediately, he's left stunned by the 360, and chuffs a quiet laugh, giving his voyeurism away.]

...ah, assuming you were ogling the dog and not whoever was walking it, I work at the Animal Shelter. There's plenty of them.

[mystearious]

... I was.

[ She shakes her head. ] I'd... I'd love to see the animal shelter. After being in the hospital and being told I'll stay here, I could use a bit of relief.

[nyahilistic]

[He types out the location of the Shelter, shuffling around a bit. He figures he'll bring the kittens, they need to get more socialized anyway.]

Head over there whenever, the place works sort of like a petting zoo.

[mystearious]

[ Fashionably late? Right away? Tear is desperate to see some cute animals, because underneath the stoic face is someone absolutely driven mad by the circumstances, that she can't save her own world, etc etc personal drama. She needs her fix. ]

I'll come over now, if that's okay?

[nyahilistic]

[He nods, focused on something off-screen.]

Sure, I'll be over there in... five, maybe ten minutes. [Depending on how much trouble these kittens give him in wrangling.]

-> action??

[mystearious]

[ She quickly follows the instructions, grateful to be out of the communal housing where she'd have to meet and greet with her new roommates, and all that stress on top of it... ]

Hello?

[ She's tempted to walk herself in and just. Help herself. ]

yes good

[nyahilistic]

[Big Mood, Tear, Big Mood. He comes up behind her as she's calling out to the void, his sandals crunching on the ground.]

...ah, Tear, wasn't it?

[mystearious]

Tear.

[ She holds out a gloved hand for him to shake, with a smile. ]

Ichimatsu?