video • un: el rey

[shabby]

[ The video opens on a man's face, a little too close up for a few seconds. Then he pulls the arm with the communicator back, lengthening the shot and showing vegetation behind him. He's in the atrium, currently sitting on a low hanging tree branch. ]

Hello, alien-abducted internet peoples.

[ He says it cheerfully, with a smile and a wave. For a man who comes from a world without shit like this, he's unperturbed. Possibly because he thinks it's a drug-induced hallucination. ]

How are you today? [ He gestures off to the side. ] This is crazy, no? Outer space and shit. It's like a movie.

[ The image shakes a little as he starts digging through his pants pocket. Eventually, he pulls out a joint and, remembering that he's in the middle of talking to people, asks; ]

Hey, does anybody have a lighter?

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[yokunaru]

No, just human. [The last time he checked, anyway.]

Oh, thanks. [Wow he wasn't kidding about the mango after all. Yuuri takes the offered fruit, letting it sit in his own hand for a moment.] Did you just show up with a bunch of these on you?

[shabby]

[ Vaas is always serious about mangoes. ]

No. Just that one. And some other stuff. [ He frowns. ] Not fruit, though. It's really a shame. The fruit's great on my island. Here, I don't know.

[ He lifts his eyebrows. ]

Have you tried any here?

[yokunaru]

[What a special mango it is, then.]

I've tried some. They have a few I'm familiar with, like grapes and bananas, but some others that look like they're from alien planets.

[Yuuri pauses, then smiles wryly.] We are in space, so I guess that isn't too far off the mark.

[shabby]

[ Vaas nods. He's not entirely sold on space fruit, but since that's all he's got, he has to make peace with it somehow. ]

Maybe we will see these planets, no? Get to pick our own fruit.

[ That would be nice. He doesn't' want to be trapped in a ship forever. ]

[yokunaru]

[It's like someone flipped a switch, making Yuuri light up. Suddenly, his hesitation's disappeared for the time being.]

That's what I'm hoping. I've heard we're allowed to visit the other planets when we pass them, but I don't know how long it'll be until we reach the next one. It'd be amazing to see another planet up close like that, wouldn't it?