Project 1: [voice] un: hello

[unluckynumberseven]

[The Eluvio definitely made him nervous, bringing back memories of a different highly technological setting, but Emil had already made the decision to keep his weird skull-like head up and carry on. That was all there was to do, right? So even though he was scared, he was not only going to wear the strange clothes they gave him and try his best at his first ever real job, but he was going to... try to talk to new people.

It still felt like a real accomplishment, even if he did feel a lot safer not using the video feed. He just didn't want to scare anyone..]

Hello, everyone! My name is Emil.

[There. A perfectly normal thing to say! He could do this. He was going to ignore his anxieties and be brave like his friends.]

This is really confusing, but... as long as I'm here, I want to help! I can use magic, and I can fight with it, so if anyone needs a helping hand, like in a dangerous situation... I could do that.

[He can feel himself growing more and more self-conscious, so he hurries to wrap it up.]

Oh! And... does anyone know where I could get some gloves? Really small ones?

Comments

[shenunigans]

actually it is super important
did you know most communication based interfaces need you to verify that youre over 18
because if youre not over 18 you cant use them
because you could be talking to pedophiles
better yet
you could be lying about your age because you are a pedophile
with a really convincing voice
nice try
seriously though nobody ever lies about their age on the internet so you need to learn to fit in


why does it matter who i am if who you are doesnt matter
if you must know i am 18/f/cali
aspiring model and actress
looking for fun

[unluckynumberseven]

Uh... I don't know what any of this means, but I am trying to fit in! Things are just really different from what I'm used to, that's all.

[He reads over the message again. It's in a language he understands, but it might as well not be. What's a cali? Or an internet?]

But if you're just going to keep being weird, I'm going to go, okay?

[shenunigans]

youre never going to fit in if you just leave every time things get a little weird
were on a spaceship full of aliens and people from different galaxies is weird and you think being asked your age is weird

[Because he hasn't said anything else weird at all.]

[unluckynumberseven]

[ofc not dave]

That wasn't the weird part! The weird part was not understanding anything else you said! That last part almost looks like it was written in code. What does cali mean?

[shenunigans]

if you didnt understand you could ask
now whos the rude one
snap
i just schooled you in manners
were in charm school now

cali is california
california is a state
a state is a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government
i was pretending to be a hot babe
and all the babes are in california
allegedly
the conspiracy here is that there some sort of babe manufacturing company working right under our noses

so are you going to tell me your age yet or what
and if you said your name i already forgot it

[unluckynumberseven]

Emil! My name is Emil. And you're... Tony, I guess?

[There's just so much stuff. How can one guy say so many words and still be this hard to understand? He just files away all of this valuable California intel to ask about later.]

My age... I don't know why it's so important to you. But as close as my butler and I could figure out from the documents we found, I'm about one thousand, four hundred and... I'm not sure. That was awhile ago.

[shenunigans]

Uh, yeah. Sure. [Definitely not going to correct that one.]

What the fuck did you need a butler for? [Apparently this is more important than his age.] Why do you have tiny, kid hands if you're ancient?

[unluckynumberseven]

I'm not tiny!

[Yes he is.]

You don't have to be rude, I'm just not grown up, that's all! I was... I was part of a magic experiment, a long time ago, and after that... I stopped getting older. Sebastian was really helpful for doing upkeep around the manor and taking care of things I couldn't do.

[shenunigans]

if you arent tiny then why do you need tiny tiny gloves

right
say no more
magic
experiments
eternal youth
pretty bog standard

[unluckynumberseven]

Yeah, exactly! Well, no, not really, but that's my story.

[SO THERE, TONY. He's not weird you're weird.]

[shenunigans]

cool
let me know when you get your lifetime special
until then i should probably stop wasting my time cyber bullying children

peace out