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?

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[yokunaru]

[Ugh. Yuuri pulls a face immediately. While he has nothing against bugs in general (unless they try to bite him), he wouldn't be too keen on meeting one that size, let alone eat it.] I kind of hope he was.

[As they walk through the Shopping Centre, Yuuri keeps half an eye out for children's clothing shops.] Do you know why your world doesn't have electricity anymore?

[unluckynumberseven]

[It's only somewhat complicated by Emil stopping to peek in nearly every shop window. Everything is so colorful and interesting, he can't help himself.

He does pause at the question and hovers uncertainly in place, giving it some real thought. He's forgotten so much.]

I don't really remember much about the old world, I'm afraid. Sorry. All I have to go on are the reports and Weiss's stories.

You see... a strange disease was spreading, and it was making people all over the world crazy and violent. They called it "the Legion" after awhile. And so many people were dying that everyone thought humanity was doomed. And so, almost all of the humans left in the world underwent a process that was supposed to keep their souls preserved until the last of the disease burned itself out.

[Emil's voice had been fairly quiet as he told a very abbreviated version of the story of how the world ended, but he tries to inject a little more cheer in for the last part. No point dragging this first meeting down with such a depressing story!]

So, my home still has relics from what used to be, huge pieces of metal bridges and stuff like that, but a world that's lasted over a thousand years with no people in it doesn't really have time to maintain thin copper wires or huge crates that move, right?