one laugh

[undespairing]

--t's this thing, anyway? [There's a soaking wet kid dripping onto the screen, when it turns on.] Some sort of magical object? Haha, that'd be pretty interesting. [He wipes it off with a wet sleeve, making the screen...wetter. A laugh.] Guess I should figure out where I am first, anyway.

[And with that, he pockets the communicator; viewers may hear him saying "Hey. Hey, excuse me," to random strangers, as he didn't bother to turn the thing off.]

[[Feel free to be the random strangers! He's bothering people around the fountain area.]]

Comments

video;

[undespairing]

It's great that you've got your friends with you, that must be really nice. I mean, it might not be nice to be lost, but it's great that you're not alone.

[But if she's wondering about this, that means she knows just as much as he does about this, right?]

...I think I'll try figuring out how we got here next! There's got to be some explanation, right?

[undespairing]

All right then, I'll go ask.

[Now he'll go up to the nearest person and do just that.]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ Better Elmer than himself... ]

[undespairing]

[Aand he's back.]

Apparently they don't. He gave me a coin!

[See, it's all red and stuff!]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ ...takes it, just to look at it. ]

This is what they use?

Re: video;

[firstaid]

Yes, being alone is not very fun.

[And he would be correct. No one really knows how they got here, at least from what she's heard or figured out.]

If you can find that out, perhaps we can all find a way home. That's the ultimate goal, from what I have heard.

Though... sometimes people go home at random. And then they return without their memories of their previous stay... [Much like Estelle here... If he can figure out that mystery, it may explain a lot about how this City works.]

[undespairing]

Apparently.

[resentive.livejournal.com]

It's different, but...that should be fine.

video;

[undespairing]

No-one's found it yet? In that case, I'll definitely try my best to look for it! It'd probably make a lot of people happy if someone figured out how to leave.

[A pause. Memory loss? Really?]

I wonder why that happens? It is the shock of coming here, or something like that?

[undespairing]

Are you going to make more money? I like how colorful it is. Apparently they come in all the colors of the rainbow!

[resentive.livejournal.com]

...don't say that out here.

[undespairing]

Right, right, sorry. Are you though?

[He's lowered his voice a little, at least...]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

That depends.

[undespairing]

Depends?

[action]

[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I've met.

[resentive.livejournal.com]

On if it's necessary here.

[undespairing]

That makes sense. If all else fails, maybe I can try getting a job! Work our way out of here.

[action]

[undespairing]

That's a pretty big coincidence! There must be people from Gaia around here too somewhere, considering the size of this city.

[resentive.livejournal.com]

Don't be stupid.

[undespairing]

Was that stupid? Sorry, sorry. Hey, maybe we can go sightseeing while we're here.

[action]

[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Haven't found any so far, but I've only been here a couple of days. [His tone says he's been trying.]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

That's an even worse idea.

[undespairing]

Is it? We can learn about the area and the people this way, and have some fun while we're at it. We might even find somebody willing to give us a tour, if we're lucky.

[action]

[undespairing]

Well, I'll keep my eye out too. If there's two of us looking, and if they're looking too, it'll be easier to find them. [He sounds strangely confident for a boy who's never seen a Gaian before today.]

video;

[firstaid]

It would make a lot of people happy. Even though we have formed bonds and friendships here that we wouldn't have otherwise, some of us do miss our friends at home.

[And then she nods.]

I honestly don't know. When I arrived a few months ago, I knew I had never been here before, but I apparently have and many people I had never met knew me very well.