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

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Doesn't ring a bell.

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[undespairing]

Really? It's a port town in Italy.

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Neither does that. [Ring a bell, that is.]

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[undespairing]

...I guess that means I'm not in Italy anymore! [He laughs, as if that's funny.]

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

[...Wait.] You just got here?

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[undespairing]

That's right, I did. [...Oh yeah.] Speaking of which, where are we, anyway?

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

[Oh, great. He's taking off his goggles, and if you look close you might notice his eyes glow faintly.]

This is the City. Far as I can tell, there's no way out. You and me and most of the other people around here were brought here from somewhere else. Different worlds. My planet's called Gaia.

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[undespairing]

[He might take notice of those eyes, but let's concentrate on more important things, shall we?]

So you're from another world entirely? That's amazing! The City's kind of a boring name for a place though, don't you think? I like Gaia though! I'm from Earth, myself.

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Earth, huh? You'll have a lot of company, then.

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[undespairing]

Are there a lot of people from Earth around here?

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I've met.

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[undespairing]

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

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[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.]

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[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.]

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

[There's a hint of surprise on his face, but he's brushing it off a second later. Shouldn't surprise him so much for strangers to be helpful.]

Sounds good. If you find any, tell them Cloud's looking for them. [He figures that as good an introduction as any.]

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[undespairing]

Cloud, huh? I'll make sure to tell them that. [He says it as if he's already met them.]

--Oh yeah, and my name's Elmer. Nice working with you!

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

[He smiles, putting his goggles back on.] You too.

If you need someplace to stay, the tall buildings around this place are apartments.

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[undespairing]

...Woah, you mean people live in those things? [There's a definite note of curiosity as he glances up at the buildings.]

Thanks for the help! I'll look into them.

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[labchocobo.livejournal.com]

You're gonna have to hold down a job to make rent, but it'll be a roof over your head at least.

Good luck.