first verse ♫ accidental video

[blindknight]

[ The video clicks on thanks to some scrambling fingers, which temporarily mar the view as they close around the phone. There's a moment or two of silence, the video largely blurred thanks to those still-exploring fingers, until it shifts as the person brings it to their ear, where it's obscured further by a curtain of blond hair. ]

Hello? Operator? Police?

Anybody?

Fuck. Please tell me this thing works-- HELLO? I think I've been kidnapped or something. This sure as hell isn't my house, and I'm pretty sure I don't sleepwalk.

[ A beat, as he waits for an answer, and possibly to think about how ridiculous he sounds. ]

Throw me a fucking bone here. What am I supposed to say? "Siri, call the fucking cops?"

Comments

[Video]

[ridertothemoon]

Please, calm yourself. You have been kidnapped, but the perpetrator is still unknown, and the victims are well capable of banding together to strike back.

[Video]

[blindknight]

[ Oh, Jesus! There's someone there! Hope you're enjoying the video of his hair still since he doesn't know the video is on ]

That's reassuring.

[Video]

[ridertothemoon]

I would never lie, and our situation is a bit worrying, I admit.

[Video]

[blindknight]

You think? I have no idea where the fuck I am.

You could be the kidnapper for all I know.

[Video]

[ridertothemoon]

Hotel room, I would imagine. And I would never stoop so low, I give you my word as a knight.

[Video]

[technologic]

[Whoa wait what. Okay nevermind the video of his hair, best to explain things.]

Y-you're right about being kidnapped, though nobody knows why we were brought here. And, um, you're in Prospero, an island off the coast of America.

[Video]

[blindknight]

Never heard of it. Off which coast?

[Video]

[technologic]

It's the, ah, eastern coast.

[Video]

[blindknight]

... Well fuck. That puts me a long way from home.

[Video]

[technologic]

... Sorry to say this, but... You won't be able to get in contact with your home. None of us here can.

[video]

[genius_idiot]

Hey, buddy, this is a video phone! Pull your face from the camera and talk. [Kaiji doesn't say this angrily, more trying to get the guy's attention.] I can explain. Kinda.

[video]

[blindknight]

How was I supposed to fucking know that? [ but he does as he's told, though he's not centered in the frame at all. It's hard to tell with the dark glasses, but something in his face suggests he's looking towards the camera, rather than at it ]

Fine, you wanna explain, then explain.

[video]

[genius_idiot]

Okay, okay, chill! That's why I was telling ya.

Uh. First off, you're gonna have to take this all with a grain of salt. Though the fact that you woke up in Prospero should be a little easier. Everyone on this phone's network is in the same position you are. We wake up without knowing who or what brought us here.

[video]

[blindknight]

Fuck me. This is some kinda mass kidnapping operation?

[video]

[genius_idiot]

Kinda. People trickle in and out all the time. From... all over. I mean that. Different worlds and stuff. I know it sounds crazy. I guess cuz is it.

[scorpiospider]

Do all you humans have weird color hair like that?

[blindknight]

Hum--- wait, how do you know what color my hair is?

[scorpiospider]

Camera's showing it, duuuuuuuuh!

[blindknight]

This thing has video? [ he pulls the phone away from his head like it's on fire. The camera drifts around a bit before kind of settling on his face. Kind of. ]

[scorpiospider]

Of course it does! Couldn't you tell? Hell, even Terezi was able to tell when video was on and she's bliiiiiiiind.

[video]

[manliness]

You really think those assholes would be any help?

[video]

[blindknight]

Who, the cops? Are they taking bribes or something?

[video]

[manliness]

Nah, they just ain't been too helpful in my experiences. Back home or in this place. In fact, doesn't seem like anybody really knows what's going on.

[video]

[blindknight]

Found a few who think they have an idea. Shadows and personas and shit like that. Sounds fucking crazy to me.

[video]

[manliness]

Well, yeah. There's all that shit going on. But I mean in general. Why we were suddenly whisked away from our warm, comfortable homes to apparently fight some B-movie grade monsters on an island that shouldn't even exist.

I'm startin' to wonder if I didn't just bump my head or something.

Granted, you get used to it after a while, but it still ain't easy. Just try not to go outside during that damn extra hour. Those things will kill you without one of those purse-owner things.