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]

[blindknight]

[ Flat tone ]

A knight. Really.

[Video]

[ridertothemoon]

A knight, really.

[Video]

[blindknight]

... You're crazy, aren't you?

[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]

[ridertothemoon]

I take offense to that. No, I'm not crazy.

[Video]

[blindknight]

You sure sound like you are.

[Video]

[ridertothemoon]

Regardless of what you say, I will do my best to help an innocent in need.

[Video]

[technologic]

It's the, ah, eastern coast.

[Video]

[blindknight]

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

[Video]

[blindknight]

... Right okay. Fine. There's no way to call the cops or anything?

[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]

[blindknight]

[ He's quiet for a very long moment, and the video feed shakes a bit. When he speaks again, his voice is low, and strained. ]

So what do we do?

[Video]

[technologic]

As far as we know, we were brought here to fight... [And now it's time to sound like a crazy person.]

... This is gonna make me sound completely crazy, but at midnight these creatures called Shadows appear and only the people who were brought here can fight them.

[Video]

[blindknight]

... You're right. [ he gives a short, humorless laugh ] You sound fucking insane.

[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]

[technologic]

[There's a weak, sheepish laugh from her.] I-I thought so. But as crazy as it sounds, it's true... But, even if you don't believe me, just don't go out alone at midnight.

Video]

[ridertothemoon]

You could contact the police, but there is no way for them to return you to whence you came.

[scorpiospider]

Do all you humans have weird color hair like that?