[Accidental Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[This video, taken during the dark hour, is probably not going to be good for anyone's cardiac health. Why? Because it starts off showing a

VISCERAL MAYA

...right up close against the screen. Cute, ain't it. Looks like someone lost track of their phone during a fight. After a moment, though, said phone gets abruptly kicked away from the Shadow and scooped up by its owner once it finishes skidding along the ground. He (she?) appears on screen briefly, not looking terribly concerned (all things considered) as he glances down and notices he's being recorded. Chances are, none of you will recognize him, so he's most likely a newcomer.]

...Excuse me. [And off goes the video.]

[OOC/EDIT: Oh man. I'm very very sorry for the incredibly late replies and general fail, guys. R/L kind of ambushed me out of nowhere and yeah. Please feel free to just not tag back.]

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[Video]

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

Do you need any help?

[Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[Oh, someone called back. There's a gap of a couple minutes before V/V gets a reply. The person from that video is now... sitting up in a tree? Judging by the surrounding branches.]

No, thank you. I'm alright.

[Video]

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

That's good. Those are annoying Shadows.

[Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

They're called Shadows?

[Fitting.]

[Video]

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

That's what I've always heard.

[Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

I see. [...] Have you heard anything else about them?

[You're the first person he's talked to who has actually acknowledged their existence.]

[Video]

[heavenscorpse.livejournal.com]

They come out at midnight, and there are different kinds... And there are bigger ones around the full moon. I've heard those things.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Tell me of your location if you wish to live.

[text]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[It takes a few minutes for Saber to get a reply. It's also in text, so the person from the video is probably not right next to a monster anymore.]

I have already moved elsewhere, so please do not concern yourself with me.

[Assuming that wasn't some kind of threat.]

text;

[ex_cashcow493]

I shall concern myself with those who cannot fight.

[ Simple enough in her mind. ]

Are you new here? I do not recall your appearance, but it is possible we have communicated only through text.

[text]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

I can fight.

[...against the ones that actually die if they are killed hit enough times.]

Yes. I have not used text before, so I doubt it.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Against those?

[ While Saber has been fortunate enough to avoid running into them, she's yet to have the pleasure of fighting them herself. ]

Then I welcome you to Prospero. Where do you hail from originally?

[text]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

"Those" I can avoid.

[They're very fun to deal with.]

Thank you. I was in California before coming here. [...] Who are you?

[If she is going to ask questions, he might as well ask some too.]

[Video]

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

[Oh boy. He knows that feeling.]

Annoying little things, aren't they? Need a hand, or would you say you've got things under control?

[Voice]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[Give him a minute, he wholeheartedly agrees with that sentiment and would like to be somewhere else before messing with his phone.]

I'm alright, thank you. Do you fight "those" often?

[Video]

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Only recently. Sounds like you're new to the whole thing, huh?

[Voice]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

Yes, very. [Everyone over this network seems to be a lot more helpful and friendly than the rest of locals.] May I ask how you deal with the... "Shadows" like the one that borrowed my phone a moment ago?

[For future reference.]

[Voice]

[athngabla.livejournal.com]

Those little ones? You have to hit them with something that isn't a weapon or your own body, far as I know. Fire, ice, lightning -- magic, basically.

[Voice]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

...I see. [Welp. He's the furthest he's ever been from using "magic" right at this moment, unfortunately.] Then I will just avoid them in the future. Thank you.

[Video]

[best-king.livejournal.com]

[ Oh look. It's just another guy with golden hair and red eyes and style beyond the cosmos. Totally not anyone Enkidu knows. ]

A mongrel making calls this late without screaming for help? Consider me slightly impressed.

[Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[Of course not. And this guy (who looks nothing like a harlot from several thousand years ago) obviously has no connection to Gilgamesh, either. Apparently people in this era still have good enough taste to pick accessories matching the ones ancient kings wear with their armor.

So there's really no reason at all for him to take a moment before switching the video back on and replying in an even tone. Not like he had to quiet some conflicting emotions at the sound of that complete stranger's voice or anything...]

I've not become so slow that these creatures can catch me, brother.

[Video]

[best-king.livejournal.com]

[ Wait, what did he just say? Hello, sudden tinge of pain. And anger. Because Enkidu is still kind of missing, but why would anyone... ]

...Hold your tongue. There is only one amongst the rank of all these mongrels allowed to call me by that name. And you are clearly not him.

[Video]

[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

...

[The smile on his face fades as he lifts his phone up, as though holding it at a different angle in the moonlight will allow him to see the other's face any clearer. He doesn't stay silent for long.]

Then perhaps I have gone blind. [No. He would have to be blind, deaf, numb, and insane to mistake that man for someone else. Even in this strange place, he doesn't want to won't consider it.] Who are you, if not the person I call my friend?

[Video]

[best-king.livejournal.com]

I have no reason to give my name to some child claiming to be my brother. If you continue to insist on this blasphemy, I'll have to crush you like a worm.

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[sonuvafish.livejournal.com]

[Ow.]

...I am a man, not a child even by this city's standards. [His voice remains mostly even.] You may try, but I will not be crushed that easily.

[In other words, no, he is not going to back down and shut up.]