Chapter 1: The Boy Arrives [May 12 : Video]

[shutupstan]

[[The video, when if first turns on, shows a teenage boy staring down at the camera with huge green eyes. Not looking exactly trilled by any means. It's been A Day for the overshadowed boy, and one that, for likely the first time in his life, he was almost a little grateful that people paid him no mind. Bunch of crazy idiots out there...

It takes him a moment to realize that the camera is indeed working.]]

...

[[Right. Words. Words would help]]

So is something responsible for making everyone crazy or is this just how things are? Because the welcome party roaming the streets? Not so welcoming.

... Anyone have a cast off sword or anything? Because it's pretty stupid to bring people in to fight without anything to fight with. And somehow I doubt waving a stick at anything's going to help here. [[It was rather amazing that it helped at all his first battle, to be honest.]]

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[video]

[malandragem]

If you are a meister, there is sure to be someone who can turn into a sword around, should you wish to take them up on the offer.

[video]

[shutupstan]

...That's really the only option, huh?

[[Still not sure how he feels about that whole wielding a person thing.]]

[video]

[malandragem]

More or less- granted, there are makeshift weapons you could use, but you would have to get them from someone who can get into the training implements, I believe.

[video]

[shutupstan]

Makeshift? [[That sounds like a wonderful idea to go into a fight with. Really.]]

Better than nothing...Barely...

[video]

[malandragem]

You do not need to fight if you would prefer not to. I am certain someone will help you get where you need to go.

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[traust]

Things are pretty bad now, a couple of guys got kidnapped and stuff. It's really not like this all the time.

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[shutupstan]

Same shit, different world... [[he sighs slightly at that.]] The hero's guild on it?

[[not that that would likely do any good unless the heroes here were far more competent... which really, they would have to be. There wasn't any way possibly to be less...]]

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[traust]

What's a guild? [She shrugs at his question, but she supposed it worked like that by the sound of how he was making it out to be.]

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[shutupstan]

...You know. The Hero's guild. Where all the useless loudmouths in fancy armor line up to compare how heroic they are and fight over who gets to fight what thing?

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[traust]

Oh I know what you're talking about! But we didn't call it that back at home. They're weren't useless either. [She pouts.]

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[begrudged]

It's been this crazy since I've been here. There's not much we can do about it, I guess, they hate us for being here and it's not like we can just go home whenever we want to.

Video

[shutupstan]

[[...huh. A voice, but no image. Weird. He didn't break it already, did he? It was just working...]]

... Wait. They seriously just hate people for existing? That's just dumb...

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[begrudged]

Kind of? They hate us for being here. Which I kinda get it, we're taking over their city. But there's nothing we can really do about it and if someone threatens me, I threaten them right back.

[ Sorry Ari. She's too insecure about her appearance to use video. ]

Perma video because he has no idea how to change it yet

[shutupstan]

[[He's seen worse. But he's mostly just befuddled because how do I technology.]]

...taking over the city.

[[... he may have just cracked a bit of a smile at the ridiculousness of that. Cities (and towns!) were full of people who gave no fucks about anything outside of their own personal dramas, how could you take one over? Linda was the only one who'd managed anything even close...

...okay no, she'd actually succeeded really well but that was besides the point.]]

what a qt

[begrudged]

W-What? Is something funny? I'm not joking around!

[ Painwheel gets offended a little too easily, her ego bruised over a lot of things that happened in the past. ]

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

Have you thought about joining the Watch, de arimasu? They provide weapons, de arimasu.

[video]

[shutupstan]

[[...wait. Was that...

... those things could talk?!

... it wasn't going to attack, was it? Not that he couldn't take those things out with just his stick... but he didn't even have his stick!


..Sorry, Keroro, Ari's just going to be staring at you trying to figure if you're one of those annoying Perky Frogs that always ganged up on him when he was still starting out.]]

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

[Actually he has a pretty good idea of why Ari is staring. It isn't the first time this has happened. But he's obligated to ask anyway.

Just in case he was wrong.]

Are you okay, de arimasu...?

[video]

[shutupstan]

... You're not about to suddenly have a huge mouth and try and eat my leg, are you?

[video]

[starfruitfrog]

What do you think I am, de arimasu? Some kind of monster, de arimasu?

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[blue_wayfinder]

There's been some problems in the city lately with anti-Shibusen groups targeting Guests. Until it cools down you should try not to go outside by yourself.

[Aqua was sorry for all the Guests who came in during all this. Talk about a bad first impression...]

If you need a weapon you get one for free when you join the Watch. [Though, hm...] What kind of sword do you use?

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[shutupstan]

...swords have types?

[ video; ]

[blue_wayfinder]

[She blinked, before smiling.]

They do, actually. Some you only use with one hand while others need to be used with two because they're really big. And then you have the kinds that only have one bladed edge and the kind that have two.

I have a double edged sword that's used with one hand if you really need it.

[ video; ]

[shutupstan]

[[He blinks a few times before giving a faint smile]]

I guess I can figure out a one handed one. Thanks.

[[Likely he'd just still use it two handed. ...unless it was a super thin one like Rosalyn had. But that didn't... really have a blade so much, did it? It just had a really sharp tip that nearly sliced him open a few times....]]

[ video; ]

[blue_wayfinder]

I'm just glad I could help.

If you're free I could bring it over now.