001. [ video ]

[rightfoot]

Name: Louis
Date: August 9
Format: Video

[ The video comes on and Louis is front and center. He got a grasp on the technology pretty quickly. He's... annoyed, and he's not good at hiding it, either. His tone is just as annoyed. Like. He can't believe he has to go over this. ]

So, since this is the best way to get the message out from what I can tell, and I'm sick of repeating myself, so I'll only say this once.

[ Pause. He has a long pause between each of the words. ]

I.

Am.

Not.

A.

Monster.

[ He lifts the camera up to get a full view of his head, to get a good shot at every angle. ]

I am just a deer. I arrived here like this.

[ Frown. ]

Any questions?

Comments

[hoboagogo]

yeah unless he turns out to be a were-crocodile or something. But vampires more likely.

Itll probably be weird when it starts but right now it still doesnt feel real I guess. And its not like I can do anything about it so I guess i'll just have to deal.

you know what you wanna study?

[rightfoot]

Man there really are were creatures for everything.

Yeah, I'm learning there's not a thing we can do except deal with things as they happen. Gonna have to improvise, I guess.

Yeah. I like a lot of the stuff that I've tried, but I like Divination, which is like...where you can get information. Or Evocation where you can use fireballs. I guess I'll see what I end up doing well at, though.

[hoboagogo]

do you guys have any myths like that back home? animals turning into other animals on the full moon or whatever? its a pretty common human one i think.

divination sounds kinda bullshit. i mean kinda negates the idea of free will dont you think? and what do you need fireballs for? i mean they sounds cool and all but dont singe your fur.

[rightfoot]

Not really. And I don't really know that there's an audience for fiction like that at home, either. I mean, we have stories and myths - with magic and superheroes and stuff.

Fireballs don't singe my fur, Shinjiro. It's magical fire. And I've never had something like this to fight for myself before. I've always relied on others to do the fighting for me, except for some things that are significantly less useful against anything that isn't an animal with a tail.

[hoboagogo]

yeah makes sense. humans love that kinda story i guess. theres a whole lotta ancient myths that basically boil down to the head god turns into an animal and bangs a lady.

ok i can kinda get that. maybe learn how to conjure up some knives too that could be cool.

you ever wanna learn to fight?

[rightfoot]

That would be pretty cool. I'll give it a try. And yeah, I could learn how to fight. What I know isn't much good against anything on all fours or without tails.

Are you offering?

[hoboagogo]

sure. I ain't like a trained fighter or anything but I can hold my own in a fight. I don't mind lettin' you practice or showing you some stuff.

[rightfoot]

Thanks. Sounds like more than I have, anyway.

[ At least without a weapon. Humans, it seems like, were more similar to him since they seemed to lack the fangs and claws. So...they would be effective to learn from. ]