[VIDEO] ☾ first phrase: death-bros and introductions

[the_usual_stuff]

[ The video feed clicks on to display two boys, one a young child in black-and-white stripes with curly black locks of hair, and the other a teenager with a long yellow scarf wrapped smugly around his neck, suspenders and slicked back black hair. They share an identical small beauty mark under their left eye and they're both seated at a table in... Minato's apartment. (Blame Pharos for the location, okay.) Pharos is speaking, clear and modulated in his tone of voice; ]

—It's on, I think.

[ The transmission of the boardcast jars unpleasantly for a moment before stilling as Ryoji steadies the camera and beams down at it, not as cheerfully as he would have before attempting to end the world, but it's a start. It's probably right about here you notice they have the same blue eyes. A shade of blue so unnaturally bright it's almost creepy. The older teenager then starts talking, still grinning; ]

Anyway, it's working now, right? [ Why wouldn't it be, oh, wait, this is these guys we're talking about. Godly beings or not, it probably took them awhile to puzzle out all the tricks of the comp. Nevermind. Ryoji presses onward; ]

Good! Well, first things first. Hello, Hinoto-Ri, I'm Ryoji Mochizuki... And this is Pharos. [ He gestures at the small boy, who nods and waves cheerfully at the communication device, mouthing; Hello. ] He's my... Hmm, well, I guess you could say we're brothers, the two of us! We've been here for a couple days now and thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves on the network. I mean, that's what everyone normally does, right... ? Either way, it's a pleasure to meet you all!

... [ Pharos decides to offer his own public greetings to the city of Hinoto-Ri. The small ten year old was seated on a chair, his pale face barely level with the video feed and he totally doesn't have a creepy yet innocent smile at all, nope. ] I sincerely hope we'll be able to get along and be friends, everyone. This may be quite a strange world we've all been pulled to as Guests, but it's an interesting one, indeed.

[ There's a pause. Are they going to end the feed here? It sure looks like it— ]

Hey, by the way Minato-kun! [ Hahaha, you thought this transmission would end without Ryoji being a silly derp. He winks at the camera. ] Haha, I forgot to ask back when I first arrived; are there any cute gir—

[ Pharos is already reaching for the comp before Ryoji begins talking, unintentionally cutting off the end of the teenager's question. The feed ends. Sorry, bro. ]

Comments

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[electricyousei]

"A specific one or one based on the question?"

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[the_usual_stuff]

What do you think the question is? Why do you think there is a question to begin with?

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[electricyousei]

"I know the answer is 42. I don't know what the question is though. Rumor has it that its what do you get when you multiply six by nine."

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[the_usual_stuff]

I liked that movie. It was funny, though I don't understand why they stuck those babble fish in their ears and still talked with bad grammar.

[ That's actually because he watched a copy with badly translated sub titles. ]

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[electricyousei]

"They were British."

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[the_usual_stuff]

[ ? ]

British?

[ What does being British have to do with bad grammar. ]

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[electricyousei]

Ruri really doesn't know about bad subtitles, but she learned American English so she's just assuming that is it.

"Different dialects of English."

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[the_usual_stuff]

[ He just looks at her, puzzled. ]

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[electricyousei]

Ruri just stares back with her usual emotionless look.

"You saw it in English, right?"

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[the_usual_stuff]

Yes. [ He thinks so at least. ]

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[electricyousei]

"I don't know what to say then. Unless there are different versions for different worlds. I know it falls under classical literature where I come from."

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[the_usual_stuff]

That could be. [ was the little boy's neutral agreement. Doesn't classical literature tend to lie more along the lines of old books and plays? Her universe must be further along. ]

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[electricyousei]

Ruri shrugs a bit, still with her own neutral face.

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[the_usual_stuff]

Is there nothing else you want to discuss?

[ Said very simply. ]

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[electricyousei]

"I really just wanted to know what a cute grr was."

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[the_usual_stuff]

... An attractive young human of the female gender! [ Pharos helpfully supplied an answer. But he doesn't quite see what his older self found so appealing about them, really. He would ask Ryoji later about that. The reason is that it turns out Minato is a really terrible influence when it comes to shirtchasing. ]

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[electricyousei]

"Oh. A cute girl. I can't help with that then."