Zehn - [Voice]

[bamfing]

[Well, Kurt is at home with nothing to do. He's finished his homework, goofed off in the Battle Dome, and isn't quite up to crashing in on his friends and seeing what they're up to. Apparently that's annoying. So he has only one alternative - watch movies he's already seen several times or be entertained by Luceti's populace. Which means getting a discussion going. Something simple and mindless to talk about.]

Okay, so everyone. You're on a boat and it shipwrecks on a deserted island. You can only take one thing with you from home. What is it?

... ohh, right, and if you have any kind of superpowers that would get you off the island, those don't count. Or for making new stuff and- actually, yeah, no superpowers at all. Just stuff you bring!

Comments

[bamfing]

[Doesn't matter! Most people assume 'demon' or 'alien' first.]

Yeah, exactly!

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[I know what aliens look like and you are neither red nor tentacled. >8| ]

What you call "superpowers" are normal for some.

[bamfing]

I know that. The point was that you're not supposed to leave the island. People like to cheat that.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

What if they are necessary for normal survival?

[Mewtwo this is a game

you are taking it way too seriously]

[bamfing]

[A sigh.]

... like I said, that's okay. Just as long as you can't get off the island and stuff have to work to survive.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[A pause.]

All right

[sounds like a fair deal to me, man

. . .]

Why ask this question?

[bamfing]

I was bored.

[Complete with an offscreen shrug.]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[....bzuh]

That was all?

[bamfing]

Yeah! It got people talking. And it's a good way to figure out what's important to you. But mostly it was something to do.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[what is this novel concept]

strange

[bamfing]

It's not that strange, is it?

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[...pause...]

I think so

[bamfing]

I'm Kurt. [Abrupt subject change is go.]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[Again, I say: bzuh?]

I am Mewtwo

[my bewilderment bleeds through the page

can you feel it]

[bamfing]

... like the Pokemon?

[Sorry, man. So sorry.]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[hold on a minute]

How do you know that?

[you are not a dex holder or a rocket]

[bamfing]

Uh... I read a lot. It's complicated.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[excuse me sir but I call bullshit]

that is not possible

I do not know any 'Kurt'

[The audio function picks up a soft, agitated "hssst" in the background.]

[bamfing]

Okay, okay! Listen, but in my world, you're just a character from a video game, okay? It's not as weird as it sounds. People tell me I'm in comic books in their world. It's just how things work here.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[k what

long pause]


how

[bamfing]

No clue, man. I just... don't think about it too much. [And tries to avoid talking about it.]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

I do not understand

[at all]

[bamfing]

Sorry man. That's the best I can do.

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[fml okay um]

How many others know this 'video game'?

[bamfing]

Anyone from an Earth like mine probably does... it's a really, really popular game.