ONE.

[failhound]

• AUDIO •

[--THUD]

[... after what sounds like the crashlanding of the century, there are a few loud bumps agains the mic; what sounds uncannily like a confused chicken; and finally everything unmuffles as whatever was on the communicator moves off]

O-Ow! What the hell was I-- Hey, what is this? This isn't the cellphone! Where's my freakin'--

[rattle rattle rattle smack]

[BANG BANG BANG BANG]

COUGH IT UP, YOU PIECE OF JUNK! I ACTUALLY NEED THAT THING SOMETIMES!

[...]

All right. Have it your way.

[an intake of breath]

HEY, UGLY! YOU DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE, NO-GOOD, BANANAS-FOR-BRAINS OLD HAG!!

[pant pant]

I BET THIS IS YOU AGAIN, ISN'T IT?! THE HELL DID YOU DO THIS TIME?!? I DON'T EVEN-- [a pause] ... THIS ISN'T THE DEMON WORLD!

[another pause] So... it's the human world, right? With their dumb sun and everything. But I was just there -- hey, ugly, you better explain! I don't know that many places in the human world, you know!

[...]

... Ugly? [BANG] Hey, is this thing even working? HEY--

[click!]

• VIDEO •

[have an extreme closeup of one red eye peering suspiciously in general direction of the camera]

[a long moment later, the image tilts wildly as he lets it fall carelessly to the ground]

Useless thing! What am I supposed to--

[/transmission cut]

Comments

[video] 2/2

[failhound.livejournal.com]

[...]

Hey, both your eyes are yellow.

[peers closer at the communicator]

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

[Huh?

...Oh, right, his eyes are yellow because he hasn't fed lately. But that certainly stopped him, at least for now.] And yours aren't. What's your point?

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

I've never even seen one of the other ancient races with two yellow eyes.

[chews on this for a minute] ... Who're you supposed to be?

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be me. And this isn't your world, so don't think that things will work the same here.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, even if this is the human world...

I've never heard of humans with yellow eyes, either. And I don't think this is a TV show.

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

It's not the "human world". And I'm not human.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

[...]

Huh?

... You're not gonna tell me you live in the communicator box, are you? 'Cause I'm not buying it.

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

No. I don't live in this stupid thing.

The name of this planet is Fortuna. The city, Discedo. It's an entirely different world. One could say it's in an entirely different dimension.

We're forcefully brought here, given these communicators, and forced to use them as some sort of accommodation to being here.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of any of that. Bet you're lying, like that other guy.

[think, think] ... Or you're just saying what somebody else told you to say.

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

I really don't care whether or not you believe me.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

That's what they all say. I know what you're trying to do! It's reverse -- reverse psyching! I'm not falling for that one, either.

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

...Reverse psychology.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

Whatever! Whatever it is, it's not gonna work.

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

...Again. Believe what you'd like.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

... You're really annoying, you know that?

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you would know.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

What's that supposed to mean?

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

It means exactly what it sounds like.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound like anything except you talking in circles! Pisses me off!

[let's start the growling again, shall we?]

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

It doesn't look like it takes much to piss you off in the first place.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

You...!

You better shut that mouth before I do it for you!

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see you try.

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

You going to back that up or hide behind that screen all day?

[video]

[pissedkitty.livejournal.com]

I was planning on the prior. [He can hear Nora off comm at this point, so he'll just wander on over in his direction from Discedo!roofs like a real roofhopping CLAMP noodle would.]

[video]

[failhound.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah? So where are ya?

[he's on alert either way, the communicator recording the fabric of his shirt as he keeps his eyes trained on his surroundings]