driftfleet | text; get this child out of his comfort zone

Who: Kazuto Kirigaya and [insert your name here]
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Today / Sept 4

[Waking up in unfamiliar surroundings is not new for Kazuto, but in the past it's been quite a different experience. It's not an MMO this time, which is what catches him off guard the most. He can tell immediately, even with a simple glance around- the world is too real, too detailed. (Just in case, he tests a few menu-summoning gestures, but no dice.)

Waking up in a hospital-eque area makes him think that something went wrong with his last MMO dive, but that isn't right. He clearly remembers being safe and healthy the night before- they'd checked him out at the hospital before he'd gone to Sinon's. So... what? A kidnapping? Some kind of experiment? Something about this place doesn't feel right, and there's information slowly filtering into his head that doesn't make much sense.

And then he goes and looks out a window. Yikes.

He spends some time wandering, quietly observing, though there isn't really anyone to observe- computers, broadcasts, machines, yes, but people? The place is pretty deserted. It's eerie and uncomfortable, and he gets totally lost before long. Finally, though, he puts to use the knowledge of the broadcast system that is inexplicably in his head now, typing out a message.]

Is anyone out there available to answer some questions? I don't understand what's happened to me.

[Yep, that sure is a message. Which... is probably gibberish to anyone who doesn't read Japanese. Someone should probably let him know about the auto-translate not working on text.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Ooh.

[Now he takes some time mimicking those motions.]

That almost looks like Pearl's sword practice! But... more stick-y. It's still super cool!

It's meant to be for sword training, but it doesn't really have to be.

That's good, because I only know how to use a shield. And dance!

A shield... as a weapon?

[He's not even gonna touch the dance thing.]

Yep! Or close enough. I can throw it if I need to, and sometimes its vibrations do cool things! But mostly, I do defend-y things.

That's a good skill to have. Protecting people is more important than attacking.

[He believes that wholeheartedly, even if he's only good for charging in wildly, himself.]

[Steven laughs.]

Yes, you know what's up! Thanks, Kirito. Do you have any special powers too?

Ah, not here, no. I'm just an ordinary human.

[Which is still kind of true back home, but at least there he log in to games and be a bit of a badass.]

No you're not. You're a really nice and friendly human! [He luckily misses out on the implications of the 'not here'.]

[Pfft.]

Thanks, I guess... even so, I'm powerless. I just know how to take apart computers, so if you ever need that, I'm your guy.

Hey, that's still like a neat ability! There's one part in Dogcopter where he has to use his list missile to blow up a computer so that the whole building doesn't explode. You could have stopped that without having to blow anything up with a missile, and you'd be like a hero!

[He strokes at his chin musingly.]

But you would have left the world of movies with one less explosion...

[He... has no idea what any of that meant. Obviously a reference from Steven's world, but otherwise, it flies right over his head. He suspects the same thing would happen if he started gushing about MMOs or mechatronics, so he just smiles.]

You like that kind of stuff?

Yeah! At least in Dogcopter movies. [Explosions are cool when no real people get hurt. It's simple as that.]

It's really... artistic, and stuff! But it doesn't always follow the book.

Don't tell me you're a book purist.

[There are people like that out there, after all.]

Nope! I just know cause that's what Connie's told me - she's told me about a lot of neat books. But she's cool with the movies for what they are!

[Ahhh, books. He remembers that they used to be relevant.]

That's actually an unusual attitude. People have arguments all the time over different media like that.

I know! Like dubs versus subs. But I like both, and Connie's really open-minded too!

I take it Connie's a friend of yours.

Yep! We hang out all the time, and she introduced me to a lot of movies and books, like Dogcopter and The Unfamiliar Familiar!

I don't suppose you play games.

[This is more familiar territory for him, so he's hopeful.]

Oh, I got games alright! I've got a whole bunch of Nintendos!

[Nintendo... isn't that the company that used to make games and went bankrupt due to an excess of failed innovation?]

Ever heard of Argus, or RCT Progress?

[Don't you dare.]

Um... Nope? Those sound like programming things...

[Please, like he would.]

Nope, they're companies. If the name ever comes up, don't get their games. No matter how cool they sound.

Okey-dokey, artichokey! [He confirms that with a thumbs up.]

I'll ignore those guys completely! I hope they don't get the Golf Quest games...

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