oo3. [video]; backdated to the beginning of this agedown madness

[breathingsounds]

[SMALL SRS CHILD HAS VERY SRSBSNS FACE. HE IS STARING WITH A VERY SRS EXPRESSION AT THE CAMERA.

SRSLY.]

Right, I'm pretty sure that this is some kinda communicator - it looks a little weird, but I guess there's a lot of kinds of tech that I haven't seen yet. But if that's the broadcaster it still can't have a very wide range - what is this,

Comments

permavid & text.

[brevipennate]

[ALL OVER THIS CHILD'S POST]

I do not know where those places are I am sorry. This is the City. Are you okay?

permavid

[breathingsounds]

[Uncertain and hesitant child is uncertain and hesitant.]

Sorry, I'm... not all that good at reading. I know a few words in Huttese, if you can speak that. I know it's not as common in the Core Worlds....

[brevipennate]

[warm and caring girl is warm and caring. and she fiddles with the comm for a bit until she figures out how to send a text message that'll read itself to him. THESE COMMS ARE HIGH TECH OKAY]

Is this okay?

[breathingsounds]

Oh, yeah! That works I guess. Sorry.

So... can't you talk?

permavoice, translated

[satisfiedsigner]

[sounding horrified] You're a slave?

I'm pretending those translations have an audio option

[breathingsounds]

[Anakin seems to have a rather pragmatic view; for some reason being a slave doesn't appear to bother him much.]

Yeah. I know that it's kinda uncommon these days, but I have been ever since I was really little. And it could be worse.

that's what i pretend all the time! :3

[satisfiedsigner]

[well, it's pretty much the worst thing Kiryu can imagine, even worse than his own situation, so Anakin's chillness is kind of unnerving.]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal. And it should be. You shouldn't have to live for someone else!

oh good annie cannot read

[breathingsounds]

Yeah, well I'm pretty sure that it is illegal in the Republic, but Tatooine is under Hutt control, and I guess they do things a little different.

But that's not the important thing right now, the important thing is that I've got a chip in my head that'll blow me up if I don't get back close enough to Watto's shop, and that's in Anchorhead, and this place doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before, and that's a bad sign, cause that means I'm probably way, way further away than I can be.

So what I need to do right now is get back home!

permavoice

[arakhnes]

[ oh man she recognizes this kid

ooohhhh man. oh man oh man oh man NERDING

NERDING SO BAD no wait this is... oh fuck... please let this be a new import and not something horrible like it might possibly be ]

Hey, uh. Do you still need help?

permavid

[breathingsounds]

What I need to do is get home! I already said that if I don't my head will blow up!

[ie: no he has not gotten any usable information yet.]

[arakhnes]

[ UGH DON'T FANGIRL.

DON'T. DON'T. DON'T. THIS IS A KID IN TROUBLE FFFFFF ]

Okay, what will you do if I can promise you that your head won't blow up?

[breathingsounds]

[Waitwhathuh? Suddenly perplexed expression.]

... did Watto sell me to you or something?

I HOPE TEXT IS OKAY...

[respaces]

you are a slave??? :o
thats terrible!!!!!

IT WOULD BE....... IF ANAKIN COULD READ...............

[breathingsounds]

[Anakin looks at the words in a musing sort of way.]

Do people here always write in green?

... sorry, I guess that's not really-

I can read Huttese a little bit, if you know that too. And my mom is starting to teach me a little bit of Basic, but I'm really not good with it yet....

OMG I FORGOT... VIDEO TIME

[respaces]

[Oops! Doesn't Jade feel silly!]

Oh, I'm sorry! Um, I don't know Huttese, but... I guess this is Basic?

[breathingsounds]

Oh! Hi!

And sorry if I come off rude, but really, I need to get home. Could you tell me where I am?

[breathingsounds]

Everyone keeps focusing on that. What I really need to know is how I get home fast.

[breathingsounds]

... you sure about that?

[Really this could be in response to any of her statements.]