001. accidental video

[faderbroderson]

[Have a teenage boy, or what looks like a teenage boy, looking around in apparent confusion. He makes a slow circle, taking in everything before muttering.]

This isn't Dallas. I don't recognize this place at all.

[Not that he'd ever expected to recognize, or even be in a physical place ever again. But as he looks down at his hands, they're

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[neverplays]

The City. That's where you are.

[faderbroderson]

Which city?

[neverplays]

I said it already: The City.

You're nowhere, but somewhere. Another dimension, if you can believe that.

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[faderbroderson]

...

[faderbroderson]

...As strange as it may be, I suppose I can.

[He just came back from the dead. Another dimension isn't so far-fetched, upon reflection.]

[neverplays]

Seems like everyone comes to believe it, even if you're stubborn as hell.

[ Unless this is truly the afterlife? ]

Mindy.

[faderbroderson]

For lack of a better explanation, I'll take what I can.

Hello, Mindy. My name is Godric.

[neverplays]

Exactly what I did.

You have a weird name, you know.

[faderbroderson]

It's a very old name.

[neverplays]

Your father a history nut or something?

[faderbroderson]

No, I'm just very old. I chose it myself, when it wasn't such an unusual name.

[neverplays]

Oh.

[ A momentary pause. She's still getting used to... abnormalities. ]

That's not really strange around here. I'm sure there's even a club for you geezers.

[faderbroderson]

There usually is. And you, Mindy? You seem to be taking all this in stride for such a young girl.

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[neverplays]

Not in my world.

[ ... None that she's aware of, at least. ]

Sometimes you've got to grow up. No point in freaking out; you deal with your situation first, then work out everything else from there.

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[neverplays]

And I'm not that young.

I'm thirteen.

[faderbroderson]

No, thirteen wasn't always considered so young. Perhaps for some, it still isn't. What is your world like?

[He was considered a man at thirteen, and he knows full well that one cannot always afford an extended childhood.]