[You can only see Capa's hands in this video, as well as the top of the desk. He's playing with a glass rattleback, but hasn't gotten around to spinning it yet.]

I wasn't the type of kid to play with dinosaur figures or collect the cards. I preferred telescopes. [Pause.] Newton's Cradles, magnets, gyroscopes. But these things...they were always ( Read more... )

[Capa has mostly been avoiding the beach and the jungle proper, instead voting to stay along the treelines. He likes to be in the sun as much as he can, but he knows that he'll just end up with a nasty burn that won't go away for a week. So he sticks to the treeline, speaking into his communicator with a sort of awe.]The vast blackness of this ( Read more... )

[Capa's room is cleaner, at least. He had picked it all up and rearranged everything in a more orderly way as soon as the flood was over and he realized what happened. There is a telescope on his desk, halfway taken apart, and a wine glass, barely touched..]

I broke it. I broke. The. Telescope. [Frustrated sigh.] At least it's fixable ( Read more... )

[Capa, now called Robby, turns on the camera to show his scrawny elevenish year old self next to a telescope. He's got a tie around his neck, a shirt that's too big and a room that generally looks like a tornado hit it. Capa's been through everything he could get his hands on.] Dude. Okay. This place is awesome. I don't care if this is some strange ( Read more... )