[13: video]

[paper_knight]

There's a click and a whir, and a round-faced boy in a starched white shirt appears on the screen. He doesn't seem aware that the comm unit is recording him; the feed shakes and spins disorientingly as he turns the device over and over, examining it with a steadily widening smile.

"It's really broadcasting? Gosh.He clears his throat and speaks

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[video of STARE]

[timisnotme]

.........................................................what?

[video of =D]

[paper_knight]

"Holy cow!"

No matter how user-friendly the comm unit makes itself, a tiny video feed just wasn't possible in 1930. This is clearly the coolest toy ever, and warrants more staring and fiddling.

Re: [video of =D]

[timisnotme]

Uhhh.. Mark? Why are you like... Seven?

[paper_knight]

"I'm nine."

Yes, there's a big difference.

"Who're you?"

[timisnotme]

Uhm.. right.

Tim.

*Granted they've never actually met in person. But the voice on the other side of his room certainly hadn't sounded like a nine year old.*

[paper_knight]

"Hi."

He squints at the video feed.

"Why's your shirt so bright?"

[timisnotme]

What? *He looks down at himself*

It's tie dye.

Poor, deprived Depression-era Mark.

[paper_knight]

"What's tie dye?"

I sense a craft project coming on.

[timisnotme]

It uh.. It's a dyeing process. Makes things colorful.

*Welp, he's not really sure what to do now.*

So ... gonna be a detective huh?

it would be cute! if I hadn't killed your continuity with it. I will edit if you want!

[paper_knight]

"Yep. I could be with the cops, or I could be a private eye. Maybe one then the other."

That shirt is really distracting.

"The colors are neat. My mom sometimes wears a dress with red and blue and yellow, but I didn't know you could mix them like that."

The dress Mark's thinking of was probably also less neon, with more flowers.

This shirt transcends continuity

[timisnotme]

So my shirt looks like your moms dress? Great.

*He'll just velcro up his white scrub shirt.*

What do you want to investigate?

Re: This shirt transcends continuity

[paper_knight]

"Aw, I didn't mean it like that. I like it."

But okay, detective times!

"Everything! Conspiracies, smuggling rings, corrupt officials...all of it. I want to help people, and stop the bad guys."

[timisnotme]

Huh. Okay then.

*He's a bit unsure what to do with a pint sized detective.*

How will you know who the bad guys are?

[paper_knight]

"That's what the investigation is for! You've gotta know who's innocent and who's not."

[timisnotme]

And what do you do with the guilty ones?

[paper_knight]

"Arrest them. Then the case goes to the courts. And if everything goes right the bad guys go to jail."

He's done his homework on this.