Entry #2 [Accidental Video Post // Public] [Thursday evening, day 45 of his stay; gone since day 10]

[gimmesometassel]

[The video feed begins with a loud thump, and the fluttering of pages as Carpet's journal-book hits the ground outside the Hotel That Never Was. Facing straight up as it is, the journal is in a good position to catch Carpet himself showing up, dangling precariously from the limbs of a nearby tree, with tendrils of mist still clinging to him. He's

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[soldierboy777]

[Gasps and grins, waving frantically at the camera.] Carpetttt! Hey man, where've you been?

[gimmesometassel]

[A very floppy Carpet lifts one edge to peer blearily at the camera, then folds a tassel into a finger, pointing up and away; he means he's been flying around outside of town, of course, but he's not yet feeling up to an active game of Charades.]

[soldierboy777]

Uh...[Tilts his head curiously, trying to make sense of that. Of course, with Zack, it's always a hit-or-miss.] Been around town, huh?

[video => text] [Courtesy of Infy's craptastic drawing skills + MS Paint]

[gimmesometassel]

[For a long moment, Carpet simply stares at the screen in something like disbelief; he might have laughed, if he could--but then again, that might've lead to vomiting, if he could do that, either. But he's in far too much pain for a real game of Charades--he's going to just have to do this as well as he can. So he gropes for his journal's pen, and tries to sketch out what he means by exploring, courtesy of lots of different depicted landscapes, plus an indication of the storm; the post type switches to text as he starts to draw.]

[video]

[hottest_turk]

[Cissnei peers at the screen, worry clearly evident in her eyes.] Are you okay, Carpet? If you want I can come get you, looks like you need to be dried off.

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[gimmesometassel]

[Carpet pushes himself up and off the book, then tries moving back and hovering a few inches over it; everything seems to be in working order. So he shakes his "head", though the gesture makes him wobble dizzily, twisting one tassel into an OK sign. He should be okay, and he knows he can dry himself off, so....]

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[hottest_turk]

[She watched his wobbly movements skeptically] Are you absolutely sure I can't escort you to the hotel? I'd feel a lot better if you'd let me

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[gimmesometassel]

[Carpet considers the offer, and concludes that it couldn't hurt--besides, he always likes helping his friends when they need it. Why wouldn't she be the same way? He offers her a thumb's up, then cups a tassel over his top edge to look around, before pointing at Cissnei through the screen; where is she compared to him?]

[Video]

[guardianofcosmo]

[The video over the Mog-net is confusing, to say the least. It looks like someone just got back from a trip or something, similar to the one that he has been making through the forest. But there was no one in sight to have turned the device on.]

Excuse me? [Maybe the person hadn't realized that they had dropped it.]

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[gimmesometassel]

[Excuse me? What? Carpet wearily lifts himself off of the journal, backing up a little to better peer at the picture. What was that? It looked sort of like a wolf, and sort of like a lion, and not like anything he'd ever seen before. He offers an unenthusiastic tassle-wave to Nanaki, making an effort to be friendly.]

[Video]

[guardianofcosmo]

[Nanaki is similarly bewildered. It's a moving rug, after all, and carpets are generally inanimate and insentient. It takes him a moment to stop staring, but the little wave the odd creature gave him jolted him back to his senses. The carpet was probably similar to Cait Sith, Reeve's mechanical cat.]

Ah, I am sorry for my rudeness. It had seemed like someone had dropped their journal, but I suppose it must be yours. [It's an educated guess.]

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[gimmesometassel]

[Oh, well.... At least it's better than trying to talk to Rajah or Abu; at least this creature can actually speak, unlike him. Two mutes trying to hold a conversation.... That's a nightmare of miscommunication just waiting to happen. If he could, the the thought would be almost enough to make him smile.]

[Instead, his forward end just moves up and down in a nod, and a tassel curls into OK sign; it isn't like Nanaki's been rude or anything, after all, just confused like him.]

[Video]

[singenobody]

[It took some time but Mushu was finally able to retrieve his Mognet gong from the ocean. Lucky for him it washed up on shore.]

That's where ya ended up, huh? That wind was so strong I was sure it'd done carried you off and we'd never see ya again. You stay right there; 'corse it's not like you ain't goin' no where anyway, I'll be there in a minute to come drag ya back and get ya dried out.

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[gimmesometassel]

[Carpet nods in agreement, obviously too battered and miserable to be going very far any time soon, and lifts a "finger" at Mushu's comment--the wind had, in fact, carried him off. Not that he minds being able to see everyone again....]

[kingofdisney]

Hi Carpet, you look like you had an eventful time.

[gimmesometassel]

[Carpet can only nod to that, lifting one tassel in an unenthusiastic wave; he's hurting and exhausted too much to really offer a proper greeting or confirmation.]