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[solaeuftderhase]

Ah, hello?

Hello?

Wow, this is pretty cool!

[Audio]

- Oh, the screen went away! And - it can hear me? Hello? [A laugh.] How fun! I wonder if this is -

[Video]

[A boy with a curious look to his face flickers onto the screen.]

- some sort of video - Ah, it is! [a friendly wave.] Hi there!

[An intent look returns to his face.]All right, now, I

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[voice]

[non_veritas]

It is a communicator. You must be a new arrival.

You have just sent several messages to the network.

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Not a cell phone, huh... [He wrinkles his nose a bit, memorizing all of the functions that he's been learning for the past few minutes.] I see! Hahaha, and I can use this to talk to other people who have these, right? How far-tech!

[video]

[non_veritas]

Yes. It sends a recording; it isn't real-time like a phone. It is more like a message-board system with the option for private conversations.

If we will be talking, I will need to know what to call you.

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Private options? Is that this button -

[[Screened to This Person || Hackable]]

[blink, blink...] That's different. Thanks for letting me know, although I don't know if I'll use this much.

Ah, my name's Souma Momiji! What's your name?

[voice]

[non_veritas]

Yes, that button. I only use it when necessary.

[This is true, in his current state, and an outrageous lie in his normal one.]

Please call me L.

Where were you before you came here, Momiji?

[Shoot, I forgot to change the text on that last reply from video to voice! It was meant to be a voice post.]

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

L? What a weird name! Your mom must have been very tired when she was signing the birth certificate. [... Why does he sound completely serious? I don't know.]

Me? I was living near Tokyo! Eeh, I wonder when we'll get back...?

[[don't worry about it! I sort of figured that L wouldn't show his face to a stranger, no matter how trustworthy someone seemed. =)]]

[voice]

[non_veritas]

[A subdued note enters the voice -- ]

I do not know. My parents have been dead for a long time. I thought that they meant for me to choose my own name when I was a little older.

[ -- and vanishes as quickly as it came.]

Near Tokyo? I am familiar with Tokyo.

How do you feel about Kira, Momiji?

[OOC - In his current "enemies? what enemies?" state, he just might! But I hadn't meant for him to. ^^ ]

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

[A contrite look.] Ne, I'm sorry. If that's true, they were thinking about you when you were very young. [A smile.] They cared.

Ah, really! [He claps his hands together!] I see, I see, I'm glad! I wonder if we're from the same area?

Eeeh, Kira? [A tilt of the head...] Is that the name of a celebrity? I haven't heard of Kira.

[[true that! well, no harm, no foul.]]

[voice]

[non_veritas]

They cared? Yes, I suppose that would have been natural. There is no need to apologize; it was an accident.

[His voice -- cool and educated, almost polite (except for the bored note) -- doesn't seem troubled.]

It is doubtful; I am only one-quarter Japanese. I was not born there, and I do not ordinarily live there... I was staying in Tokyo on business.

Kira is my business. He or she is a kind of celebrity: a mass-murderer.

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Not really. As long as you're comfortable with it, it's good.

Really? Ooh, me too, I'm half and half! What are the other three quarters?

Eeh, mass murder? Are you a detective?

[voice]

[non_veritas]

European.

[There's a note of finality, as if he's not going to elaborate on his heritage -- English, Russian, and French.]

You are perceptive: yes, I have been an investigator for many years.

Do you work, Momiji?

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Mmhm, me too! [He points at himself and winks.] Half-German through my Mutti.

Eh? Work? No, not really. I'm a student, and I come from a pretty rich family. Ah, but sometimes I help out friends when they're working on their part-time jobs! No one seems to mind. Lucky, huh?

[voice]

[non_veritas]

I see. What are you studying?

What kinds of part-time jobs do your friends have?

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Eh? Haha, I'm still in high school! No majors for me yet.

Well, let's see... Ah, Tohru works -- ah, no, worked -- at my Papa's business as a janitor! I helped her whenever I could drop in to see her.

[voice]

[non_veritas]

Who is Tohru? A good friend?

[video]

[solaeuftderhase]

Mmm, yes! [His face softens a little.] I love her a lot. [Then he brightens up again] But you know, she doesn't work there any more, because she and Kyo are gonna get married! So she's moving to where he's gonna go.