7th Kick || [unintentional audio]

[windsorknot]

-it.

[ There's the sound of someone's shoes hitting wet pavement. In a few seconds it's joined by dozens more feet on the same wet pavement. In the background is a consistent hiss indicating that it's still raining. ]

...No signal.

[ The loudest of the footfalls stops. ]

Excuse me. Could you spare a second?

[ A few seconds pass. ]

Hey. Hey!

Comments

video

[seekinghead]

[Is that- Japan? Why else would he try in Japanese, right? Right? It's stupid, the hope in her, but...

Celty jumps for her device to type a reply, not even realizing it was set to "video", smoke wreathing excitedly out of her severed neck.]

hello?

are you in japan? did you get back there?

[audio] 1/2

[windsorknot]

[ Stare. ]

[audio]

[windsorknot]

Could be.

And you are?

video + text;

[seekinghead]

my name is celty-

could be? you aren't sure?

[audio]

[windsorknot]

Not entirely, no.

But this does remind me of Tokyo.

[audio]

[seekinghead]

[smoke puffs out in excited/hopeful patterns from her neck]

and you dont know how you got there?

i need to get home to tokyo.

[audio]

[windsorknot]

I have an idea of how I did, but that's not the important part.

This is assuming we're talking about the same Tokyo. [ Because you can never be too sure, he's learned. ]

[audio]

[seekinghead]

[she lowers her... neck, disappointed]

i guess that's true. sorry.

[audio]

[windsorknot]

[ But hey, why not. He switches to video. ]

Anything look familiar to you?

[audio]

[seekinghead]

[she perks up immediately]

that's it! that's ikebukuro! i know that street!

[audio]

[windsorknot]

Ikebukuro? That's... northern Tokyo, isn't it?

[audio]

[seekinghead]

yes! that's right!

[video]

[windsorknot]

I'm more familiar with Shinjuku, myself, so tell me if anything looks particularly familiar to you.

[ He switches back to video as he walks towards a busy intersection. ]

[video]

[seekinghead]

yes, yes, i know this street! there's the ice cream parlor, and the electronics store i do deliveries for sometimes!

[familiar- for another block maybe]

[video]

[windsorknot]

So chances are, this is your world.

[video]

[seekinghead]

right! right!

[but a second later-]

wait-