[week 13, day 3, video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Hello?

[Have an eight-year-old Matt Mail, peering at the Hitomi screen, blue eyes wide behind the orange-tinted goggles. There's a faint smattering of freckles across his nose that have mostly faded by the time he's stuck at almost-twenty. The British accent he put on the first time he spoke in Kannagara (which he can't remember) is nowhere in

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[video]

[solaris59]

[There's some curiosity in his eyes as Goku peers through the Hitomi with a friendly smile.]

I am. What's up?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Umm, there's not a bus stop or anything 'round here, is there?

[video]

[solaris59]

A bus stop...? Not really. If you need a ride somewhere, Jeep can probably take you.

[He goes ahead and volunteers Jeep for the job, but he figures he and Hakkai won't object to helping out a kid, right?]

Where're you headed?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

[Ooh, a Jeep, that's kinda cool! More importantly, Mail knows what it is. One problem, though.]

You gotta tell me your name, first, 'cause I'm not s'posed to take rides from strangers.

[Video]

[hide_the_wrench]

[Awwwww. Hello tiny Matt, Winry kind of wants to pick you up and take you home with her.]

Hi!

[She waves at him with her very best "I am a trustworthy adult" grin.]

Are you new here?

[He must be, but he doesn't look like he's in Himoragi... that's odd. She's pretty sure she hasn't seem him before, and the poor thing looks really scared. Stupid gods, grumble.]

Do you need help?

[Video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Hi. [He gives a little wave. She looks nice.]

Yeah, no.

I mean, yeah, I guess I'm new. No, I dun need help?

[Video]

[hide_the_wrench]

[SQUEEEEsocute.]

You sure? You look a little lost.

[Video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Wellll. [He thinks for a second, and decides to trust her.]

I dunno where I am, and this one guy said there's no buses.

[video]

[keptdown]

[... a kid what.] Hello. Are you okay?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Hey, mister. 'm not hurt or anything. But I think I'm gonna be in trouble for playing hooky.

[He has the vague feeling that it can't hurt to make people think someone could be looking for him, even if that's actually unlikely. Mail's left to his own devices a lot.]

[video]

[keptdown]

Playing hooky? [hmmm. and this one's not at the tree, so ...?] I don't think you'll get in trouble in this place for doing that. Where are your parents at ...?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

I don't have any parents.

[He says this with a little shrug. It's just a fact of his life. Then he peers at the screen, interested in that last part.]

What do you mean, not in this place? D'you know what playing hooky is?

[worldturnstoash]

Hey there little buddy! [He beams cheerfully and waves]

[mightstealyrcar]

'm not that little!

[But he's smiling, because yay, someone close to his own age!]

[Video] [After Dark]

[in_starvation]

[This kid . . . this kid looks familiar.

She's not sure why, but only that his name is close to her tongue.]

Oh, hi there!

[She gives a little wave.]

OOC: I don't know what Matt was doing during the daytime.

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Hullo.

[He waves back. He's had a look around, and it's starting to worry him that he hasn't magically ended up home yet. He'll probably be in trouble when he gets there.

On the other hand, he's pretty sure he's up past his bedtime.

On the other other hand, he hasn't had any dinner.]

Um. Is everybody stuck here for really real?

[video]

[in_starvation]

For the time being, sweetie, yes, everybody is.

What's your name?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

[He makes a face at the 'sweetie' part, then feels bad about it. It seems like she's one of those grownups who just says it, without it meaning 'kid who's too dumb to understand things,' like it usually means in his experience.]

Oh. I hope Ann and Kevin aren't gonna be mad. [He chews his lower lip for a second, then remembers she asked him a question.]

M'name's Mail, what's yours?