01 ★ even if the sky is falling down ★ VIDEO ; week 15, day 4

[bunzuh]

[ The Hitomi displays nothing but greenery for a moment, before a hand - a blue hand with a couple too many fingers - descends over the screen. For a moment, there is nothing visible, and then something like a voice comes out of the Hitomi’s speakers. “Something like” because it isn’t really a “voice,” per se; more like the sense that words with

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[mightstealyrcar]

[Déjà vu, except without the morphing this time. Matt wonders if this guy will turn out to be awesomely geeky before realizing--slowly; he's still not sleeping much--that that's about as silly as expecting all humans to be a certain way just 'cause one is. And it would usually be dumb to assume he and Elfangor might know each other just because they're the same species, but they're definitely from the same world, and Kannagara seems to like pulling in people who know each other from any given universe. So Matt sends the new guy a quick message...]

That's gonna be easier if you have a mouth, man. Some people here can't do the telepathy thing.

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[bunzuh]

A-ah... I see. Marco must trust you, then. Therefore, I will trust you as well. My name is Axmili-Esgarrouth-Issil.

[ Pause. Waiiit. ]

Isthill. I am sorry, it apparently is very difficult to pronounce my name with human mouthparts.

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[mightstealyrcar]

[Matt totally tries anyway.]

Axmah. Axee. Let's just go with Ax.

[Yeah, he's really tired, and he wishes he had more than one name to offer.]

I'm Matt.

[It's also killing him, or feels like it, not to spill at least one thing.] And, um. I can kinda morph, too.

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[bunzuh]

It is good to meet you, Matt. Mah. Ah. T. T-Tuh. T-T-T. You have a very pleasing name, M(uh)-ah-tuh. It is simple, yet punctuated. Mah-Tuh.

[ Human names are so interesting, even in their relative simplicity. Of course, everything is more interesting to say with mouthparts. ]

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[mightstealyrcar]

[Hey, kinda got away with sneaking that one in, Matt thinks, and then he chuckles, because goofiness clearly runs in the family, even if it... ran a bit farther with Ax.]

Yeah, uh, just 'Matt' is fine, heh. [He rubs at his eyes.]

And I've, um, gotta sleep, but 'm sure I'll talk to you later. [Mostly, he wants to beat it to give Elfangor some privacy, no matter what he said.] Just wanted to give you a heads-up about the. [He taps the side of his head.]