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[gay_ish]

[Sasan is strolling through the city, on his way to the Tower Apartments with his newcomer welcome package for lack of any other place to be. Not to mention it's chilly outside and he'd rather cringe at his living arrangements now to get it over with so he can work on finding a proper place to stay. He figures any housing offered for free has got

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[Video]

[meteor_heart]

It's not so much a watch as it is a communicator. [Tifa smiles at him from the inside of his watch.] Are you familiar with a cell phone?

[Video]

[gay_ish]

[To his credit, Sasan barely even flinches when a new face pops up from the watch. He's getting oddly used to it because he's awesome like that. Since the watch is mentioned, he interjects with a very important announcement first off.]

Now that I've looked at it more closely, it looks like something from a junkyard. [That's where worthless trinkets could come from, right?] Or JC Penney. It's probably not worth more than a few dollars. [He presses his lips together for a moment, wondering how believable that was. He really would rather not be mugged for the pocket watch. But it was said, so time to move on because now he feels his intelligence is being insulted.]

Um, only since middle school. [One dark 'brow arches upward.] They're not usually in a watch-like body. There's not even a port to plug this thing into a charge cord. [He turns it over in his hands to check again, causing his video to spiral.]

[Video]

[meteor_heart]

[JC Penny.] right.

Well, I didn't mean any offense by it, but this place...ah...whew. [She takes a breath. This one isn't going to go down easy.] People are pulled here from all over...ALL over. Not everyone that's in Siren's Port is from this time, this Country or even this Planet. So...for some people, a cell phone is a new thing.

[Video]

[gay_ish]

[Inspection complete, and it still looks like a watch. His video centers out on his face once again and he just...seals his lips together and nods for a while at the crazy talk. Then stops. He looks a little weirded out because, well, he really is.]

Mmhmm. And what B TV drama did you copy that from? It's not even a good plot. The mass abduction mystery is so overused.

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[believesbeyond]

You know, I thought that too at first, but this place is more like a different world than anything else.

video;

[gay_ish]

[Well, this girl sounds crazy, talking about different worlds.] What is this, The X-Files? .....Should I be expecting a lot of people who I don't know to be sending me video conferences?

video;

[believesbeyond]

Yes. It's the main way to meet people here.

[And then, with slightly more interest:]

What are 'X' files?

video;

[gay_ish]

So.... [He tilts his head to what he knows would be a more flattering angle.] exactly how many people can see me on this?

[The girl is given a look of pure disbelief.] A somehow-iconic sci fi drama with way too many seasons and not nearly enough appeal. I'm practically expecting Gillian Anderson to show up talking next.

[voice]

[gaveherwings]

You can hopefully acquire a more functional NV in due time, if you wish?

[A short laugh, but the young man is pleasant- has a broad tolerance for new arrivals and their disoriented irritation.]

This is Dr. Daedalus Yumeno- who am I speaking with?

[video]

[gay_ish]

En-Vee? The creepy people around the baseball field were talking about that--it stands for network device, right? So... that's what this is? I wasn't really listening.

[A doctor, hm? Hopefully that meant he is smart.] I'm Sasan. I'm normally more of the L.A. type than the Canada type.

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[gaveherwings]

That's right. You're connected in on default to the network most newcomers use to keep in touch with one another- exchange favors, form a collective resource within the city. Natives are often less helpful.

L.A. [A guessing squint-] ...Los Angeles? We have newcomer attorneys here that have come from there. Prosecutor Godot- and also Edgeworth, Mr. Wright, who are sadly no longer with us.

And I hear that often- 'Canada', as if the very place is something derogatory?

[video]

[gay_ish]

[Sasan's eyebrows go up and down as he listens to the NV talk.] Mmhmm..

[He'd rather talk about LA. He's familiar with that.] Only the most infamous acronym for those initials. [He nods.] Well, it's good to know there's still law found in Canada, even if it had to come from the States. It's really just a wannabe US filled with nice people, maple syrup, and more French accents.

What are you a doctor of?

anonymous text.

[kingofrooks]

Learn to read back entries.

[video]

[gay_ish]

[After the surprise of TEXT popping up instead of a video passes, Sasan's eyebrows furrow in annoyance at the message.]

Listen - whoever sent the text? - [Rather than let his annoyance get the better of him, he tries to ask a productive question.] Are you talking about the network I heard about? Give me chance to figure out how a pocket watch is able to do anything as part of an interconnected system.

Anonymous text messages are totally a sign of a mature individual. [He adds a little barb, not that he's one to scold since he's guilty of prank calling another guy but that time was different because that guy STOLE HIS BFF'S BLACKBERRY. It had been completely called for because retribution was at hand.]

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[kingofrooks]

If you stopped whining for two minutes, you'll learn it fast enough.

[video]

[gay_ish]

[At the insult, Sasan's mouth drops open in a quiet but deeply-offended gasp. He recovers quickly, of course. Insults are second nature in Hollywood, after all.]

Please. I won't be lectured by a no-face punk with an addiction to cellular devices.

[video] (nope, totally not almost a month late)

[flowerofthesand]

[Have a blue haired young woman talking to you from your Very-Expensive-Looking Gentleman's Time Piece That Is Now In Your Possession.]

You were given a pocketwatch as your NV? I guess I've heard of less practical ones.

[video] *totally doesn't notice this*

[gay_ish]

[Sasan opens his mouth and, at first, no words come out as he stares at the blue hair.]

If you're making a statement, let me tell you that doing it with your hair that way is wrong on so many levels. [And he continues staring as if he is personally offended by blue hair.]

[video] <3

[flowerofthesand]

[Must stay diplomatic. Must stay diplomatic....]

Excuse me? I'm afraid I don't think I understood you. A statement? What's wrong with my hair?

[video] <3

[gay_ish]

Okay... You might want to remember that Rainbow Brite was not a hair product.