Douglas Cartland (
thinkimsuperman) wrote2011-11-11 02:30 pm
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[video .001] -- Route intro post
((OOC: oh my god, you guys, what am I even doing? Late intro is so late because of NaNoWriMo and I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING, besides. Enjoy :'D Sorry if I derp this up like the derp I am. Also, feel free to add your own character tags. Tag add new/delete and add/remove to entry is set to any user because I am too trusting))
[the feed shows Douglas Cartland blinking in the middle of a random field in the sunlight, shielding his eyes from the sun. He's got his 'gear in one hand and his Shuckle in the other and he's staring hard into the screen]
How the heck do I... how am I supposed to work this thing? Is it like a phone? One of those new video phone things or...
[pause]
Oh, it's recordin'. Okay. Well uh... not sure if anybody can hear this but I'd really like to know where I am. Some woman gave me lunch and shoved me outside when I woke up this morning, but that's not really important. What I really wanna know is where I woke up.
Hello? Anybody listenin'?
[he frowns]
There's no way this is Maine.
[he resists the urge to say "I have a feeling I'm not in Kansas anymore", because this isn't the time at all]
[the feed shows Douglas Cartland blinking in the middle of a random field in the sunlight, shielding his eyes from the sun. He's got his 'gear in one hand and his Shuckle in the other and he's staring hard into the screen]
How the heck do I... how am I supposed to work this thing? Is it like a phone? One of those new video phone things or...
[pause]
Oh, it's recordin'. Okay. Well uh... not sure if anybody can hear this but I'd really like to know where I am. Some woman gave me lunch and shoved me outside when I woke up this morning, but that's not really important. What I really wanna know is where I woke up.
Hello? Anybody listenin'?
[he frowns]
There's no way this is Maine.
[he resists the urge to say "I have a feeling I'm not in Kansas anymore", because this isn't the time at all]
[video]
[Shrug.] Never heard of Maine, and I'm guessing you've never heard of Amestris.
[video]
[a sigh]
Nope, doesn't sound familiar. So I'm guessin' that means I'm pretty far from home.
[video]
An entire world away, it turns out. And there's no way back, unless you just disappear. [Envy is not a very reassuring person sorry Douglas.]
[video]
Oh. Well uh... there's not much from home I miss, at least. I mean, I've only got one friend, and it turns out she's here. And I'm sure not gonna miss my ex-wife, so...
It would be worse.
[he puts on a thinking face]
Do people disappear a lot?
[video]
It depends. Sometimes a lot of people disappear at once, especially around the start of the month, and other times not many do at all.
[video]
[video]
[Yep, he definitely knows Heather. He also knows her reaction to the last few people who showed up from her world, so he's cautious, but he's also a pretty good judge of when people are lying. And Douglas doesn't look it.]
[So have a grin.] She was one of the first people who talked to me when I showed up.
[video]
Yeah. From what she's told me there're a lot of people here from our world. Some of 'em aren't exactly people I'd wanna see again.
[and then he grins back]
She's pretty good at that, isn't she? Makin' ya feel welcome, I mean?
[video]
Sounds about right. I was lucky to meet her, she's a good person to have as a friend.
What's your name, anyway?
[video]
[oops, he forgot all about being polite]
Douglas Cartland. What's yours?
[video]
Envy. Weird name, I know, but my mother had an interesting sense of humor.
Re: [video]
[a small chuckle at that last part]
Most mothers do have weird senses of humor, from what I've seen.