∅ 001 [ video ]

[adnihilum]

[ The video feed flickers on to show a young man dressed in white and blue. The background seems to be a town - probably New Bark Town, judging from the buildings. (He's sitting a little too far away from the screen, with his hands on his lap in a rather formal posture.)

The youth squints slightly for a moment, though a good fifteen seconds pass before he says anything. ]

... Hello. I hope this is transmitting properly? [ His voice is surprisingly quiet, just loud enough for the viewer to hear.

There is another pause before he continues. ] I wish to ask if anyone here knows of the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, or Tokyo. 'Tis my homeland, and there may be others who ended up here...

[ He looks away from the screen briefly before returning his attention to the screen. ]

... I suppose it is customary to give my name alongside such a request. I am Flynn. I believe this device is able to receive incoming calls...? [ Pause. ] Yes. It does.

Please contact me here if you have any news. Thank you.

[ Flynn bows slightly to the viewer before the feed cuts to black. ]

Comments

[adnihilum]

[ He raises an eyebrow very slightly. ]

I noticed.

This is... Johto. Right?

[foolishwren]

Yep. That's what this country is called, anyway.

There's others.

[adnihilum]

Namely?

[ He doesn't speak much, merely prompting her to give more information. ]

[foolishwren]

Well, Kanto's the only one we're allowed into.

But I guess there's others.

[adnihilum]

I see. [ He nods. So there was no way of returning to his homeworld... Though he had no desire to. It had been turned to nothing, so re-entry was logically impossible. ]

... are you a native?

[foolishwren]

Uh, no, hence the 'we'.

But I've been here longer than most.

[adnihilum]

[ Flynn nods again. It occured to him that conventional protocol needed to be completed before any proper discussions can be made... ]

Thank you. [ Pause. ] Your name... may I have it?

[foolishwren]

Sorry. Slipped my mind.

It's Heather.

_{[After awhile you make so many introductions it just starts getting left out.]}

[adnihilum]

Flynn.

[ He gives his own in return, accompanied by a polite nod. ]

Where are you from?

[foolishwren]

America.

Though probably not the same America as is on the Earth you're from, if my experiences are any indication.

_{[There's gotta be at least a few hundred different versions of Earth floating around out there by this point.]}

[adnihilum]

America...

[ He echoes her words faintly. ]

I have not heard of it.

[foolishwren]

_{[She blinks, then squints.]}

Didn't you say you were from T--

...

What year are you from?

[adnihilum]

[ Year? ]

I... don't think we go by the same calendar system. Mikado followed the Gregorian Calendar, at around 1492.

But as for Tokyo itself... hmmm. Around the twenty-first century? I am not sure...

[ Especially with the apparent time stream inconsistency... ]

[foolishwren]

The.... dude, if you're from the twenty-first century, you should totally know what America is.

_{[... Right? :I; It's been awhile since she's thought too hard about history from home...]}

[adnihilum]

[ He merely gives her a long, silent stare, only speaking after a good ten seconds. ]

I don't. The world outside of Tokyo has been destroyed.

Mind telling me what America is?

[foolishwren]

... Oh.

_[WELLP.]

Never mind, then. I guess.

It's a country.

[adnihilum]

[ Flynn doesn't show any signs of shock or otherwise response to the news he just calmly delivered. ]

A country... like Japan, yes?

I wonder if they are still there.

[foolishwren]

Yeah. Bigger, though.

_{[Really, it shouldn't be TOO much of a surprise to hear that there's worlds out there where America was obliterated. She knows there's worlds where it never existed at all, after all. But it's still a little weird to think about.]}

[adnihilum]

I see.

Are there demons?

[ Logical question, given how the demonkind-God battle put into motion pretty much everything that derailed his world from its original course. ]

[foolishwren]

_{[That gets a weird look, but not the 'wtf r u talkin about' kind.]}

Yeah, there's demons.

But most people don't know about 'em.

[adnihilum]

[ Interesting... ]

And angels?

[foolishwren]

_{[This time there's a slight glint of steel somewhere in that gaze.]}

Same thing.

_{[And she means 'same' in more ways than one.]}

[adnihilum]

[ Flynn nods. Is he... smirking? He might be. It's hard to tell. ]

Mm. They are one and the same, in essence, after all.

We share similarity, then.

[foolishwren]

_{[She's not sure how she feels about that smirk, if it is indeed a smirk. She squints at the screen slightly.]}

What, did demon-angels annihilate everywhere that isn't Japan where you're from?

[adnihilum]

Something like that.

[ The smirk, if it was even there, vanishes. ]

Angels follow God. Demons follow their lord, Lucifer. They had a war over and using humans.

It didn't end.