Video 07 → What Do Women Want, Anyway?

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[Unfiltered. Let's see how long it takes Ken to realize this.]

[Ken sits on the edge of the fountain in Espoir, frowning into the camera in aggrieved confusion, as if it personally has done him some disservice.]

Uh... this is probably gonna sound dumb but Does anyone know what kind of stuff you get a girl you like that isn't totally stupid or creepy?

[The head and neck of a toy giraffe are just visible in the lower right hand corner of the frame. Ken glances over at it as he speaks, then shoves it quickly down in an attempt to get it out of shot, without any real noticeable success. An awkward look flickers across his face. Great, so he's already seriously regretting deciding to ask this question and he hasn't even finished saying it yet...]

And I'm not gonna do flowers.

[The feed cuts off quickly.]

Comments

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

That was the idea, yeah. Hey, what's your name? I don't think I caught it... I'm Ken, by the way.

[likearhino]

It's Beat, yo. Good to meet ya, man.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Hey, you too. You been here long? Been here since that warehouse thing back in February, I think. You?

[likearhino]

Hella long, man. S'been almost a year since I first got here.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

[... okay, wow. That's making Ken's own record of 'six months, give or take' look pretty tame.]

What, a year, really?

[likearhino]

[He didn't even realize it until recently himself.]

I ain't kiddin', yo. Got here 'round the time fall started last year.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. That... 's a long time to be stuck anywhere, man, I'm sorry.

[likearhino]

It ain't all too bad, you know. Got a coupla friends from back home 'round, so I'm a'ight 'bout it.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah? That's okay then. Most of the guys I know back home ended up here, too. 's kinda weird though, two of them are way older than they should be. Ain't so bad with people you know around, though.

[likearhino]

Yeah, I get ya. One a' my friends ain't 'sactly look like she's supposed to, you know. Kinda wish Rhyme was still 'round but s'probably better that she ain't.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah... there's this guy I know, back home his hair ain't much longer than mine. I get here and suddenly it's like down here--

[Ken gestures to somewhere around his hips. Sorry, Ran, but he's never getting over that Rapunzel braid.]

He can practically sit on the damn stuff, it's just what the Hell man!

[likearhino]

Hell, yo. Tha's nothin' compared to Shiki's deal, man. S'kinda hard to explain if you dunno the whole story, though.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

's okay, you don't haveta explain if you don't wanna. [Or if she'd rather you didn't.] Guess this place just likes to mix it up and stuff, hey?

[likearhino]

[It's more of the latter. Plus it's a long story.]

Looks like it. I gotta admit that it ain't too bad during it's down times, you know?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wouldn't be so bad if it didn't go totally batshit every four weeks. It's actually been kinda nice here lately.

[And hey, at least nobody shows up and asks me to go kill people every few weeks here. Always a plus.]

[likearhino]

I dunno what's up with the decorations but they ain't bad. S'long as we don't gotta deal with crap, then I'm down with that.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Some kinda festival, I guess. You never know, it could be kinda fun.

[likearhino]

Prob'ly. Jus' gotta see what they got if anythin' is up.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I'm definitely gonna check it out. Maybe I'll ask my friend if she wants to go.

[likearhino]

Should prob'ly ask Flips if she wants to check it out, too.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah... these things are always more fun if you're with someone.

[likearhino]

You got that right. Heh, might even run into ya there.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely say Hi if I see you. Heh, I probably owe you a coke or somethin' after this.

[likearhino]

I'mma do the same if I catch you there, yo. Don't worry 'bout it, man. Jus' helpin' another guy out.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Well, here's hoping it goes okay. I...

[I kinda feel a bit better.]

Still. I owe you one, man. Thanks.