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[Hey, City! Do you think it's been a while since you've had a new recruit? Then today might be your lucky day. The video feed opens to a dark haired man passed out on the concrete beside the fountain. He stirs slowly, a hand coming up to cradle his head as he peers around him, slowly taking in surroundings. He’s fairly young, dressed in jeans and an expensive-looking blue hoodie. Half a tattoo can be see curling around his neck from under his collar. He pushes himself up onto one hand, the other still clutching his head. He still has a bewildered look on his face, although if that's from being dumped into a strange place or just is default state is soon to be discovered. When he speaks, it’s with a fairly strong Manchester accent.]

Kelly? Guys?

[With a groan, he pushes himself up onto his feet. He notices the device out of the corner of his eye. Mistaking it for his cellphone, he picks it up and flicks through it.]

Where the fuck is signal in this place?

[He scratches the back of his neck with his free hand as he keeps moving the phone around, looking for signal. He sighs and punches a number into the device and hits enter, inadvertently switching to audio.]

Kelly? Where are you? I don’t think I know where I am. Call me, yeah?

[The feed ends.]

[ooc: New guy alert! Go get 'em, City. Action for anyone near the fountain.]

audio-to-video:

Date: 2011-12-19 10:11 pm (UTC)
charring: (adjusting the camera)
From: [personal profile] charring
[She really should just leave it at that. Charlie can't, however. Guy sounds distressed. She can't ignore that. She switches to video.] Big favor. Take a look around. Recognize anything? Shop names? Landmarks?

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
'course I don't. I've never seen this place before. Is this a powers thing? I don't usually need demonstrations.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:17 pm (UTC)
charring: (always looking over my shoulder)
From: [personal profile] charring
No. It's not a powers thing. It's a 'City that can kidnap people from anywhere and any-when' thin.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Sorry?

[A whole new City? If this is a power, it's one he wants to get his hands on...]

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:31 pm (UTC)
charring: (can't smile more than this k)
From: [personal profile] charring
You're not wherever you were before. Nowhere near, in fact. Where you are is in a City run by 'Deities' who drop curses on people at random. You can't get home on your own.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Who do I see to get home, then?

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 10:56 pm (UTC)
charring: (working)
From: [personal profile] charring
That's another problem with this place. You can't just ask to leave. And I dunno what you're here to wait for, either. Find a place to live, get a job and most importantly, socialize.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
[If this is some sort of weird power-induced alternate reality, it's a fucking useless one.]

You said deities before.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Did you want to follow up on that one?

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 11:22 pm (UTC)
charring: (awkward moment is awkward)
From: [personal profile] charring
They're useless, from what I hear. They pop up every once in a while to let us know they're still around or to ask for our help in getting rid of something that got into the City that's causing hell. But that's really all I know.

video;

Date: 2011-12-19 11:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Right. So no thunderbolts or Old Testament shit, eh?

video;

Date: 2011-12-20 12:00 am (UTC)
charring: (small smile)
From: [personal profile] charring
[Seth, you've earned a very small smile from Charlie.] No. 'Fraid not.

I'm Charlie.

video;

Date: 2011-12-20 12:59 am (UTC)
charring: (working)
From: [personal profile] charring
Welcome to the City, Seth.

video;

Date: 2011-12-20 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Is it seriously called 'The City'? I thought that other bloke was just taking the piss.

Re: video;

Date: 2011-12-20 01:36 am (UTC)
charring: (Default)
From: [personal profile] charring
I think so. Disappointing, huh?

video;

Date: 2011-12-20 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com
Very. I don't think I can really take it seriously anymore.

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