1st Deal - [video/audio/action]

[powerguy]

[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.]

Comments

video;

[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Sorry?

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

video;

[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.

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[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Who do I see to get home, then?

video;

[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.

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[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;

[charring]

I did.

video;

[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Did you want to follow up on that one?

video;

[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;

[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Right. So no thunderbolts or Old Testament shit, eh?

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[charring]

[Seth, you've earned a very small smile from Charlie.] No. 'Fraid not.

I'm Charlie.

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[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Seth.

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[charring]

Welcome to the City, Seth.

video;

[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Is it seriously called 'The City'? I thought that other bloke was just taking the piss.

Re: video;

[charring]

I think so. Disappointing, huh?

video;

[drinkslikeanan.livejournal.com]

Very. I don't think I can really take it seriously anymore.