video; un: laurea

[wearingguess]

[ thunder crashes. the wind howls. a blond youth wearing an enormous cable-knit sweater over a dress shirt with the collar popped places his palms flat on the counter of a starter-apartment kitchen and earnestly addresses the camera. ]

Hello! The current circumstances are less than ideal, but I can put this off no longer.

Whether you know me or not, I am Titus Alexius, formerly of the Reim empire. It is more or less accurate to say that I am sixteen years old. I have been conducting research with the Lunar Scientia for the past several months, and I have also had more than I can stand of living alone. Therefore, I have prepared a simple twenty-question survey!

Anyone and everyone is welcome to submit a response, and there is no need to answer every question. But to show my appreciation, I shall provide all those who complete at least the identifying information with a code redeemable for one free empanada from the stall by the fountain at the northern end of Greatmoon Groves. [ he pauses thoughtfully and then leans in further. ]

...And if you do not care for empanadas, let me know and I will arrange an alternative.

...Also, I am reasonably certain everything in that marketplace is currently closed due to the inclement weather and invisible tentacle attacks. And a number of the survey questions, too, posit situations or activities that are momentarily, if not impossible, then inadvisable. But, well. We must believe these hardships will be temporary, mustn't we?... [ he shrugs helplessly and grimaces! ]

Thank you for your attention!

[ and underneath the prismagram video is the survey in question, along with a few additional links. ]

Survey Form
Name: Moonblessing: Approximate length of tenure on Prismatica: 1. Are we friends?  —If yes, hello! —If no or unsure, would you like to be friends? 2. Are you satisfied with your current living situation? —If yes, might you also be satisfied with a different living situation? 3. Do you have any roommates? —If no, would you like one? —If yes, would you like another one? ——If yes, would your roommate(s) also like another one? 4. Would you like to live on Level 2 of Lunatia in a cottage with a small garden? —If yes, are you open to sharing a room? ——If yes, are you open to sharing a bed?  5. Do you like cats? —If yes, would you like to have a(nother) cat? ——If yes, would you like to have this cat (SEE SUPPLEMENT A)? 6. Do you have any aversions or preferences when it comes to fragrance (both in general, and with regard to Cordis pheromones)? —If yes, please elaborate: 7. Would you consider the recurring presence of Cordis pheromones in a shared living space to be a benefit, a drawback, or neither? 8. Are you comfortable with moths and butterflies of various sizes? 9. Do you have any strong feelings regarding magic or mages? —If yes, please elaborate: 10. Do you like to stay up late? 11. Can you fly? —If no, would you like to? 12.  Do you like to cook? —If yes, would you like to cook for me? ——If no, would you like me to cook for you? 13. Do you like to go out to eat? —If yes, would you like to go out to eat with me? ——For fried noodles? ——For waffles? ——For seafood curry? ——Other (please specify): 14. Do you like to go shopping? —If yes, would you like to go shopping with me? ——For snacks? ——For clothes? ——Other (please specify): 15. Do you wish to obtain more possessions? —If yes, would you like some of mine?  ——If yes, please visit my current home (SEE SUPPLEMENT B) to make your selections (the Lost Orrery and leatherbound treasury of Prismatican myth are off limits).  16. Do you like hugging? —If yes, would you like to hug me? 17. Do you like kissing? —If yes, would you like to kiss me? 18. Are you a member of the Lunar Scientia or the Moon Knights? —If yes, would you like to join me for lunch in one of the commissaries sometime? 19. Do you have any strong feelings regarding the Lunar Scientia or the Moon Knights? —If yes, please elaborate: 20. Would you like to register a grievance or complaint of any kind against the Lunar Scientia (e.g., for leadership's continued reckless rush to reawaken anything and everything, no matter how poorly understood and potentially cursed)? —If yes, please elaborate (indicate whether you wish your response to be anonymized):  ***Please submit this survey to receive your coupon code. For directions to the empanada stand, see supplement C.***

Supplemental Survey Materials
A. file: phix.image
B. location: apartmentL2U128.nav 
C. location: EmpanadaEmpusa.nav

Comments

[wearingguess]

Do you like to go shopping more often than Kairi does?

[terribletwos]

probably not. but we shop for different things too.

[wearingguess]

That makes sense!
And of course, if you ever wanted to get her a present or anything, you would want to shop without her.
So then, when shall you and I go, and what shall we look at?

[terribletwos]

i could probably use some new shoes.

[wearingguess]

Let's go shoe shopping!!

[terribletwos]

i haven't bought new ones ever before. i'm not sure what my style is.

[wearingguess]

Then there is no better time than this to find out. You can try a lot of different kinds and see which ones suit you best, or inspire you the most!

[terribletwos]

inspire me/

[wearingguess]

Absolutely! There are countless amazing shoes in this world. If you look at enough of them, you are sure to be inspired sooner or later.

[terribletwos]

that's how it works/ i guess i'll just have to look at a lot of stores then.

[wearingguess]

Well, perhaps. But it is also possible that you will be moved by something in the very first shop you visit! Shoes can be unpredictable things.

[terribletwos]

[ This is probably not the best time to bring up the many automated feet he's fought in the forms of Heartless... ]

i never really thought of clothing as unpredictable. wouldn't it have to be able to think for that/

[wearingguess]

Ah

Hmm

Well
In this case, I think it wouldn't. The clothing is unpredictable not due to any intentions or behavior of its own (because it has no such things), but due to the fact that we ourselves didn't realize what we were going to discover. Probably

sorry for the unexpected hiatus

[terribletwos]

isn't that more of us being unpredictable than the clothing/

it happens to the best of us

[wearingguess]

No...
I don't know

That is
The clothes are unpredictable because we are unable to predict them...
But if we were unpredictable, would that not mean the clothes were trying to predict us?

[terribletwos]

they would need to have a mind for that, right/ you can't predict stuff without a mind.

[ Not that his understanding of anatomy is the most accurate sometimes. ]

[wearingguess]

Exactly! That's why it must be the clothes that are unpredictable.

[terribletwos]

it's just a weird thought. but i've seen feet be unpredictable so maybe it's like that.

[wearingguess]

Please tell me about the unpredictable feet!

[terribletwos]

well, they weren't normal feet. they were attached to a giant armored heartless. every part of it was unpredictable. the feet would try to step on you.

[wearingguess]

Oh, a Heartless! I've heard that term before. That's a manifestation of darkness that feeds on light... or something like that?

[terribletwos]

yeah, that's right. who told you about heartless/