001 POINTS | video | joint post with fineprinted

[accurately]

[ The video post flickers on to show two people, both looking rather different in demeanor. The taller of the two looks to have a scowl on his face, and eyes and hair a matching deep green. He’s not happy to be here, he doesn’t even feel comfortable leaving the apartment. Which is why he’s here with the shorter of the two boys.

It would’ve been hard to tell that the scruffy, blue-haired boy is the older of the two, but that’s probably part of his charm and it shows in how he addresses the network with a bright smile and a wave of his hand, as if he were a natural at this. ]

--Oh, I think we’re on! Hello, Lunatia! We’d like to introduce ourselves first of all: My name is Aoba Tsumugi, and this kind lad over here is my roommate! Ah, you should say hello too, Midorima-kun!

[ He gestures at the screen as smoothly as he could.

Midorima’s brows furrow before he’s even finished talking, looking mildly annoyed. What he’s annoyed about becomes apparent within only a few seconds as he doesn’t say hello and instead focuses in on correcting what he thinks was wrong with that sentence. ]

Who’s a “kind lad”? Focus on the task at hand.

[ Apparently, that’s all the greeting he’s bothering with. Tsumugi can only sigh a little before facing the screen again, smile still intact. ]

This is Midorima Shintarou, by the way. Seriously, kids these days… Um, but before I go off track, the reason why we’ve put this up is because we have one thing in common, and that is horoscopes. Luck, in general. Do you know there are apps here that tells you your daily fortune and what lucky item to bring around with you to ward off bad luck? Technology’s so amazing! Even though we’re from different worlds, it’s nice to know that there are other people who believe in them -- and that is why we are here today.

[ Midorima’s worried that Tsumugi’s going to go on for too long, so he chimes in with a much more direct demand of their audience over the network. ]

Respond with your astrological sign or birthday if you aren’t sure. We’re also looking to know what items are considered lucky in other worlds that may be incorporated into an apartment.

Y-You can just ask nicely them, you know! People wouldn’t know how to respond if you’re being demanding like that... [ why are tsunderes the way they are, man ] Anyway, it’d be very helpful for us to know everyone’s signs and birthdays to balance out of luck if it ever goes bad for a day so that we can stick with those people for a while… I’m a Leo and he’s a Cancer, if that helps.

Also! If anyone knows other forms of divination such as palmistry and tarot, that’d be greatly appreciated as well… I’m honestly more comfortable consulting with someone privately about my fortunes rather than rely on technology all the time, so let me know if it’s all right to approach you for regular sessions! I’ll pay with Chroma if I have to.

[ Midorima just decides to move on and end the video. He’s not going to give Tsumugi the chance to say goodbye. ]

We’re done.

[ And the video cuts out. ]

Comments

[illequipped]

it's dangerous at home, too, but i'm a professional adventurer, so you don't have to worry about me.

[is this a humblebrag? it's really just a brag...]

where are you from? is it better than this place?

[fineprinted]

It's... pretty okay, for the most part? I'm only from modern-day Japan though, so I'm still getting used to the ropes around here. The technology back home wasn't as advanced, for one.

But ah! You must have so many cool stories to tell, then! Just like a main character in an adventure story ♪

[illequipped]

i have no idea where japan is. not near sweden, i guess.

[Everything outside Scandinavia is just Somewhere Else, except China, he knows where that one is. Was. Hmm.]

but i suppose i do! if you like monsters and danger, you know. heart pounding heroics and very impressive deeds.

[fineprinted]

Sweden is rather far from Japan, yes...

[ does. does this guy not know where japan is. ]

But wait, you've got monsters over there??

[illequipped]

hmm, that's too bad.

[Because it is Probably Gone Now, but nobody needs to know that. No, he's terrible at geography, besides.]

monsters, yes. they're called trolls, but i don't think that has the same, hmmmm, impact here as at home? imagine the worst monster you can think of, then mash it into pieces and put it back together wrong and that's what they look like, more or less.

[fineprinted]

Oh, so they're like chimeras? They only exist in books and such in my world though.

[ the worst monsters tsumugi can think of are his fellow human beings when they're terribly misguided, but he's not feeling like debating about morality and shit like that for now ]

[illequipped]

well, like..... mutated people? and beasts. some of them look really strange, i'll give you that. some of them just look sad.

[fineprinted]

It's probably because of their mutated bodies. Anyone would feel sad if they transformed into something that monstrous after all.

...Oh, what were we talking about again? I'm sorry, I tend to go off-topic pretty easily.

[illequipped]

[noooo, don't make him have a Feeling about things that have tried to eat him, he does that enough!!]

um, adventure, i guess. something about different worlds?

[fineprinted]

Oh! Right, right.

[ ... ]

Wait, so... You don't know what the zodiac is even though you live in Sweden?

[ an au of sweden where there's monsters instead... brr. ]

[illequipped]

oh. hmm, yeah, you wouldn't know. well, disease killed everyone that didn't turn into monsters or wasn't immune, like me. it's year 91 now, so no, maybe the old world cared about these things but we didn't keep them, i guess.

[fineprinted]

An epidemic... Oh dear. So I guess it's a good thing you have the ability to hop from one world to another, then?

Still, it's interesting to know that your world's past may have cared about these once upon a time. That's just how history is, I suppose. It's not too late to show interest in these as well, but I won't force you.

[illequipped]

well i'm immune, like i said, so i'm mostly alright.

[let him think... does he want to learn about stars or whatever... mmmm]

i suppose if you truly want an audience for your... this thing, i could listen? i still don't really get it.

[fineprinted]

I promise I won't give out an excessive lecture or anything! I don't want to bore you enough as it is... But who knows, maybe you could surprise your friends this way.

[illequipped]

hmmmmmmm i don't think he'd care.

[spoiler: emil only has the one friend. it's fine.]

but that's his loss, i guess? so sure, why not.