beholdmydemons | seventh fusion

[Walter starts talking almost immediately after turning on the recording, sounding tired but as though his message was prepared ahead of time.]

You're the king of a country, and you hold a great contest - or a game. One man who comes to participate is very tall, and strong. Would you let him compete as any other, or bar him from the game to even those others' chances?

A man comes to a remote village, one that's remained as it is for a thousand years. He brings with him technology that would change life as the people know it, bringing them comfort and luxury. Should the village send that man away, or accept his gifts?

The person you love is gravely ill, doomed to sleep and never wake...you've tried every remedy you can imagine, and there's nothing left at your disposal. Would you tend to them for the rest of your life, or let them die naturally?

[He goes quiet, not sure what to follow that up with. The radio, playing tinnily in the background, switches to a holiday song that's been on at least five times already today.

...Yeah, that bears asking about. In just as tired a voice, but a much less rehearsed one:]

What the hell is Christmas?

[[ooc: canon update to end of first route split, complete!]]

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[YES, he finally figured the 'gear out ~~even if he still has two thousand misconceptions about it~~. Time to celebrate by answering this dude's questions even if he thinks they're stupid.]

What's the point of these? Of course you let the guy compete, take the gifts, and move on with your life. Some people and things are always going to be better, so take advantage of it while you can. And why would you wait around forever for someone to die when they could just get it over with right away?

[...Well, those are his thoughts right now, anyway. There's a high chance he'd do more for loved ones, with how sentimental he secretly is, but he's basically oblivious to those emotions at the moment.]

I dunno what Christmas is, though, so it can't be that important.

The point is to see who answers with what. Some people would decide to keep the man from competing. [You pass the chaos test, though. That last answer is a little iffy, but depending on the circumstances, there's nothing wrong with preferring a quick death to a slow one.]

It has to be important, with how everything is. I can barely turn on the radio without hearing about it three times a minute.

Why? He can't help he's so much better than them.

[There are better arguments for that, but... Well, it's Snotlout.]

I haven't heard anything about it. What's a radio?

To make it fair, supposedly. It's not what I'd choose.

[THIS HE CAN ANSWER THOUGH] It's...it's a box - well, no, it...it can look like any number of things, but it plays music. And news, and...sort of like the Pokegear, except you can't talk back through it, so people send out interesting things over it. It's good for drowning out that music that's everywhere you go.

[ w h a t .

No, seriously, he's got to think on this for a while. Maybe the Pokegear was the stone? That makes...things make sense. He thinks. Weird name for it, though.]

...I was starting to wonder about that music. Man, this place must really likes its magic, though.

Magic or technology or both at once. Nobody's been able to explain the music yet.

I'm from a place without things like the radio, as well. I've been in Johto for a few months yet, so if you want anything explained...

[Probably the gods having a party. Yeah, that's gotta be it.]

Nah. If you can figure it out, I'm sure I can! How hard can it be?

Suit yourself. I had something of an edge to begin with, but you could likely learn it well enough asking locals.

[WOAH, WOAH an edge? Like a sword?

...No wait, even Snotlout can see that that wouldn't make sense with the rest of Walter's words. He just had to actually pay attention to what someone else was saying.]

Oh yeah? What kind of edge? Because I really don't see how figuring it out on my own could be hard. I got this stone thing working, didn't I?

[...Except his face is a little too close and the screen is probably mostly chin, from Walter's perspective.]

[And Walter doesn't hold his tongue to protect anyone's feelings.] You can move away a little. It's a camera, not a see-it-all. [which I think is a telescope but uh]

[What in the hell is a camera, dude? Snotlout looks very uncertain but...slowly moves it away a little, eyeing the screen up.]

If it doesn't see all, shouldn't it be, y'know, closer?

[....]

Just - there, you've got it. Do you know how to send a message to someone directly?

[Another strange look! This guy sure is weird.]

I'm sendin' you messages right now, aren't I? Unless you mean airmail.

The first message I sent out can be heard by anyone who has one of these things. [tap tap to the Pokegear.] You replied to that. There's a way to send a message directly to a single person, though.

[...He still doesn't get it, if his expression was anything to go by. Sure, he understands that this was an open...communication, but their conversation right now was to a single person? It wasn't like all the stone-talkers when he first arrived... Only this guy was talking to him!

In short, the answer is no. He does not know how to send someone a direct message.]

[Yeah, shit's weird.]

Say I haven't sent out any messages in a while, and you wanted to speak to me - but you didn't want to shout it out where others could see it. It's a useful thing, now and then.

Oh. [And just like that, Snotlout's eyebrows unfurrow. He can see the light!] Well, it can't be that hard, huh? I'm sure if I push enough buttons, I can get it.

[That's how he got to reply to this in the first place. c=]

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