01 – Video (backdated a little, to the start of the month)

[unit31]

[ Labrys' first attempt at a video uhhhh doesn't go great. In fact, it's hard to tell it's even a video of Labrys at all, because all that's really visible of her is her eye and part of her hair falling into her face. In fact, she doesn't seem to realize that she's recording right away. Then it abruptly cuts off.

A few minutes later, a second video pops up with a fairly embarrassed looking Labrys on camera. Going by the angle and the slight jitter of the frame, it looks like she's holding the communicator up as she paces through Havenwell so she can double dip on exploring and putting a message out to anyone who might see it. It's also more obvious from this angle that while her face might look human enough, her body looks a little more like the native residents of this world. Hm! ]

Oh – hey, looks like this is workin' now. Second time's the charm, I guess...

[ She gives the camera a nervous grin. This is definitely pretty different from the last two times a lunatic thought kidnapping her was a good idea and while she's not loving it, at least no one seems to be in immediate danger. ]

Uh... man, I don't even know where to start, really. Guess I should just go with my name, huh. I'm Labrys... and I guess this is me just makin' sure I'm the only one wrapped up in this. If any of you guys – Yu-kun and your pals or Mitsuru-san and them... heck, I'd take Sho-kun at this point... if any of you guys are here, hurry and drop me a line, yeah? We've gotta stick together. And if you ain't here... I guess I'm just talkin' to myself!

[ She laughs, but there's no real mirth to it and she quickly lapses into an uncomfortable silence. ]

For everybody else... I've got a question, kinda. Are any of you folks not... used to all this huggin' and touchin' stuff? [ She goes a little red, even as she says it. ] It's kinda new to me. I ain't really sure how I'm s'pposed to get used to it.

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[begguiling]

I seeeeee . . .

[He leans into the camera almost as if he were inspecting that hand in person, tipping his head and flicking his ears with interest.]

I'm always a little surprised when they bring in inorganic or semi-organic lifeforms! Whichever of those you may be, you aren't the first I've met here. You'd think that our hosts' own bodies would suit them for these purposes just fine if other planets' robots do, but I guess that isn't how it works. Aaaanyway! Are you saying this is your first time having sensation in those fingers of yours? Or is it more that holding hands isn't Robot Culture?

[unit31]

[ Labrys instinctively leans back a bit. He's not actually getting into her personal space, but the proximity to the camera along with all the questions makes her feel a little squirmy. ]

Uh– well, it's kinda– both? [ She's still sort of working it out herself, so having to explain it to someone else is a task and a half. ] I can tell how hot or cold things are usually, and obviously, I can tell when I'm holdin' stuff... but yeah, gettin' here is the first time I've actually felt that kinda thing.

[begguiling]

Hehehe, sorry for the interrogation and stuff.

[Now he reaches out to make a patting motion at the camera, as if he were patting her shoulder in real life, jokingly.]

But I am very curious about it when it comes up, especially since it's such a thing here! So I'll keep that to think about later. Thanks for the information! Here I was assuming maybe you just didn't have friends at home. Adjusting to having entirely new sensations is more extreme than that.

[unit31]

[ A look of hurt flitters across her face, briefly – not quite extreme enough to be a full-on wince, but visible nontheless. ]

Yeah! I got plenty of pals. Honestly, I was kinda hopin' they woulda turned up here at the same time. Sure would make things a heckuva lot easier for all of us.

[begguiling]

[Huh. He notices, ears twitching, but says nothing on that; now doesn't seem like the greatest time to pursue it. You can only do so much too-blunt questioning before you start to sour things. But he sees. The moment passes, and he just smiles mildly like it hadn't happened.]

That kind of thing does happen here some of the time. You'd think if it were totally random, the odds of people from the same world and timeline being pulled in would be suuuuper low, but that's not how it is! A lot of people come in with someone, or several someones. But I'm alone myself.

[unit31]

For real? That's pretty weird.

[ Now she's visibly mulling it over. ]

You'd think if they were gonna bring folks here just to make 'em get along, you'd grab as many people who already knew each other as they could, right? It'd speed things up a whole lot.

[begguiling]

That is a good point! If they could have just dragged in an entire extended family or five, they'd end up with a lot more people who were already willing to make a lot of contact, right? We wouldn't need nearly as much convincing. But we'd probably be more of a threat to them at the same time. They must have taken that into account.