hugtopia | [video] Emerge from the shadows, to make their moves

[ What appears on the screen is one of the very film crews which have been going around Havenwell as of late. Their backs are turned, and they search for... something. ]

Here we have a group of locals on the hunt. You can see they have armed themselves but have lost the trail of their prey. Let's watch and see how they solve this problem, shall we?

[ Despite not being on camera, the voice belongs to Sasuke. Is he mocking the crew? He completely is, but he's also finding it fun. Everyone, cameras are amazing and they can record sound too! He explains their movements with the same dramatic flare that the film crews have been giving the off-worlders, having heard it enough times. ]

However, the most amazing thing is...

[ The camera shuffles around to reveal Sasuke sitting close to them. And who taught this Sengoku ninja about selfies and peace signs?! ]

... they still don't realize that their prey has been behind them this entire time.

[ Sasuke says loudly. The film crew jumps in surprise and spin around with their cameras ready, but he's already vanished to another viewpoint. (Sorry for anyone who is motion sensitive. Sasuke hasn't realized that aspect of cinematography yet.) Distant exclamations from the film crew can be heard amid Sasuke's chuckling. ]

You know, you have to wonder who's hunting who?

[ And off he goes to harass the film crew again, filming and narrating his antics. He possibly gets other film crews involved to give camera-shy off-worlders a chance to make an escape. This goes on until Sasuke finally decides to give the film crew a break... by disappearing all together. ]

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Of course! You've got camera work and performance! You'd be an internet sensation, I'm sure!

What's an internet sensation?

[ He hasn't looked up that term in a dictionary yet. ]

Oh! Sorry, sorry--"internet" is pretty much the same as the "network" here, but you could say it's on a much bigger scale!

[ The scale of a world where the population isn't just one small city, even. ]

Sensation just means everybody's your fan.

[ He tries to imagine a lot of people admiring his work, and the idea is laughable to him. It'd be nice, but he's either feared or ignored. ]

... I doubt that would ever happen back home.

... Well, naturally, since you don't have internet back home. But that makes your natural talent all the more impressive!

[ There's a moment where Sasuke goes quiet and jumps to a different location because the filming crew had started to double down on their search. ]

So... what does that say about them?

[ The camera points back to the film crew Sasuke has been harassing since they won't leave him alone. ]

Hm...

[ Kyoko taps her lip, turning her gaze aside for a moment as if to think it over, but then she answers easily. ]

Paparazzi are always hacks, of course!

[ Though he isn't on the screen, Sasuke's blank face is probably clear through his tone. ]

... Paparazzi...

[ What. ]

[ Oh oops, she did it again. ]

That's those guys. Sorry. It's a common thing, where I'm from.

[ In this thread: Sengoku ninja needs help with modern stardom concepts. ]

They're a common thing? How does anything get done in your world?

Ah, no, I should say it's common thing for celebrities. [ Jeez, she keeps messing this up! ] The difference here is that all of us offworlders are sort of celebrities, to those guys.

[ The camera moves as the paparazzi (as he's now going to call them) move. It looks like something caught their eye.... Another Sasuke who is waving at the camera?! ]

I still don't get that. The most I've done for them here is work on fixing that bathhouse or building things in the conservatory.

[ And rebuilding things when an overly energetic lohpeh smashes through something because FAMILY. ]

[ wait hold on HOLD UP ]

--Putting that aside, doesn't that guy over there look a lot like you??

[ Did Sasuke Sarutobi ever have a brother??? Was there something like that in the history books? ]

[ Sasuke hums in thought as he centers the commotion on the screen. ]

Does he? Well, I suppose he does!

[ Listen to that smile in his voice. ]

[ Hey... why does it feel like she's being made fun of here? ]

Isn't he even wearing your clothes... did you pay someone to do that?

[ Wow, he sure is dedicated to this prank. ]

... I didn't pay anyone. I don't have the funds for something like that.

[ He might have been making light fun at Kyoko's expense, but now he feels like he's being made fun of. ]

... Then, you're on credit? Getting into debt is pretty serious, be careful Sarutobi-san....

[ Oh gods. Why must the Takeda finances follow him? Please have mercy. ]

I'm not paying my shadow clones either.

Shadow... clones....

[ There's a long silence. ]

I don't know which of those words I should ask about first.

Please tell me you know what a ninja is....

[ Some people don't know what a ninja is, but any decent ninja should have this in their skill set.

At least, that's what Sasuke thinks. ]

Huh? I do, but that's... a totally different topic....

How? It's something that ninja can do.

...

...

... Ah. I get it now.

Putting aside that we're from different eras, we're also definitely not from the same universe, Sarutobi-san.

Edited 2020-07-27 19:17 (UTC)

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... The ninja of your world are getting overpaid if they can't create duplicates of themselves.

[ Because that's clearly the main issue here. ]

Supposedly they managed to get the job done anyway, somehow. But I guess it is a shame, that there was never anything as cool as that in the history of my home country.

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