video & voice; Story-time for All

[abracafcku]

[The video opens on a bare wall and to the sound of very, very corny fanfare. Then Taako's voice cuts in with the sound of applause.]

Yes, yes, welcome one and all to the greatest day of your lives. Today we have a real treat for you folks, so pull up a chair, take a load off and enjoy this banned text we've managed to procure.

[He clears his throat and a puppet appears on the screen - a non-descript looking human priest wearing dark robes and a blue sash around his neck. The voices that read the following lines are similar, but not the same and anyone who knows both Lup and Taako can probably tell it's the twins taking turns to read the passages. People who don't, however, might have a hard time telling them apart.]

"I used to have a lady love,
she journeyed through the sea,"

[A new puppet appears - a beautiful female mermaid with hair that falls just past her breasts. She slides up from the bottom of the screen and the priest turns to her, fawning all over her.]

"Her fins were as the mourning dove,
a mated pair were we.
Our bodies tangled, hand in glove,
a queen and devotee,"

[As the poem progresses, the priest does some...very not PG-13 things to the mermaid puppet. Eventually, the mermaid pushes the priest away, looking tired.]

"But she was called to rise above,
our bond not meant to be."

[Here the mermaid "puppet" flips a double middle finger at the priest and backflips into the sea, leaving him drenched in water.]

"Though I endure, bereft, belove,
I have her guarantee,
I'll be the one she's thinking of,
a little dove told me."

[The priest pines and waits by the water, pantomiming the lament of a forlorn lover as a bird lands next to him, rolling its eyes. The puppet show ends with a curtain drawing across the screen and then the video shuts off. Taako's voice cuts back in once the video is gone.]

Yeah, so the people here? Raunchy as hell. I love it. But then some people were, y'know, boring and said things like--

[Lup's voice takes over smoothly like they're still the same person talking.]

"If any other colonies can hear this message, please respond. This is Havenwell. We're still alive. The city is safe. We will come get you, no matter how far you are. This is not an automated message. Please respond." That there's a radio transmission from "Colony #56'07'4TM", which, obviously, is home sweet home. Not the most interesting, but I won't deny that the archive visits have been… informative.

Anyone else get something fun?

[OOC: It's a joint post! Replies here can be from Taako, Lup, or both of them. If you have a preference, just let us know in the title of your comment or it'll be a roulette of which twin you'll get.

Feel free to use this post to stir up discussion amongst yourselves regarding the lore contributions!]

Comments

[twistedempathy]

I think I like robanity. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

[Just sliiiiightly distracted from the point, there.]

[abracafcku]

Robanity it is then, by popular vote. Although, I guess, we'd have to know what they were before they became robots to actually nail down the correct terminology.

[twistedempathy]

Oh--you're right! There's lots of diversity in the newcomers here, too. They could've been anything!

[abracafcku]

They could've been squid people or people made from, I dunno, cheese. Cheezmanity? Squidity? What would you even call that?

You'd think I'd know, but alas.

[twistedempathy]

Cheezmanity implies "man" in it, come to think of it..... I don't know what they'd call themselves, or if cheese would have genders or anything. Maybe cheezity or squidity?

[The quality content everyone tunes in for, right here.]

[abracafcku]

[This is the quality content he wanted tbf.]

On second though, squidity sounds like equity though and I'm not in the market to buy an entire race of people. Maybe it doesn't even need to end in "ity." We could make up an entirely new word for them and they'd probably just say "dope, thanks for that" and call themselves it.

[twistedempathy]

[Will just laughs aloud at that.]

That sounds really expensive! Not to mention I'm not sure what being a majority shareholder in an entire species would entail, or how that stock market would look..... What would you call them, then?

[abracafcku]

If I was rich enough to become a majority shareholder in an entire species, I'd call them Taakoites because now I'm their god.

[twistedempathy]

Would you start writing up a holy book, too?

[abracafcku]

I wrote a best selling book of quotes and witticisms once.

[Mostly...well, plagiarized, but not from anyone in that plane.]

How hard can a holy book be?

[twistedempathy]

My, my! A chef and an author? You really are versatile. I guess it wouldn't be any problem for you then, once you nail down your religion itself.

[abracafcku]

Oh you have no idea just how versatile I can be.

And my religion will probably just be one of those "don't fuck it up" types. Being a hands-on god is just [He makes a face, rolling his eyes.] -so much work.