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

[necromanswers]

There's a theory I haven't heard before. You think it might mean a literal satellite?

[If she hadn't spent almost a year traveling through modern space she might not even know what the hell that word means, but thankfully that's a non-issue now.]

[original_is_best]

I do not know. After all, it's common for words to take on new meanings in different cultures.

However, if you read some of the other entries, does it not sound like the city itself may be going to retrieve survivors?

If it is not a satellite, it may be the city is not as stationary as we believed. I will certainly be asking if this term still has any meaning to the citizens.

[necromanswers]

Huh. Gonna file that one away as "interesting". But also kind of unlikely- at least, it's unlikely that it's still moving, if it ever was. It'd take some pretty wild magic to move an entire city without anyone noticing.

[original_is_best]

There is also science. It would be quite a massive contraption, but it's always possible.

What thoughts did you have about it all?

[necromanswers]

Ehhh, magic, science. Two sides of the same coin in my corner of the world.

Anyway, I try not to come up with too many theories until I have enough information for a starting point. That's why I'm here trying to accumulate more of it. Still letting it all percolate in my noggin.

[original_is_best]

There can be overlap on mine, but not always. Magiteknology is it's own branch.

[He had his doubts. She was likely keeping her thoughts to herself.]

Hopefully many more have found some pieces.

[necromanswers]

Magitek, huh? That's a useful term.

[And he can think what he likes, but she's not lying... yet.]