hugtopia | video & voice; Story-time for All

[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!]

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[Considering the other conversation they've had about magic and all? Taako's kiiinda glad he doesn't have that equipment. He isn't sure what this guy would do with it, or how he'd use the knowledge he gained. He's an interesting one, that's for sure, but Taako is inherently paranoid.]

I mean fair. I grew up in a bad environment too, which is why I peace the fuck outta anything remotely dangerous at the first sign or hint or even a whiff of shit hitting the fan.

So you trying to keep up your experiments or whatever here? Do they even have good labs? I have very little faith after seeing the replicators.

It seems we took different paths. In order to conquer our challenges we must understand them. And, that is what I did. Even back home there were those who didn't understand my work, but it is essential for saving lives.

[Which was why he took scathing remark #70,351 so well. Nothing he hadn't heard before.]

Without access to my labs or anything to test on it's difficult to continue all of my work. This is a different war and it will require different methods. ...My work was important nonetheless, so I will continue when I am able. If I were able to complete it successfully here, then I would be well-prepared to change the tides of war when I returned home. Just because I am away for the moment doesn't change the importance of protecting our soldiers.

As for the labs, they have only allowed me access to that which would be comparable to a student lab. I'm sure they have far better. Considering the experiments they've conducted, I know they would not be able to progress with the equipment I have seen. It's difficult to know the exact scale of what they have available while they are hiding it, however.

So they put the kiddie gloves on you, huh? Makes sense, unfortunately. Don't want us all going mad scientist and punching holes in the universe again or anything.

[He snorts in amusement and then blows a light raspberry at the thought of how long it would take him to get access to the labs. Maybe he can sneak in and get the shit he needs? Or maybe he can ingratiate himself some other way and earn a fast pass? Not that Taako has a lot of experiments to be doing here of all places, but having tech at his fingertips again might be nice.]

But you'd think they'd want someone who could bring mass quantities of food outta nothing, don't you? Can't be that long before they start taking those gloves off one finger at a time.

I have pleaded my case to them. It has never been pleasant to deal with those who don't understand the value of my work.

We will see how long it takes them to realize their error.

Fingers crossed for you, my guy. You and any potentially freaktastically useful things you end up making.

The support is appreciated.

As is this collection of data.

Pssht, no probs, my dude. I was bored and got one hell of a good one, so why not share?

[And have stuff shared with him? It's important to know about his surroundings, even if he doesn't want to say as much.]

I will be sure to document everything so that this valuable information will not be lost. We don't know what we will find in the future and how what we've found here may connect. I'm certain we will speak again.

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