[accidental video]

[lifeisbrief]

[A young woman is peering curiously at...well at whatever it is that's receiving the feed. Her long hair is drawn back with a large bow, and she seems to be wearing a checkered kimono.

The curiosity doesn't last long, though. It's only a few moments before what she sees causes her eyes to narrow and her lips to tighten.]

One of father's projects?

[With a thud, she slams whatever is providing the feed shut.]

Comments

[audio]

[carriesparasol]

That was rather loud, miss.

[video]

[lifeisbrief]

[She looks farther away now, and distinctly surprised.]

What was that?

[She catches sight of the open book, and frowns.] I put that away...

[audio]

[carriesparasol]

Yes, hello. Am I to assume you are new to the community?

[video]

[lifeisbrief]

[Sorry, she's looking off to the side now, evidently confused.]

Visitors?

[audio]

[carriesparasol]

[she sighs.]

Down here. Whatever it is you were looking at when you mentioned your father.

[video]

[lifeisbrief]

[Now she looks right at it.]

The book?

[voice]

[carriesparasol]

I suppose it must be.

[makewayforroze]

No, I don't think it has anything to do with your father.

[text, handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

It sounds like it doesn't, after all.

[makewayforroze]

Then you know what the community is?

[lifeisbrief]

I was told it connects people from different places.

[makewayforroze]

[She nods.] From a lot of different worlds. I know it sounds strange but it's all true.

[lifeisbrief]

Different worlds?

[makewayforroze]

Yes, a lot of them. My country probably doesn't even exist in yours.

[mightletyouknowme]

Eh?

[She peers closer at the video.]

Cute bow.

[video]

[lifeisbrief]

[The book talking and then writing its own words was surprising enough-]

There are moving pictures in this too?

Re: [video]

[mightletyouknowme]

It's called video.

Heh...you must be from pretty far back.

[video]

[lifeisbrief]

"Video"...that's from Latin, isn't it?

What do you mean?

[mightletyouknowme]

[She puts a thumb against her lips, thinking.] I don't know Latin, it's not a very important language. [Or she would know it, don'tcha know?]

Back before they had the technology to do it. Video's easy.

[lifeisbrief]

[Takiko frowns briefly at that.] Latin is the basis for the Romance languages, like French.

But don't you need special cameras and lights? And a book can't show moving pictures, you need a- [she pauses a moment to remember the word] projector!

video;

[kukuku]

Kuuukuku~

[ A young girl pops onto the screen, dressed in a dark sundress, lots of ribbons and frills. She's got one red eye and one blue eye and she looks like the smuggest little kid you've ever seen. ]

The evils of the universe have descended upon you. Your father's projects mean little to the community~

[handwritten, since Alexia told her how]

[lifeisbrief]

[Is that some new European style? What interesting eyes.]

Evils?

video;

[kukuku]

This community embarks upon offering passage to many different worlds, filled with danger!

[handwritten]

[lifeisbrief]

How dangerous?

video;

[kukuku]

[ She doesn't know. ]

Vampires, werewolves, demons, and magic~