[accidental video]

[lazyfacepalm]

--ind of virus?

[A feed opens up, directly in the middle of the man's conversation with himself, looking rather confused and showing mild signs of tension and worry.]

Looks like some BBS of sorts. What in the world did Haruhi install on this thing...

...Did she just find the ducks amusing or something? Is it their mascot? What...

[The video continues with him currently displeased, and confused. And the camera rolls...]

Comments

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

...Your world's not so advanced to have a computer but is able to run something like this in a book.

[ video ]

[second_star]

Yeah, don't ask me how it works. I just roll with it.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

You should try building something like a computer then!

(Pitch the idea, you'll be next Microsoft.)

[ video ]

[second_star]

Nah, you're better off suggesting that to our genius mage over there.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

Are you talking about Ms. Mordio? Do you know her?

[ video ]

[second_star]

Yeah, I guess. We're traveling together. It's a long story.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

Really? I'd like to hear it sometime.

(It could be my ticket for this thing to get out of my life. Temporarily.)

Eloping off together?

[ video ]

[second_star]

Hell no. [ She's not even that cute. ] We're just both after the same thing. Chasing a blastia thief across the continent.

To make things better, we have a kid guild member, a princess, and a dog. Oh, and we're being chased by knights, the Blood Alliance, and anyone else we probably beat up on the way.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

...

This...really sounds like some kind of video game...

[ video ]

[second_star]

This is real life.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

I'm guessing you're the swordsman who saves the princess, right?

[ video ]

[second_star]

I didn't want to be.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

What a shame, she must've been something to see. I'm sure she's very grateful.

(This isn't anything like ***** Fantasy, is it?!)

[ video ]

[second_star]

She's also traveling with us, you know.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

...Shouldn't she be the last person, or even at all for that matter, to join you?

If you're just chasing a whatever thief, what's a princess got to do with that...

[ video ]

[second_star]

It's not like I asked her to come along, she insisted. Jeez, what, do I look like a hero to you?

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

I can assume. Saving a princess could warrant anyone a hero.

(I'll admit, he doesn't seem like any other hero...)

[ video ]

[second_star]

[ He just shrugged at that. It wasn't a big deal, really. ]

Anyway, yeah, our world is pretty different from yours, if you couldn't already guess.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

Tell me about it. (I'd be lying if I wasn't any kind of interested...

But it sounds rough. Too much work. How do you do it, man?)

...I wouldn't call it all that different though.

[ video ]

[second_star]

You got monsters and magic too?

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

I dunno about the monsters, but it's definitely looking like we have some magic here, too, unfortunately.

[ video ]

[second_star]

You say that like magic is a bad thing.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

It's not like we're talking flashy fire spells. In fact, I'm not even sure of it myself.

(It's...really hard to explain. I'd like to call is a phenomenon, but...)

[ video ]

[second_star]

Not like I'm gonna make fun of you for it. Shoot.

[ video ]

[lazyfacepalm]

(I really feel like I shouldn't bother, but...)

If you insist.

If I told you I knew someone who could alter the world in any way she wanted, another someone who's part of some Organization--esper--, and someone else who's also an alien...would you believe me? I also happened to run into a time traveler too.