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dramadramaduck2014-01-30 09:30 pm
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[video]
A video from a new source comes to life: the view is framed by ledgers within a tastefully appointed study; the subject, a seated young androgynous person turned in mid-conversation toward a mild man.
" - the payments are accounted for? I'd like to know now while I'm doing the finances."
The man gave a bow, obviously a subordinate. "Yes. The first shipment has been set out for testing, last I heard. We have received Her Majesty's first payment in full."
"Excellent. You may go." With a casual wave of their hand, they turned back to their open ledger as the man left.
For a minute or two more, they attended to the ledger, checking columns and occasionally making a mark on the pages. Soon, however, they noticed they were being watched, nudging aside books to grasp the camera. The view shifts, clearly being set on the desk before them, as they fiddle with the device, blue eyes flicking as they read. Soon enough they notice the camera and, with a gasp, turn the video off.
When the video returns, the person is front and center, not a stray hair out of place, their makeup refreshed. With a sweet smile and hands demurely folded, they make their introduction.
"Greetings, community. I hope to become well acquainted, and you may call me Kuja." A deep nod, like a noble addressing their peers, "A most intriguing discovery, for while on the outside this appears to be a common pocket notebook, within is a technology of the like not to be seen on this planet! I hope you may be my gracious hosts as I make my discoveries through this most magnificent book, and that this be a fortuitous start of a long career!"
With that flowery speech, the video ends.
" - the payments are accounted for? I'd like to know now while I'm doing the finances."
The man gave a bow, obviously a subordinate. "Yes. The first shipment has been set out for testing, last I heard. We have received Her Majesty's first payment in full."
"Excellent. You may go." With a casual wave of their hand, they turned back to their open ledger as the man left.
For a minute or two more, they attended to the ledger, checking columns and occasionally making a mark on the pages. Soon, however, they noticed they were being watched, nudging aside books to grasp the camera. The view shifts, clearly being set on the desk before them, as they fiddle with the device, blue eyes flicking as they read. Soon enough they notice the camera and, with a gasp, turn the video off.
When the video returns, the person is front and center, not a stray hair out of place, their makeup refreshed. With a sweet smile and hands demurely folded, they make their introduction.
"Greetings, community. I hope to become well acquainted, and you may call me Kuja." A deep nod, like a noble addressing their peers, "A most intriguing discovery, for while on the outside this appears to be a common pocket notebook, within is a technology of the like not to be seen on this planet! I hope you may be my gracious hosts as I make my discoveries through this most magnificent book, and that this be a fortuitous start of a long career!"
With that flowery speech, the video ends.
ikr? kirby is your typical ff9 blue mage! but qus are excellent cooks, unlike kirby
[Kuja laughs as Kirby floats, observing the surprise and fascination of the audience at Kirby's abilities. That should be an interesting topic for a while! Kuja feels as much pride for the theater as if they built it themselves.]
A lovely building, is it not? It was built over two hundred years ago, with a renovation fifty years before. To think of all the drama and heartbreak here...
[Kuja ruminates to themselves for a little, as Kirby drinks in the sights. Nobles in the boxes, in the front seats. A mix of commoners in the back and standing room. Many are gathered to witness this lighthearted play, even though it's the middle of the day.]
Be sure not to fall down to the bottom seats, mind. It would be a long trek back.
Unless he gets Cook.
and Kuja's amusement?Likely not. Oh well, at least he only looks harmless.
Kirby cares little for Kuja's warning, seeing as how he can just fly back up, but seeing as how he has no reason to fall down in the first place, he shall not do so for now.
Kirby touches down on his seat, curiosity sated. He'll stay put for the play itself.]
i like how that's both a kirby ability and quina's trance skill
[Kirby's floating does take some attention from the audience, because who flies about indoors? How gauche. But with kirby's diminutive size, most assume he's a child and grant him leeway; reactions range from amused titters, murmurs about manners, and just ignoring.
Kuja, of course, chuckles to themselves. They look forward to explaining that in the upcoming events.]
Flying really is a useful skill, but best employed outside.
[The lights dim, the low hum from the audience quieting.]
The play is starting; hush and watch.
[Chocobo's Paradise Lost opens with a humble maid longing after the love of the prince. She makes a wish to rise above her station to be close to him, but the hero is turned into a chocobo! The audience roars with laughter as she is chosen as the prince's steed, with the slight prince being carried pickaback. Closer indeed!
Through adventures and mishaps (including one with a dead pepper) and several feathered costume changes as the hero turns different colors, struggling through water and up mountains. Finally the lead is bedecked in gold feathers and finds the Chocobo's Paradise, where she is given a choice: stay as a golden chocobo and have a life of leisure, or return to being the prince's maid.
Her love for the prince outweighing Paradise, the maid returns to being a maid. The prince, seeing this transformation, commends the maid on serving him so well, and after a wedding, the curtain closes on the couple admiring their new child: a boy with golden, feathered hair.]
One copied from the other. MIND = BLOWN
Kirby pays no mind to Kuja's comment about flying. It's not like he's using Jet or High Jump or anything like that; he was just floating like a balloon and thus is unlikely to crash into things. But that is neither here nor there, as Kirby does settle for the play.
For the most part, Kirby doesn't make any noise, as he pays much attention to the show. Wow, there's such a thing as
crimes against naturea bird that can walk through and over all those kinds of terrain? Even Wheel can't climb walls! He only gets about half of the humour, but that doesn't stop from murmuring his approval a couple times.Kirby smiles at the ending. The maid got what she wanted after all, like his own experience with NOVA and Marx. The Unfortunate Implications of the prince marrying the maid because she was such a good servant escapes him, but all the same he claps with the audience once the play is over.
All in all, for a child he was remarkably well-behaved.]
a culinary ouroboros
[Oh, there have been learned arguments about the value of duty and whether the maid was a servant or a companion to the prince, etc etc, but such discussions were best discussed elsewhere. Kirby wouldn't make a very good conversation partner regardless. For now, Kuja just enjoys the play as much as Kirby.
The child's behavior doesn't go unnoticed, and Kuja is inwardly relieved that Kirby didn't do much aside from bobbing like a balloon at the beginning, a minor offense.]
Ahh, quite a lovely performance. Watching her, you'd never think she wasn't born to do comedy, even though she's used to tragic roles. So, have you seen enough, Kirby?
Endless imitations
It is a good thing that Kirby only has that minor faux pas, as he is ill-equipped to deal with high society - especially that of an alien land. Hey, sometimes he does luck out. Of course, not pissing off the big antagonist of FF9 has its merits too, not that Kirby could know that.
Kirby nods. Plays are all well and good, but there's more to life than that! We can go do something else; what, Kirby doesn't know, but Kuja doubtless does...]