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citynet2023-07-18 11:14 am
kampfgeist) wrote in citynet2023-07-18 11:14 am
video » text | @stray
[ the video comes first!
heine films from where he's sitting on top of a mailbox on a street corner. it's a slow pan across an empty intersection just northeast of the bank—the bank building itself is visible, as a landmark for where he is, but he also makes a point of filming as much down each street as he can manage. master film director heine is not, but at least he manages to pick out a few identifying storefronts so people can triangulate themselves!
there's no talking, or really any sound at all (which for heine is still one of the worst parts of this place). once he's filmed enough that he thinks the location has been conveyed, the video cuts off.
when he uploads it, it's with a text accompaniment: ]
let me get this out of the way first: i'm not trying to die
and i also don't want to kill anyone [ today, anyway! ]
but if you're also here without the weapons you're used to
don't want to get stuck with your thumb up your ass if shit goes wrong
and think you could use a good fight to keep your skills sharp
then hopefully you can figure out from the video where to go
if you can't then [ he is judging you slightly ] ask for directions
rules:
1) i have knives but if you want to use something else that's on you
2) no sparring bullshit, we fight like we mean it
3) i'll go easy if you need but don't ask me to teach you
heine films from where he's sitting on top of a mailbox on a street corner. it's a slow pan across an empty intersection just northeast of the bank—the bank building itself is visible, as a landmark for where he is, but he also makes a point of filming as much down each street as he can manage. master film director heine is not, but at least he manages to pick out a few identifying storefronts so people can triangulate themselves!
there's no talking, or really any sound at all (which for heine is still one of the worst parts of this place). once he's filmed enough that he thinks the location has been conveyed, the video cuts off.
when he uploads it, it's with a text accompaniment: ]
let me get this out of the way first: i'm not trying to die
and i also don't want to kill anyone [ today, anyway! ]
but if you're also here without the weapons you're used to
don't want to get stuck with your thumb up your ass if shit goes wrong
and think you could use a good fight to keep your skills sharp
then hopefully you can figure out from the video where to go
if you can't then [ he is judging you slightly ] ask for directions
rules:
1) i have knives but if you want to use something else that's on you
2) no sparring bullshit, we fight like we mean it
3) i'll go easy if you need but don't ask me to teach you
— private.
[There's a pause, but Daan does eventually share the truth of it.]
...It costs me a part of my body. Something more than, say, a finger. A leg, an arm-- something of that nature. And I need to have access to the body within a strict time period.
— private.
holy shit, dude
does the fact that you have all your arms and legs mean you haven't tested this for real?
or do you also heal from anything
— private.
— private.
at least with death being how it is here you can put your skills towards less, uh
costly methods
i don't know if anyone's needed surgery yet but
the way things are going i imagine somebody will eventually
— private.
That would be difficult, on account of the fact we lack any equipment for surgery proper. I have been cherry picking certain items to help with that if we have no choice, but I truly hope it won't come to it.
— private.
[ but he really hopes it doesn't come to that, too. ]
there's a lot more of the city out there than what we can get to right now
maybe there's a surgery clinic for you somewhere in the great beyond
— private.
Mm, that's true. Perhaps our captors will be gracious in the future, for my sanity's sake.
— private.
yeah, grace definitely seems to be in their vocabulary
— private.
Either way, I guess we'll see.
...Thank you for trusting me with what you've told me. I will of course keep it to myself. Doctor-patient confidentiality, or something.
— private.
[ the fact that he's still texting makes it easier to hide the fact that being thanked this way makes him feel embarrassed in a way he can't quite put a finger on. ]