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[coolerjunpei]

[The video opens on Junpei in an office chair - in his Secret Club Meeting Room (read: generic office building conference room) although this is not a secret meeting. This is Junpei spinning slowly in an office chair while he holds the camera up, tilting as far back as he can without tipping the chair over. So it's going great.]

So, city-zens, [.....ahem,] I've got some miscellaneous questions for you.

First, time travel: real? Let me know. [......,] I mean, you know— Before you got here, that is. Like how experienced are you in the realm of quantum... quantum-y goodness? I just thought that maybe it would be real for somebody else by now, but I dunno... Let me know that one instead.

[Cough. Anyway.]

Second, are we all just, uh... hanging out now, I guess? Um, like— who's trying to clip through the weird fog and get out still? Anybody? I'm looking for group, or whatever you call it. We can do code names.

[Junpei is not a gamer.... don't believe this... he's just cringe and thinking about half-press-A-ing through the universe, to wit as he spins faster in his chair:]

Third, whoooo's all in for simulation theory? [as dryly as possible, womp...] Eh? Woooo yeah... simulation theory...!

[The video tilts as he lets go with one hand to hold up... a pinched-fingers hand puppet 🤌... it's still fine, he's doing great. He pitches his voice up higher for the puppet, because of course he does:]

But Junpei, how is this a simulation? Well duh, why else would this place be like a city that doesn't know what a city is supposed to be like? And all the weird loading fog? C'mon! Buuuut Juuuunpei, are we all full of tubes and stuck in goo pods like in that movie?— [Ah, ahem, cough. He puts his hand down.] Maybe.

Or uh, whatever else is in the theory pile. Half the people I was messing around with about theories went and disappeared, soooo... Well, I'm gonna get serious cabin fever if I can't figure something oUT—

[Local Man Tips The Chair Over and Totally Wipes Out, stay tuned for updates. The video ends when the phone drops face down onto the floor, bye.......]

Comments

[limbical]

That works for me. I had to have Tsuruno teach me how to use this phone when I first got here, so I'm a bit behind on some of the more advanced stuff.

[coolerjunpei]

That doesn't surprise me much.

[A beat. Oh-] You know, they put lights in sneakers these days, too. Modern marvels, huh?

[limbical]

[That earns a sharp, amused laugh, albeit the noise is very brief.]

The hell did they do that for? What happened to flashlights?

[coolerjunpei]

[Ten points to Junpei for this victory--]

Those are in our hats. And nearly everything else. I had a real fine pair of light-up velcro sneakers back in the day.

[limbical]

...What the fuck is velcro?

[help i had to look this up velcro was invented in the 1950s]

[coolerjunpei]

It's, uh. There's two pieces that stick together, one of them is these tiny plastic hooks and one is plastic... fuzzy stuff that the hooks get into and hold the pieces together.

[This, like the DVD O, has a lot of gesturing. Behold his Velcro Hands.]

They use it on shoes for kids who aren't old enough to tie laces.

[limbical]

[The charades truly tells the whole picture.]

I guess that's fair. Interesting concept, but doesn't seem complicated either.

So, what I'm hearing is that kids get light-up shoes with this velcro. Right?

[coolerjunpei]

Pretty much, yeah.

[he.....resists. going off on another tangent, but this time about heelies.]

[limbical]

Hm. Cute, I guess. I'd never have owned a pair even if they existed during my time. Shame.

[coolerjunpei]

Soooo, if we happen to run into some adult size light-up velcro sneakers...

[limbical]

[SIGHS.]

I'll put them on, just for shits and giggles. All right?

[coolerjunpei]

Hell yeah it's alright. I'll put on your fanciest, bowling-alley-est dress shoes and fall right on my face to make it even.

[limbical]

You know what? It's a deal.

[coolerjunpei]

Done and done. Pick a time and I'll meet you at the mall.