1st Combo - [video]

[redcladidealist]

[The video comes on in a jolt of motion, which stills to a skewed image of pavement, buildings, and a soaking wet teenage boy clad in red and black lying on the ground. He winces as though he'd just hit the ground. Hard.]

Oww...

[Pushing himself up off the ground, he rubs his head.]

Is everyone all...

[Wait. Something's wrong. He looks around the plaza with clearly growing alarm, but still not at the SFC.]

Guys? Where is everyone?

[And where in the world is he?!]


[OOC: I'm up for action or network replies. Either works for me!]

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[action]

[demonicbookworm]

No problem.

_{[he's glad to help.]}

I'm Ruca. Ruca Milda.

_[handshake]

[action]

[redcladidealist]

It's nice to meet you, Ruca.

[He lets go of Ruca's hand.]

So, if I'm stuck here for a while, I guess I should look around and get to know the place. Anything I should look out for?

[action] no, i didn't foget about this

[demonicbookworm]

It's nice to meet you, too Lloyd.

_{[He makes a thoughtful look.]}

...I guess that depends...

<sub>[He would love to say that you must see the library, but then not everyone like reading books, right?

Well, Ruca loves reading, but that's just him. He's a bookworm after all.]</sub>

XD

[redcladidealist]

[Yeah, books aren't exactly high on Lloyd's list of priorities.

...more like at the bottom.]

Is there anything dangerous here?

xDDDD;;

[demonicbookworm]

Dangerous? Well... the curses can be dangerous. Or so I've heard. This place is pretty peaceful most of the time though.

[redcladidealist]

C-curses?

[Him? Nervous? N-no way! What would make you think that?]

[demonicbookworm]

D-don't worry. They aren't actually anything really bad... _[really] ...Um, last one was making people say random confessions... Not all of them were real, though.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd frowns.]

I dunno. That sounds like it could still be pretty bad. What if you said something mean that you didn't really mean? Or someone did something dangerous because you told them it was safe?

[demonicbookworm]

...Oh. I didn't think about it like that.

_{[but now that you mentioned it... yeah. that could be a problem.]}

B-but nothing bad happened... Everyone were a little annoyed by that curse though.

[redcladidealist]

Yeah, stuff like that is why it's important not to tell lies. Well, and other reasons. Dwarven vow number eleven: Lying is the first step down the path of thievery.

I'll bet people were annoyed. I'd be pretty annoyed, too. It's over now, though, right?

[demonicbookworm]

Dwarven vow...?

_{[blinking a little at that. Dwarves even exist?]}

Ah, yeah. The curses last for a week.

[redcladidealist]

Oh, right. I guess people in this place wouldn't know about them. Dwarven vows are facts and promises dwarves try to live by. My Dad was a dwarf, so he taught them all to me.

A whole week... Every time? And there's no way cure it or make it end faster?

[demonicbookworm]

Your... father was a dwarf?

_{[but you look human!]}

...I don't know. I've been here only a month and I've seen only one curse so far.

[redcladidealist]

My Dad is. My father...

[He shakes his head.]

I don't know much about my father, but Dirk's my dad now.

Dammit... I guess I'll just have to figure it out for myself, then.

[demonicbookworm]

Oh... I see.

_{[maybe he shouldn't have asked that question.]}

...I'm sorry.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd smiles, suddenly reminded of Colette.]

What're you sorry about?

[He barely refrains from adding "you dork."]

You're already helped a lot. Thanks, Ruca.

[demonicbookworm]

_{[he blinks.]}

I... did?

_{[it takes him another moment before he finally smiles.]}

You're welcome.

[redcladidealist]

Yeah!

[He grins.]

So, I should probably go and look for my friends, but maybe I'll see you around sometime!

[demonicbookworm]

I hope you'll find them.

...If you'll ever have any other questions, you can always contact me.

<sub>[He again points at the Starfish Communicator.

Oh, wait. Now he remembered something.]</sub>

...And actually, you can see if your friends are here by using it, too.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd looks visibly pleased at the offer.]

Thanks! I'll definitely keep that in mind!

[He perks up, a curious expression on his face.]

Really? How do you do that?

[demonicbookworm]

You can look up your friends by their names like this...

_{[and saying this he pulls out his own SFC and shows Lloyd how to search for people in Vatheon.]}

[redcladidealist]

Wow! That's cool! Man, I can't wait to try it out! But first I'll see if I can spot any of them here. I'd hate to miss them if they're close by because I'm looking at my starfish.

Anyway, I'll see you later, Ruca!

[demonicbookworm]

I see... Well, I'll see you around then.

[redcladidealist]

[Still grinning, Lloyd lifts his hand to wave goodbye, then turns and heads off. Time to find his friends!]