handholding: (♈ | looking for the way)
ℑco | イコ ([personal profile] handholding) wrote in [community profile] caughtinanetwork2012-10-27 11:46 pm
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second sacrifice: accidental video;

[When the video feed comes on, the person who owns it seems to be out of sight, at least at first. But soon enough a familiar patterned tabbard flutters up just enough to be seen when they shift position.

That's not the only odd thing, either. Wherever they are, it seems to be up pretty high, and with a good view over a portion of the city.

Ico is on the roof of the apartment complex he lives in with Wander. Don't ask how he got there, or how he plans on getting down. The answer is not for the weak of heart.

He starts talking, still mostly out of view, but his voice clear enough to be heard.]


I felt like I was missing something. And I remembered it! It's the harvest season!

But there's nothing to harvest here. And there's not even a festival I miss it. City life is so different! I wonder if the capital was like this, too.

I keep seeing these strangely carved out gourds all over, and lots of decorations. I don't understand what they're for, and some of the faces are scary, like masks but worse...

Do you remember when we carved our masks for the first time, Toto... ?

[That's when it becomes clear that Ico isn't speaking to the network - he's talking to some one specific.

Some one who isn't there.]


You wanted to make yours as scary as possible, but it came out looking like an owl, and the girls just laughed at you. You said "Next year I will make the best mask ever and you'll all be sorry you laughed!" Did you ever finish it, I wonder? You wanted to keep it secret from everyone until it was ready...

[There's a nostalgic tone to his voice, which seems odd for some one so young, but after that there's just silence for a short time.]

... I miss you, Toto. I wish you could be here with me... I think you'd really like Vatheon, weird curses and all.

[A rustle signals another shift, and Ico finally comes in to view, albeit briefly. He frowns at the light on the SFC before picking it up and turning it off, completely unaware that it was already recording.]
fightforastar: (thinking)

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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-09 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

Well, what about one that seems appropriate? I know being in a city under the ocean reminds me of a few things.
fightforastar: (hopeful)

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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-11 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
I lived in a city before where you couldn't see the sky.

But the ocean, it makes me think of journeying. I'd never seen it before I left home.
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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-11 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Just about. There was a whole other city built right on top of us.
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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-11 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it is pretty impressive, when you first see it.
fightforastar: (about that)

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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-11 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's probably not a bad thing.
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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-12 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Landmarks, mostly. And the city was laid out in a circle, so you could tell if you were nearer the center or the edge.
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[personal profile] fightforastar 2012-11-12 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, then you could see the stars just fine.

[...once you got far enough away for the haze to clear.]