caughtinanetwork | [one] video;

[ The video flips on, but it's obvious by the look on Crona's face- and the shoddy camerawork- that they don't exactly know what they are doing. The droopy-eyed teen purses their lips and furrows their brow, but not before a small, humanoid growth sprouts from their back, flailing about like its butt is on fire. ]

Crona! What the hell are you doing, you idiot?! Give me that!

No, Ragnarok, stop--

[ The tiny figure swings its tiny fists at the device, but not before pommeling the lilac-haired teen upside the head. ]

Shut up and give me that! You don't even know how to use it--

Neither do you!

You know what it's like being stuck with an idiot like you?! Like being stuck with a turd that won't flush!

That doesn't even make any sense. Besides, I was here first!

[ Crona whines, pushing back at Ragnarok, who is currently trying to pull and smash their face into various shapes. They finally manage to secure the device and keep it out of reach of the tiny Ragnarok. ]

Ugh, fine! But this is all your fault, you know! I know it is. And now we're stuck in this stupid, weird fishbowl under the ocean, soaking wet and with no idea how we got here and no idea how to get back! And I'm hungry!

I know! But it's not my fault. I-

[ They both notice a small, flashing light on the device, and realize it's already recording what was supposed to be an S.O.S. ]

See?! See?! It's been recording this entire time! Who knows who's looking at your ugly mug right now?! And they saw you whining and making such a fool of yourself, too! Gupipipipipi!

[ Crona squeaks. ]

What?! No! I don't want to be on the internet, I don't know how to deal with being an internet celebrity!

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How can you be so certain it is futile if you do not try?

Edited 2012-11-24 01:59 (UTC)

Why would you try when you already know it's impossible?

[ GOING IN CIRCLES, yes. ]

Because nothing is impossible. Just improbable!

But there are a lot of things that are impossible--!!

[ Ragnarok pulls at Crona's face. ]

Geh heh heh heh! You'd know all about failure, wouldn't ya, Crona?

No! There are a lot of things that are improbable. Not impossible.

Hmmm. When you got out of your recuperacoon yesterday would you have thought that one day later you would be in a bubble under the sea, talking to the biggest up-and-coming legal sensation?

[ Frowning while someone's mashing your cheeks together and giving you fish lips is hard, okay. ]

What are you talking about? I don't understand some of what you're saying! When I got out of my what yesterday?

[Oh, well, it should be expected there would be some difference in terms across the species.]

A recuperacoon. You may have another name for it. It's what you sleep in. Humans do sleep, correct?

Are you talking about a bed? Why don't you just say bed? Isn't bed a lot easier to say?

Bed.

[She repeats the word looking a little doubtful.]

Bed. What a strange word. It's not one we know at all.

[ ALIENS ARE WEIRD. How do you deal with weird aliens? ]

How can you not know what a bed is?

[You make weird TV programs about them.]

How can you not know what a recuperacoon is?

[ And webcomics! ]

I don't even know how to say that word! How am I supposed to know what it is?

[And Will Smith movies! Both troll and human.]

It is almost as if we are from two completely different cultures from two completely different species from two completely different universes!

But back to the matter at hand. Yesterday, when you got out of you bed, if someone would've told you you'd be in a bubble under the sea in a day's time, you'd tell them that is impossible, right?

[ Crona just nods. Yeah, they suppose that's true- they definitely would have considered this impossible a few days ago. ]

And yet here you are. You already did one thing you thought was impossible, so why not two? Or three? There is nothing limiting you except what you let yourself be limited by.

[ Crona supposes that this strange alien woman has a point, but... ]

But I didn't do it. I'm not the one that brought myself here. I can't take credit for something I didn't do, right?