showtime #005: video

[hawaiianheir]

[Hello, numbers network. Have a webcam feed from a kid in his room. He's got a noisemaker in his mouth and... well honestly if anyone can make sense of what the fuck he's wearing on his head well, props to you.

There's some movie on in the background. If you've got good ears, you can make out a distinctly fake and completely awful southern accent.]

So who here has nothing else to do on New Year's but to surf this still completely weirdly existence though it should be fake network?

[He laughs, although maybe a little more bitterly than he should.]

Seriously, though. If you told me this time, last year I'd be half-considering dipping back into the delinquent life in order to wage war against a local business who may or may not be collaborating with aliens to kill me. Well, I'd have written you off as a loon. Or Danny.

No offense meant, Danny.

And if you told me I'd be getting weird powers and items and memories alongside that of some dumb nerd, well. Honestly, I'd have laughed even harder.

But I guess we're kind of stuck with it, aren't we? And this year has kinda been most of us trying to make it through without dying or getting arrested or something. I know I didn't ask for this. And... a lot of the people I know here didn't, either.

But let's try and not let it get us down for one night, alright?

[He blows the noisemaker with a satisfactory TOOT]

Here's to 2014 being less of a clusterfuck than 2013. Cheers, everyone. I'm gonna sit in my room and watch some movies.

Comments

audio;

[drama8om8]

Don't be such a fucking sad sack. You didn't die or get arrested, right? And some of us did both! So you have absolutely no reason to be down ever. I mean sure it kind of sucks all the asses sometimes, but you've met new friends andOHMYGOD YOU'RE WATCHING CON AIR.

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[hawaiianheir]

[THE AUDIO IS CONSIDERABLY LESS OBTRUSIVE]

Oh my god no I'm not, you've just got Con Air on the brain.

...Wait when did you die? Was that an actual thing that happened?

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[drama8om8]

Wrong. You think I don't recognise the voice of the guy I spent like two weeks believing was my past-life husband? You are watching Con Air. You are watching the shit out of it.

 

Also sure I might've died just a little bit but I got better wow let's talk about Nic Cage's wifebeater now.

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

...Jeez. Yeah, okay. IGNORING THAT.

Tavia it's been on for like 4 hours now I can't stop watching it this is a problem.

audio;

[drama8om8]

...Why is that a problem? I. What?

[ CLEARLY THIS IS JUST. NORMAL BEHAVIOUR? GEEZ ]

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

It's so good. I haven't even put Blues Brothers on.

And I fucking love the Blues Brothers.

[YOU KNOW NOT THE HELL YOU UNLEASHED, TAVIA.]

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[drama8om8]

But are you writing alternate universe fanfiction where the Blues Brothers are on the prison plane with Cameron Poe and Cyrus the Virus yet? Because if not, don't sweat it! You can tooooooootally sink lower.

 

 

 

And if you are writing that, I want to read it.

audio;

[waltharius]

I'm... pretty sure things are just going to get worse...

[ He used to be a 'glass half full' kind of guy, but December has stamped it out of him a little. ]

But... yes, try to have a good holiday. A little escapism is nice.

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

...Yeah, I'm. Not holding many illusions about that. It's going to get worse, but we'll at least be a little more prepared for it, hopefully.

[He sighs a bit.]

Hey, you too. Try not to be too mopey about it, alright man? We've got a whole 'nother 365 to kick ass.

audio;

[waltharius]

Right.

[ ... ]

So then... movies. Do you have any recommendations?

audio;

[hawaiianheir]

Ones that I'm not obsessing over due to echo madness? [CON AIRING INTENSIFIES]

Uh. Hot Fuzz. And the Blues Brothers. Two classics to start you off, right there.

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[waltharius]

Thanks! I'll check them both out.

[ He might be able to hear the squeak of a mechanical pencil as Walter jots the titles down. ]

But, um. You're obsessing over a movie because of an echo...? Is that what's on in the background?

[ LISTENING CAREFULLY but he doesn't think he recognizes it. ]

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[decelerate]

whered you get the sweet headgear??

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[hawaiianheir]

the muffs or the goofy-ass hat?

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[decelerate]

both.

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[hawaiianheir]

muffs were a christmas gift from tavia. they're pretty cozy for being hamburgers and all.

the hat? well. i think. i made it? in the past? or my past life, rather.


wait. let me start over.



it's echo bullshit, i have no clue.

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[decelerate]

gotta hit them up and ask where theyre from. maybe the place has sunflowers or something frilly like that.

and oh yeah that echo junk, i basically have 0.97% understanding of that so thats cool man.

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[hawaiianheir]

maybe, who knows? sunflower headphones could be pretty rad.

yeah join the club, it's basically completely incomprehensible on every level.
you new here?

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[decelerate]

pretty much. my sister would flip out over that.

at least im not the only one who wonders wtf is up with that, but yeah im new.

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[gogoghostpowers]

[sigh]

Yeah, thanks, I guess. I don't even really blame you.

...what's with the hat and earmuffs, though?

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[hawaiianheir]

If it helps, I joke because I think you're cool enough to handle it.

Hat's one of those dumb echoes. No clue what triggered it. Muffs are a present from Tavia, because who else would?

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[gogoghostpowers]

[He just. Doesn't touch that, because he's only cool enough to handle it because he's gotten used to getting beat up over it. Some light teasing about his background isn't that big a deal any more.]

I guess those are pretty Tavia... The hat's an echo, though? Did you get it around Christmas or something? Because I got a weird echo like that too, but I don't know what caused it either.

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[hawaiianheir]

Yeah! I did, actually. I have -no- clue why it's here. Other than 'it's a dumb doofy hat that's kind of endearing for hilarity's sake.'


Why? What'd you get?

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[gogoghostpowers]

[wordlessly holds up a bat with a peculiar sticker on it.]

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[hawaiianheir]

[Isn't sure whether to laugh or not.]

What.