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tushanshu2012-09-29 02:11 pm
notahawkingbird) wrote in tushanshu2012-09-29 02:11 pm
[ video ]
[ For a moment, the video appears to be stuck, as if in pause. The girl looking slightly askew of the camera is very still, and only the faint flutter of wind disturbing the bits of dark baby-hair sticking out from the top of her head indicates that the feed is, in fact, perfectly fine--
--and then, she snaps out of it, face gaining back it's animation and she blows her cheeks out, follows it up with a deep breath and nods. ]
So, uh.
Right.
[ Her hands come up in a sort of surrender, sort of awkward 'Hi, this is me' because wow this is weird, video calls when she is in her pajamas. Her salt-water-soaked-but-nevertheless-now-dry pajamas.
It is not comfortable. She doesn't mind Skyping with friends while dressed in her bedtime clothes, but wow, not like this.
She shakes her head, runs her fingers through her hair and huffs: ]
Okay let me start over.
[ The change is subtle, but the difference is huge. Shoulders straightened but not tense, she looks directly into the camera with purpose and suddenly it doesn't matter what she looks like. ]
Hello, my name is Katherine Bishop and I've just arrived in the city.
I've been appraised by the people who fished me out of the water on what little they seem to feel they can divulge, so you can consider this a shout-out to anyone who can supply me information that will give me a better idea of Turtle Land.
I haven't seen the city much, but I'm a keen observer and no stranger to tension in the atmosphere when I see it.
[ There's a brief and considering pause before she continues in a less blunt tone that leans more to negotiation. ] I have currently nothing to trade with or pay you by for the information and I know I don't really look like much at the moment, but I guarantee that I can offer you my resume and list of skillsets if you require all of that in writing.
[ A beat.] Also, if there is anyone from home out there who sees this, please drop me a message. I'm not even going to lie, guys. It would be awesome to see familiar faces right about now. [ There's a faint twitch of a smile at the corner of her mouth before she reaches over and the feed goes dark. ]
--and then, she snaps out of it, face gaining back it's animation and she blows her cheeks out, follows it up with a deep breath and nods. ]
So, uh.
Right.
[ Her hands come up in a sort of surrender, sort of awkward 'Hi, this is me' because wow this is weird, video calls when she is in her pajamas. Her salt-water-soaked-but-nevertheless-now-dry pajamas.
It is not comfortable. She doesn't mind Skyping with friends while dressed in her bedtime clothes, but wow, not like this.
She shakes her head, runs her fingers through her hair and huffs: ]
Okay let me start over.
[ The change is subtle, but the difference is huge. Shoulders straightened but not tense, she looks directly into the camera with purpose and suddenly it doesn't matter what she looks like. ]
Hello, my name is Katherine Bishop and I've just arrived in the city.
I've been appraised by the people who fished me out of the water on what little they seem to feel they can divulge, so you can consider this a shout-out to anyone who can supply me information that will give me a better idea of Turtle Land.
I haven't seen the city much, but I'm a keen observer and no stranger to tension in the atmosphere when I see it.
[ There's a brief and considering pause before she continues in a less blunt tone that leans more to negotiation. ] I have currently nothing to trade with or pay you by for the information and I know I don't really look like much at the moment, but I guarantee that I can offer you my resume and list of skillsets if you require all of that in writing.
[ A beat.] Also, if there is anyone from home out there who sees this, please drop me a message. I'm not even going to lie, guys. It would be awesome to see familiar faces right about now. [ There's a faint twitch of a smile at the corner of her mouth before she reaches over and the feed goes dark. ]
[ video » private ]
--wait. Avengers?
It's on the tip of her tongue to ask but she finds that she can't. Not when it was just a few hours before that she was talking to Clint about teaming up. So Kate decidedly shifts the topic away, because the words "gang" and "war" in the same sentence can never mean a good thing. ]
Tell me more.
[video | private]
Aaaand I guess not all the kedan are big fans of this plan, especially a lot of the ones in the gangs? There's been some... hostility the past month or so, and then it kind of blew up. All of us got deputized to help the police out for the emergency, and then just when things were supposed to be under control, the Black Kirin - that's, um, one of the gangs, though I'm pretty sure they're almost all dead or in jail now - lost it and tried to blow up one of the turtle's flippers.
[ Rikki shrugs and grins crookedly. ] So yeah, it's been fun.
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Her expression changes though, when Rikki mentions that last bit about blowing up the turtle's flippers. ]
Sounds pretty much like out usual activities back home. It sounds rough. [ she's sort of wringing her hands out of the camera's view. the idea of her friends in the thick of danger -- even one that's already passed -- is making her wish that she'd gotten here sooner. ] I'm glad everyone's okay. [ her voice is soft on that last bit. ]
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[ Most of them, anyway. The ones who aren't dead at home, at least... ]
But yeah, we're dealing okay. Helps that we've got a lot of people here with experience with this sort of thing.