1st Test [CONSOLE | VIDEO]

[anewangle]

[The young man on screen looks to be in his early twenties, with dark hair poking out from underneath an old baseball cap. He's got kind of a nerd chic thing going. Or maybe an "I'm-a-college-kid-and-I-think-"formal"-means-putting-a-blazer-on-over-my-normal-clothes" thing. Either way, he doesn't stay silent for long. He got the whole newbie spiel already, from the welcome center and from a certain familiar face. City on the back of a giant turtle, less-than-friendly locals, weird soul jewelry... it's all pretty hard to swallow, but since his brain has so far refused to wake up and prove that this is all some sort of bizarre dream, he might as well give the consoles a try. Gauge the current level of tech around here, and maybe inquire after some pretty important information that the welcoming committee couldn't help him with.]

Uh... hi! My name is Tadashi Hamada, and I arrived pretty recently. That's probably pretty obvious, though...

[Focus, Tadashi. Stay on track. He smiles awkwardly, reaching up to tug briefly at the brim of his hat before forcing that hand back down and straightening up in his seat a little.]

I was actually wondering if there's anyone else here from San Fransokyo? You see, I'm looking for my brother. His name is Hiro. He's fourteen years old, about five feet tall, messy black hair? Usually wearing shorts and a hoodie? He was with me before, but I haven't seen him at all since I woke up here and I was wondering- [Wondering if something happened to him. Wondering if maybe his baby brother didn't make the jump between worlds with him. Worrying what that could mean and if this is all actually for real and time really does stop in his world...] Well, if anyone spots a kid that matches that description, I'd really appreciate it if you'd let me know.

[Have another smile, friends, thought a bit less awkward than before.] I guess that's all for now.

Comments

[valevectorian]

It'd be very easy to fix that.

[No, not going to be more overt in offering to 'demonstrate,' if only because that's how he's in the mood to go about it.]

[anewangle]

Guessing you know someone with psychic powers, then?

[There's definitely a little skepticism in his voice, but nearly as much as one might expect from a guy with Tadashi's background. Not that Accelerator knows Tadashi's background, but yeah. Engineer. Pretty grounded in reality.

Of course, he's always been open to new possibilities. The future's ever-changing. Also, he woke up on the back of a giant flying turtle a few days ago. That kinda booted his normal expectations of reality right out the window.]

[valevectorian]

You're talking to him right now.

[Gives the most unfriendly handwave at the screen possible. The bored, unimpressed look on his face just adds to that.

Accelerator was also pretty grounded in reality for a long time. But then again, his reality includes psychic powers existing. Psychic powers operate on controlling one's Personal Reality. So his idea of being grounded in reality is already different from Tadashi's.]

[anewangle]

[I'd say that makes for a pretty different definition.]

Really? [That little bit of skepticism? Yeah, fading, because very little seems too crazy in this place. Also, the idea is pretty cool.] Will you show me?

[valevectorian]

Only in person. Where I am right now isn't a good place to do it while at a console.

[Yeah no, most demonstrations of it would be best done somewhere outdoors, or where it's no big deal if he causes damage. Accel refuses to risk losing his job and room over something like this.]