[Console | Video/Action?] did I disappoint you (possible spoilers)

[edgeoftheknife]

[The man in the video is gorgeous. True, there are dark circles under his eyes as if he hasn't slept well in weeks, but it kind of gives him that "I just stepped off a movie set and wow am I tired from being beautiful all day" look. If you've been around the Midnight Hotel at all over the past couple of weeks you've probably seen him there, shadowing after Anton Shudder like a lost puppy--which is pretty nearly the expression on his face most times as well. He looks lost.

He looks like he's forgotten what he came on here to say, as a matter of fact.

After a few more seconds he perks up, looking up at the camera instead of off to the side as he had been. When he speaks it's with an Irish accent.]

Right, hello. Ah, sorry about that. I seem to have misplaced my... brain, today. Anyway, I've met a few of you already, but for those I haven't, my name is Erskine Ravel. I also answer to "Grand Mage" or possibly "hey you."

[He gives a little two-fingered salute and a slight smile.]

I was hoping...

[He goes quiet, frowning.]

What was I hoping, again? I.... Mm, nope, it's gone. Ah well, if it was important it'll come 'round again. At any rate, I hope everyone's having a lovely day. Pay someone a compliment and don't forget to tip your waitress.

[The video abruptly stops.]


((ooc: possible spoilers, please mark comments as needed!))

Comments

[edgeoftheknife]

From what, being a dick, or my job at the Hotel? Because I'm not going to lie, getting fired from cleaning wouldn't exactly break my heart.

[akito]

Being a dick, then! What if someone does a better job than you?

[ ty for giving him a fun distraction from everything that makes him want to curl up in the fetal position in his bed and stay there, ravel dazzle. ]

[edgeoftheknife]

[He puts on a thoughtful expression]

I have to admit, it's a possibility. Slim, but it's there.

In that case I suppose I'll have to switch to complaining. I am amazing at complaining. And giving orders. Inspired, one might say.

[akito]

There are some very good - and loud - complainers here, too. You would have competition!

[edgeoftheknife]

Wait, are you trying to say I'm not... special? That I'm just like everyone else?

...I don't know if my ego can handle this. I'm not sure how I'm going to break the news.

[akito]

You're still prettier than most of the other boys.

[ not all though, srry bro. ]

[edgeoftheknife]

"Most"? And who, pray tell, is the fairest in the land?

[akito]

Hiro-kun is definitely the cutest.

[edgeoftheknife]

I see. And is this "Hiro" aware of his superior genetics? I find that people who know they're pretty tend to become intolerable prats.

[akito]

He's aware that he's a genius! I don't think he cares so much about how he looks.

[bigdamnhiro]

['Superior Genetics' incoming. Mussed hair and filthy grease-smudged face and massive bug-eyed goggles and all, looking like he's been in a fight with a car engine. The opposite of the cutest, right at the moment.]

...What.

[akito]

[ oh no

what a cutie

see

this is what akito means

just like

look at all his messy nerdy focusedness and obvious passion for mechanics ]

I said that you're way cuter than this guy!

[bigdamnhiro]

[Cue awkward throat clearing and, uh, looking somewhere else, because teenager.]

Uh, okay, cuter than a four-hundred-year-old man. That's, uh....guess that's an accomplishment.

[Let him just. add that to his long list of other accomplishments. His high school diploma and all that other junk. Livin' the dream.]

[edgeoftheknife]

Hiro, I presume?

I'm trying not to be offended. My ego can't take much more of this.

[He's still smiling. Not offended in the slightest.]

[bigdamnhiro]

Well, hey, I mean -

[Haaaa...nervous laugh.]

Looking good, for four hundred! Whatever you're doing, keep doing it, it's working wonders.

[akito]

[ p much just laughing his butt off bless u awkward nerdy child u r doing great at cheering him up. ]

[edgeoftheknife]

It's the beauty sleep. Lots and lots of beauty sleep.

[He says, looking as if he hasn't slept in a week.]

And who's this, providing the running commentary?

[akito]

Be careful then, because it looks like you'll be getting ugly soon!

[ akito knows that feel but at least he hides it with his shapeshifty-ness aw yeh ]

I'm Akito. I run Gazelle Delivery, so if you ever need to deliver something, give me some currency and I will!