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tushanshu2016-01-01 01:46 pm
skeletonenigma) wrote in tushanshu2016-01-01 01:46 pm
[console] video; RELUCTANTLY. SO RELUCTANTLY.
[As the old year ends and the new year begins - or whatever the closest equivalent is for the kedan, but definitely sometime in the middle of the night when the least amount of people are likely to be sitting in front of a console - Skulduggery appears on screen.
The first thing you'll notice is that he's wearing a suit.
It's a tacky red Christmas sweater suit, covered in snowmen and Christmas trees.
On top of this startling sight, Skulduggery's wearing a knit scarf with reindeer on it, nestled neatly but visibly underneath a different knit scarf with mistletoe on it. In place of the usual 1940s private eye hat sitting on top of his head, there's a knit bobble hat with reindeer antlers attached to each side. He's broken into a small cafe to use their public console, and there's a small group of about four kedan children just visible over his left shoulder singing Joy to the World. It's a halting rendition; these children only learned the words last week. But they're happily humming over the parts they don't remember, and having the time of their lives.]
Hello, Keeliai. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
[This is clearly a bid to fulfill the condition of a piece of blackmail during a time when there won't be many people around to witness it. Unfortunately for Skulduggery, messages left on the console network can be saved and replayed by anyone at any time, and his message is unlikely to be buried before morning.
So he might as well add to it.]
Erskine Ravel and Solomon Wreath, by the way, are both planning to overthrow Keeliai's current government.
[Because who else would sic unwanted music on Skul 24/7. Who else.]
The first thing you'll notice is that he's wearing a suit.
It's a tacky red Christmas sweater suit, covered in snowmen and Christmas trees.
On top of this startling sight, Skulduggery's wearing a knit scarf with reindeer on it, nestled neatly but visibly underneath a different knit scarf with mistletoe on it. In place of the usual 1940s private eye hat sitting on top of his head, there's a knit bobble hat with reindeer antlers attached to each side. He's broken into a small cafe to use their public console, and there's a small group of about four kedan children just visible over his left shoulder singing Joy to the World. It's a halting rendition; these children only learned the words last week. But they're happily humming over the parts they don't remember, and having the time of their lives.]
Hello, Keeliai. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
[This is clearly a bid to fulfill the condition of a piece of blackmail during a time when there won't be many people around to witness it. Unfortunately for Skulduggery, messages left on the console network can be saved and replayed by anyone at any time, and his message is unlikely to be buried before morning.
So he might as well add to it.]
Erskine Ravel and Solomon Wreath, by the way, are both planning to overthrow Keeliai's current government.
[Because who else would sic unwanted music on Skul 24/7. Who else.]
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[That's it. That's the reply. Just that one word. Have you gone
incaininsane, Cain.]video;
[ If Skulduggery hasn't noticed that he's the world's craziest sane man, there is no hope. ]
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Yes. That's exactly it. I want to keep all of it for myself.
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[ He is so very trolling here. He pauses a beat, tilts his head. ]
Can you do impressions?
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[He knows you're trolling, Cain. He's just not really in the mood to troll back.]
Normally, yes. Right now, no.
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How good are they? I'd imagine either they're terrible or perfect. No in between.
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