Verse 01 - Video

[poeticverses]

[The feed opens up on a...pretty beat up redhead. Dried blood, bruises starting to form, cuts and scrapes, everything short of bullet wounds, really.

Those were healed before he woke up.

It takes a second for him to realize that he got it to start recording and he blushes a bit. Not that you can tell with all the bruising and whatnot, but. He looks like any beat-up 19th century Frenchman: dirty, bloody shirt, bloody blue waistcoat...basically, he didn't bother to clean up before figuring out this console.

When he speaks, his voice is fairly soft and he's terribly awkward, and not just because he's talking into a box]

The gentleman who brought me here said I could use this...device to contact others in the city. Does...is anyone else here from Paris? If so, are you familiar with Les Amis de l'ABC? My name is Jehan--Jean, but I prefer Jehan--Prouvaire, and I need to know if I'm the only one of us here. If I am not, could you please direct me to my friends?

[Don't ask if he wants to be alone here or not. He couldn't tell you]

I also need a doctor, please. I don't think I am in any danger of dying now, but I would rather not risk it.

Ah...thank you.


[[ooc: for those of you not familiar with French, "Jehan" does has a different sound than "Jean"]]

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[poeticverses]

They--the gods--they exist? Truly?

[fotia]

[lmao no this is almost too easy]

Well I sure hope so, otherwise my life has been a lie all this time.

[poeticverses]

Please, speak plainly. The gods--Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus--they exist? At least...where you are from?

[Because you are clearly not from the world he's from kid]

[fotia]

I'm already speaking plainly you're the one who--argh, nevermind!

Yes, the gods do exist! Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, the whole shebang--er, that means everything ever. Though, just between you and me, Mr. D--Dionysus, or well, Bacchus, at least--is kind of a jerk. Er, I mean, an ass. You olden French guys do say "ass", don't you?

[poeticverses]

I'm twenty-four.

[not old!]

And yes, we do. I did not think the gods were real.

[fotia]

Then... Surprise!

[poeticverses]

[What is today. His head hurts.

But he presses on because this is amazing]

You mentioned demigods? What do you mean by that?

[fotia]

Exactly like what you'd think! When a god and a mortal love each other... Well, you know. There are a lot of demigods in our world, though normal people don't have a clue who is and who isn't.

[ the humorous tone returns ] So maybe you've been around gods and demigods before and you just didn't know it.

[poeticverses]

No, I'm fairly certain someone would have said something, as often as I go on about the Classics. I study them, some.

[fotia]

Yeah, but how can you be so sure? [ 8) ]

[poeticverses]

Because my friends enjoy proving one another wrong almost as much as fighting for the people. No one would have been able to resist.

[fotia]

Of course they'd say that gods don't really exist, though, unless they're demigods themselves. And even then, I'm not really sure they'd go telling you about their godly parents.

[poeticverses]

I--never mind.

[You hurt his brain]

Are you a demigod, then?

[fotia]

[ there's an evident pause, because he's not actually up to telling random french boys about his parents, or how his mother died and how it still hurts, and how his father sucks and how he never feels that he belongs anywhere.

But he quickly puts on a cheery smile when he catches himself stalling ]

Maybe I am? [ and a bit overdramatically ] But why would you care, though? You don't believe in the existence of gods or demigods.

[poeticverses]

I never said that. I said I studied the Classics and discuss the gods.

[fotia]

Alright, cool then! I'm not big on Classics, but we can totally discuss gods. Want to know who's a jerk and who isn't?

[ a pause! ] Do I have to translate that for you? Because I'm not sure you got all that.

[poeticverses]

I, ah, understood the gist. I'm more interested in the myths, however.

[fotia]

Good! You adapt quickly, young padawan.

[lmao doesn't actually bother explaining the reference and goes on to say:]

What about the myths do you know?

[poeticverses]

Enough, I suppose. About Apollo and wise Athena and Hercules and all the rest.

[fotia]

Hercules. [ he rolls his eyes at that ] He's not as cool as you'd expect, really. He's super cranky, and he almost tried to kill me and my friends, too.

[ LMAO it's getting terribly hard to tell if he's kidding or not...]

I am so sorry for spamming this icon but it really fits here XD

[poeticverses]

He--what?

Lmfao it really does tho i am so sorry for all the confusions jehan

[fotia]

I know, man. Crazy. But my friend managed to stop him by burying him in food, so that sort of made up for the whole almost-getting-killed thing.

[poeticverses]

[More blinking]

Are you certain you're not drunk?

[fotia]

Hey, already told you I don't drink.

Do I really look drunk, though? Is it the hair? The eye-bags? It's the eye-bags, isn't it?

[because tbh he hasn't looked at himself in the mirror recently, what with trying to figure out how to design and build a machine to escape the Turtle...]

[poeticverses]

It isn't your looks, monsieur.

[It's what you're saying because seriously, the last guy he knew that babbled like this was Grantaire]