[video]

[nocawsforconcern]

[When the video turns on, the first thing you're going to get is an extreme close-up of Enna's eye, before she scoots back.]

Cawww.... This is weird. So I just talk into this and everyone else hears it? Hello, everyone else! I'm Enna, captain of the Argo Minor, and I just got here, and I have some important questions!

[She waves, cheerfully, then stops, and looks around, like she's not sure where she's supposed to wave to.]

We're all going through the 'void'. Which is the very colorful painful stuff outside. It's not like any sea I've sailed before, but I like learning new things! The problem is... we can't look at it. Or see what to do. I don't think that's good. Does anyone know a way to look at it? Also, is there a reason we're not covering up the windows to make sure people don't look at it if it's bad to look at? We won't be able to navigate it on our own if we can't even look at it.

The second problem! Caw. The second problem is that whoever the captain of this train-ship-thingy is, people haven't seen them, right? And that means, if whatever happens here goes bad, and that captain gets hurt or killed, we don't have anyone else who can steer this thing. Which is stupid and dangerous.

[She folds her arms, making soft cawing noises to herself as she organizes her thoughts again.]

Did I get all that right? We can't look at the void, we don't know how to navigate, we don't have any control in the ship, and we don't even see the captain to learn how to control it? I dunno much of anything about anything happening here, but it seems really dumb to me to not have anyone capable of getting us to port if anything super bad happens.

[She stares at the camera a bit longer, silently. And then...]

Wait, when do people start talking back? Do I need to do something first?

[There's a long pause, and then a WHACK, and the video cuts out as Enna punches the ICP.]

Comments

[alongtailtalltale]

[Uuuuuuuuh.]

Are you still there? Can you still see this? Cuz you're not the only one who's started out at that stuff and dangit, we won't be the last! Someone should really do something!

[nocawsforconcern]

[! ! !]

I'm here! Hello! I see you! Is this how it works? These things are hard to use, I don't get it! But you're right! What are you?

[alongtailtalltale]

Yeah, it's a bit confusing innit? But I think you just talk into it and wait for someone to see it and talk back.

But anyway, I'm Tangle. I'm a lemur! One that's human sized and talks, because apparently other people don't have those on their worlds like mine does.

[nocawsforconcern]

Are lemurs not normally big or talky? I don't know what they are! Other than a you. A lemur is a you I guess. Hello Tanglemur!

I don't think I like these things though. It's way easier to talk to people. Not... windows? Weird black glass window thingies that suddenly have faces.

[alongtailtalltale]

Eh? Just call me Tangle! And yeah, I don't get what lemurs are elsewhere either. I just explain to them my world is different.

And you're right! We should find a place to meet up and talk instead! Face to face is always better in my book!

[nocawsforconcern]

Right! I'm in...

[She pauses.]

These rooms are named weird. Where's the food? I want food. I'm gonna find the food place we can talk there.

[video]

[singerofspells]

It could easily be that the train itself is navigating. And a few of us have... gotten impressions from it.

[S'reee twisted a bit as she hovered in midair because that was not currently a topic she wanted to delve too much into.]

[nocawsforconcern]

[The video shows a whole facial journey as Enna processes what she's seeing. That's... That's a whale. But the whale is talking. Which is confusing. But not the first talking whale she's met.

The first one she's met in the flesh, but that could just be this train's weirdness.]

Cetus! You're here! Thank goodness!

[...

She can't tell whales apart.]

[singerofspells]

I think you've mistaken me for someone else. My name is S'reee.

[At least this isn't more variations on 'hey, a talking whale!' which S'reee appreciates.]

[nocawsforconcern]

... Oh. Sorry, then.

[She looks... pretty crestfallen at that.]

Do you know Cetus, Sreee?

[singerofspells]

I don't think so. Generally speaking, I work in the North Atlantic and contact other wizards in other ocean basins.

Is Cetus a nickname? Since it just means 'whale'.

video

[blitzcheer]

....Yoo, we're not down a terminal, are we?

[ Should he be more concerned that they are, he doesn't sound like it. Actually- ]

Your fist okay over there?

[nocawsforconcern]

[Enna's rubbing her fist...]

I'm okay! This thing's tough. I could break it if I tried, though!

[.... and then she realizes someone's talking to her.]

Oh! Hello spiky person!

[blitzcheer]

Eh? [ He blinks--and then a hand goes up to the side of his hair. ] Hah, that's a new one!

The name's Tidus! And you-- you're En was it? Enna?

[ She said a lot, ok. ]

[nocawsforconcern]

Yes! Hello, Spiky Tidus. I'm Enna!

[She did, indeed, say a lot. And she seems to have no intention of slowing down, at all.]

Do you know anything about this train thingy?

[blitzcheer]

[ Spiky Tidus? You know what, he doesn't mind. ]

You mean how nothing makes sense and if anything happens, we're probably screwed? Yep, sounds like you got it. Welcome to the Voidtrecker Express!

[ a shake of the head and a shrug with that! ]

[nocawsforconcern]

[. . . she just stares at him for a minute.]

Caw.

That's not welcoming.

[video]

[theturksway]

They don't exactly give us a choice in the matter.

[He looks somewhat amused, but also mostly bored. Probably why he's bothering to reply at all. Boredom.]

[video]

[nocawsforconcern]

[Enna blinks, staring.]

Another spiky person! This one's red! Hello, Red Spiky Person!

What do you mean, no choice?

[video]

[theturksway]

[...His hair isn't anything like Cloud's, why the hell??

Whatever.]

I mean, we don't get a choice where we go or who drives the vehicle. We don't even know who's in charge or why they take us.

[video]

[nocawsforconcern]

[that's the curse of being a final fantasy, reno.]

Duh. So we need to fix that. That's what I'm saying.

[video]

[theturksway]

[It is. /dramatic sigh]

Yeah, well, good luck with that. That's all I'm saying.

[Said in the tone of "you won't make it very far, kid."]

[sunbloom]

Please don't punch the terminal. [Calmly but with a little bit of long-suffering tiredness.] We'll get back to you eventually, just be patient with us. But no, we agree with you - the things you mentioned are very strange. The windows make sense, though - when we're on a world, we need to be able to see where we're getting off the train, right?

[nocawsforconcern]

So put curtains up. Duh.

[sunbloom]

That's... [Huh. Why did she not think of that?] Actually pretty reasonable. Maybe we'll have to see if we can order some from the train store.

I haven't been here that long to comment on the other things, though - a month isn't really enough time to learn a whole lot, especially when a third of that was spent off the train. Sorry.