[Chapter 1] The Confused Man - Audio/Video

[cthulhu_ficcer]

[The transmission might crackle and rustle, and all one can see is a deep reddish shadow, as if someone has their thumb over the camera. A husky tenor voice with a cultured sound to it speaks.]

What is the manner of this device or engine? To what purpose was it built for? It appears to pertain to communication, but how does it function?

[A light clearing of the throat.]

Excuse me, I am Mister Howard P. Lovecraft, formerly of Providence, Rhode Island, and now... by some mysterious means, transported to this fair city. Might anyone explain as to why we are brought to this place, myself in particular, as I have... a writing deadline to meet. [He sounds rather concerned by this fact.]

[At length, the reddish shadow moves away and the speaker, a lantern-jawed man in his early forties, dark blond hair and grey eyes, comes into view, studying the device.

Comments

[delilahs_death]

You've been kidnapped, essentially. It's a rather harmless, kidnapping, granted, but you're stuck here.

On the other hand, though, you likely do not need to worry about your deadline.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

I'm afraid you're in a rather unusual circumstance, Mr. Lovecraft. It's all a bit convuluted, but, essentially, the core of it is this: you're being kept here in this city for at least some time, as are the rest of us.

[misskringle]

[Have a delicate looking redhead looking like something from the early 50s.]

Not from modern times I take it?

[cthulhu_ficcer]

[If anything, she looks a bit futuristic to his eyes.]

It was the year 1932, in the world that I ...lately vanished from. It was already a time of rapid development in new technologies, and I have a strong feeling that more have been invented since that time.

I take it that you're from my future?

[misskringle]

2014 to be exact.

voice;

[brbgettingwrench]

The device is just for talking to others in the same situation. it's a pretty amazing device that I wish I could take apart and see how it worked exactly.

But it's nice to meet you. I'm Winry Rockbell.

Re: voice;

[cthulhu_ficcer]

[He's studying the device yet again, and thus only half his face is visible for a moment.]

I take it, in that case, that this device is a hybrid of a telephone and a motion picture camera, allowing us to see each other in the moment that we're speaking.

I appreciate the explanation, and the greeting, Miss Rockbell, if I might call you that?

voice;

[brbgettingwrench]

I believe so, yes. It's pretty amazing what people can come up with anyway. Who knows how much more advanced this device can get if someone could work on it.

You can call me that if it makes you more comfortable.

[Video]

[scarlet_devil]

And to date not a single person has found out, precisely, how we were brought here.

[ This is from someone that looked like a young girl. One with crimson eyes, very pale skin and wings. ]

As for the device, think of it as a wireless telephone that can send sounds and moving pictures.

[psychica_ratione]

I'm pretty sure ya won't be makin' that deadline, sir.

[ He's trying to hide a rural Virginia accent, but he is not doing very well. ]

From what I've been told it's not just one city? It's actually several cities that feed into one in the middle.

[Video]

[creator_of_the_daleks]

[Have a face that wouldn't be out of place in one of your stories]

Are you perhaps familiar with the idea of there being other worlds out there? That there might exist an entirely separate reality to the life on Earth, you had been living up to this moment who's veil you could pierced however unintentionally? If you understand these concepts, you can more easily grasp your present situation.

[Video]

[borntolove]

[The Doctor can't help but grin at that name - if it's who someone believes it to be. He does note what year Howard states it to be]

You're a long way from home, Mr. Lovecraft. Like something out of Jules Verne.

Re: [Video]

[cthulhu_ficcer]

[That literary reference gets a smile from the newcomer.]

The thought crossed my mind, that I had stumbled, somehow, into a world that would bring wonder and amazement to Monsieur Verne's clever mind. I take it that you, too, are an admirer of his work?