genessia | video + action

[ Mercury, never content to just start the feed focused on his face like a normal human being, instead backflips into the frame shortly after the video begins. What might be most surprising to anyone who knows him is his change of attire - instead of the same outfit he wears pretty much every single freaking day, he's in what appears to be some kind of uniform. Blue buttondown shirt, darker blue slacks and a hat of matching color, a nice pair of shoes... he kind of looks like-- ]

Ta-da! Guess who works for the post office!

[ Yeah. That. ]

Well, the Nova City branch anyway. So anyone who lives around here can expect to be seeing a lot more of me soon. Right on your doorstep, even! I can hardly wait.

... I won't be the one delivering the paper, though, so don't whine to me about broken windows.

[ He winks at the camera, leaning in as if to turn it off... but pauses for just a moment. ]

Oh, uh. Right. If any of the other city's guardians could shoot me a line? There are things I'd like to discuss. Sooner rather than later, please and thank you!

[ Now he clicks the feed off. ]

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PRIVATE TO: Emerald Sustrai

[ ... or at least clicks the feed to a private channel. ]

Tell me your jaw didn't just drop.

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ACTION: Nova City

[ Mercury, on the job and dressed for it, is making his way to the addresses he's assigned to for the day with a sack full of letters and such slung over his back. Feel free to intercept him, or have him show up at your door with some stuff.

Or, perhaps, talk about delivering something outside the normal postal system. He's not opposed to some smuggling work on the side. ]

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You're probably right. [Doesn't stop him from feeling kind of worthless, though.] Building things is what I'm good at.

That? N-no. [He wasn't even sure why he stammered. Why was he embarrassed?] Well, I do like armor. And swords. When I was little I used to pretend to be a knight. [He laughs to hide his abashment.] I always played those...and Paladins.Though, I have to admit I liked playing the bad guys too.

[It was his guilty pleasure. And then he met a real villain.]

[ He's only half-listening, really. Trying to play the part without actually spending any brainpower or effort. Something about... armor? Paladins? Whatever, whatever--

what was that last part. ]

... Let me hear your best villain impression. Humor me, here.

I don't humor mortals, you fool. [Ryou slips riiiight back into his role as gaming master. It's been a long time, but really, it's like getting back on a bike.

His voice drops several octaves and there is no trace of the friendly, open boy that owns the shop. His expression is stern and he fixes Mercury with stare that is utterly pitiless. He's sneering at the other boy as that he were a piece of trash clinging to his shoe.]

Though if you insist, we could see how long it takes before your screams are echoing off the wall of this chamber. I'll learn what it is you fear the most....

[He tries to finish that off with a darker variant of his own laugh but he loses his composure at that point and is really laughing now.]

I'm so sorry! Ha ha! That was terrible. But it's been a long time since I've been able to play that sort of game with anyone.

[Because his darker half does enjoy moonlit walks through torture chambers...and loved to turn games into nightmares.]

Edited 2016-05-18 06:23 (UTC)

[ It's a better act than he'd expected, for damn sure. Honestly, the look was almost better than the voice - it reminds him of someone else who used to look at him like that. Someone who, once upon a time, Mercury had been afraid of.

But that man had died, and with it died Mercury's fear of nearly anything. So if anything, this show is just a pleasant reminder that he's grown strong enough to shrug off that sort of thing. ]

It was pretty hammy. You ought to get back in practice.

I know. I need to get better lines. [He's still chuckling at himself.] It's been hard to practice without a campaign though. You have to have enough people to play.

[He puffs out a sigh. Oh well.] What did you and your friends do together back in your world?

Edited 2016-05-19 05:45 (UTC)

Oh, you know. Hang out, read comics, exercise, plot world domination.

[ The delivery is so flippant that it has to be a joke, right? ]

The usual.

I guess it's the same everywhere. I did like comic books but me and my friends tended to try and prevent world domination. ~~With children's card games and magic!~~ [He grins.]

Maybe one day we'll meet on the battlefield. Good versus evil, fate of the world, etc.

Until then, we'll have to be content with reading comics. [He gestures at the one or two he has lying on the work table to indicate the irony. It's good working for yourself. You can read at work and no one tells you anything.]

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