Level 0001: [Video | Action in Crystalden]

[vulcanblazer]

[Video]

Well, looks like I finally got this damn thing turned on. Fancy as hell and all, but it could stand to have a better interface... and be made of something sturdier than see-through plastic. [He mumbles the next phrase:] Feels like I'm gonna break this thing.

Anyway, at first I thought this was some kind of dream or sick joke. Guess it's not, and I really shouldn't be surprised. Anyway, figured I'd introduce myself. Name's Adell, and I'm... [He hesitates, as though he was going to say something else, and then realizing that's irrelevant here.] ...new around here, I guess.

I'm currently in this Crystalden place... it's like something out of a cheesy sci-fi manga or something. Is this really where I'm supposed to live? I can't even find my apartment... [He sighs. At least it looked like there was a hell of a lot more freedom to move around here than in Luceti... He turns slightly away from the phone to look at the digital street sign he just passed, and the more diligent will notice something unusual on his back.] ...Pretty sure I'm going in circles.

Last thing, I guess. If the word "Luceti" means anything to anyone out there, I'd be interested in hearing from you.

[A risk to ask about it, perhaps, but worth a shot.]

[Action]

[Still wandering around Crystalden, the young demon is actually taken in by a number of sights, and even stops to linger in a highly advanced video arcade. That looked like fun, and he made a note to remember where it was. Afterward, he set out once more to find his new home. He can be encountered in person at any time along the way.]

Comments

[vulcanblazer]

Believe me, man. If I had my way, I wouldn't have them at all. There's a point... but it doesn't mean a damn thing here.

...It's a long story.

[armagone]

Had your way? They can't be that bad, even if you can't do the one thing you're supposed to do with them. You're making it sound like they were stapled on your back against your will.

[vulcanblazer]

Yeah, about that...

[That's pretty much exactly how it happened. Minus the stapler.]

[armagone]

[Oh. That's not what Ragna expected as an answer to his sarcasm. There's quite a pause inserted into the conversation now.]

... Did it hurt?

[vulcanblazer]

[He scratches the back of his head.]

I woke up with them at some point. I don't think they were actually stapled on, but... they were a pain in the ass to deal with when you suddenly get wings that have feeling.

...That's part of the long story. It's more complicated than that and probably sounds utterly insane.

[armagone]

You're right. It sounds utterly insane as it stands right now. I'm pretty sure I'll pass on the long version of whatever hell you came from.

[Honestly, it sounds like the best thing here. He's not stuck in this place to learn about everyone's worlds.]

[vulcanblazer]

[He laughs lightly, Ragna's blunt attitude being the same as ever.]

Don't blame you, man. You got a name?

[armagone]

[Just about the quickest attempt to exchange names that Ragna's come across. At least that related to some sort of misunderstanding about wings and being lost.]

Ragna. [...] You?

[vulcanblazer]

I'm Adell. Good to meet you. You get here recently yourself?

[armagone]

Yeah, yeah. ["Nice to meet you too" isn't up his alley, really.] Give or take a couple of weeks, yeah. Doesn't make it any easier to get used to.