video; un: mouseketeer

[souris_keteer]

[ It takes Mickey several attempts to get this right - this technology is WAY more than what he's used to. First the video keeps cutting out, then it's upside-down, but finally... the image stays! Relieved, Mickey waves a friendly hello from his room - to his right is a panting pup, and on his hat is his familiar, a brown sprite-like thing with tattered clothes. ]

Gosh, you think I got it right this time? I sure hope so... well, guess there's only one way t'find out!

[ Clears throat! ]

Hiya, folks! My name is Mickey Mouse! These are my pals, Pluto -

[ "Rowf!" Pluto happily barks. ]

And... uh, well... they told me this lil guy is my "familiar", not really sure what it all means, so I'm not sure what to call him. I thought about "Pluto Junior" -

[ Said familiar pinches Mickey's ear, hard, and Mickey visibly winces. ]

But, uh, as you can see, he... doesn't really like it all that much, so I guess if you have any suggestions when it comes to names... Oh, right! I almost forgot why I was usin' this thing in the first place!

See, back in my world, I'm a musketeer - guess it's what you'd call a "knight" here! And I still haven't really gotten a hang of this magic stuff... but I figured I should keep up my swordplay while I'm here, so I don't get rusty! Magic's useful and all, but the more ways you can help out the better, right?

So I was wonderin' if there's anyone out here who would be willin' to help with that - training with swords every so often! Thanks a million!

And see ya real soon!

video; un: q

[monostich]

Apologies for being... One of many new posts, and I'm sure it's a question that's been asked before, but...

[The man on the video trails off for a moment, hesitating.]

I'm unfamiliar with this "cognitive" type of magic - things like elemental and kinetic seem similar to magics from my home world, but I can't say I've experienced anything like this before.

[So, of course, he has to end up it! Seems just his luck.]

So if anyone with any experience has any tips on... How to control it and how to improve, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm not sure what I can offer in return just yet, but hopefully we could come to an agreement?

[He's broke, okay, and it's not like he has anything from home he could bargain with either. All he has is the shadowy cat perched in his lap, three eyes focused on the camera and tail flicking lazily.]

Regardless, thank you for taking the time to... Watch this.

video | un: prismpink

[prismatically]

Goooooood morning everybody!

[ That's an... enthused greeting! It's coming from Stella, who's stood against a backdrop of what seems to be one of the walls of her hotel room that's been spruced up a bit with some pink bunting and other random decorations (thankfully just held up with sticky tack to avoid permanently defacing the walls). She's got a big smile on her face and she seems a little... 'switched on' is probably the best word for it. If you've met Stella before this, then it's easy to see that some of her flighty, unfocused energy is gone, apparently channeled into... whatever this video is. ]

So, if we haven't met before or you're new – hi! I'm Stella! I've been here... man, it's been a while now! I think about two months, maybe three? Either way, it's a while! And since I've been getting to know everybody who's here, making friends, that kinda stuff– I've noticed something!

[ She folds her arms across her chest, looking performatively pensive about this whole thing. ]

There's like... a bunch of us here who are performers! I mean singers and people who can play instruments or actors– you know, stuff like that! And at first I was like "okay, this is a really weird coincidence" but then I had a genius idea, since I'm, you know, a genius.

[ She says this with enough panache that the irony comes through, thankfully. ]

I was thinking – let's start a club! Or a group or a circle or an alliance, whatever we wanna call it! And if you're into music or acting or dancing you can come along and we can just kinda hang out and talk about it! And I've been looking around and there's a ton of places around here we could use as a meeting spot and there's studios where we can rehearse and places we could perform if we really wanna, and even recording studios too–

[ Thankfully, she catches herself before she rambles too much more and shakes her head a bit. ]

Okaaayyyy, I'm getting way too ahead of myself for right now, so I'm gonna just leave it there and say – well if you're interested, send me a message and if enough folks wanna come along, we can talk about meeting times and where to hang out. Easy! And...! Don't tab away yet, 'cause this is a twofer! [ she thrusts her hands towards the camera in a double peace sign to emphasize this. ] I've got something else I wanna ask!

... does anybody know where I can get a job? I'm basically dirt poor and I'm sooooooooo tired of just eating the food here at the inn... it's good! Don't get me wrong! But I need some variety or I'm gonna go insane. And I wanna be able to go shopping and have fun! So is anywhere hiring? Job-wise, I, uh... I've kind of only ever been an idol, so I don't really know what I can do, but hey! I'll try anything!

Alright, Stella out! Don't forget what I said, let me know if you wanna sign up for the meeting thing, okay? Byeee!