Video - un:IZZYGRRRL83

[notwearingthekeds]

[Izzy is doing her very best, when the video starts, to look presentable and like she knows what she's doing. She is, however, fourteen and so the tension is real. She looks nervous and a bit uneasy. Although her hair is all neatly combed for once. And a new outfit, but it mostly makes her look like she's trying too hard.]

Um, hi. I'm Izzy. I... kinda want to move out of the hotel. I don't really know how to cook and I can't just keep eating bread rolls and cookies after work every day. If anyone wants to meet somewhere public so I can get to know you and see if it's- like, a good idea to move in?

I can help with rent, but I don't really know how to cook or anything. And you have to be okay with me playing the violin. I need to practice and all. I can clean, not like I do a lot of it but enough to keep my room from being a safety hazard. And- like other chores if they aren't super degrading.

Like- I guess the other thing is don't be a shithead who tries to make me go to fucking school.

[...she realized she was doing so well at not swearing until that last line. Looks deeply embarrassed (she tried to be respectable), and clicks off the feed with that.]

Comments

[heartandsol]

Oh, my. I... kind of remember those being a thing, some time ago? I think pagers still exist where I'm from, they're just very rarely used. But no, there's a signal broadcast over the whole country that makes these work. Outside Avalon, I mean. AOL is probably magically-based, I've never seen a cell tower here.

[notwearingthekeds]

So in your world you have phones that are just radios?

[heartandsol]

It's... probably a similar technology? Cell phones connect to several towers to get a good signal, as I understand it. Something about how they work. It's probably close enough, though. Including that if you're too far away or too deep inside a building, the signal's weak, and you can't use it.

[She doesn't understand how she's gotten on this topic, but she doesn't really mind it? It's giving her someone to talk to, and that's always good.]