eachdraidh | SCRAMBLE 02 :: video :: open to both courts (slightly forward dated to the 23rd)

[ When the video turns on, it's to the conflicted face of a young boy. He's clutching a letter in his hand, not quite focusing on the camera just yet. There seems to be a lot there just from this glimpse alone. He's not a stranger to what's been going on with the network, although he stopped looking some time ago when it was evident there was going to be more things shared. For their privacy he stopped...

But he didn't expect the letter and it's the letter that's troubling him now. There's a balloon of hope in his chest that he's sure will be popped in just a few simple words. He wants to try, though, to understand-- but he has to ask something before he ca let that hope go one way or other. ]

--Does anyone know how well we can trust the rulers here? They told me they could help me with something, but... I can't trust people who kidnap others for war. I've never met them. They gave me something last month, too, but that was different. This is-- This is something I need to know.

[ A beat. ]

If I do it, I'm going to be away for a while, too. It's fine because I'm by myself, but if anyone has any tips for traveling I'd be grateful.

...At least it looks like all the memories have slowed down. I hope everyone's okay.

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I would listen for as long as you wish to speak of it.

[ He hesitates, ducking his head away. A finger going to comb through his hair. Blue wasn't normal, it was a fact he knew. Different, alien... ]

I don't want anyone to see me differently.

[Different in her world, though not as much as other things here.]

Do you fear that they'll no longer like you?

...That's what it was like before I joined Generation Bleu.

[ And it's still something that's there. Even if he doesn't have to think about it as much and his home is with the company, the hatred doesn't leave so easily. Protecting everyone, even the people that hated him, were still important. ]

And that made things different? What is this that you speak of?

...I'd left the island but I was still me. Even there I was still who I am. [ A frown as he shakes his head. ] My parents didn't come from the same world as me.