Video - Unseelie/Seelie

[isitapony]

[The locket screen shows a blonde with slightly mussed hair and a skinned chin. Her eyes are wider than they normally are and it's obvious to anyone who's seen panic that she's trying to fight back a little of it right now. She also has her back to a door, one that she seems to be trying to keep closed.]

Okay. Okay. Um, I did not sign up for this, okay? Okay. There are... things out there. It ate one of the little flying guys. Then there were more and then it got bigger and then...

[Then she found her leg being caught and pulled and she'd tripped and bumped her chin and kicked at it until her shoe fell off and she was freed. And now she needed a new shoe.]

It took my shoe.

[This is very important, guys. She now only has one shoe and can't run properly.]

I don't suppose anyone has a... thing that can make them go away, do they? Maybe a really bright flashlight? Or... crap, I don't know. Anything?

Comments

[enthraller]

[oh wow that does sound like a useful thing to have in general.]

Is it a weapon?

[isitapony]

N..o? It just makes light. Are you from here? Like, originally?

[Because that would explain it.]

[enthraller]

[this is the face of a man unsure of whether or not he's supposed to be offended.]

No, I'm not. Do you really think the things that exist in your world must exist in all others?

[isitapony]

I was sort of hoping everyone here was from where I was from.

[She already knew that wasn't possible, but she could still hope, okay?]

[enthraller]

[aww, you're one of those optimistic types, aren't you?]

A few minutes of looking through the things that have been said and shown on these lockets makes it very clear how futile that hope was. Really, just listening to the names of the lands people come from is enough to establish this whole "multiple worlds" idea.

[isitapony]

Look, buddy, if all you did was answer my call to point out that I'm deluded, I'd appreciate you freeing it up for people who can actually help me.

[Not even a little. Pessimism was her middle name.]

[enthraller]

[you're awfully hopeful for a pessimist.]

Forgive me, I didn't mean to sound that way. [yes he did.] I suppose I'm just on edge with all that's going on. There's nothing wrong with hoping for the best, after all.

[isitapony]

[She's a walking contradiction. Sue her.]

Consider me grateful for your permission to look on the bright side.

[Snark. That was snark.]