video | un: Ventus

[salvagedlight]

[When the feed turns on, it's very clear Ven's in his room in the dorms, seated at his desk. It looks like just the other two-person rooms, with the basic furniture and everything. There's two differences, though: very unlike normal, someone's gone and stuck those glow-in-the-dark stars over the portion of the wall that's visible and even onto the bit of ceiling that can also be seen, and a small telescope of the old fashioned brass spyglass type is laying on the desk behind him. Ven himself gives the camera a wave and a smile, looking for all intents and purposes like a completely normal, cheerful, sixteen-year-old boy with abnormally fluffy blond hair.]

Hey there, everyone - I'm Ventus, but call me Ven, I usually go by that most of the time. If you know Aqua, she might've mentioned me; we're students together. Or we were, until she wasn't an apprentice anymore, but we still live together and train together. She's one of my best friends.

[There's another smile, a happy one, but those with sharp eyes might notice a hint of wistfulness in it. Ven is Not Good at concealing his emotions, and the lack of the third member of their trio is something that brings him down.]

Aqua explained what she knew about this place, but I got a message on this phone and I had another question, and neither of us really know a lot about this world so I'd thought I'd ask everyone. Has anyone heard of "dualiseats?" [There's a brief glance down at something off-screen, like he's checking something, before he nods and looks back at the camera.] Yeah, that's it - "dualiseats." There's a message about going to work for them tomorrow, but I've never really had a job before, so I don't know what's going on. And I didn't sign up for this, so can you just... have jobs here? Like the guys in charge just decide you need one, or something like that?

I mean, I don't mind having a job, I just don't know how you get one. But I need to pay Aqua back what she lent me.

[A moment's pause, then a small shrug and another smile.] Anyway, uh, I guess that's it. If anyone's got any answers for my questions, thanks in advance!

Comments

[skyward_eyes]

People have guns. And can go to the water.

[Is that not a given? Oh, what in the world is he supposed to do to explain this? Maybe he can just move on to Triple Triad.]

A card-based game that involves a three by three grid, cards with four numbers on them, and which my roommate Squall is addicted to.

[salvagedlight]

[Oh, right. Ven flushes as that rather obvious fact is given by Nida, because yeah, that was pretty obvious and he really should have understood that. He'd been shot at by cannons when he was underwater, after all. He's just gonna... skip all that and hope Nida doesn't continue that thread of conversation, so he can save himself some embarrassment.]

Are there enough cards here to play? If it comes from your home, you can't get more, and I don't want to take anything that's a pretty limited resource and doesn't belong to me.

[skyward_eyes]

[He's been what? Don't tell Nida, he'd be horrified. Beyond horrified.]

You can borrow cards. I can break my deck down into a few fairly powered but smaller sets. Who knows, I might get lucky and find something.

[salvagedlight]

[They were pirates, they don't play nice. He's okay, obviously.]

Are you sure? Don't they mean something important to you, since they're from home?

[skyward_eyes]

[Pirates are rude. But really, Nida's world doesn't have as much of a concept of those.]

I wouldn't give them to you to keep. I'd have them with me except when we played. Oh, and you could play with Squall too. Probably Seifer. But don't let them talk you into trading cards. These are my precious things.