TWO.

[blessingone]

[Written/Accidental Voice]

[Fenimore is still not very adept with the journal system, so she spent about ten minutes trying to turn on the voice feature before eventually giving up. Unbenownst to her, though, she actually did turn it on, so the following is a mixture of voice (normal text) and written (italics).]

[sigh] This isn't working. Shirley will know. I'll ask her later. Now where did I...?

[A few moments later, printed words appear. They look pretty unpracticed, being both slow and somewhat messy. Strikes are basically scribbled out, but since she didn't put much effort in people can probably read them with a little effort.] Is there someone named Can I talk to Charlotte, I have something for you.

...Did that work? Hmm. ...Oh, yeah.

I also have If someone lost a hat [There is a pause, with a couple of inkdrops falling on the page.]

[After a moment, she picks up Seles's hat and turns it around in her hands.] What should I call it? I can't say it looks like a pancake....

brown, ridic round hat, I have found it.

...Good enough.

Comments

[voice, because Slayers defy writing!]

[herotypical]

Did somebody say pancakes?

[voice, because writing is for losers]

[blessingone]

Huh? Yes, but...how did you know that?

[voice, and for people who write well]

[herotypical]

Probably because you actually said it, like five seconds ago?

[voice, this is true] 1/2

[blessingone]

But I...

[voice]

[blessingone]

...did the journal record that?

[voice]

[herotypical]

Yeah. They have a bad habit of doing that. Sorta makes good-old-gossiping into a double edged sword of danger.

[voice]

[blessingone]

Should have known that talking books wouldn't make any more sense than the rest of this.... It sounds like they're more trouble than they're worth.

[voice]

[herotypical]

I've been thinking of getting, like, an elastic band for mine. Keep it shut and cut down on those accidents.

[voice]

[blessingone]

...Elastic band?

[voice]

[herotypical]

Yeah, you know--springy, good in hair emergencies. Oh, and totally useful in a classroom war zone.

[voice]

[blessingone]

...No, I don't know.

[voice]

[herotypical]

Oh, you're from one of those worlds. [And, of course, a New Feather. So the Slayer does the polite thing:] I'm Buffy, and I'd say welcome to Luceti...only it's not exactly the kinda place you want to be welcomed to.

[voice]

[blessingone]

...Those worlds?

No, people don't usually say "Welcome to being kidnapped! Enjoy being experimented on!" Except here it seems to be normal!

[voice]

[herotypical]

One of the non-hair-dryer-having worlds. Don't worry, luckily for us all? Luceti's a great technological equalizer. [The sarcasm? It is heavy.]

[voice]

[blessingone]

Are you planning on making sense sometime?

[voice]

[herotypical]

[Sadly, probably not.]

What? I make sense. I am a sense-making machine!

[voice]

[blessingone]

Hair dryer? Technological equalizer?

[voice]

[herotypical]

Hair dryers. They dry your hair, super fast. Super helpful, right?

As for the other one? Yeah, I'm not even sure anymore.

[voice]

[blessingone]

...I'm guessing you're not talking about a towel.

Not so sense-making, then.

[...Oh yeah, she was supposed to introduce herself, right?] I'm Fenimore.

[voice]

[herotypical]

No, more like a--[and she can't believe she's going to attempt this]--a thing that blows hot air and is an essential tool of any trend-conscious young woman. Or, err, man. I guess. [After all, she's met plenty of impressively coiffed menfolk in Luceti.]

Well, Fenimore. I assume that by now someone's chucked the guide your way?

[voice] 1/2

[blessingone]

[That sounds really useful for a semi-aquatic species.] ...Are there any in the shops?

[voice]

[blessingone]

Yeah, someone tossed that stupid thing at me when I arrived half a week ago.

[voice]

[herotypical]

[Half a week ago? Sigh.]

Jeez, sorry. I just figured, because of the whole journal-recording-mistake that you were one of the more...rookier rookies.

[voice]

[blessingone]

What are you apologizing for? And, no, I just didn't feel like using this weird thing yet.

[voice]

[herotypical]

It's usually what people do when they make a mistake.

[Frowny voice.] So, you know pancakes but not hair-dryers. Sounds like quite the world. At least breakfast'd be worth it.