☞ 007. (video / action)

[wouldnotkindly]

I'm guessing all of this...music is just another curse. [The music he speaks of is fairly upbeat, perhaps surprisingly so considering his uneasy expression. He glances over his shoulder as if expecting to find someone standing behind him with a boombox at any moment.]

Has anyone figured out how to get it to, uh...to change?

( OOC: this post itself is video, but he'll be roaming around the City all day, so feel free to have your character bump into him for an action thread! )

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[boutant]

[ The music in the background is more than likely the reason for the face Ariadne is making as well. ]

Mine's been changing depending on what I do and who I talk to.

[wouldnotkindly]

[Jack isn't sure if he likes what he's hearing from her side, but it's better than what he's stuck with.]

Yeah, but so far I haven't gotten any that are really... [He hesitates, not really sure of how to put it.] ... Any that aren't like this.

[boutant]

"Like this"?

[ There's a pause of her own. ]

"Old"?

[wouldnotkindly]

I guess so. [And he pauses again.]

It's all music I've only ever heard in Rapture.

[boutant]

Oh. [ And Ariadne frowns slightly, considering Jack through her network device. ]

Well, it's still a pretty large part of your life, isn't it?

[wouldnotkindly]

[There's a slight shudder as the music changes.]

That doesn't mean I want to think about it when I don't have to.

[boutant]

Ooh, that one's catchy.

[ The music changes for her as well, earning a raised eyebrow (not the original?) before she continues. ]

So think of the song by itself. I mean, you're not avoiding taking showers because they involve water, are you?

[wouldnotkindly]

[He makes a face at that.] Of course not. It's just...harder to break the association, I guess.

[prosopopoeia]

[That is curious. Her eyes follow him on the street, commenting,]

'ow dated...

[boutant]

Mm, that makes sense. [ She knows a certain song that would freak her out if it started. ]

Well, at least this should end soon.

[wouldnotkindly]

[The music changes again once he notices her watching him, and he turns to her with a quizzical look.]

Can I help you, ma'am?

[wouldnotkindly]

I hope so... [He rubs the back of his neck, glancing around.] I don't know if things could get as bad as they did with the sand, though.

[prosopopoeia]

Your curse ees playing zhe most dated songs I 'ave heard so far.

[An idle observation, but she was always observing.]

[boutant]

Exactly. No month-long... or however long that really was... deserts.

[wouldnotkindly]

[He nods, then considers it for a moment.]

You know, I'm not sure if a month of music like this would really be as bad as...well, all of that was.

[boutant]

I don't think it would be.

[wouldnotkindly]

Ah... Yeah, I guess it would be. [He rubs the back of his neck, feeling a little self-conscious now.] I don't think there are that many people here from the same time as I am.

[prosopopoeia]

And when is zhis?

[If she notices his discomfort, she ignores it. She is merciless, but not cruel.]

[wouldnotkindly]

1960. [Yeah, still rubbing.] I guess all of this music is older than that, though...

[prosopopoeia]

{Ai-yi-yi.]

A century and a half before myself.

[wouldnotkindly]

[He whistles.] That long?

[prosopopoeia]

Yes, my vessel set off from Earth in 2114.

[wouldnotkindly]

Your vessel?

[It takes him a second.]

What, you mean... Like a rocketship?

[prosopopoeia]

An interstellar vessel, yes.

[...rocketship. Ai-yi-yi.]

[wouldnotkindly]

Wow. [He's visibly amazed.] I've seen some crazy things, but people going into outer space... That's incredible.

[prosopopoeia]

Inevitable. Eet is inevitable.

[wouldnotkindly]

Inevitable? [Uh.] Well... I guess it would be, eventually. But it's still pretty incredible.

[prosopopoeia]

And zhere is always room for improvement.

[NO, there is no pleasing her, ever.]