57 - [video of feet + action]

[blackshadow]

[ The device turns on with a clatter and...purring. ]

—Hey! Cut it out-!

[ And Tyr's very annoyed voice as he tries to shoo away the two long-hair cats that are rubbing against his legs as he stands at the kitchen counter. ]

This isn't even— Sindar!

[ And a second later, another cat is plopped to the floor with the other two. ]

I don't know how Luc put up with you...

[ He finally reaches for his device to click off the feed. And probably get back to making breakfast. ]

Comments

[boutant]

People like the familiar.

[blackshadow]

I guess... It's pretty tiring not to have something familiar around in a place like this.

[boutant]

Yeah, it can be. I like learning about all the things in other worlds, though.

[blackshadow]

Yeah, that's one nice thing about being stuck here... It makes me wish we could actually see those worlds, though.

[boutant]

Me too. Maybe someday. [ But she's not holding her breath. ]

[blackshadow]

Maybe. There are some people here who could apparently travel between worlds before this... [ But neither is Tyr, really. ]

[boutant]

There are a lot of interesting people here. [ But she shrugs slightly, letting Biscuit crawl onto her shoulder. ] Then again, not all the worlds sound that great, either.

[blackshadow]

That's true... This place actually sounds better than some of the worlds out there.

What's your world like anyway?

[boutant]

Well, there's no magic or aliens or anything like that, as far as I know. It's another one of the Earths, since there are so many different ones, apparently.

[blackshadow]

It'd sort of weird to think about that, too... Like if the worlds evolved somehow since being named.

[boutant]

It really is. I know there are people who aren't from Earth, but there are so many that are...

[blackshadow]

Yeah... I always wondered why that was. The number of people from Earth is disproportionate to any other world.

[boutant]

A lot of the other worlds seem to be somewhat Earth-like, too.

[blackshadow]

That too... You'd think the worlds would a lot more different. Back home, the only other worlds I heard of were either filled with dragons or...a
dying, I guess.

[boutant]

We didn't really hear of other worlds back home. Planets, sure, but that wasn't the same thing.

[blackshadow]

We...didn't even hear about planets back home. It's always weird to hear about them.

[boutant]

Really? Other worlds, but not other planets?

[blackshadow]

Yeah... Other worlds are pretty established, but other planets aren't.

[boutant]

Huh. [ There's a rub at the back of her neck. ] What's your world called?

[blackshadow]

[He shrugs.]

I don't know what other people call it. My homecountry is the Toran Republic, but the world itself isn't called anything.

[boutant]

[ Huh. That's... a bit confusing. ] What's it like there?

[blackshadow]

It's nice... It's surrounded by mountains and it's named after the lake in the middle of the country. There's magic there, too, and different races there... You don't really see anyone who's not human here...

How about yours?

[boutant]

No magic, pretty much all humans -- well, there are animals, of course. The technology is about the same as it is here.

I'd been going to school in a different country for the past five years, which was exciting.