A dirty man appears [Video/Action]

[harrydresden]

[Video clicks on right as someone in jeans, cowboy boots and a T-shirt that says "+20 Shirt of Smiting" across it, sits down in the fountain. Harry is looking particularly unkempt like maybe he hasn't washed in uh... a few months. Because he's been mostly dead. He got 'not dead' only a little while ago so it's totally not his fault. Well ok it kind of is. Anyway, he jumps right back up with a shout of protest. ]

Hey! Stars and stones that's... uh... not as cold as it should be.

[He realizes he is no longer at the edge of an Island at the south end of Lake Michigan. And that is about the time a long stick drops out of the sky and beans him across the head. There is cursing. Luckily the video fuzzes enough that people can't be TOO offended by it. Between bits of snow he picks up the staff from the water and frowns at it.]

I thought you bit the dust. What the hell is going on?

[And now he realizes he's not even in Chicago. And this is definitely not the Nevernever. Unless they got a really creative ghost taking up residency. He stomps toward the edge of the water which is still doing a decent job of grounding his magic out and letting that device keep broadcasting.]

Huh, someone dropped their... phone? Thing? Did phones change again? I can't keep up with this crap. What's the red light mean? Hell's bells,  did I break it already?

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[doeswhathewants]

It's your phone thing, now.

I can explain what is happening to you in a single mortal colloquialism, welcome to the Hotel California.

[harrydresden]

[Watch Harry nearly drop the thing in surprise as your video pops up and responds]

Holy crap! Uh... you know that sounds really really bad, right?

Are you a real person? Or just some sort of program?

[doeswhathewants]

Forboding? Diabolical? Ominous? I'd insert my best manical laugh, but I am told it is rude to take pleasure at the misfortunes of another.

[A pause]

Obviously I am real, no program could be this charming.

[harrydresden]

Did you pick up a thesaurus or something? Yeah, and the maniacal laugh is just a bad habit to get into, you miss other stuff happening and before you know it, the hero's gone and destroyed your death ray.

[Ok, he kind of likes the snark. The big words are odd coming from the kid-face though]

Normal kids don't use the word charming.

[rianofski]

Welcome to the City. No, it doesn't seem to have any other sort of name, which is utterly inane. Yes, that's your communication device now.

[harrydresden]

[Two vidoes! They can do that?! Harry is clearly out of his element.]

I don't have to pay someone for this thing right? It's just going to break in a few days anyway. Cause I gotta tell you, I am seriously low on cash right now.

[rianofski]

Allow me to provide you with the utterly delightful facts I learned when I arrived here four days ago. As far as I know, you're not charged for the privilege of using the communication device. You'll find that your cash is completely useless here, and that you are not free to leave.

[harrydresden]

You're ... awfully chatty for a stranger.

When you say not free to leave you mean someone does something to stop us?

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[anunluckypenny]

No, the red light's good! ...Sometimes. I mean, it means you're recording, which can be good if that's what you want it to do.

Do you want a towel?

[harrydresden]

[Oh look, perky young lady. Offering help that makes sense.]

Oh.. well, I guess that makes sense. Although doesn't red usually mean stop? Should be green.

Yeah, you got one?

[anunluckypenny]

I think so, too, but the deities never really ask for input on important things like that.

Yep! Just don't go too far from the fountain, okay? I'll come find you.

[harrydresden]

I don't much like to bring religion into these things.

Don't really know where to go anyway, so I doubt it'll be hard to find me. Man, wet jeans are the pits.

[awildhulkling]

The device is yours now, sir. You've landed in the City.

[harrydresden]

[You look familiar... why do you look familiar. Because Harry has read your comics. But no one ever really expects to see the characters showing up in real life.]

Uh.. just call me Harry man. People just give this stuff out huh?

[awildhulkling]

Yep. It's hooked up to the network. We're all on it. It'll be pretty useful once you settle down here, actually.

[harrydresden]

Well, if I don't kill it anyway I imagine. Electronics don't last long around me.

Uh... what do you use it for?

[coyote_walking]

Harry? Harry Dresden?

[harrydresden]

[He's squinting at the screen, frowning as he tries to place the face. He doesn't remember meeting a pretty Native American woman.]

Uh... Hi?

[coyote_walking]

Sorry, sorry, of course you're not...

Anyway...

Hi, my name's Mercedes Thompson. Welcome to the City. Such as it is.

Have people told you about it yet?

[archivy]

[ She should be reserved. She should be.

But it's Harry and she hasn't seen him, hasn't seen anyone from her world in so long and she likes Harry.

Archive or no, she's smiling when she comes towards him. ]

[harrydresden]

[Hoshit it's Ivy! Looking a little younger than the last time he saw her. And beaming it's really freaking cute. And of course he's smiling back. And glancing around looking for Kincaid.]

Ivy?

[archivy]

[ Kincaid isn't here, Harry. The smile tapers down somewhat by the time she's in front of him, the Archive asserting itself over the little girl again. ]

Hello, Harry.

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[conesoldstober]

The staff is a little ostentatious, don't you think?

[...coming from the man in the bright blue suit.]

[harrydresden]

Ostentatious, smoshtentatious. It's a gen-u-wine Ozark Walking Stick thank you.

At least I'm not wearing girl-clothes. [that's right, Harry fights like a five year old on the playground]

[conesoldstober]

No points for originality, I'm afraid.