001: Accidental Video + Action

[trenchknives]

[The video comes on accidentally. Jimmy's too angry to even notice he pushed the button.]

Where the fuck am I? I want some goddamn facts.

[In his frustration, he drops the camera to the ground, then bends down to scoop it up, giving everyone a look at his irate expression. It sounds as though he's talking to himself, unaware that anything is broadcasting.]

It doesn't make a difference why they did this. Doesn't make a difference at all. I'm gonna find them.

[A few seconds later, he approaches the first person he sees on the street, reaching out to grab at their shoulders, catching their eye.]

Who are you? Who do you work for? What, you too scared to talk?

[[OOC: You can either be one of the unlucky people seeing his grumpy video... or, if you want, you can be the unfortunate one getting questioned on the street. This is a great way to make friends, really.]]

Comments

voice;

[pinkeffinprofessional]

[And what a familiar one it is, although lacking Nucky's....refinement]

Yeah, you could try that, that shit always works.

Re: voice;

[trenchknives]

Nuck? Is that you?

[He's not quite sure. It sounds like him, and the man has a pretty damn recognizable voice, but...]

You sound like hell.

voice;

[pinkeffinprofessional]

What?

I do not.

[Hey. He happens to like his voice.]

Re: voice;

[trenchknives]

You sound... different.

[A pause.]

And why the fuck're you talking to me, anyway?

voice;

[orangetoughguy]

Who's they?

Re: voice;

[trenchknives]

Whoever the fuck brought me to a city I've never seen before.

Re: voice;

[orangetoughguy]

Making threats at people you can't see doesn't always work out in a guy's favor you know.

Re: voice;

[trenchknives]

It's always worked for me before.

[No, it really hasn't. But nobody needs to know that.]

So who the fuck are you?

Action: taking the random street guy option

[infernoandhearth]

[Luke looks completely unshaken: even amused.]

I'm simply waiting for you to give me a chance to speak. Would you like to ask some more questions first, or ought I answer the first ones?

Re: Action

[trenchknives]

[Well. His shaking apparently didn't have the desired effect. He frowns.]

Answer the first ones.

Re: Action

[infernoandhearth]

I'm Luke. I don't work for anyone. Myself, really.

Re: Action

[trenchknives]

Okay, now tell me where the fuck I am, 'cause the best answer I've had just called it the City.

[video]

[othersdie]

[What the actual fuck.

But Justin has been in the City for a long time--long enough to not be all that disconcerted by a guy who looks like him. Older, maybe, and louder... better-dressed (although the hair is terrible). More profane. No reason to not address this person calmly.]

You won't get many answers that way.

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

[Excuse Jimmy while he just... stares. For far longer than is necessary. While seeing someone he was pretty sure was Nucky made him confused and angry, it's even more disconcerting to see someone who looks a lot like a younger version of him -- although with worse hair, in his opinion.]

Why the fuck do you have my face?

[video]

[othersdie]

[Better. Hair. And less emotion. A lot less.]

It happens here. Alternate universes, different realities...

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Yeah, I know, someone told me that shit already.

[A pause.]

Doesn't change the fact that you having my face is fucked up. Who are you?

[studmuffin]

Dude, nice entrance.

[trenchknives]

Is that sarcasm?

[studmuffin]

No, I like the threatening entrance. It's more interesting than confusion and panic.

[valentineluke]

I believe you're the first newcomer to get physical.

[trenchknives]

I find that hard to believe.

[valentineluke]

Previous aggressors only verbalized, more so after landing in the fountain.

[shortcut]

They need to get a damned welcome sign installed.

[trenchknives]

And what would the welcome sign say? "This place is hell?"

[shortcut]

Something like that. Something about curses and other worlds and bullshit, too.