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

[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?

[video]

[othersdie]

We're different enough.

Justin Pendleton. You?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Yeah, you're younger.

[A pause.]

Jimmy Darmody.

[video]

[othersdie]

[Very astute, Mr. Darmody.]

It's... interesting to meet you. How old are you?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Twenty-two.

Uh... you?

[video]

[othersdie]

Twenty-three... but I've been dead for four of those years. Eighteen, physiologically.

Twenty-two. I've wondered what I would've looked like beyond eighteen.

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

You've been dead?

[He somehow gets the sense that the guy doesn't mean metaphorically dead.]

I guess you do look pretty similar to what I looked like as a kid...

[Because eighteen is obviously a kid.]

[video]

[othersdie]

That's not as uncommon as you might think here... being dead, I mean.

[eyebrow raise] I'm not that much younger than you.

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Young enough. And I gotta say, I'd never have that haircut.

[video]

[othersdie]

Likewise.

Do you have any other questions?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Where're you from?

[He might as well ignore the jab about his haircut. It's not like he didn't start it.]

[video]

[othersdie]

A place in northern California that no one has ever heard of. And you?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Atlantic City. New Jersey, if you haven't heard of it.

[But really, who hasn't heard of it.]

[video]

[othersdie]

I've been there. I didn't care for it, but it was better than San Benito.

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

I've never heard of San Benito. What's wrong with Atlantic City?

[video]

[othersdie]

There's no reason to.

I thought it was boring. [Mostly because he wasn't allowed into any casinos.]

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Boring? Don't think I've ever heard it described that way.

[video]

[othersdie]

Were you there when you were fifteen?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

I was there my whole life, except for when I was in the army.

[video]

[othersdie]

Did you ever fight?

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

[A short chuckle.]

My whole goddamn life. Unless you specifically mean in the army, in which case, yeah. 's how I got this limp.

[video]

[othersdie]

I did mean the army, but I'd think that fighting your whole life takes more effort.

Re: [video]

[trenchknives]

Well, that's just kinda how it is in good old Atlantic City.

[video]

[othersdie]

[There wasn't much in the way of fighting when Justin was there. Then again, maybe it's not a giant tourist trap in all worlds.]

What year is it where you're from?