video | un: zing zang voombah

[spiritwalks]

I have a request.

Well, a lot of requests. Tiny requests, for lots of people. Not necessarily just tiny people, though — tiny, tall, whatever. That is to say...any people can help. If you're a people? And you're a help? I would greatly appreciate that.

[From off screen, a voice that sounds like Tuck can be heard stage-whispering: "Tell them WHY..." ]

—Oh, right.

[Vyng clears his throat and puts on a pair of tiny-rimmed glasses to make himself at least a little dignified, and he continues.]



. . . You see, Sleepers. There is an artifact of...uh, great personal importance to myself. A relic, if you will, that bears the name of my Druidic family.

But a local has taken stewardship over this relic o' mine. They have offered to relinquish this relic into my custody — but! For a price. Namely, this list of assorted items that I'm attaching at the end of my message.

[With a quiet "this one, right here", he literally places a piece of paper over the camera. "Too close?" Vyng pulls the paper back. He holds it there for awhile. If anybody looks, they can make out the following list:]



DONATIONS NEEDED, PLEASE & THANK YOU

• Virgin blood spilled beneath moonlight


• Sweat from a shop owner


• Nail clippings of a swordsman


• A braided lock of hair passed between enemies


• Tears of a child


• Pthumerian bone


• True love's kiss


• Appendix from a useless person (?????)


• Fur, feather, or scale from a gentle Beast (that was not slain)

[From behind the paper, Vyng asks:]

How long do I have to keep holding this?

[. . . ]

Is this good? I think it's good.

[Eventually, though, a digital copy is included at the tail of this message, with a tiny handwritten note at the bottom:]

⅁N⅄Λ - oxox ¡¡ǝɔuɐʌpɐ uı ⅄⊥
ＴＹ 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 ♥
x0xo - 𝓥𝔂𝓷𝓰

Comments

audio; un: yuuki

[siriusly]

...What...

audio;

[spiritwalks]

Yeahhhhh. Guess it was kinda weird to hold up a hand-written list to the camera, huh. You need the physical copy?

[siriusly]

Y...You could read it out? Or type it, I guess...

[spiritwalks]

[He sends a slightly-blurry photo.]

Does this work?

[siriusly]

...

[...]

Umh.

I'll just...have a look at the page...when I get home, okay?

[spiritwalks]

Yeah? Where are you?

[siriusly]

Auh, I'm--I'm just stopping by the Lumenarium to get checked out a bit. I should be back later.

[spiritwalks]

[Gasp.]

Is something wrong?

[siriusly]

I'm not sure, so. I'm checking. I shouldn't be this exhausted for this long, so...Vira-Lorr's suspecting there's some blood-stuff going on, maybe.

Just checking, like I said.

[spiritwalks]

Hm. You're a Coldblood, right?

[siriusly]

Yeah. [exhale.] So unless coldblood's switched to tiredblood...

[spiritwalks]

It might've, actually. I'm a Warmblood, and I've needed to do, like. Extra katas and exercises to burn off a bunch of energy. And that's after building shit on the farm.

[Granted, he only needs 4 hours of sleep on a normal day, but.]

[siriusly]

[he thinks about that for a bit.]

Mnh... Kazuma and Ryunosuke are doing a lot more stuff on the side lately, too... Maybe that's the warmblood thing for the month.

[but why's sleepy bitch gotta be his lot?! he's got THINGS TO DO.]

[spiritwalks]

That's what I'm thinkin'. It's the same for Tuck, too.

[He wants to believe that it's sleepy-bitch month for Coldbloods. But he's also quietly glad Manabu is checking into it. What an actual responsible lad.]

Want me to read the list to you while you're waiting around for somebody to see you, then?

[siriusly]

Uh, ah...sure. Okay. [that'd...keep him awake, maybe?]

[spiritwalks]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Said with the same air as somebody about to read off a personality quiz:]

Do you — or somebody you know — have virgin blood?

[siriusly]

...

[...]

S-say that again? I think I misheard.

[spiritwalks]

Virgin blood. Do you have it?

[siriusly]

[..........,. ah]

N-no. Sorry.

[spiritwalks]

Do you know anybody who does?

[siriusly]

You mean besides kids? What do they need that kind of thing for? And, and wouldn't blood ministers have stock of that?

[spiritwalks]

Kids? Age doesn't have anything to do with—

[Wait.]

. . . Do you know what "virgin" means in this place?

[siriusly]

What the heck kind of definition are you using?!

[spiritwalks]

What definition are you using? The sex one?

[siriusly]

[flustering:] W-what other definition is there?!