video | un: gokuu

[glutton_monkey]

[Having only just learned how to use video on the omni, Goku's feed is a bit shaken and choppy. He's really only half visible for most of it, kind of stepping out of frame every so often because he's clearly walking. You might see some of the rolls of bread he's carrying.]

Hi ev'rybody! My name's Goku, an' my friends said that I should talk to th' network if I need help with stuff, soooo... Do we have any healers around here?? 'Cause my friend's ankle is broken but he can't heal himself 'cause it don't work like that or somethin', so I was hopin' somebody else could help him??

Oh yeah, m'also goin' around deliverin' bread for him! So if Hakkai toldja that bread's on th' way over, that's me! Goku!

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[glutton_monkey]

[There may or may not be a sigh of relief on Goku's end when it switches. He's getting better and practice is good, but it's still not as easy for him as everyone else. Probably just something that happens when you only learn how later in life.]

Uh-huh! I got here, uh... [He pauses to kind of... count on the fingers of one hand.] ...four weeks? A month ago??

[swellter]

[ Sadly, Shouto doesn't notice that bit of relief. He's not the best at picking up things!

A month. That's enough time to get the basics down, but not enough time to truly know what kind of place this is. There's also another thing bugging him. Something he mentioned earlier or should he say, someone. ]

You mentioned your friend. Are they from here or did you know them before?

[glutton_monkey]

[That's okay NEITHER IS GOKU-]

[That makes him smile a little, nodding quickly.]

Yeah, Hakkai! I've known him for a long time now, from home! Why? D'you know him too??

[swellter]

[ He shakes his head. ]

No. [ He asked because- ] He's from your world?

[ A friend from home, which means even if he arrived recently, there's someone who will catch him up to speed so he doesn't do anything... dangerous. ]

[glutton_monkey]

[He nods again, still grinning.]

Yup! He said he's been here for a while, so he's been tellin' me an' Gojyo 'bout lotsa stuff. He's always been th' best teacher ever like that!

[Goku he's the only teacher you've ever had.]

[swellter]

[ He nods, trying to remember if he knows that name, and comes up blank. ]

Gojyo? Is he someone else from your world?

[ Two is a coincidence. Three a collection. He should know. ]

[glutton_monkey]

[Another eager nod. Wow, this guy is so smart!]

Yeah, all three of us've been travelin' together for a long time now! Sanzo's th' only who's not here, but that's prob'ly okay... He'd reeeally hate it here.

[swellter]

[ Friends, then. He should be okay with friends to look out for him and vice versa. ]

Because of the monsters?

[glutton_monkey]

Nahh, not 'cause o' that...

More like... He doesn't like gettin' sidetracked.

[swellter]

[ A slight tilt of his head at that answer. ]

Sidetracked from what?

[glutton_monkey]

Well, we're kinda on this big mission ta go stop this crazy youkai lady from destroyin' th' world or somethin'!

[Goku just kind of... shrugs helplessly, smiling. That's normal, right?]

I think he's already pretty pissed it's been takin' us so long ta get there.

[swellter]

His eyes widen two-fold. Youkai?!

Your fighting a Youkai?

[glutton_monkey]

[That makes him just... blink.]

Uweh? Yeah?? We fight lotsa youkai.

Why?

[swellter]

[ Lots?! More than one?! ]

Aren't they demons?

[glutton_monkey]

[He looks... so confused right now.]

Yeah...??



[Wait. Could it be--?!]

... Are there no youkai where you're from??

[swellter]

[ You and he both. ]

They're in fairy-tales in my world.

[glutton_monkey]

[Now it's Goku's turn for his eyes to go real, real big.]

Really..?? So they've all been gone for a long long time??

[Because that's how something becomes part of the fairy tales, right? Because they happened so long ago. Right?]

[swellter]

[ He blinks. Gone? You're giving those fairy tales a lot more credit than they probably deserve. ]

I don't think they were ever here.

[glutton_monkey]

[...

Sir, you have just blown Goku's mind.]

But... then where'd th' stories come from??

[swellter]

[ Oh, he's not even trying. ]

Not all stories are based on true events. Many are made up.

[glutton_monkey]

[What.]

But why would youkai be made up when they're real where I'm from???

[swellter]

We come from two different worlds. What's true in yours is not necessarily true in another.

[glutton_monkey]

[WHAT.]

So... none of our worlds are connected?? Not even through th' stories???

[swellter]

[ Welcome to multidimensional bullshit. ]

I don't know if they're connected.

[ He's not sure about that. ]

But they don't operate the same way. At least not when it comes to objectives and powers.

[glutton_monkey]

[Goku stares for a little while longer. Just... totally confused.]

...Is this like how I don't know what Italian is 'cause Hakkai said there's no Italian where I'm from an' it's not just 'cause I've never seen it?