video; UN: TripleJ

[kyley_b]

[The feed at first is just a mass of red, curly, curly hair. Then Kyle sits back from where he's propped up his Omni on his desk so his upper body and head are visible. He looks vaguely annoyed, which anybody who knows him will recognise isn't terribly unusual.]

So this is a problem that isn't REALLY a problem, but fuck it, I'm gonna ask about it anyway...

You guys have noticed the clothes here, right? Like, everything looks like you're gonna go hunt Dracula or some shit, or like you're going to that fancy-ass party celebrities go to on earth, the, uh, Met gala? Yeah, that.

Now I'm not a fashion guy. [This is evident to literally anyone who can see the feed - this is clearly a man who bought the first clothes he found that fit. Well, mostly fit. He's looking a bit like he mugged an extra in a bad stage production of Oliver Twist.]

But if I DID want something that didn't look like ass, I don't even know what that would look like, you know? Like if you wanted to make an impression, or something. So I guess just like... what the hell are you guys wearing?

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[subject_013]

I was advising you thus to spare you the worst of it. But let the record show, I had two medical doctorates before I arrived here, for what they're worth in a place that runs partly on magic.

One way to find out if this arcane method of protection from the ghoulies and ghosties works. [Finding a votive candle, he places it inside the turnip, then finding a Zippo-style lighter, lights it and moves the turnip closer to the device. The crackling interference dies down and stops.]

Certainly an ironic paradox. Best to get used to it: this place seems to run on it.

[kyley_b]

Wow, two? Really?

[Alright, that's pretty weird. Spooky, even. But Kyle's seen ghosts before and this seems tame in comparison to some of them.]

Riiiight.

[subject_013]

One in genetics and one in virology: I've had to adapt my knowledge to suit the peri-industrial technology, but the human body stays perilously fragile regardless of the level of technology or magic they live with. The magic part has been a bit of a learning curve for me.

[kyley_b]

Yeah, me too. I'm not used to magic at all.

Guess we'll figure it out eventually.

[subject_013]

Outside of things in my world that look supernatural, but have a scientific explanation, we're on a similar page. I have a feeling we'll be a long time reading it, but it will be an interesting one.