video; un: dovahkiin (backdated to early Nov)

[fusrodaaaah]

Um.

[Wow, it's a rare show of video from Melius. The Argonian is sitting on the beach, in the cold, at his little tent. A lizard, in the cold. But he doesn't seem at all bothered by it.]

[He shifts where he sits, and then just. Straight up thrusts a basket of mushrooms at the camera.]

I was - I was um. [He ducks his head, hiding behind the basket.]

I know mushrooms! Really well! I um - if you need! To know! I can - I can tell you!

Goodbye!

[He shuts it off, right there.]

[... basically, Melius is offering his services as a mushroom expert. With a lot more anxious yelling than necessary.]

Comments

video | munchie

[munchie]

No offense, dude, but your public speaking needs some serious work.

video

[fusrodaaaah]

[This video is of horns.]

[Melius' horns. Because... he forgot to tilt the camera to see his face.]

Sorry! I'm - sorry!

video

[munchie]

Well don't apologize. That won't get you anywhere either.

(At this point, she doesn't blink at his bizarro appearance - even if the horns are pretty sweet.)

Rule one of confident public speaking is never apologizing even if you feel awkward.

video

[fusrodaaaah]

[Very... very slowly, he peers over the edge of the camera lens. One third of a big pale eyeball.]

... Never? How - how come... never?

audio; un: padlocks

[enblightened]

[look at this wholesome lizard boy wtf]

What would you like to tell me about mushrooms, Melius?

audio;

[fusrodaaaah]

[Oh thank Akatosh. Audio only.]

U-um. I know - about them. A lot. I can um, tell you which ones... not to eat.

Or which ones are really good.

[enblightened]

Oh? And which ones are really good, as you say?

[fusrodaaaah]

The-

The sulfur shelves! [Give him a second. He'll send a picture of this heckin chonker.]

They uh. They taste like a chicken. But you have to cook them. A lot.

un: trienemybest; video

[droptheious]

[Well. That sure is a thing that just happened. Still, he knows Melius isn't great at public speaking- this is a big deal for him to do right on the network. ]

Hey, Buddy. That was...well, that was something. You feeling okay?

video;

[fusrodaaaah]

[Behold, a video of Melius'.... horns...]

F-fine!

Um. I just. I know. Mushrooms. And - and there's sulfur shelves here! Those - those are really good!

S-so I was.



Helping.

[NAILED IT.]

[droptheious]

[Oh bless his heart, he's trying.]

It was a big help! You did really well!!

[Mayve enough encouragement might help him with his crippling anxiety, who knows!]

Sulfur shelves? For real?! That's so cool!

video; un: shouto

[swellter]

[ The basket of mushrooms thrown at the camera leaves him feeling like he's missed something... ]

Tell us what?

[fusrodaaaah]

[The video feed is... well. It's nothing but Melius' horns poking into view. He apparently ducked and forgot to turn it off.]

The um. The - the good ones. The ones to eat. O-or not to eat.

[swellter]

The good ones are the ones you can eat?

video: moonmochi

[hopticulture]

[this is one of the most normal looking guy she's seen in awhile, so even if everything about him seems very awkward...]

I've started to help forage for them too. I know a enough amount about them, but not everything.

Which one's your favourite?

[fusrodaaaah]

[This lizard is made of awkwardness and anxiety. Enough to where his horns are the only things visible on screen.]

O-oh um. I like the... the sulfur shelves. They taste like um. Chicken.

And um - these. [He holds up a handful of enoki mushrooms] Golden needles.

( video | un: duckling )

[danserai]

Oh, yes! I want to know! Teach me about mushrooms!

[fusrodaaaah]

[Literally only Melius' horns can be seen in the video. He's ducked, apparently.]

O-oh. Um. Okay. Sulfur shelves taste like chicken. Golden needles are good, too. Puffballs - o-only eat those if um. They're all white inside, but they don't. Really taste like anything.

[danserai]

Does it taste like chicken all the time? Do you need to roast them?

Does a puffball look like an actual puffball??

video | un: P.G.

[possessum]

( Why can Peter relate to this.... lizard / dragon man(?) more than anyone else he's ever met here........

In fact, the only public video he ever made (not counting the accidental one that happened when he was high) was back in Deerington, and he pretty much exuded this exact energy.... right up to awkwardly ending the feed without knowing what to say or how to say it.

It seems like the only thing he can do..... is answer this. So carefully and quite unsure, because he's never spoken to a reptile man before, the teen turns on his own feed. )

Hello....

( Peter looks as though someone's holding a gun to his head. Though he looks like that most of the time, anyway )

Are you a dragon?

[fusrodaaaah]

[Well. It's not a terrible shot. But it sure is Melius' horns, and nothing else. He's definitely hiding from the camera. And, you know, still filming, instead of actually using the audio feature.]

[Though, he slowly lifts his head a bit, peering into the Omni with one pale eye. He somehow manages to pull off baffled even with that little bit of visible expression. Good job, Meli.]

A... a dragon? [That's a new one.] Um. N-no. No, sorry. I'm.

I'm not. I'm - Argonian.

[possessum]

( Is he.... oh, he is— he's hiding. That... is definitely familiar, too. Peter spent most of that aforementioned video message with his face concealed.

This guy is clearly very uncomfortable. Shy, nervous, anxious, afraid... it could be any of those, or some mix of all of them. Peter's watching that single pale eye on his screen, and it's... a very different feeling to have someone so seemingly anxious at him when usually it's the opposite. )

Oh. ( Argonian? He's not familiar with the term; maybe he's from some place that's like Lord of the Rings or something? Regardless, Peter feels he should offer something in exchange, so he says, awkwardly, but trying to be friendly— )

I'm— from Utah.

video; un: charlie

[kingoftherats]

... You got any of the good shit, Meli?

[everyone slap on a content warning for substance abuse, ya boy's here]

[fusrodaaaah]

I have um.

I have sulfur shelves! And-and golden needles!

[... clearly believing Charlie just wants some edible healthy mushrooms.]

[kingoftherats]

Oh, cool. The sulfur shelves thing sounds like it'd be my kind of thing. Golden needle, not so much. I'm not that kinda drug user, you know? Never been into needles, dude. Injecting just seems like a one-way track to infection.

Or drug AIDS. That's a thing you gotta look out for when you get drugs from the guys under the bridge at midnight.