video | un: degurechaff

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[ A young girl sits at a table in an otherwise nondescript room, her hands folded in front of her in a picture of perfect professionalism. Her white button-down shirt is similarly perfect, not a wrinkle in sight, and tailored to her thin frame. Her gaze into her omni is expressionless — some might call it cold — and her high, childish voice is tempered with the assured enunciation of an adult. ]

Good evening. My name is Tanya von Degurechaff. I'm new here, so I have a couple questions for anyone willing to answer.

First, what kind of job do you currently have? If you don't have one, then I'm also interested in hearing what you did before you arrived here.

Second, are there any jobs or businesses you'd like to see here? I recognize that this is a broad question, but since we come from a broad range of backgrounds, any feedback is welcome.

[ A pause, a stray thought seeming to flicker through her head before she continues. ]

As for myself, I have experience with personnel management, various air-based operations, tactical field research, and administrative work. More broadly, I'm an aerial mage. The business I'd like to see is a coffee shop.

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[punshots]

[ !! A kindred spirit!! ]

You wanna help? For real? [ He's just kind of blown away by this offer from a total stranger, even if he would do the same if he were in their shoes. ] I-I mean - yeah, of course! The more the merrier! What's your name?

[expertonshutters]

[(spiderman point) PHOTOGRAPHY.]

Absolutely. We’re all strangers in this weird place, so it would probably behoove us all to work together. Besides, I’d like to see what sort of talent a place like this could produce.

[Call him an old man, but seeing enthusiastic young talent just makes his fond mechanical heart so happy.]

Ichimonji Hayato, though Ichimonji is fine. What about you?

[punshots]

Hell yeah! Bet we got a bunch of aspiring photogs just waiting in the wings!

[ And the Omnis make it all the easier to produce and share work. This could take off more than he could have ever hoped. ]

Nice to meet'cha, Ichimonji! Prompto's the name, and photography's my game! ...Obviously.

[expertonshutters]

I wouldn’t doubt it, and think of all the people who just need that one little push to consider picking up a camera for the first time.

[It is good to spread the arts, especially in a dreary place like this.]

Likewise. I’ve been doing some snooping here and there to find out what materials this place has for film development. I can share what I’ve learned if you’re interested.

[punshots]

[ His thoughts exactly. Somewhere like this, it's important to make sure good memories are memorialized in photographs. ]

Really? You already got some leads?! Sure, I'd love to hear what you've got so far! I had noooo clue where to even start with all that.

[ He may be technically inclined, but the technology here is something else completely. ]

[expertonshutters]

I do fancy myself a bit of a journalist, in addition to photography. Which is to say, I’m very good at getting into people’s business.

[Pardon him as he grabs his notebook and flips through a few pages. He’s been hassling people nonstop since he got here.]

So the biggest thing I’ve learned is that most of their technology is actually magic in nature. The chemicals you would need for processing film’s been replaced entirely with blood magic.

[(ooc: I actually hit up the mods about this the other day, if you’d like I can PM you the deets)]

[punshots]

Oh, eugh...really? Well, whatever it takes! I...guess! Sorry, still gettin' used to all the...blood stuff.

[ He's going to need to get desensitized quickly, but he's noooot quite there yet. But if it's in the service of something he loves like photography, that's easier to stomach. ]

So, we'd just need to figure out how to harness blood magic for developing film?

((ooc: sure, that would be great, thank you! c:))

[expertonshutters]

[Hayato gives a good natured laugh about that.]

Right? I admit, I was disappointed to find this out. The blood stuff here is pretty unsettling. But it does explain why I scoured the city trying to find developer and turned up empty handed.

[He isn’t grossed out by blood personally, but there is definitely something sketchy about having to use it for EVERYTHING. Unsanitary, too. Bleh.]

But that’s about the gist of it, yeah. Personally, magic is not something I’ve ever had to dabble in, so I’m a little out of my depth! But once I figure out how to set up a dark room like this, I’ll let you know if I get any results.

[punshots]

[ Magic is definitely something that Prompto has been a witness to, and he's thrown a magic flask or two in his time, but Noctis is the only one actually capable of elemancy. Seeing it and using it are two very different things. It sounds like it'll take them both a fair bit of experimentation to figure out how to get this to work. He may be uncertain about his own abilities, but as long as this is his passion, hopefully he can help at least a little. ]

Great! Y-yeah, please do! And if there's anything I can do to help get it all set up in the meantime, I'm your go-to guy!

[ He may not have a lot to go off of so far, but he's good at following directions, usually! ]

[expertonshutters]

[For all the insanity that is Hayato’s canon, 90% of what he’s ever had to deal with claimed itself science, no matter how absurd. Hayato is fairly certain magic does exist, but boy does he know nothing about it. They were both starting at the ground up, it seems.]

[He grins at Prompto’s enthusiasm. It’s very refreshing to see.]

You’ll be the first to know! My plan is to find a studio to rent. Once I’ve got space, then the real fun begins.

[So he hopes anyway.]