heorot: (and I didn't know I was lost ❞)
jaмes ж poттer ([personal profile] heorot) wrote in [community profile] elnysa2017-12-02 12:23 pm

001 { video } un: PRONGS

[ thankfully enough, james somehow managed not to hit send on the impressively awful posts he had started to type up/has been typing up for the better portion of about three hours. something to also note: this typing and not sending has all been happening while nursing a couple of bottles of alcohol, all of which can kind of be seen floating a bit awkwardly in the background when the video finally comes to life.

in the foreground, though, is james, looking tired and a bit of a mess. his words are slurred when he speaks, his movements carrying that fluid weight that is telling (if the slurring already wasn’t) to just how much alcohol he’s been consuming. and while he’s not holding a bottle in the video, he does seem to look right off the screen for a longer moment than necessary, as if he’s trying to decide if it’s worth reaching, but decides against it. ]


We’re-all foockin’ cursed, ‘ren’t we? [ his words trip over themselves, stumbling and rolling to a stop. the worst part is that james seems to notice and pause. then he blinks, and then another, before he seems to focus back on the camera. ] Like- you ever think maybe we shouldn’ta been woken up in the first place? Mayb’ none of us shoulda been. ‘Cause have you noticed how many are gettin’ sent back? ‘hoo just are here an' then aren’t? I’ve had- [ his face drops for a second, out of the drunken anger/annoyance/general upset demeanor to something darker, something pained.

but then he takes a breath, and the look fades. ]


Doesn’ matter. But ‘as anyone noticed? That somethin’s off? There’s gotta be something, right? A show, clue, whatev’r? There ‘as the sic’ness an' all, an' the pilotin’ instead of the transport, but-

[ he stops, his eyes going a bit wide for half a moment as he looks off the screen. was that a burp? or...yeah, let’s not go there. he takes the second, but then reaches down next to where he’s sitting and pulls up his wand, reaching to grab one of the hovering bottles and tapping it with the end of his wand. in a matter of seconds, the bottle refills with a dark brown liquid.

james hiccups, then takes a swig from the bottle. ]


Oh, also- [ he sways a second where he sits, before turning back to the camera. ] 'nyone want whiskey? Rations are short an' all that but I’ve got. [ he grins, waving his wand and bottle to the camera. sorry olympia. should he have mentioned that before? ] Jus lemme know.

[ and then the feed cuts. ]
sheriffing: commission; please do not use (🌟 118)

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[personal profile] sheriffing 2017-12-02 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the scene in front of her is exactly what's stopped Emma from spending too much time in the taverns. she can't say the possibility of drowning her sorrows hasn't tempted her since arrival, but she doesn't want to be as openly vulnerable or miserable as the guy on the screen. it's hard to hear him and not feel like she should say something, because he's right, it does feel like a curse.

and Emma's been through enough curses to know that this fits. what she hasn't suffered (at least not yet) is someone waking from stasis and going back under. she wonders what would be worse, getting back someone she cares about just to be separated from them again, or never seeing anyone she loves until they're ready to wake up and stay up.]


I don't think you're supposed to mix alcohol with magic.

[ since this is about the best it could probably go, and she'll give him credit for that.]

But if you're going to do it, at least you went with whiskey.
fiendennor: (14)

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[personal profile] fiendennor 2017-12-03 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
This video is a disgrace. You should have some self-respect.
fiendennor: (08)

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[personal profile] fiendennor 2017-12-03 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
For yourself, for goodness' sake. You're in quite the sorry state to be broadcasting for the world to see.
exaomori: (🐍 10)

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[personal profile] exaomori 2017-12-03 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
They're pretty suspicious, nyaha~ Doing something for nothing ain't somethin' I've seen people do too often.

[A lifetime of working with the supernatural taught Shura that while humans might be charitable, demons and their ilk always had a catch to their generosity. But that seemed as obvious as anything else to her, and she's more focused on something else in the video.]

That's a pretty neat magic trick ya got there. Is whiskey all you can do with that thing?

[priorities

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[personal profile] fiendennor 2017-12-03 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
If I did, I would do so in private, and not film myself in the process of becoming sloppily drunk.

[Also, she's 16.]
Edited 2017-12-03 05:17 (UTC)
playingfetch: (I've got to know)

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[personal profile] playingfetch 2017-12-03 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Lancer isn't actually visible in this video, for the most part. It's his first time using this feature, and he sucks at it, and so mostly what's visible is about a third of his face (very wide-eyed with dubious interest, from what can be seen) and the backdrop of a bonfire and some wet, dark forest. Wherever he is, he's outside. He is outside and tragically lacking in whiskey.]

This is why this video stuff's no fun. Does it count as drinking alone when you're on video? That's a hell of a magic you've got there. You'll have half of us beating down your door at this rate! I'm one of them.
sheriffing: (🌟 021)

[personal profile] sheriffing 2017-12-03 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ just him sounds like the same kind of hell that Emma's been living in since she arrived. her son, her parents, her friends; all of them are sleeping. she's the only one awake, so she doesn't get be as drunk as the poor guy on her screen. they'd expect better and that means she needs to be better, even if she doesn't like it.

maybe she wouldn't feel the same way if she was in his shoes, chasing some hollow comfort at the bottom of a glass. she's sober and painfully, personally aware of how he hurts. it means she can't really ignore what he's going through, no matter how close to home it hits.]


I don't know, I guess it depends on what sort of drunk you are.

[ Emma's always known how to hold her alcohol, but she knows she didn't get it from her mother because Mary Margaret is a one-drink wonder. any drink, not just the strong ones.]

Did anyone take you up on your offer yet?

[ translation: is anyone with you?]
winddaughter: (oh there it is again)

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[personal profile] winddaughter 2017-12-03 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
[fffff what is this]

well you're right about a lot of people going back to sleep
dianano: (pic#11503435)

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[personal profile] dianano 2017-12-03 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's Steve's first time looking at the network and the first thing he sees is a young man who looks more drunk than Charlie on a bad day, and that's saying something. And he's got his own unlimited supply of alcohol from the looks of it. This can't be good.

Steve knows how to look after drunks like this. He's had plenty of practice at it. And he's not one to watch someone wallow in their own misery and not do anything about it. Someone needs to check on this kid before he does some serious damage to himself. ]


How about you tell me where you are? [ And just in case he sounds like a concerned parent, he adds to try and trick James: ] I'm interested in your whiskey supply.

[ He really isn't. ]
badgerlock: (Fitz - look up while you're alive)

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[personal profile] badgerlock 2017-12-03 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you're soaked through enough, friend.
sheriffing: (🌟 05)

[personal profile] sheriffing 2017-12-03 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm getting that.

[ a great drunk, greatly drunk - same difference. it doesn't surprise her that he'd turn to drinking to cope with this place; she might not know the guy, but she knows people. she used to throw Leroy in the drunk tank for nearly the same thing.]

If you're sharing, I'm in.

[ maybe not in the way he thinks, but if he's going to get blackout drunk, he needs someone with him. that he doesn't have another person right now feels like it's the cause of all of this, and she's known that feeling for most of her life.]

I'm Emma, by the way. What's your name?
exaomori: (🐍 17)

[personal profile] exaomori 2017-12-03 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're trustin' them blindly, then you got some pretty big issues, I think~

[Was it rude to question the orbiters on their own channel? Probably. But Shura didn't see the point is being covert when it was so much easier being straightforward.]

Still, that's pretty good. I knew people who could create stuff like holy water, but not make something this useful.
fiendennor: (14)

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[personal profile] fiendennor 2017-12-03 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is absolutely a no. Diana sighs.]

And you could have just as easily done so after sobering up, and would likely have gotten more value out of people's answers.

And honestly, what a waste of magic on top of it. [The fact that she's only now getting to that part is how strong her Lecturing instincts are.]
sheriffing: (🌟 1063)

[personal profile] sheriffing 2017-12-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she might not be in it for the same reasons, but she has reasons; plenty of them. reasons like this guy reminding her too much of herself right now, left with magic and loneliness and little else. she used to be a great alone person, but that was before she knew what it was like to have people who cared about her. it's a struggle, figuring out if she's the same person without them, but she'd like to think she is.

she's not so far gone that she doesn't care about someone else's suffering, no matter how constant her own is.]
James. Nice to meet you, even if the circumstances suck.

[ there has to be a better way to make new friends than drunken introductions after the destruction of their worlds.]

Where are you?

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