Video || Census Call

[detectiveforhierophant]

Type: Video
Sender ID: detectiveforhierophant (Ryotaro Dojima)
To: General Public
Subject: Census Call
Warnings: None!


[ The screen would flick on, and man of Japanese origin would pop on screen, sitting at a desk that may look familiar to some. ]

Hey, this is Ryotaro Dojima, part of the Raiders of the Lost Arts.

[Ignore that Strabby with a pink bow walking around in the background behind him... ]

I've been here for a few months now, and I've noticed a few patterns talking to folks about where and when they're all from. Call me curious, but I'm interested in actually getting info of this, making a record-- a census, I guess.

So-- If you guys wouldn't mind telling me; where are you from-- town, country, planet even if you can, and what year?

If you don't feel comfortable posting your information publicly, feel free to private message me.

[ A pause as he thought, before continuing. ]

--To be fair, I can provide my own. I'm from a small rural town in Japan, Inaba, on the planet Earth. It was 2012 when I arrived here.

--Ah, one last thing. If you remember where someone who was here before but vanished is from, I'll take that info too.

[ Reaching to turn off the phone as he spoke-- ]

Dojima out.

Comments

[detectiveforhierophant]

As strange as it feels to say that, it's entirely possible we are from different 'Japan's'

[ He made a face at the note about being 'old', because he sure as hell didn't feel like an old guy. But to a teenager like Ranma, he probably seemed ancient. ]

I'm 42 if you got to know. And yeah, I remember the usual tech from the 90s, but someone else is only 10 years ahead of me and has completely different technology, so it's a fair questions-- wait, what was that about ripping it out of the side walk?

[ What was this guy, Kanji Tatsumi? ]

...Tech in 2012 is about that level for transportation in the 90s, but we've got a lot more focus on the internet and telecommunications. The shellphone's slightly more advanced than the best phones we have now. We usually stick to --ah. Hang on a sec.

He leaned out of frame, and you could hear him rummaging around--

[ Before coming back into view, holding a black cellphone-- up to the shellphone's screen. ]

This is my cellphone from home, to give you an idea were we are tech wise.

[ And then, onto magic, a frown. Interesting... ]

Is your magic and curses just... common knowledge, or something only specialists would know?

[catsgothistongue]

The phones back home are bigger and blockier than the ones we've got right now. Not exactly what I'd call mobile by conventional standards. Only times I've seen them being carried or ripped out of the ground is if one of us got knocked through one, or they tear it out of the ground to chuck at me.

[He and Kanji are completely different! Kanji's a street brawler, he's a martial artist! They're completely different people with no similar traits or flaws with each other whatsoever!

Staring at the cellphone Dojima produced, Ranma nodded his head with an 'Ah'.]

Definitely a lot smaller than what I'm used to. Do you still need to put money in it to make calls, or does it just work?

[Shifting a bit to adjust his legs.]

To us, I'd say it's common knowledge with how often we see it and how much of a pain in the ass it is to deal with. Some people are better suited in understanding how it works than me. Only thing I can tell you is if you can avoid it, try not getting cursed. It sucks, a lot.