[Orb, Day 4] FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT

[goldeneyeball]

[Anyone Orb-gazing is treated to an extreme close up of a big, gross, yellow eye.]

Th' hell is this thing supposed to be?

[The eye moves. A mouth appears. A couple of the teeth are missing. The man bits his lip and sucks air between his teeth, as if he were trying to dislodge a stubborn shred of lettuce. All the while he mutters to himself as he inspects the damage in his reflection. He's got a busted lip.]

[It's then that something occurs to him. His expression blanches as he leans away from the glowing sphere, revealing the polished steps of the castle behind him.]

Oh, God, you're probably magic aren't you...They said somethin' about that, didn't they? [He gives it a little shake.] Hello? Is this thing on? Operator? How do you change the channel on this damn thing...What'r you lookin' at? [He turns to glower at one of the castle servants who had lingered on the steps to watch him only for a moment.] That's right, keep walkin'...

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[shiromadoushi]

[[Trying not to be unnerved by how much that yellow looks like a different sort of Eye.]]

I think there's only one channel...

[goldeneyeball]

[JW leans away from the orb again. Oh. So it's a crystal ball sort of thing. He wonders why it's showing him a stranger when he didn't ask it anything. He squints at the white-haired kid in the sphere and turns his head so that he can look at him with one eye at a time.]

Yeah?

[shiromadoushi]

Un, it seems to either be just on or off. [[Not that he's really done much with this one to really know all of how it worked.]]

[goldeneyeball]

Well what good is that?

[He twists his face into a frown as if he expects poor Bakura to do something about it.]

And who'r you?

[All the questions. All of them.]

Icon just for outfit reference. He's still smiling! (stupid premature enter key!)

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura Ryou. [[introduces with a smile and a very small bow of the head. That causes the silly oversized floppy white hat on his head to tilt dangerously.]]

[goldeneyeball]

[He lifts a brow and eyes that floppy hat. It was pretty funny looking but...sort of important looking too. His brows knit. Hnnggg this guy might actually be a REAL wizard or something. James hasn't figured out he's got the magic spark yet. Almost subconsciously he scratches the base of one of his antlers. He missed hats in the warm season, he really did.]

So are you transmitting from the spirit world or is this snowglobe around my neck some kinda distance seeing doodankywhatsit?

[shiromadoushi]

The second one. [[a smile]] Like a magical version of a video phone. [[a pause. Actually, with how that guy looked... he might have no idea what a phone even was. Ooops.]]

[goldeneyeball]

[Surprise crosses his face. The same could be said about the kid. At least in JW's mind.]

You know what a video is? [JW supposes he can wrap his head around that. He really hoped they didn't charge by the minute or he was in trouble. He didn't have a cent or gold piece or whatever this place used in his pockets.] I'm from Earth. Heard of that?

[shiromadoushi]

[[A nod]] Un... That's where I'm from. Tokyo area first, then-- aaa-- [[a small laugh as he scratches at his cheek a little. How to explain the City...]] I guess what you could call an off brand version of New York City in an alternate dimension...

[goldeneyeball]

There's a song I've heard before. Ugh. What the hell happened to us? I'm not a wizard. I can't be a wizard. I can't even wear a damn hat.

[Muttermutterswearfffff]

[greatsquirrelhunter]

[Small child is unimpressed.] Too close.

[goldeneyeball]

[That white-haired kid lied! There is so another channel. This one has a different person in it. JW studies him as best he can and doesn't pull the orb away from his face. On principal. He's grumpy.]

Well whoever made this thing didn't do a very good job on the picture. It needs to be bigger and a lot less round...y.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

[Scowl] Orb round. Picture round. [There is a tone in his voice that leaves little doubt that there should be a "duh" at the end of this]

[goldeneyeball]

[He can't argue with that.]

They're square where I'm from.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Not where you come from. Different!

[give_kitty_cake]

[What a noisy creature. Koma stretches her back and stares down at the man from her perch far above where he was standing. He had interrupted her nap. ]

[goldeneyeball]

[Oblivious wizard is oblivious. He hasn't noticed his feline audience yet and continues being just as inconsiderate of the napping patterns of others by grumbling away into the magic sphere. Just like those people who talk loudly on their cellphones in Walmart.]

[give_kitty_cake]

[Normally she might be content with this situation. One could learn a lot by just watching others, but he was being kind of loud.

Koma turned and with a few agile leaps landed on the ground. She was just out of sight which made it possible for her to transform into her human form. This way when she rounded the corner to confront the new arrival she would be able to speak to him. ]

You don't have to be so loud. It can hear you even if you whisper.

[goldeneyeball]

[James stops shaking the orb like an old flashlight and looks over his shoulder at the stranger. Ignoring her scolding completely, he confronts her with a question.]

This thing won't charge me by the minute will it?

[give_kitty_cake]

... Its a magical object, not a cell phone.

[Really, this guy! Didn't he understand magic at all? ]

The world you come from didn't have magic?

[goldeneyeball]

I wouldn't put it past them to come up with a way to tax magicical visual telecommunicatiowhatever this is.

[He lets the orb go and it returns to his neck, going silent. JW sniffs once and finally decides to stand up. He grunts as he does so. He's been sitting on that step and feeling sorry for himself for a while.]

Not a whole lot. One of those out-of-the-public-eye situations.

[give_kitty_cake]

In that case you will be out of place here. This world relies on magic a great deal.

[She really doesn't think a tax is likely and even if some how they managed to do that... she wouldn't see any reason to pay it. ]

[goldeneyeball]

[He groans on the inside. As if getting shoved into these silly robes didn't tell him that already. This was going to suck.]


I'm guessing clicking my heels together three times won't send me home, will it?

[give_kitty_cake]

[Koma smirks. ]

Your shoes are the wrong color for that anyway.

[Without ruby slippers that action would be pretty pointless. ]

I don't know what brought us here so I don't know how to return.

[goldeneyeball]

[He actually looks down at his battered sneakers and sighs. That was what he was afraid of. It wasn't the first time something like this had happened...and an awful twist in his gut told him it probably wouldn't be the last.]

I-- gotta sit back down.

[And so he did.]