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maritorious) wrote in cursednet2022-09-08 10:24 am
video | un: desdemona
[Nancy's looking a lot better since her arrival. Her black eye has faded, the cut on her lip has healed, and the damned headache is at long last gone. She sits with a straight back, and occasionally glances off-screen to make sure she's doing it right. Not like she'd really know. But it's fun, to be a part of something new like this, these video messages. These videos.
In the background, The Smiths play quietly. She takes a drink of what could be anything. It's not. It's tea. And gin.
Mostly gin.]
Hello, I'm trying this for the first time. It's all so incredibly new and exciting. [Her accent remains unchanged.]
Which is why I'd like to ask everyone something: How many of you are out of place? And how many are out of time?
I was speaking at the roller rink with Captain Bonnet and we were wondering if there were others like us here, not just dragged from a few years or across the country, but across the ocean, hundreds of years out of the past, into this ridiculous future and have no idea what cars or neon or arcades are let alone jeans.
If so, I propose we have a meeting of sorts. Try to learn all these new things together. Or if anyone is willing to explain the last two hundred years in history, I'm really curious. I know some of you are from the future future from here, but I imagine that'd be easier. [Now she feels like shes' excluding a huge chunk of the population, but come on. People like her and Stede were at a distinct disadvantage.]
Er-- My name is Nancy, and I'm from 1838 London.
In the background, The Smiths play quietly. She takes a drink of what could be anything. It's not. It's tea. And gin.
Mostly gin.]
Hello, I'm trying this for the first time. It's all so incredibly new and exciting. [Her accent remains unchanged.]
Which is why I'd like to ask everyone something: How many of you are out of place? And how many are out of time?
I was speaking at the roller rink with Captain Bonnet and we were wondering if there were others like us here, not just dragged from a few years or across the country, but across the ocean, hundreds of years out of the past, into this ridiculous future and have no idea what cars or neon or arcades are let alone jeans.
If so, I propose we have a meeting of sorts. Try to learn all these new things together. Or if anyone is willing to explain the last two hundred years in history, I'm really curious. I know some of you are from the future future from here, but I imagine that'd be easier. [Now she feels like shes' excluding a huge chunk of the population, but come on. People like her and Stede were at a distinct disadvantage.]
Er-- My name is Nancy, and I'm from 1838 London.
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[Despite himself, he has to smirk. He's practically made a career of dealing with civilizations of varying development levels but it's always fun to see someone's reaction to technology.]
The telly-vision is really great. Wait 'till you start figuring out which shows are your favorite. Then you can get into arguments with other people about it. Then you'll be like everyone else from this time!
For future reference, Star Trek is great, Mary Anne is a better character than Ginger, M.A.S.H. is realistic, and Sam and Diane belong together forever.
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Are you making fun of how I say it? Telly-vision. [Cockney accents are not the greatest accent in the world.]
I'll try to remember all of that. It means absolutely nothing to me yet. [Star Trek is going to be way too hard for her to comprehend. Too much time and space in relative dimensions for her.]