[open video, 4/20 squeaky voice] | Skill Sharing!

[chefbayardee]

[ The screen blips on to Hunk, reclined across a couch. Balmogra the moogle's pom-pom occasionally drifts into the top of the frame, and Hunk's eyes keep glancing towards it. As he starts talking, he's entirely oblivious to the fact that his voice is high-pitched and squeaky. ]

Hey, so with other people asking about things like our stories, our worlds, and our jobs, I realized that we don't actually know a lot about what we can all do! Like... I learned that some people have never been grocery shopping before! Or some can't cook! Or some people don't know how technology here works. Since we're all stuck here, we might as well try to help each other out, right? So what are some things you know or want to know?

Me, I know about cooking and engineering and mechanics. But I don't know anything about magic. Or how to defend yourself from a monster that's up close and trying to eat you. Or how to use a giant fork in a fight? Or why they use forks here to begin with.

[ He pauses for a moment, looking almost uncomfortable, and then- ]

And if you're embarrassed to say something you can't do, you can always send it to me and I'll mention it for you!

( This is super open and threadjacking is possible and totally okay! )

Comments

[chefbayardee]

[ Hunk giggles, but it's closer to his normal volume and therefore super muppety. And then he dons the deep voice once more. ]

That was kinda close! [ His voice cracks higher for a moment. This is ridiculous. ] Can you try again? [ He looks worried. ] This isn't hurting your throat, is it?

[ Hunk screams a lot, so he's pretty much fine. Yue doesn't seem like he screams at things often. ]

[twomeals]

[Yue screams at things literally never, he's generally pretty quiet? Trying again though!]

Booooooooo--it does a little, hehe.

[might've switched back partway through that, it's fine. He's still smiling, anyway!]

[chefbayardee]

Oh. [ He winces a bit, and stops the changes in his voice as well. ] Sorry. We can stop, then! [ And it dawns on Hunk just how strong his vocal cords are from all that screaming. ]

That was funny- do you think these sorts of things happen to the iMog slates often? [ Hunk doesn't really have any idea how tech-savvy Yue is. Time to find out. ]

[twomeals]

[Hunk's a strong guy! Much stronger than Yue! Especially since I just remembered the faq said everybody's stuck at human strength levels...guess we're not picking you up after all.]

Mm, I don't know! We never had stuff like this back home...maybe it happens all the time here? That'd be pretty funny. [A pause.] Or maybe more annoying?

[chefbayardee]

[ #Whoops. Probably for the best that doesn't happen, because Hunk's body-slammed people before and Yue would probably like die. ]

Well, as long as the problems are funny, it'd be fine. [ And then he furrows his brow, death-glaring his slate's camera. ] But if it keeps us from using them for what they're here for, then it's a problem.

Like, what if we couldn't send messages, wouldn't that be the worst?!

[twomeals]

If they couldn't send messages, that'd mean they're broken, right? So then... [wait.] Would we have to get new ones if that happened?

...Does this place have that many of these things?

[chefbayardee]

They had enough to just dump free ones on us... [ He chuckles. ] ...so I guess they have a lot.

[ Hunk glances to the side. ] Or they're cheap to make. Means they're probably cheap to fix too. [ But he... does not want to try that out. Nope. What if there's no warranty?! ]