UN: ecraig; Video

[fiddlestick]

WHO: Elliot Craig
WHERE: Network
WHEN: February 27th
WHAT: Video
WARNINGS: None!

[This video opens up to a redheaded guy in what looks like a pretty tiny apartment kitchen. Anyone who attends Kaisou High School will likely recognize him as the music teacher]

Erm...is this some kind of phishing or crypto scam? Because you're really wasting you're time if it is, I'm broke. If you need proof, I can show you my cupboard of ramen and eggs.

[He sighs, muttering to himself anxiously]

I really don't need this right now...

Comments

video | un: fashonti

[thaumewturge]

[Hi, Elliot. Please enjoy the actual catperson on your screen, with her ears twitching in curiosity because. Uh.]

Fishing? Crypto?

1/2

[fiddlestick]

[ ..... nani da frick]

2/2

[fiddlestick]

[Ok Elliot, don't react. Maybe it's just a vtuber situation! And that's why she's got cat ears! He thought those were usually animated but why wouldn't there be a CGI one? Yeah!!]

Y-Yeah, have you not heard of those before?

[thaumewturge]

Oh, no, we don't have either of those things where I'm from.

[Poor, poor Elliot.]

Well, we do have fishing, Limsa and...quite a lot of places would be in trouble if we didn't, but I am assuming you don't mean fishing for actual, edible fish?

un: why; text

[missingache]

It's neither of those.

Just an app we can't get rid of. A lot of us have tried to yeet this thing off our phones.

video;

[fiddlestick]

An app we can't get rid of?

Well that's worrying....

[missingache]

It's not a malicious app, just as annoying as the FB app phones seem to come with nowadays... But this one is harder to ignore.

video | un: deadpeopletea

[four_quarts]

[Elliot actually isn't the only one in the kitchen at the moment, though he's likely questioning why someone appears to be making bread in full cosplay makeup.]

I've never heard of those particular kinds of scams, so I can't say it isn't that for certain. What I do know is that it's at least useful for meeting fellow people in... strange circumstances, shall we call it.

[fiddlestick]

[he sure is. Between this and the cat girl he is REALLY wondering what the hecky heck is going on]

Strange circumstances...? Like....?

[Oh god this is some deep fandom thing he stumbled upon isn't it. He knew watching that video essay on homestuck was a MISTAKE]

[four_quarts]

...There's no way to explain this without sounding insane, so I'll be blunt. This whole business? [He indicates the purple scaling on his face and right arm, twitching his ears to emphasize the point.] Not makeup. People who aren't human exist, and for whatever reason, you can perceive us and all manner of other things now.

[He goes back so kneading the bread dough.]

I'm sorry say, but your life is about to get weirder from here on out.

un: rschwarzer;

[motiv8]

[This person... Rean can't shake the feeling of familiarity.

It's been several years since he last spoke with the person he's thinking of, but the things that he doesn't recognize from the person he's seeing are things he could explain with time. And with a username like that... it'd have to be a pretty big coincidence if this guy wasn't the same one he remembers, right?

...It's worth a shot.]

...Elliot? Is that you?

[fiddlestick]

[He looks surprised and confused. Someone knows him? And from the video feed- he looks normal unlike the others! And more so, he looks familiar. Plus with that name...

It clicks, at last.]

No way....

Rean? Is that you?

[motiv8]

[At the confirmation, Rean lights up, a grin spreading across his face.]

Yes! Oh, wow, what are the odds of running into each other like this, huh? It's been forever!

Video; un: northerncross

[onlythankyou]

[Hello did you want to see one of your students,]

Mr. Craig?

[Hooboy this shit is contagious, isn't it.]

[fiddlestick]

[NOT AT ALL!! his eyes go wide]

Jun?! You're on here?!

[WHAT IS HIS STUDENT DOING HERE???]

un: spiderlily; text;

[higanbana]

[A quick text mid-burfdae:]

1. good news! not phishing or crypto!
2. bad news! you're about to wish it were

welcome 2 hell 🙃

[fiddlestick]

[ 💧 ]

Uh...thanks?

If it's not those things, can you tell me what it is then?

video | un: antonio

[speaksanimal]

[And here, there is a small boy staring at Elliot before tilting his head to the side. It was clear that he wanted to say something, but he didn't want to bother him.

And yet, his curiosity was getting to him!]

Phishing? You mean like where you go and get some things to catch a fish?

[fiddlestick]

[Oh no, that's definitely a child. A small child. There's no way he wants to explain scams to a small child. So he'll clear his throat and try his best to bring up the energy he does when he gives music lessons to little kids

Aka, Kindergarten Teacher Energy INCREASE]

Eheh, that's right! Fishing can be an expensive hobby for people who get REALLY into it. So I'm not sure I'm ready for that in my life!

Do you like fishing?

un: reallyfarflung; video

[areyuuserious]

[Hi, Elliot, it's one of your newer students!]

Oh, uh, hi, Mr. Craig! [A beat, as they smile sheepishly.] It's not a scam of any sort, at least?

[fiddlestick]

[Yep, that's one of his new students alright! One of many, for some reason..]

Yuu! You're on here too? [Just how many...] Yeah, from the sounds of it, it's much bigger than that. Though I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all.

Video | un: pequeña_montaña

[neverbreaks]

What's uh...What's crypto?

[ Sorry, she's still learning a lot. ]

[fiddlestick]

It's a type of money that's really sketchy.

I really don't know much, other than it's probably better to steer clear of it because it's tied to a lot of scams.

[Beyond that like he could explain. He's a music teacher not an economics teacher]

text; un: __tsukasa__

[wavemastery]

The music teacher...?

This is getting harder and harder to keep a secret.

[fiddlestick]

Is that you Tsukasa?

[Well well what do you know]

Were you trying to keep it a secret?