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

[motiv8]

The tasks themselves haven't been so bad, yeah. It's more the world around you that you have to keep an eye out for...

[He laughs a little at the thing about the sword.]

I know, right? When it happened, I was just left wondering "is anime real?" and yet half the things I hear about on here are so far beyond that that the sword thing almost feels... I don't know. Simple, comparatively?

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, that part might be a problem. I can't say many of my dad's survivalist lessons stuck.

[Other than nature is AWFUL and hunting is even worse!!]

If you're calling a sword falling out of the sky and feeling like it belongs to you "simple", I'm a little worried about what else is in store for me to discover...

[motiv8]

Well, I'm at least a little better with stuff like that. If we stick together and try not to stray too far off the beaten path, [for as much of one as there ever is,] we should be okay!

Haha, yeah, well... it's not all bad? Just fantastical. And I mean, didn't we all kind of want to be the main characters in some kind of magical story when we were kids? Sure, it's several years too late now, but...

[fiddlestick]

Alright, thanks Rean. I'll try not to hold you back! [He has no idea how, but surely he can do something to make sure he's not a burden..]

Hehe, that's true. I'll never be knight-in-shining-armor material, but- [He almost says something about getting saved by one, but holds back] w-well, there's always minstrels in those stories right? Maybe I'll be something like that!

[motiv8]

[Elliot, your thirst...]

Yeah! And besides, a group of knights wouldn't make for a very balanced party, anyway.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, true. That takes me back. I remember those games we used to play together.

[Where he'd usually wind up playing healer to Rean's fighter. He wasn't super good, and he fell out of the habit once he lost touch with Rean but....it was fun]

[motiv8]

Yeah, I still remember those, too. I haven't had enough time to play those in years, but they're some fond memories.

[Rean was always more into those games for sure, but... even if he's largely avoided truly becoming an adult, the responsibilities still definitely crept in and overwhelmed his free time.

He's always working these days, whether it's for school or for a living. Even anime club is work, since he signed on to the board. ...That's kind of sad, isn't it? Maybe it's better to just focus on the nostalgia...]

[fiddlestick]

You haven't? Well then, maybe we can find some time to play them!

[He doesn't know if Rean would actually be onboard with that idea. The truth is, Elliot's been pretty busy too between work and finishing his degree and his music. But-

Well, since his relationship ended, he's been lonely. His students were great, but they couldn't ever fill the void that having friends his age could. And Elliot being who he is? He's more than willing to seize the opportunity to cling to someone]