video / un: yaksha

[alatum]

WHO: xiao & you.
WHERE: libra app.
WHEN: 22/4
WHAT: local cryptid spotted!!
WARNINGS: none atm.

[ the feed opens a young man frowning at the screen. while not wholly unknowledgable about technology he is by no means skilled in removing unwanted apps that frankly do not want to be deleted. it seems he has been fighting this fight for a hot minute and unknowingly hit the video function. xiao exhales, defeated, before blinking rapidly in surprise.

oh, this is on. well, it won't hurt to ask. ]

If there is anyone skilled in the removal of unwanted applications seek me out. [ how are they going to do that, xiao?? ] My own efforts in removing this have done very little.

[ maybe introducing himself will help facilitate the removal of this app? how else are people to seek him out. ]

My name is Xiao.

[ good job buddy, you tried. ]

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[alatum]

[ he was honestly minding his own business, messing with his phone and the odd app that had suddenly appeared. how was he supposed to know this roof belonged to another? not that he cares in truth, a roof is a roof and all xiao desires is the ability to see his surroundings.

the modulated voice does give him pause, muscles tensing as he adopts a defensive stance out of sheer habit. today has been r o u g h. ]

No one of importance. [ like he is going to give his name to a shrouded man!!! boy? he is xiao's height so... ] Who are you?

[whiteshroud]

[...]

No one of importance.

[TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAME XIAO. He puts his hand on his hip]

Are you new to the city? I've never seen you around before.

[alatum]

[ good to see they are on the same page.

xiao seems to consider something as he pockets his phone, regarding the stranger fully. ]

I usually don't allow myself to be seen. [ so props to you sneaking up on him. ] Though I have not been in this city for long.

[whiteshroud]

[Well that explains that. He's pretty used to a lot of the types you find up on the roofs, and he can't say he's ever seen or sense this one]

An otherworlder, or just from out of town?

[alatum]

[ that earns a bird-like tilt of the head, blinking a couple of times. otherworlder? what? explain. ]

I was not born in this city, by definition I would be from 'out of town.'

[whiteshroud]

...I see.

[Well. Fair enough. Jun isn't the most social of folks, so he'll just...accept that and go to another area of the roof. He did come here to try to get some roof time after all!!]

[alatum]

[ you know he's totally welcome to go have his roof time! xiao won't stop him! he will, however, watch him for a time before deciding the best course of action is to... leave. he will watch out for this one in the future, definitely.

goodbye jun, enjoy your roof time. ]

[whiteshroud]

[Jun notices out of the corner of his eye Xiao leaving, and will watch him go.

Huh. Yep. He's about as social as anyone else who hangs out up here. Good to know]