kaisou | video | un: empyrean

WHO: Kaveh and you
WHERE: the app
WHEN: early May
WHAT: A new arrival complains about a weird development in his life.
WARNINGS: none!

[ The video opens with a shot of a certain sparse as fuck tiny basement apartment, before the phone's owner adjusts the available options, switching from the rear camera to its front-facing counterpart. The user posting under the name 'empyrean' turns out to be a young man in his mid-to-late twenties with a pretty face, long golden yellow hair, and oddly distinctive red eyes. He hasn't yet realized they're no longer brown. ]

Is this thing on? Yes, okay. Ahem.

[ At first he's only muttering to himself, but as soon as he verifies the recording is live, he begins properly. ]

I've been doing some reading. It seems this app appears on someone's phone shortly before strange things begin to occur? I'll admit I hardly understand half of what you people are talking about; it all seems too strange to be true. But, considering I've just had my own supernatural encounter, I'm not in any place to judge.

[ Kaveh reverses the camera again, this time revealing a small green plant-like creature perched contently on his knee. It's a Budew, but he doesn't know that. ]

Can any of you explain how my roommate's plush toy just came to life? I'm not really sure what I should do about this.

Knowing him, he'll probably blame this on me somehow.

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[The hell. Yuuki is on video just to make sure this guy sees the judgement.]

That's not a plushie, that's Wardah. Why are you in sensei's apartment?

Edited 2023-05-10 04:05 (UTC)

[It's easy to tell that Abasi is on campus, walking towards his office after class. He pauses for a moment when he realizes two important things: one: Kaveh's eyes are a different color, unless he'd been wearing contacts the day before, and two: Wardah was sitting on his roommates knee, not terrified like it normally was.

In addition, Kaveh could actually perceive the Pokemon.

Shit. But, stay cool.]

That's not a plush. It's a Pokemon.

Okay, I'll bite: what exactly is 'Wardah', then? Because it was a stuffed toy as of yesterday.

[ He doesn't like this kid's tone. It reminds him a bit of a certain someone, which immediately rubs him the wrong way. As for his second question... ]

I don't know who your 'sensei' is. You shouldn't share personal information on the internet, anyway.

She's a Budew, and if you're in his apartment you have to know him. Abasi al-Haytham?

[ If he'd wanted to ask Abasi about it, he would've texted or called him directly. He's not pleased to discover Abasi nigh-instantly found out about his post on the network. ]

Oh, right, that explains everything.

Because I absolutely know what a Pokemon is.

Could you have at least warned me you started collecting possessed toys before I moved in?

It's not a possessed toy.

They're a type of... magical animal. Wardah is a Budew, which is a small grass type, as you can probably tell. You just... didn't realize what it was until the Libra app showed up. You've seen the other Pokemon I have, you just didn't actually see it.

[He sighs.]

I'm on my way home, I'll explain more when I get there. [A pause before.] I'm stopping somewhere for dinner, what do you want? [Since he now has to Explain stuff he was hoping to not have to for a bit.]

[ What did he just say about personal information and internet safety? Well, maybe it doesn't count if you're sharing someone else's personal information. ]

You know al-Haytham?

[ His surprise is genuine, but he recovers quickly enough. ]

I'm amazed any of his students respect him enough to call him 'sensei'.

I don't.

[Damn Yuuki. This is in fact a lie but Yuuki won't admit to it, okay?]

He was my mentor in POKEPUPs, old habits die hard. Who're you?

That makes more sense.

[ Equally brutal, but unlike Yuuki, Kaveh actually means it. ]

I'm his roommate.

[ Before he can say more, something occurs to him, and he frowns. ]

Hold on, why do you know what your professor's apartment looks like, anyway?

A magical animal.

[ Kaveh repeats the words in a tone that hints at an impending rant, but Abasi successfully distracts him with the mention of dinner. ]

Huh?

[ He is hungry. Kaveh tilts his head to one side as he considers the question. ]

Mexican sounds good, don't you think? Make sure you order extra queso dip.

[Look he knows full well this is just another person noticing the supernatural for the first time. But sometimes, sometimes - he needs to cause chaos]

I'd suggest making sure your affairs are in order, or running. If horror movies are any indication, dolls that begin moving on their own are never good.

What!?

[ He looks down at the Budew, which just looks back at him with the most peaceful little baby smile possible. ]

But I don't... I can't move it, I'm stuck.

[ Kaveh is weak where cute little creatures are concerned. Once an animal sits on him, he's doomed. ]

[ having observed some of the other responses xiao decides to add his own (in the most deadpan voice possible): ]

You are in grave danger, you should run.

[Jun will make a click of the tongue]

Best to start making your farewells then.

Ah! It looks like you've made a friend.

If I told you what was going on, I'm not sure you'd believe me. So here's a good place to start: take a selfie and look at it very carefully.

[Says the guy with BLUE HAIR and PURPLE EYES]

Edited (syntax) 2023-05-10 14:38 (UTC)

He's not my professor, we're coworkers. [Yuuki be more helpful.] Do you know about POKEGO?

That isn't a toy. It's some kind of animate plant.

[THANKS ZERO HE COULDN'T TELL THAT HIMSELF???]

It doesn't appear hostile. Unless you try to harm it, you're in no danger.

[ THIS IS EVEN SCARIER THAN THE OTHER MESSAGE HE GOT ABOUT THE SAME THING. The quiet raspy voice of this user makes him sound like a demon himself, or at least someone who absolutely knows what he's talking about. What is this, a horror movie phone call?!

Kaveh is probably going to die. Oh no, he never got around to making a will. Wait, does he even need a will if he's basically got nothing but debt to his name? What will his mother say when she hears he got mauled to death by a tiny little plant... thing? Will there even be any body parts left to find?!

Such is the vivid imagination of an artist run wild. ]

[ Lord what did he ever do to deserve this.

Nevermind, he knows what he did. He knows exactly what he did.

Maybe if he'd kept his mouth shut, his father wouldn't have left. ]

Coworkers?!

[ This kid is a college professor? He's either some kind of genius or an adult with a massive case of babyface. ]

...No, al-Haytham hasn't mentioned anything by that name.

That's who we work for. [A beat.] I'm eighteen, did you really think I was a professor at college?

[Because that tone said it all, sir.]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[ Two can play the refusing to admit to things that are true game. ]

Honestly, considering this involves al-Haytham, I shouldn't even be surprised. He insisted I fully disclose my employment history and any unsavory habits I might have developed since college, but he just so happens not to tell me he's involved with some kind of mysterious job on the side? Hmph. Typical!

Yeah, who the hell are you, anyway? You didn't answer my question about why you're in sensei's apartment.

I already told you, I'm his roommate. I moved in recently from out of town.

The name's Kaveh. I'm an architect.

Yeah, try harder. Sensei doesn't have anyone he likes enough to share his space with.

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