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10 // video/action // now the party don't start till I walk in
[The wall comm' is on, and so are the lights. Except that that's not electrical light. Alex's room now sports a broad bay window.
The cameras are all off, and most of them are gone, including the one in front of the door and the camcorder that usually sits on the desk. Only three remain, and one of them is in Alex's hands, tripod and all, as he carries it across the room and slings it into the closet.
A CD player provides poppy background music. Alex whistles along while he works.
Off-camera, there's a towel pinned over the mirror.]
((OOC: for convenience's sake, let's say all threads which aren't J's or the Operator's happen before those two.))
The cameras are all off, and most of them are gone, including the one in front of the door and the camcorder that usually sits on the desk. Only three remain, and one of them is in Alex's hands, tripod and all, as he carries it across the room and slings it into the closet.
A CD player provides poppy background music. Alex whistles along while he works.
Off-camera, there's a towel pinned over the mirror.]
((OOC: for convenience's sake, let's say all threads which aren't J's or the Operator's happen before those two.))
video~
Then Alex looks over at the screen with interest. He recognises that voice as belonging to someone his regular's talked to.]
Sorry, you're a bit too late. I could take a message?
voice;
Who are you, and what have you done with Alex?
video
I'm just looking after his place while he's away.
voive;
video
[For the record, he is genuinely sorry. He's a capable liar, but not by any means an enthusiastic one.]
So you're detective Naoto Shirogane?
[Her pronounciation of her name when she first introduced herself to regular!Alex is perfectly replicated now.]
voice;
Yes, I am. However, I am certain we have not met. How do you know my name?
video
[He spins the desk chair round so that its back is towards the screen, then sits on it back-to-front, smiling cheerily. He's been hoping to meet some of these friends of his regular's.]
D'you have a face?
voice;
Yes, I do. However, you won't see it.
Now, tell me: where is Alex?
video
I... dunno exactly where he is. [Shifffffffftyyyyy.]
voice;
Tell me where he is, and you will see my face.
video
Nn...no. [Because the Queen will actually break him in the face if he gets sent back before she tells him to return, and from what he's heard of Naoto, she's the kind of person who'd squirrel out the way.]
voice;
video
No, that's all me.
voice;
I see. Well, if you are the perpetrator, then I will be forced to take action against you. State your location.
video!
[ DISMAY. :( ]
voice;
video
Only suspected? Didn't you see Her Majesty's big message?
voice;
I now know that the Queen is behind this, that you are capable of basic thoughts and basic deceptions, that either you or the Queen has the ability to move between this world and the Mirror world, and that you are acting as some sort of distraction or delay.
video
Only basic thoughts? I'm insulted.
voice;
BUT SHE DOES NOT AGREE WITH YOUR DICKGRIN ]
Is there something further you would like to add?
video
Not right now. I'm still settling in. Might think of something later, though.
[Oh that grin is shit-eating. He stopped worrying about Naoto liking him a little while ago in the conversation.]
voice;
Will you be here long?
video
No idea. A few hours? A few days? I hope it's for a while, I've never been over this side of the mirror before.