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[chemistries]

[Kon's outside the library, smoking at a computer he built immediately after arriving, staring up at the sky instead of the camera.] So this has all been surprisingly boring so far. I don't care about living in dorms, but playing violent games for points? That got old before high school. I'm more interested in the fact that we all understand each other. The language barrier? It doesn't exist and it should. We're all from different dimensions, right? Someone should definitely be speaking in clicks and grunts.

[He exhales a stream of smoke and rolls his eyes toward the camera.]

Anyway, I've noticed that a lot of the people here are eating takeout and then regretting it later. Would anybody be interested in cooking lessons? I mean, you'd have to be willing to bet that I'm not going to poison you and take your wallet, but look at what you've been eating. It might be worth the risk.

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[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

[Well if he wants a language barrier, then Marx will give him one]

Click click... clickclickclick... click... clickclickclickclick...!

[ushishishi]

'shishi! This place seems advanced enough to translate for us. Of course, some of us speak multiple languages as well.

...

[...Hm, speaking of cooking-]

A prince is not going to cook. How much would it cost for you to do it? [Worth stabbing him for it or not?....]

[VOICE]

[chemistries]

[Hangs up please try again.]

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[techissexy]

Huh. Never even thought about that, but you're right; we shoudn't all automatically be speaking English, unless they've got some sort of piece of the Tower of Babel or something. [ is she joking, is she not? who knows? ]

You did a pretty good job with those drinks, so I'd trust you in the kitchen, but you've seen the dorm kitchens. Yikes. Yikes.

[chemistries]

It doesn't matter what language you speak -- it all sounds the same.

For me to cook for you? [lololol] A lot.

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[chemistries]

Yeah, except I'm speaking Japanese right now. And so are you, as far as I can tell. [Or maybe he wasn't; but what he said and heard registered so familiarly in his brain that it felt like Japanese. Who knew.]

And hey, they've got modern appliances -- if we can just scrape off the pasta sauce that's started to crust over everything, it'll be good enough. I won't go easy on you, though. [He smirks.] Are you sure you'd be up for it?

[techissexy]

Japanese? No way, dude, we're both speaking English. I definitely don't know any Japanese other than sayonara, sucker. [ she'd definitely suspect artifact involvement if it wasn't improbable that it'd affect all of them. ] Maybe our new overlords have some sort of language magic.

And point. At least we've got a stove, even if it is covered with god knows what at this point. [ she returns with a smirk of her own. ] Bring it on; you can't be any worse than some of those reality cooking shows.

[voice]

[iwagmyhair]

[Too shy for video, but there's news in this post that's new enough to her that she'll stop lurking.]

But I thought everyone was speaking Japanese... [No, wait, that's less important.] H-hold on! What different dimensions?!

[ushishishi]

Does this sound the same? Or this? Perhaps this?

[From his inflection, it sounds like he's saying that in different languages before it was translated.]

[He raises up a knife. Apparently it is time for intimidation!!!]

Is your life worth it?

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

[And he does]

Hey hey hey, what's the big idea?!

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[outfoxing]

[he had actually been mulling over the language thing earlier, but first things first:] I have a basic skill set, but I certainly wouldn't mind learning a little more.

[VOICE]

[chemistries]

You were clicking. I figured you were either broken or being a smartass.

[chemistries]

All the same.

[And he snorts. Ostensibly because he doesn't know that Bel is an unhinged motherfucker and rather expects he's just stupid.]

Worth cooking for you? I dunno. You look like you have weird tastes.

[chemistries]

I haven't spoken English in years. I'd probably do better with French. [He flicks his cigarette dismissively.] It wouldn't surprise me, though I wouldn't rule out advanced technology either. [A beat.] You haven't found any fish in your ears, have you?

We can burn it off. [That sounds plausible.] And you shouldn't judge until you've tried it for yourself. You might be crying into your cannoli by the end.

[voice]

[chemistries]

Have you been paying any attention at all to what's been going on around you?

[ushishishi]

'shishi! Perhaps I didn't make the deal clear enough for you.

[Bringing out one, two, oh, three of those knives, and brandishing them, giving small giggles all the way.]

You can cook for me, or I'll slit your throat ♪

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

Don't think I'm broken... nope, not my arms, legs, back, or body. So I guess I'm being the latter then, hahahahaha!

[techissexy]

French? I know a little French and a little German. Not enough to be speaking it like this, so who knows. [ she pulls at her earlobes a bit, though, smirking. ] What, you don't think that wasn't the first thing I checked after your post? Babel Fish in my ears? [ at least she always knows where her towel is. ]

Well, that would be one way to get some easy points. But you won't be getting them from me, mister. [ crossed arms and a stubborn look, no, she will definitely stand her ground on this one. ] Just give me a time, and I'll be there. [ she's kinda tired of takeout and spaghetti, honestly. ]

[voice]

[iwagmyhair]

Well yeah, but everyone looks normal enough... No one ever mentioned they were from other places like that!

[chemistries]

Do you really think it's a good idea to threaten somebody into cooking for you? That seems like a really handy way to end up chewing broken glass or poisoned.

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[chemistries]

What are you willing to give me in return?

[voice]

[chemistries]

To them, those aren't other places. To them it's their normal home. [A beat.] Have you talked to anybody?

oh crap I just realized bel only has the voice option PRETEND IT WAS THE SOUND OF KNIVES

[ushishishi]

If there's a single thing wrong with my food, I'll kill you for it. It's in your best interest to make it right.

LMFASDKMLASDLK :*

[chemistries]

Unless I poison you and you die before you can kill me.

[voice]

[iwagmyhair]

A... few people... maybe.

[Obviously not much, in any case.]