001 ❀ video/action

[petral]

[ video ]

[ It takes some time for Petra to understand how things work, but sooner or later after some observation she’s managed to get the video on. ]

Hello? Ah, I thought it would be a good time to introduce myself… I’m - uh -new here? At least from what I’ve seen... My name is Petra Ral, nice to meet you all!

[ She fidgets a little, before continuing. ]

So, from what I’ve seen this-- world? [ Can she even call this place a world? It's the afterlife but... Everything's really strange, okay. ] -Is… far more modern than my own. The technology here is incredible, though taking coffee from a gigantic metal block seems kind of strange. [ A small pause. ] It feels a little impersonal? I think coffee’s best made from scratch, but that might just be me…

--Oh, that’s right!

I was wondering if anyone could explain these… machines? Is that what you would call them? Ah, yeah, I was wondering if anyone could explain their purposes and how to use them! Some of them actually seem to make work a lot easier than it usual is, so I'm sure it would be really convenient to learn! I’ve been told my methods are very... “old”.

[ Petra tilts her head a little, as if she’s wondering if there’s something she’s forgotten to mention. ]

Mm, I think that’s all, for now at least. Thanks!

-

[ action ]

[ Later, if you find yourself in the garden, you'll see Petra walking around, smelling the flowers and inspecting them closely. There are so many types she's never seen before! And for the ones she's seen, they're mostly from outside the walls, where she doesn't really have the time to study them.

She probably won't notice you unless you're in her face, because she's super focused on a ladybug she's spotted on a plant. ]

Comments

[onewayroad]

...The most backwater of backwater stinkholes, sounds like.

[how could anyone in this day in age, not know about electricity?]

You sound like you need to hole up in the library for a week if it's that behind on everything.

[and this is one of the kindest things he could possibly said.]

[petral]

Perhaps, but I don't know anything else.

Ah, there's a library here? I should go check it out- that was actually helpful, thanks.

[onewayroad]

[a look of early-onset exasperation shows on his face. Wow. just wow. Where in the world (haha that multiple worlds thing Haruhi touted was such bull, right?) could anyone live, anyone Caucasian looking, and not know electricity? But he leaves it at that.]

Don't mention it.

[petral]

[ She'll be a box of surprises, then. Just get her talking about lightbulbs. ]

What's your name?

[onewayroad]

Accelerator.

[petral]

What a curious name.

[ She might not have intended to actually say that out loud, but it slips out anyway. ]

[onewayroad]

Don't go letting your head explode from thinking about it too much. It's just a fucking name.

[petral]

Ah, no, that's not it!

[ She waves her hands apologetically. ]

It's an unusual name, at least to me, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude.

[onewayroad]

I'm the last person you need to "worry" about being rude to. I also don't care what anyone thinks of it, it's just tiring sometimes.

[petral]

Understandable. It makes it easy to remember, though?

[onewayroad]

[raises an eyebrow; his response drips with skepticism]

If you say so.

[petral]

[ Well aren't you a ray of sunshine. Petra keeps smiling nonetheless, however. ]

My name literally means "stone". I'd rather have a unusual name, maybe I'd be remembered better that way.

[onewayroad]

I could have figured that out. I do know the word 'petrification.'

Don't ask me why, but sometimes, you're better off not being remembered too much.