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Matthew Williams ❅ Canada ([personal profile] puckoff) wrote in [community profile] touchscreens2013-07-14 06:42 pm

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[ The feed starts with a bespectacled face looking worriedly into the screen. He smiles when he makes sure it's working. ]

Oh, great- Hello everyone! Well, you know, they're kind of hard to miss, but I figured I'd ask the network here to see if anyone's heard anything about these power outages and flickering we've had going on. Kind of a bad time, eh, with the season it is. Miserable to be without air conditioning...

[ Laughing and tucking some hair behind his ear. Being on camera always made him a little nervous. ]

A-anyway, I thought the generator meet-up thing a couple weeks back was supposed to create more power...? I dunno, just figured I'd ask and get anyone else's thoughts on it. Hope it's not a bad sign, you know?
ribbonbon: (Hmph)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-15 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Like, m-maybe it wasn't enough. We were brought here because they were having really bad power problems, right?

[She hadn't thought too much about it until now, but now she's starting to worry.]

You don't really think it means something is super wrong, do you?
ribbonbon: (I need to think about this)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-15 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...! You're right! Like, you think they would let us know what the deal is...I mean, you'd think there wouldn't be black outs with them having brought so many people to fix this whole power thing.

...I wonder if that means that they like, don't know know what the problem is. Like, if they don't know there wouldn't be a whole lot they could tell us, right?
ribbonbon: (Thinking)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-16 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Hopefully, Canada will forgive her if that pun flies over her head for the time being.]

Yeah...But maybe they don't want to freak us out. Like...what's the saying? "No news is better than bad news?" ...Oh! Maybe everyone generated so much power that it messed up the generator or something! Like a power surge or something!

[Not that it's any better (or even how that kind of thing works) but the idea that they all might be making some kind of impact makes her feel a little bit better.]
ribbonbon: (Oh snap!)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-16 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
O-Oh...Yeah, I guess it would be kind of weird for a power surge to happen so long after that, huh...?

[She really thought she was on to something there. When he mentions District Three, the gears in her head start to turn. One can almost see the smoke.]

I didn't think about that! But there have been people there since before we got here, so what would be using so much...

Oh! Because they were having power troubles, I bet people had to conserve and stuff, right? You don't think that maybe since all those generators got charged up or whatever that people started using a bunch more stuff, do you? Kind of like when you haven't eaten all day, when you finally can you eat a whole lot, right? But then it's too much and you totally crash...

[It's not a perfect comparison by any means, but...]
ribbonbon: (Ahahaa...)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-17 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
R-Right. Whatever the reason is, I can't help but wonder how we'll be able to make enough power at all if these black outs are happening after that generator thing.

[This conversation did not ease any worries she had.]

O-Oh! You're right we haven't! ...To be honest, I haven't actually met a lot of people. [She lets out a sheepish little giggle.] Um, I'm Pilouette. Nice to meet you!
ribbonbon: (Aw gee)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-21 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Iffy is kind of an understatement. More like...weird. At least the few people I've met so far have been nice...!

To be honest, I hadn't actually thought about how quiet they were being before, but now...I mean, like, I don't wanna think they're really keeping anything from us, but maybe they just don't think anyone is worried about it. M-Maybe if someone went and asked them...!

[Not that she's gonna do it. She's not good with questioning authority...]
ribbonbon: (I need to think about this)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-24 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh...That's a really good idea! But it only works if someone in charge of that stuff happens to see it...

Maybe we can ask someone to ask for us! ["Go ask them for me!" High school tactics can be applied to other situations, right?] ...I wonder if the guy next door would do it...?
ribbonbon: (a tiny bit of happiness)

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[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-07-26 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
He said his name was "America."

[She totally did finger quotes.]

He seems like the kind of guy who would be good at asking questions about that kind of stuff since he's like, kinda talky. But even if they don't answer his questions, I bet he would be able to find out a lot of important stuff anyway! I mean, people who do that kind of work kind of have to be able to do that, I think.

[Though, Pilouette's ideas of what America's "work" is stems from a somewhat...active imagination.]
ribbonbon: (Thinking)

No problem!

[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-08-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
We should definitely ask him, then! B-But, um, maybe you could ask him? You sound like you know him better than I do, so...

But what do you mean by "hero" type?

[She wonders if this will confirm her assumptions.]
ribbonbon: (I JUST LOVE IT SO MUCH)

No probs!

[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-08-11 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods with interest as she listens to his description. Once he's finished, it takes a second for it to sink in.]

That's...

That's so COOL! I don't think I've ever met like, a real hero before...!

[Even if it's likely not the impression that Matthew intended to make with that description, Pilouette can't help but be impressed. Someone who throws himself into danger to help others, no matter what the cost...So America isn't just some kind of super-spy like she thought! He's an actual hero...!]
ribbonbon: (Curious)

[personal profile] ribbonbon 2013-08-13 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Did you say..."Al?" So that's his real name...

[She can't help but be just the tiniest bit disappointed. "Al" isn't a very heroic name. But wait, if Matthew knows America's real name...]

Sooo...you know America pretty well, huh?