24th Invasion

[moemoetentacles]

[Action; in and around 452 Stone Street]

[For anyone living on, hanging out near, or walking down Stone Street today - there is something happening on at 452 Stone Street that you may wish to investigate.  The windows to the house are open, and the sound of a small explosion rings through the air, followed by the surprised and panicked scream of a certain little squid-child.  There is now black smoke billowing out of the living room window, and the sound of coughing.  After a few seconds, Squid Girl's head pops out of the window as she tries to get some fresh air into her lungs.]

Aaaaaahhhhh... what's wrong with that stupid thing!

Comments

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Well, she is a little kid, that makes sense ...]

What I'm sayin' is, if somethin' like a power surge destroyed th' TV, it could've been enough to damage other electronics on th' same circuit.

Like your gamin' console.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Ah! No! I just got that back!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

That's why you oughta check, see if there's any obvious damage.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Okay! Hold on! I'll be right back!

[And she dashes back inside.]

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat waits patiently outside. Something about the way he stands almost seems too robotic for a human, though it could be just as easily mistaken as having a military disposition.]

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[After a few minutes, Squid Girl comes back to the window, coughing again.]

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat turns his attention to the window.]

How's it look?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

It's got some dirt on it, but it looked okay.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

Hm. Well, so long as it ain't lookin' scorched 'round th' electronics, it might be fine. Won't know for sure until you can get it runnin', though.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna need a less crummy TV for that.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

Maybe your "parents"'ll buy a new one.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

I think I need a modern TV.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

Well ... if'n you got your gamin' console back, maybe they'll send you a TV from home.

[Gat still hasn't gotten his first regain back, though. But the way Squid Girl says that makes Gat curious.]

Is this town set in th' past of your world?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Maybe they'll send me that 3-D TV Eiko and I won in the beach volleyball competition!

And yeah, I think so.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[3-D TVs ... Gat doesn't comment on that, but he looks intrigued. That sounds more like technology he ought to be familiar with, like visionphones and the like. It also sounds like this girl's pretty far in the future from whenever Mayfield's supposed to be.]

What year was it for you, before Mayfield brought ya here?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Um, I think it was 2010. Why?

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

Jus' curious. Th' tech of this time period don't seem suited to things like holographic displays.

[Not the same thing as a 3D TV, but in Gat's mind that's what he's thinking it's like.]

So Mayfield's sixty, maybe fifty years behind where you're from.

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I can't believe humans were ever this lame.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[Gat blinks a few times. He looks a little surprised.]

You ain't human?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Of course not!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[He rubs the back of his neck with uncertainty.]

You look like a human to me. I reckon you didn't get your, uh, original body back yet?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Huh? Yeah, I did.

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[There's a look of scrutiny on his face.]

You did?

[Hey, he's allowed to be confused! Blue is a natural hair color in Phantasy Star!]

What're you s'posed to be if you ain't human, then?

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

A squid, of course!

[nanocerancowboy.livejournal.com]

[There's a blank look on Gat's face.]

... What's a squid?