001 ; video

[shoyu]

[ click! as the video feed flickers on -- and here's soysauce looking kind of confused and lost. a slow blink as he confirms that this thing is working properly (he can never be sure, it's nothing like those clunky old phones and radios he's so used to) before he gives a polite smile. ]

Good evening. I hope I'm not being too much of a bother when the mood seems so, ah -- [ what's the word ] electrified.

[ a sheepish sort of laugh as he rubs at his jaw. ]

I'd like to avoid wasting too much of anyone's time, so I suppose I should get straight to the point, which is --

[ and then he rather clumsily manages to bring up the text for:

:) ]

This mark. I'm afraid I've never been very good with fancy machinery and such complicated things, and there seems to be a bit of a buzz about these matters as of late. May I possibly ask what these symbols stand for? -- humor an old man, perhaps?

[ yes he seriously has no idea what smilies are. ]

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voice;

[therangerking]

[ That's... a questioning noise. Explain further. :| ]

voice;

[shoyu]

[ have a moment of waffling over it before he decides maybe it'd be better to drop the issue. ] Mm -- it's nothing, sir. I suppose I'm just not too sure what to think of it, is what I mean.

voice;

[therangerking]

[ He knows that it's not nothing, but if Soysauce drops it, so would Aragorn.

Then- ]

You have no need to call me 'sir'.

voice;

[shoyu]

-- ah, yes, of course.

[ pause. wait. ]

Well actually, I apologize, Mister Ranger, but I can't seem to recall your name?

[ it's more that he feels like he hasn't been given one, but that's kinda a rude way to put it. ]

voice;

[therangerking]

[ He sounds a little amused. You're polite in a way that's both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. ]

Strider.

voice;

[shoyu]

Strider. Got it. I'll be sure to commit it to memory this time!

[ gosh, even his name sounds a little romantic. a fitting name for a 'ranger.' ]