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[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

[When he makes the post, Valvatorez is standing on top of the ferris wheel, cape blowing dramatically in the wind, overlooking the city of Scirocco, at night.]

[Hey, even if you have no memories, some habits are built into the blood.]

It would appear that I have lost all my memories and been transported here. It would also appear that I'm far from the first person this has happened to.

However! I'm not going to let something this mundane get me down. What's the point? The problem won't go away just because I'm fretting about it. Therefore instead of wasting my time contemplating my dilemma, I shall introduce myself!

I am Valvatorez.

...

You know, introductions have a lot less impact when you don't remember anything other than your name.

Comments

In person

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

[Joachim has elected to ride the wheel in a slightly more socially acceptable fashion after last night's fiasco, but the sound of someone chatting up there has him swinging out of the car.]

Aha! I knew I couldn't be the only one!

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

The only what?

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

The only one with this kind of affinity for heights! What else?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

It's quite nice up here, yes.

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

Just don't let anyone see you. They tend to overreact for some reason.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine why. I'm not getting in anyone's way up here.

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

They all seemed to think it should be obvious. Maybe it's a local custom.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's local custom, perhaps it would be for the best if I just went along with it.

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

You blend in enough that you might be able to pull it off without being noticed...

Valvatorez, was it?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

That is correct.

[stinglikeabat.livejournal.com]

Joachim.

[Are handshakes a thing in the Netherworld? Because if they aren't then he's looking like a bit of an idiot with his arm out like that.]

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

[While I'm sure there are many demons who haven't heard of them, that's because they're assholes. Valvatorez is not an asshole. Handshake get.]

A pleasure.

[garforswords.livejournal.com]

You might have thought that through before getting up there.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I don't see what being up here has to do with anything.

[garforswords.livejournal.com]

A man finds a grand pedestal on which to make an important speech, then finds he has nothing to say. What would you think of someone like that?


Of course, there's also the fact that you might fall, but I'm sure you already factored that in.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

Considering how easy getting up here was, I'm not too worried about falling back down.

[garforswords.livejournal.com]

Not terribly surprising. Still, you're making yourself look like a fool.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I'm finished now, so none of that. What's done is done.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

[When the voice starts speaking out of his pocket, Lawfer is rightfully concerned, considering the trouble he had had with his television the previous night. The words of the agents come back to him, though - this was a device for communicating long distance with others in the same situation as himself.]

........Valvatorez?

...This is meant to be an image of you? You are standing atop the large wheel?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

So it would seem. It's awfully convenient.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

Ah.

...I hope you do not expect anyone to come to your rescue. I am Lawfer, the indistinguishable figure approximately 200 feet north of your position.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

[Valvatorez looks around a bit, due to not knowing which way is north, before spotting Lawfer.]

Indistinguishable? Are you sure? I can see you well enough from here.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

Then you have excellent eyesight. I would not have even known there was a man atop the ride.

...Why, if I may ask, are you there?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

It's a nice location. I can see most of the city from here.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

...That desire had crossed my mind.

It did not, however, coincide with the thought, 'I ought to scale the treacherous moving wheel, likely not meant for climbing, in order to satisfy this pressing need.'

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

Treacherous? For some, perhaps, but I managed it with little difficulty.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

Then let us hope you meet little difficulty on the way down.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

That would be ideal, yes.

[seeker-of-law.livejournal.com]

...An honor to meet you then, Sir Valvatorez. Try not to hurt yourself.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Okay, could somebody tell me when the top of the freaking Ferris Wheel became the happening place to be?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I heard that it might be local custom to not stand on top of the Ferris Wheel. Am I offending you by standing here?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

No, but it's not really a safe place to be standing. Not to mention, you know, it's meant to be rode on, not STOOD on.

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

Hm... if you insist.

[Hops off the edge.]

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Ho -- holy -- ! Oi! OI!

*OH GOD WE GOT A JUMPER*

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

[Lands at the bottom, without even the common decency to form a dramatic impact crater.]

What? Is something wrong?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

I... guess not? how the hell did you do that without breaking your everything?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

How should I know? I don't even know who I am.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Yet you went and did it without even thinking about it?

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I felt confident that a fall of this distance wasn't that dangerous.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

That's some confidence you got there.

*Of course, if Kotetsu remembered a few choice things, he'd remember that in the right state it wouldn't be much for him either...*

[sardine-power.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is. Good thing it turned out to be well-founded.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Ending up a splat on the ground's a hell of a way to introduce yourself to a place.