Video ; @kafka

[anthropophagite]

Good afternoon. [ is it afternoon? perhaps.

To the video, a young man (he looks like a boy, even though he is an adult, kaneki suffers from "baby face syndrome", for sure) shows up; he smiles and then bows his head a little ]

I'm Ken Kaneki, I have just arrived. [ a small pause follows ] Or have been saved, I suppose. I'm still trying to fully understand what is going on, there is a lot to take. [ he smiles, but it's obvious how nervous he is ]

I was told there is magic and you can learn how to do it. Is magic really that simple in this place...? [ honestly, magic was just a fiction where kaneki is from, so this is certainly VERY new ] And there is also... kizuna? Or the two are the same... [ something like that? It IS confusing ] I'm sorry, this is all so strange.

I heard there are side effects, though. [ Kaneki is worried about that in particular, in fact ]

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Video. un: dynamight

[hot_handed]

[An irritated looking young man who looks like he might attack somethingn at any moment rolls his eyes dramatically at the camera and scoffs loudly.]

You ain't been saved, you've been kidnapped you moron!

Video. un: dynamight

[anthropophagite]

[ wellp! what a nice welcome party ]

You weren't stuck on a time-loop? [ because Kaneki was and it felt like years with the time repeating again and again. That's why he considers this "being saved". ]

[hot_handed]

[He was. It was hell. But more importantly-

His eyes flare and narrow skeptically.]

You're saying you went through that shit too?

[anthropophagite]

I think everyone does. That's why we are brought it.

[hot_handed]

You don't find that hard to believe?

[anthropophagite]

It's harder to believe this is all some plot to kidnap us for... some reason. [ why would they want to bring in a ghoul here? that sounds reckless. ]

[hot_handed]

HAH? HOW'S THAT ANY HARDER TO BELIEVE THAN EVERYONE EXPERIENCING TIME LOOPS THAT BROUGHT US HERE?! Do you know how much power that would take? A fuckton!

un: ultra_deduction

[sweetsleuth]

[Baby Face Syndrome meets Baby Face Syndrome, this man is 26.]

Oh, Kizuna is just a type of magic, and it's the thing keeping us here! Kind of like magical glue that runs on friendship.

[This is not entirely inaccurate??]

There's side effects, yeah, but they're usually pretty obvious at least. You might sparkle if someone makes you happy, or make little flowers bloom behind you like something out of a shoujo manga. Or you might grow a tail!

And sometimes the tail is permanent.

[...there's a cat tail wagging behind him in the low-res camera frame.]

[anthropophagite]

[ perfect, they can be babies together then. ]

So there are many different types? [ kaneki taps his chin, thoughtfully ] And they can all be learned, or are they all just... magical glue? [ wow look at him, trying to use the slang kaneki no ]

But y- [ a pause




a longer pause ]

Permanent? You aren't able to go back to normal? [ WHY???? ]

[sweetsleuth]

Kizuna is part of... Sora magic I think? I know that's the complicated one. But the others are pretty basic elements, like fire and water. There's some schools in Kyoto that'll offer you free lessons, too!

[And better explanations than magical glue, hopefully.]

Ah, but yeah, the tail kinda stuck around after a while. I get cat ears sometimes, too -- but those still come and go. It was kind of pain having all my clothes altered to suit it, but I'm used to it now!

[anthropophagite]

[ sora magic... well, it's not like kaneki has a lot to do, so he could probably study that. But to be fair, he probably will want to check the literature in this world first. But that's a question for later ]

I see. Thank you, I will check it out after I become more used to this place.

Is there any reason why we get cat ears? [ it sounds like a really strange side effect. Usually it'd be something like sickness, but "manga type" things is very... ah, new. Just like everything else. ]

[sweetsleuth]

You probably arrived in Tokyo, right? That's the Eastern kingdom, and has mostly humans. But the Western kingdom is mostly Yokai! And a lot of the more animal-type effects we get kinda make us look like Yokai too, so there's probably a connection there.

But I don't think you'll have to worry too much about it. The ones that become permanent are kinda rare from what I've seen.

[anthropophagite]

[ yokai... doesn't that mean Kizuna is there magic mostly related to yokai, then? Though Kaneki heard not all is a bed of roses, specially with the half-yokai. Still, he is far too new to think about that right now; there are many other things he should focus on than the possible perils of cat-ears. ]

It's still strange that our bodies are modified without us wanting to. [ he says that from experience, it happened to him before after all. He'd rather if it didn't happen again. ]

have you been here long?

[text] un: midnightrose

[infernaltouch]

tell me about it. I just got here myself, and I'm still trying to figure shit out (눈‸눈)

If u can learn magic here I wouldn't be surprised. Where I come from, that kind of stuff technically only exists in stories, but supposedly there's certain kinds of magic that can be done, including black magic. Religious ppl would have u convinced it's forbidden but I promise you the boys downstairs don't really care lol

As for Kizuna Im still trying to figure that out too but it's like special effects you get becoming friends or lovers with someone here or something ¯\_(⊙_ʖ⊙)_/¯

[anthropophagite]

It's a lot to take in. Finding out there are other worlds similar to mine, there is magic, timeloops, it's a lot.

And magic only exists in books, in my world as well. Though I don't know much about the "boys downstairs". [ Kaneki supposes this person means demons and such. ]

It's strange there are strange side effects when we are asked to rely on kizuna a lot. It doesn't feel very safe like that.

Rip why do these emoticons never end up working

[infernaltouch]

[ooc: Hey! so I read your permissions and it says you don't want kaneki having relations with people he doesn't know well and I get that, so I won't have Koro pursue him like that. But are you okay with him discussing sexual things (occasionally in detail, but I can avoid that, too) to Kaneki or being vocal in his possible interest towards him or would you prefer I avoid that or keep it vague as well?]

no need to worry about that, I'm told the effects are more like...growing animal ears or becoming sparkly or something, like on those animeys that people are crazy about???

Like (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧

[anthropophagite]

[ ooc: Thank you for asking! I'm totally fine having Koro discussing sexual stuff or even hitting on him/show interest. kaneki will just be really embarrassed about all of it,he is terrible at this sort of thing lmao! ]

Don't you feel weird that your body can just be changed like that without you having a say in it?

Sure hope this emoji works

[infernaltouch]

[ooc: glad to know! Not guaranteeing that it could happen just thought it's best to ask just in case :>]

I suppose it's a much different circumstance than say, changing ur body voluntarily, which is what I'm more familiar with, but I'm the other hand I do suppose there's worse fates than animal ears

I bet I'd look cute with kitty ears nya nya

♡ Λ__Λ
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it works for me!

[anthropophagite]

That is true. [ there are MUCH worse fates than animal ears. like becoming a monster. But Kaneki naturally won't mention any of that, he has plans to keep that a secret forever if he can. ]

I suppose many people would like such things.

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[hopticulture]

[hello fellow sufferer of 'baby face syndrome'.]

It's going to continue to feel strange here, sorry to say. I've been here for awhile and still don't understand everything, except...being "saved" still doesn't feel like the right word to use.

[anthropophagite]

[ ..............

it's a rabbit.

Give him a moment. kaneki thought he was ready to accept "weird looking" people because of Yokai and all that but... it's a talking rabbit. He opens his mouth, then closes it and finally kaneki snaps out of it with a small shake of his head.

RIGHT he is being super rude, he realizes that ]

What would you call it, if not being saved?

[hopticulture]

[boy she's used to it by now, so she allows him those few seconds of being dumbfounded at the sight of her. and without missing a beat:]

Not sure if there's a word for it...kidnapped doesn't feel right either,

[anthropophagite]

[ thank you for ignoring kaneki's brain freezing for a couple of seconds there ]

Hm- I don't think we were kidnapped, either. They seem to genuinely be worried.

Displaced?

[hopticulture]

[snapping her fingers]

Ah! Yes, displaced is a good way of putting it. And the side effects of Kizuna are...kind of the least of your worries.

You kind of get used to it once the effects do hit you. Or try to get used to it.

[anthropophagite]

What are the main of my worries then?

[ should he ask? He wants to ask...] Are you... Changed because of kizuna effects? [ is that why you are a rabbit?]