video • CALL • un: themeddler

[roberteo]

[Well, it certainly seems Speedwagon has figured out the video medium: he's posed himself very seriously, with a straight posture and both hands folded neatly in his lap. There is, however, a small, polite smile on his face, though this may be more formality than anything else. He is, of course, eternally a gentleman, no matter the circumstances.

It does not take a particularly observant eye to note that the man is in mourner's black.]

Hello! It is I, Robert E. O. Speedwagon.

[The smile widens into something more genuine, just for a moment.]

I'm curious if anyone in this city has any idea as to the state of...well...hm. I wish to phrase this delicately, but I would like to know if there's a program in place to...well, help people? Where people need helping, you know--Nightmares, Shadows...et cetera. Particularly children? I--I don't know, I was just wondering if there was any present system to care for people in unfortunate situations. Thank you.

[And he remains smiling for a few moments more, before lurching forward to grab the device.]

Speedwagon out.

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video; un: galeas

[fivenareff]

[Oh. Oh, oh, he knows this man. Or rather: he knows this name, and given the foundation, it's no wonder the man in question is asking after children. God. He's glad he can finally show his face. It feels only right, given how much the Speedwagon Foundation has done for he and his friends.

It takes him a second to realize how he's dressed, but he won't mention that yet.]

I don't know of any, but I'm sure it wouldn't take much to start some kind of foundation or charity fund. I could help, if you'd like.

[...]

I'm glad to meet you, Mr Speedwagon. You don't know me, but you've done a great deal for me in the future.

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[redarrowqueen]

That's a good question. [Thea's been wanting to do something just to feel a bit less helpless.]

voice; un: ghostprince

[shootaro]

Your name is Speedwagon?

[Like you're one to talk, Trip.

It's a somewhat difficult voice to place. Might be a rather deep voiced woman or a young boy.]

Nightmare's pretty dangerous, I don't think you'll find too many kids in Shadows, but tons of crime. Trying to save people from it'd be like climbing into volcano, trying to put it out with a watering can, though. It's built on crime, you're just one man. That's basic stuff.

video; un: wardenka

[boundinblood]

[The last person she knew with that many names was the son of nobility. Though with a family name like that... Well, clans have risen from origins more mundane than transportation, surely.]

I realize I haven't explored them much, but cities named "Nightmare" and "Shadow" don't sound like the sorts of places that would have anything like that.

[But this isn't the sort of thing one asks about out of the blue - whether the idea began here or in his homeworld, it had to have come from somewhere. Mourner's clothing in the Victorian era doesn't quite match up with the medieval-equivalent Katherine's world runs on, but the somber color and the implications of asking such a question are not lost on her.]

Why bring this up, may I ask? Did something happen?