first mission - video/action for new bark town

[throw_stone]

[There may have been a few blasts of a few seconds of broadcasting before this one, but that was just Ramza being taught how to use this.

By. Trying and reading the manual, and trying what it said. He thinks he gets the video now... don't mind his sort-of perplexed face filling the screen, before he pulls back. He's heard a few things already, but he's still thinking of it. When he does see it's working, though, he looks a little relieved - before putting on his most serious face.]
A 'trainer', they call me... [What it seemed to call him on this thing. A keeper of these monsters?] It almost seems I have become an Orator, given a monster and told to travel these paths for such a strange purpose.
But, I have questions that this booklet could not answer. Is there anybody else here from the land of Ivalice? [Or who've heard of his family... it all depends on the answer to this, to what he'll choose for himself. What he'll do with himself.] Or, if that is not the case, is there a weaponsmith in any settlement nearby? I seem to have lost my sword, when I awoke. [His protection against these creatures. A slight pause.]
My name is Ramza. If you have information, I shall listen.
[And, off it goes - Ramza turning back to his new companion, his... Stunfisk. If this is what he were given, this is what he shall learn to use.
Even if... it seems odd, like nothing he'd seen before.

A few moments later, however, he does click it back on - another thought came to him.]
Where is the closest church? [He wants to pay tribute to those two...] Or, if there is no church nearby, is there a graveyard of some sort?
[Okay, now it ends, Ramza getting ready for replies. They should come though as other bits of video, correct...? This is quite strange, having this sort of device.]

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[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

If you have lice, take care of that first.

Around here, there's no swords, no guns, nothing. Just animals you can tell to bite things for you. Looks like yours...

[Blake peers at the screen for a better look.]

You're out of luck if you stepped on it already.

[video]

[paladinlost]

Ivalice...? There was a girl from such a land here, over a year ago. She's long gone, however. So is your blade, for that matter; all weapons and spells are taken from us when we arrive.

[What a cheerful welcome.]

...Lavender Town has a house filled with graves, but travelling there will take you weeks at best.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[...It's okay, somebody else already mistook the name of the only land you've lived in for your whole life, Ramza. Plus, he's your elder! Even if he looks odd.]
No. Ivalice is the name of my home land - the country, at the least.
[But he does give pause, as he looks from his new partner to the camera. Controlling beasts was something he had heard of, but...]
This is how he awoke. It appears it's normal for his kind to be so... flat.

[video]

[throw_stone]

A girl? Do you recall her name? I may know her. [Oh, Ramza...

But at that second one, Ramza gives a nod. He'll need to mark it down and decide the best way there...] I suppose I can wait a little longer. But I noted my blade missing - is there nowhere I may acquire a new one?

[video]

[paladinlost]

It was... Tietra, I believe? We spoke a few times, before she disappeared.

[Nice girl, it's a shame she's gone.]

Not legally or easily, no. You are expected to battle using your Pokémon instead.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[He was going to agree, thinking of training these monsters, but...

Oh. When could she have gotten here? And then left...]
She was... [A bit of a glance down, Ramza has suddenly lost that enthusiam in his eyes, that look of thought. No, instead, only sorrow fills his face]
She recently passed away. I knew her well beforehand. [Her and her brother... they both passed, correct?]

[video]

[paladinlost]

[...Ah.]

That would explain her reaction when I mentioned Lavender Town's displaced graves. She seemed quite upset at that thought.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[...What?]
You said she had been here over a year ago?
[He had considered time displacement with the Dangan kids, but.]
It was but a few days ago the deed was done.

[video]

[paladinlost]

That's far from uncommon. My wife was once here for a few months, almost twenty years younger than she should have been. Why, you might someday look at the network and see a friend your age, looking old enough to be your grandfather.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[...w... hat. I hope you don't mind perplexed Ramza, Cecil. Because he needs to think over this.

A few moments later, though, he is back and composed.]
If that is the case... whoever has sent us here has strong Magicks. [A slight pause. Could this land bring her back again? What about Delita as well? These thoughts are deep, but this older man was friendly, so...] What is your name?

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Damn right he's your elder. He's practically everybody's elder. That makes him wise, right?]

Now that's some bad luck with names. What's next door, Cockroachvania?

[Blake eyes the thing.]

If that's what it's supposed to look like, you might be even more screwed. I've never even seen one of those before.

Is that what you're looking for a church for? To pray for a better one?

[video]

[paladinlost]

Certainly. No regular Teleport spell could bring us all here, after all.

[Not that they can even use them, of course.]

My name is Cecil. Cecil Harvey. It's a pleasure to meet you, Ramza.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[...Ramza is not going to touch the name thing, Ivalice is a perfectly fine name. No, he's going to pay attention to that second statement - though he is looking a little cross.]
That is not it, Sir. I wish to pray for some of my friends. [His dead friends.]

[video]

[throw_stone]

It is my pleasure, Cecil. [Don't mind the shuffling - he is bowing his head. You're his elder! (When he finds out you're a king...)]
How long have you been here?

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

[...oh it's one of those things]

...my condolences. The natives don't allow us to carry weapons of any kind, but until you catch something less... that, I'm afraid it's your only means of defense in this world.

[video]

[throw_stone]

[Yeah, Ramza is total unsure about it right now, too. There has to be a reason it was chosen for him...]
I've heard of the lack of weapons. But, I suppose I can make do - until I find a monster more fitting.
[Look at it flopping there, displacing a bit of mud.]
Have you experience with Stunfisk, however?

[video]

[enjoymyatelier]

...passing experience, yes... it's more usable than the Pokemon I was given upon arriving here, though that's the only positive thing I can say about it.

[...they're not really that bad, but given the one he ended up owning, well...]

[video]

[throw_stone]

And what creature did you start with, Sir?
[Ramza is just being so polite now and trying to figure out exactly what to capture and not capture. Don't mind him changing the camera angle so that the pancake fish isn't showing... and stepping a bit away from it. No he does not grasp Pokeballs right now why do you ask.
Even if he is not going to box his starter because reasons.
He is stuck with the fishie.]

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

I don't know what to tell you there. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen much of anything religious around here at all. Maybe having magic animals around is all the supernatural anybody needs.

[video]

[throw_stone]

Even with beasts like this, there is truly no religion?
[That sounds off to Ramza. His world had monsters, and also religion!]
Perhaps the people of this land just have their churches hidden from us invaders. [In case they would ruin them... no Ramza isn't going to believe there's a world with no religion at all okay.]

[video]

[paladinlost]

Almost three years. There are a few people who arrived here before I did, but most are long gone by now. You'll become used to it sooner or later.

[video]

[throw_stone]

And that loss... is normal, Sir?
[He doesn't know what to say right now. This world seems... sad.]
If you know this land so well - are the wild monsters here safe enough, even without a blade to my name?

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Carter shrugs] I can't say I've really been looking. Nobody's called me Satan lately, and that's good enough for me.

Can't you pray wherever you feel like?

[video]

[throw_stone]

[...He'd ask what a Satan was (gosh he has ivalice weird religion geeze not anything from earth), but... he has so much more on his head.]
Not if I am to let my departed friends rest easy. [He can't help but not want to say they're dead. Even if they are. (well technically only one of them is dead but whatever.)] It would not feel right.
[Though he may need to. The slightest of pauses, and then.]
...What is your name?

[video]

[paladinlost]

It is. Not matter what some may hope, this world cannot keep us forever. It returns us home, sooner or later.

[Not nearly soon enough, in his case.]

The local monsters enjoy testing their strength by attacking humans, with the expectation that humans will use their own monsters to fight back. In fact, you are encouraged to capture the creatures that you find particularly strong.