1st Video

[ella_of_frell]

[ When the NV turns on, Ella isn't really paying attention to it - though her intention might have been to use it, that thought is derailed by the chatter of several others nearby. ]

No - no no, I don't need - Excuse, me could you please stop pushing baskets at me, I don't want your brochures. Really, I appreciate it but - [ They are totally not listening. ]

No, thank you that's kind of you but could you just ... take... these -- but I - [ Yea, Ella, keep trying to talk over the company representatives. With a clatter, she drops the NV, and it now shows a crooked image of Ella with her arms full of baskets from AGI and SERO both, looking a bit lost, frustrated, and confused. Yet she perseveres! ]

I'm just trying to say - this is really too much so - oh! [ Aaand the bundle of baskets in her arms abruptly topple over when she loses her grip, tumbling onto the floor, papers scattering everywhere. Those representatives? Totally off to harass another newcomer. Help her? That's silly. ]

Could you h- oh, no, of course not, yeah, no walk away, that's just great... thanks. No, thank you,I've got it, not that you were lifting a finger to help or anything...

[ Sighing, Ella kneels to gather up what was foisted into her arms, though she catches sight of the NV recording. ]

... Is it always this...chaotic?

[ Maybe she can give this stuff to someone else. What she really needed was warmer clothing. ]

Comments

[mostbeautiful]

Ah, that's better. Much better.

Now, you went home then? How did you manage that?

[ella_of_frell]

I wish I knew. It's something that just happens to people, so I hear. Sometimes they get sent back and sometimes they're come back here.

[mostbeautiful]

Ah, how cruel it is to be subject to the whims of fate that way. Still, perhaps we weren't to be kept apart! [Because playing romance and saying romantic words to a pretty girl is fun, and Dorian enjoys it.]

[ella_of_frell]

... [ W...wait. The look on Ella's face is probably hilarious, because she's just sort of side-eying the NV for a second, wonderingly. ]

... [ Wow you totally derailed Ella. See, that train of thought totally jumped the tracks and crashed over. ]

Er... I... I'm... pretty sure it's... [ Pause. ] What?

[ What are you getting at here, Dorian. Did they have some other kind of relationship other than tutor and student? Nah, that's ...can't be. ]

[mostbeautiful]

[Dorian looks her down seriously for a moment on the vid, then after a minute breaks down laughing.]

[ella_of_frell]

What's so funny?

[mostbeautiful]

You, the look on your face.

[ella_of_frell]

Oh that. [ She calls it her horrified 'oh please god don't let us have been in a relationship' look. ]

So glad you're amused.

[mostbeautiful]

It was quite amusing. But, please tell me. Is thought that we might have been more than friends so horrifying to you?

[ella_of_frell]

Maybe a little. [ A pause, and she quickly waves a hand, sheepish. ]

I mean no offense. I just don't think we'd be a very good match.

[mostbeautiful]

And you know that from what? You have no memory of me. To you, we've only just met.

[ella_of_frell]

Call it a hunch.

I could be wrong, but it's not like I'm interested in finding someone to be with either way.