Video - 1st Artifact

[knows_your_name]

[The feed reveals an older looking gentleman with blue skin and white hair. His clothes are shabby and he’s wearing a large travelling backpack. If you listen, you can hear the sound of the occasional car passing by. Looks like he’s somewhere on the outskirts of the city.]

Ah, good, it’s working! Hello, I’m.. mm, well, I’ll get to that in a second.

I’m not an Omega Friend, first of all. I’m sort of on a.. “trial period”, I guess you could say... I don’t actually have full control of my powers yet. But that’s why I came here! I’m going to be studying and practicing magic, and I have a better chance learning here than anywhere else! I’m hoping that one day I can join you all in making this city- and the world- a safer place!

Until then... I’m going to be doing the best I can. My name is Simon, but most people know of me as the Ice King.

[He's got a collection of the news clippings and video footage of himself. He knows he's got some slight infamy as a villain.]

I’d prefer not to get into the details right now, but my powers tend to make me lose control of myself.. I believe that it can be harnessed, somehow, but I'll try to keep out of everyone's way until I can get the hang of it. I apologize in advance if I ever do or say anything out of line before that. 

[Oof. Not the best first impression, but he's gotta be honest about all of this.]

You can reach me on my guest watch if you have any questions or concerns! I'll answer what I can.

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[knows_your_name]

Simon slips his glasses back on and sighs. He sits on the ground where he is, across from the Kid.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to bring up the past so suddenly like this."

A moment of silence. He looks up and the ashes are still there, puttering away.

"I'm really glad that you and the others made it out ok. I'm sure that it must be hard to get situated in a new place, but.. you won't be alone."

"I can help you figure some things out, technological or otherwise. I used to study this world's cultures, so I can even explain things in that regard..."

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[sebastiancafe]

The kid took a deep breath. The Kid stands up before giving a brave smile to Simon. Best he could do.

"Thank you for that. Still learning electronics. We had something similar in Caeldonia, but its rules were different and we had just started to tap its power. We mostly used it to power gates, weapons, and lights. That is all gone now though. Maybe not forever, but at least for now. Maybe we could work on the laptop and take our minds off the serious things? No idea what I am doing with it."

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[knows_your_name]

He returns the smile. "Of course!"

He gets up and moves over to the laptop. "Have you connected to the internet yet?"

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[sebastiancafe]

The kid blinks.

"What is an Internet?"

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[knows_your_name]

"Ohoh, you're in for a treat!" Simon's smile is suddenly far less strained. He's downright excited! He logs into the open wifi of a nearby building. It's a little patchy, but it's better than nothing.

"The internet is sort of like an invisible digital web connecting all computers together!", he says.

"Information can be transmitted from one computer to another, sort of like our Omega watches. And like the watches; people can share photographs, written messages, videos... whatever they want! It's available to everyone, and it has information on everything! Well, sort of everything. And it's all organized into different websites so you can find them more easily."

He pulls up a search engine and turns to the Kid. "Go on, type something in and see what you find!"

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[sebastiancafe]

The Kid Continued their Thread here.