1st Sign - Video

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Oh look some serious-looking glasses girl staring at the webcam like she has a problem with it. She is probably going to start yelling at you all. She looks like she wants to yell at you all, or at least say things very sternly.

Instead she starts waving her arms and hands around.]

[Hello. My name is Shizune Hakamichi, and it seems I'm one of many people captive here. Personally, I find this whole situation unacceptable. While I admit the Exaclan system sounds a little fun, considering it's being forced upon us, as well as the player-weapon system, it's just atrocious. Having a majority of the population being subject to the whims of the few who can grant them rights is practically a tyranny.] [Her impassioned "speech" is such that you can hear her arms cut through the air as she swishes them around while she signs] [And worst of all, our very minds themselves have been violated! I'm finding myself unable to recall important parts of my life, and who knows what else I'm not even aware I'm missing. And on top of what's happening here, what about at home? I'd just come back from a vacation, so Student Council matters were already piling up, what do you think is going to happen if I'm gone even longer? I trust Hisao and Misha to manage admirably in my absence, but the burden is simply too much to bear without my leadership.] [A pause] [Well, I'd love to be proven wrong on that statement, but that's beside the point. I have a lot more important things to do than be fooling around with some kind of inter-school rivalry in an overly-complex and admittedly fun-looking high-stakes but probably rights-violating game over memories that shouldn't be missing in the first place. I demand to speak with whoever is in charge!]

[And now that she's done waving her arms around like the conductor of the world's most indignant orchestra, she types up a text version of what she justHAHAHA NO SHE DOESN'T. SORRY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE, ALL YOU'RE GETTING FROM THIS IS SOME ANGRY CHICK WAVING HER HANDS AROUND LIKE A MANIAC. Feel free to text her back though.]

Comments

[alwaysoutspoken]

[I guess as long as they don't demand fealty. It stills seems strange.

Dave, then. I was going to use it facetiously anyway.]

[Yes, she can sign shit like "facetious".]

[knightime]

i think most of them teach classes
so
good luck with that
woah
we got a badass over here
signing fancy words
like
facetiously

[alwaysoutspoken]

[I wonder what that would be like. I guess I'll look in to taking them.]

[Frown!]

[If you know those signs, then you're just as bad!]

[knightime]

you get paid for going to classes
idk what the conquest schedule is like
but at some point
we had like three classes about plants
and we still have a class about romance
apparently everything can be a class
hey
you signed it
not me
i just happen to be quite invested in being able to communicate every word possible
its nice to have a colorful vocabulary

[He just...doesn't use most of what he knows.]

[alwaysoutspoken]

[There go my hopes for a well-rounded education. I get a feeling none of these will be any good for my transcript when I apply for college.

Then I don't see why you make a big deal of my doing the same, Mr. Colorful Text.]

[knightime]

youll probably learn stuff about
idk
fighting
theres a lot of fighting classes for some reason
and im just making it a big deal
because who the fuck actually signs
facetiously
typing it is a bitch as is

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Given the themes of this island, I'm not surprised.

It's easier to sign than "in a sarcastic and teasing manner".]

[knightime]

yeah i guess
the fighting isnt really all that bad
most people here are decent
most
for some reason we range from
badass fighters
to
god i feel bad for fighting some of the people i fight
its like fighting babies
haha oh fuck
if you signed that
someone would just think youre being an asshole

[alwaysoutspoken]

[I do feel kind of bad for the people who are unwilling or unable to fight. Well, it's not like I have any fighting experience to speak of either.

That's why I don't do it, Mr. Strider.

That was facetious, by the way.]

[AND SO WAS THAT??? She's just smirking]

[knightime]

theres a bunch of classes
for fighting and shit
so i guess theyll just have to learn
or lose
or find other ways to win
haha
very funny
arent you cute

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Are there really? I'll have to look into them.]

[She puts on a playful smile]

[Don't you think so?]

[knightime]

you get paid for going to class so
you might as well
i think rose beats you at being sassy yet painfully cute somehow
except she isnt cute at all
just a flighty broad who basically makes it her job to poke fun at me as much as possible

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Yes, clearly you don't find her cute at all. You make a very convincing argument. I'm sure she feels the same.]

[knightime]

ugh
thats not even it
its a sibling thing
she does shit that you would spitefully call cute
and vice versa
or something like that
fuck
i dont even know where im going with this anymore

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Rose is your sister?]

[knightime]

its complicated
like
your head will be spinning like a top complicated