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

[pennypincher]

Um... what is this? Some kind of interpretive miming?

[knightime]

omg
you get snagged out to some crazy world where people can whip weapons out of your chest
like its practically normal
and youre worried about student council bullshit
seriously
is that really the first thing to worry about???
anyways
the memory crap
idefk if thats something the people here can fix
its just apparently a thing that happens
like grass growing
sky being blue
weapons being pulled out of your chest because you wore a stupid glove
you can get them back
i should know
five weeks and i like to think i actually know a little bit about this place
but in all seriousness
complaining to anyone here will do jack shit
nor attempting to attack them
that usually ends in really pissed off people and a lot of pain
so
uhh good luck with that

[Oh, Dave understood you. But he rarely uses any functions on his PDA that isn't text. Getting him to sign is a nuisance. Getting him to sign using video functions is even harder to pull off.]

video.

[smupette]

Yeah good luck with that. There isn't much we can even do about the memories. The only thing we can do is hope someone has a memory charm for you and hope for the best in your battles.

[ding sing, someone signed back.]

video, computer room I guess!

[savedbyasong]

Hello Shizune Hakamichi. My name is Shion. How are you?

[And yep all he understood was your first seven words and that there is the full extent of his sign language knowledge!]

[isur2ndprincess]

[Yuki only understands the first seven words as well]

Welcome, I'm Yuki Yagizawa.

[she switches to text]

Forgive me, I don't know much sign language.

text

[greenspaces]

hi
i am jade :)
i do not speak a lot of sign language but i understood your name
and also your friends names i think
they are not here, so they are probably at home......

text

[overthroen]

i'm told that i was just witness to an impressive display of limb-based language.
which, unfortunately, i'm unable to either perceive or comprehend.
but whoever you are, know that you're in good company. at the very least, two of my friends communicate in a similar fashion.

[chariotprince]

[ SHE'S JUST WATCHING.... SO CONFUSED ]

Woah.... Are you all right?

Text

[mysterioustransferstudent]

I'm afraid I didn't understand any of that, and if Rakuen City is anything like my home world, most of the other residents can't either. Perhaps you could write it out? It looked important.