Fettered worker [video] (week 20 - Sunday)

[fotlenke]

[ The video opens to a very bland view of the ceiling in one of the hospital's patient rooms. But despite the view, you can tell that there's definitely something going on. A female voice, young no doubt, is singing. It is nothing that anyone can translate (unless they are from the culture or have the gift of a talented tongue) but it is soothing, stark comparison of brightness to the gray, dulled atmosphere of the room. ]

₮ｻ∑Я∑ ς∆㎡∑ ∆ ﾚ∆∂ㄚ ﾓ∆∑ ₮ｻ∑ ῳ∑ㄅ₮
ῳｻ◊ ﾚ∑ﾓ₮ и◊₮ ◊и∑ ς◊ﾚ∂ ㎡∆и ｻ∑Я∑;
ㄅｻ∑ ㄅ㎡∑ﾚﾚ∑∂ ◊ﾓ ₮Я∑∑ㄅ ∆и∂ ◊ς∑∆и ๒Я∑∑z∑,
₮ｻ∑ ﾚ∆∂ㄚ ◊ﾓ ₮ｻ∑ √∆иⅰЯ.

[ The sound of fabric shifting and then a hand in the camera's view -- before the device is knocked off its flat surface. ]

-- Ohhh!!

[ But before the device can hit the tiled floor (and possibly break) it is caught, the face of a familiar young goddess now in the video's sight. ]

My apologies! [ She may be holding the device, but she's not looking into it. Rather, her eyes are upon something (someone) off to the side out of the video's camera range. ] I wanted to share something of my home with everyone. [ She sets the device back onto surface -- a brief glimpse in its turn before being set down shows a (sleeping?) woman in a hospital gown, and then Sigyn's hand in the woman's. ] There is no actual purpose behind this message besides my wanting to speak with someone who can take my mind far from these grim circumstances.

Comments

[Voice]

[evervarying]

You have a great voice. What language was that?

[Compared to the last time they spoke, Ashley sounds pretty rough. Being sick: not at all fun.]

[Video]

[fotlenke]

[ Sigyn's cheeks flush, and she beams. ]

Thank you for your compliment. It is Dwarven.

[evervarying]

Huh. Dwarves are a separate species where you're from?

[fotlenke]

Well, there are mixed kinds, though the only difference be slight height and handiness with woods and metals.

[evervarying]

[There's a long pause before she replies, like she's really not sure she should even ask, but eventually:]

Are there dragons?

[It's possible that, once upon a time, a young Ashley Williams dreamed of being a knight fighting dragons.

Instead, she got a techno-zombie apocalypse and early death. Fate's tricky.]

[fotlenke]

Yes. [ Though they reside more on the Asian deities' turf. ] Long, scaly, and often quite sweet.

[evervarying]

Sweet, huh. Never thought I'd hear that.

[fotlenke]

Oh! But you must never have scratched a dragon upon their belly. They are like doggies.

[evervarying]

[She laughs at that. It's hard not to, with the mental image of a dragon rolling over like a Golden Retriever for a belly rub.]

We don't actually have any where I'm from. Just a few lizards that someone's given delusions of grandeur.

[fotlenke]

Oh dear. Delusions of grandeur?

[evervarying]

Uh - sorry. That was a joke. There a couple of lizards native to Earth that've been given common names like "bearded dragon", that's all.