Save the Earth Testrun

[allformii_ko]

((OOC: Human responses will come from talk_like_a for icon purposes!))

[A]

[You're minding your own business, probably in a park, when a cat comes bounding by intent on some prey. A stray, maybe? But she's an awfully pretty one...

Well, it probably doesn't matter, right?]

Stop wiggling!

[--Wait. Did that cat just talk?]

[B]



[There's a young girl staring at the street with interest as the various cars pass by. But despite being at a crosswalk, she hasn't actually hit the button.

Instead, she darts out into the traffic, causing an uproar of horns and squealing tires. If your character is fast enough, they might be able to catch her before she gets hurt...!]

[C]



[You were probably in the middle of explaining something on the network when this girl chimes in, looking puzzled.]

What's a _____?

[It doesn't even have to be a particularly difficult or complicated word. Rather, it seems this girl isn't all that familiar with certain basic human concepts...]

Comments

[allformii_ko]

[On the bright side, she's surprisingly light!

This might have everything to do with the fact that by the time Otonashi grabs her, he's actually got a cat in his arms as opposed to that spacey-looking girl.

Uh?]

[trainwrecking]

Oi, are you--

[Wait. WAIT.]

--o...kay...?

[He looks around as the truck scoots by, its driver blaring the horn at what now appears to be a redheaded teen and his fearless cat. Another car attempting to lay on the brakes, bumps him from the side and sends him toppling over, the cat still in his arms. At least the pair is... mostly on the sidewalk now. Sort of.]

Did I just witness vehicular manslaughter or... lose my mind? [Aaaand now people are staring. Fantastic.]

At least you're not dead...

[allformii_ko]

[The cat is squirming in his arms, and a voice - distinctly female, teenage really - screeching at him.]

Let me go!

[trainwrecking]

[His grip immediately gives way, leaving her free to -- quite literally -- walk all over him to get to the main sidewalk.]

U-um?! Okay, okay, need the nearest hospital, possible concussion, hearing voices come out of a cat...

[allformii_ko]

[At least she has the courtesy to walk over him as a cat before--

WHY IS THE GIRL BACK NOW.]

What was that for?!

[Gosh her face is awful close to his.]

[trainwrecking]

[Getting kinda close there, friend.]

S-sorry, I think I hit my head... or had a really weird stress response. You wouldn't believe me even if I told you, so uh--

[Okay, imagining a cat? Fine. Obviously that had just been the girl talking, not the kitty. FINE. Getting yelled at? He's not letting that one slide!]

--hey, wait a minute! I was trying to help you, you were about to get--!

[allformii_ko]

I wasn't going to get hit. You didn't have to grab me!

[Hmph! How undignified...!]

[trainwrecking]

You ran into the road when it wasn't safe, how do you know you wouldn't have?! I got hit, and I was paying attention..!

[He huffs, brushing the gravel off of himself.]

I wasn't grabbing you to be weird or anything!

[allformii_ko]

But the lines were there. They should have stopped for me!

[Miiko, that's not... exactly... how streets work......]

[trainwrecking]

... What?!

[WHAT.]

Miss, that's not what those lines mean... You didn't push the button on the crosswalk. Did you see that truck--?

[allformii_ko]

But lines on the ground means it's okay to cross there!

[HER TEACHER TOLD HER SO THEREFORE IT MUST BE TRUE.]

[trainwrecking]

You... you mean those lines? The crosswalk lines?

[He points to said crosswalk, which is now adorned with a few new skid marks.]

[allformii_ko]

Duh.

[Gosh don't humans even know their own signals?]

[trainwrecking]

[Don't snap at her, don't... don't do it...]

Yeah, uh... That means it's okay to cross there when it's safe to do so! You need to press the button and wait for the signal. It's not always okay to cross.

[allformii_ko]

...

What button?

[trainwrecking]

Right... Okay, these lines indicate a pedestrian crosswalk. You're right, this is where you should cross.

[He points down at the button underneath the lit-up sign, which currently has an image of an open-faced, taut hand.]

But you should press this before you walk.

[allformii_ko]

[Headtiiiiilt.]

What's a pedestrian?

[trainwrecking]

[That would be a fair question--

--If she were maybe ten years younger. Isn't she a high school student..?]

Uh... A pedestrian is someone who is traveling on foot near the roads. So if we're walking to wherever we're going, that makes us pedestrians. If we were driving, we would be... drivers.

[allformii_ko]

So if I'm on foot I have to push the button.

[Hm.]

What if there's no button?

[trainwrecking]

Some might be automatic. Oh, that's another thing-- You should pay attention to the lit-up sign. See how that one over there is a hand?

[He'll go ahead and push the button now.]

That means you should wait. It's-- a hand saying "wait."

[allformii_ko]

[Jiiiii...]

But I want to walk.

[trainwrecking]

And I'd like it if we got there in one piece, so let's wait a minute.

[Just like that, the hand turns into a slightly hunched walking man.]

[allformii_ko]

[She watches the light change, and then looks at Otonashi almost... expectantly?]

You go first.

[trainwrecking]

You follow after me. Closely behind. It won't stay clear forever.

[But he obliges and takes the first few steps out into the crosswalk. The cars slow to a crawl before stopping completely behind the lines, giving passage.]

[allformii_ko]

[She follows, but just because he said that, she leaves a few steps between them. Instead of, you know, practically holding onto his shirt on the way over or something.

As they pass by the cars, she actually glares at a few of them warily.]