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eddie kaspbrak ([personal profile] clussy) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou2017-12-02 02:43 pm

video 02 | Alzheimer's Disease | Introducing the Losers

(It felt a little bit like a blessing. After losing his memories, getting them back, and going through that alone, Eddie had damn near broken himself down with how badly he had missed his friends. But then they showed up. Not all of them, but the three boys he had been the closest to for the longest, the kind of childhood friends that started out in the single digits. Eddie Kaspbrak was happy. Maybe not perfectly, but for the time being, they were each other's perfect distractions and it was good to have them around.

On top of that, Eddie wanted them to know everything about this place. Including, most importantly, the people who lived there. He could have dragged them from place to place to introduce them to everyone he has come to know and care about, but then he remembered how the device worked and realized how much faster it'd be if he just sent out a video introduction.

So here he was, turning on the video feed and smiling into the camera. Anyone who had seen him lately would have noticed the kid was a bit off, but not here. He might still have bags under his eyes, but there was a brightness in him that hadn't been present in nearly an entire month.)


Hi! It's Eddie. So I know I told some of you about my friends a little bit? And guess what! They're here. Not all of them, but my best buds are- like. Childhood best friends.

(Can you feel his excitement? Eddie is practically vibrating. He's sitting in his room currently, and all it takes is him removing the device entirely from his wrist and turning it around to show Richie Tozier sitting on the floor.)

This is Richie Tozier. He's probably like, my best best friend. You might also notice he has some striking similarities to a trash can.

(He whips the video back around and grimaces a little. Richie was already speaking up with 'Whatever, eds, it's trashcan, not trashcannot.' The quib comes as Eddie's already turned the camera away, and Richie doesn't bother waiting for Eddie to stop talking. Them talking over each other is nothing new, though. Eddie doesn't even hesitate before plunging on.)

Really though, I have to apologize on his behalf for anything stupid he says. And trust me, most of what he says is really stupid.

(And Eddie's up and rushing out of the room, jogging down the hall before bursting into the nearby room that Bill and Stan were sharing. The camera gets whipped around and focuses on Stan. Not looking so amused at the intrusion.)

This is Stan! He's um- the man with the plan, you know?

(Then just like that, he's pulling out of the room, and heading into the main area.

The video doesn't focus on it, but as Eddie slides it across the room, people might notice that the door heading out of their unit is covered in several words painted in black. A large Derry painted over the door, a long list of names down the back of the door, including the Losers' names themselves. And of course, the ominously crookedly written It at the bottom of the door. On the wall beside the door are other words, some sketches, one that almost even looks like a map of something with 'sewers' written over the top of it. But it's a brief passing, something that slides in and out of perspective like a passing thought.

Then Eddie's focusing on a new boy and zooms in on Bill Denbrough's face.)


And this is Bill. He's practically my brother. He is arguably the coolest of us all.

(At first, Bill looks rather grave for his age, waving at the camera for his introduction. But then Richie has to go and jump at Eddie's back, grabbing at one of his cheeks which automatically has Eddie shrieking on the other side of the camera, and at that, Bill starts to laugh. Richie's voice filters through, indistinguishable (probably) insults not easily heard between Bill's laughing and Eddie's whining.

Eddie barely gets the camera back around, his face flushed, and he gives a long exasperated sound. Richie's hand can be seen coming out and grabbing at Eddie's cheek. Again.)


So that's- oh my God, stop- my best friends. So say hi. As for us? Well...We got some uh- stuff to do.

(Is that a small pile of what looks like Kaittan fireworks in the background? Oh boy. Let's just hope those are actually just strange looking sticks.)

OOC | It's completely up to you how you want to interact with this! Feel free to talk to Eddie directly, or make a post directed to all the Losers that they can respond to via separate threads. It's a free for all sort of thing so do whatever.
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-03 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Yessum! [He doesn't stick with the accent for long, and he's back to his normal manner of speaking.] So are you an earthling or an alien?

[It literally doesn't matter to him, but it's the first thing that pops in his head.]
notmarieanymore: (in the middle of the night)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-04 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh good. Because if he'd kept it up, she may have had to set him straight. Or at least correct his pronunciation.]

Earthling, from 2005, When I'm not here, I'm in New York.

So I assume you're from Derry, Maine then, too?
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
2005? And here I thought it was weird that Eds is from the past!

[Which is jarring to him in a lot of ways, but he's not thinking about that right now.] What's that like? Do you have flying cars? Do robots do all the work?

[And finally:] Yeah, I'm from Derry too, but it's 1989 for me.
notmarieanymore: (ryro2)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-04 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
So you and Eddie are from different times? But you're both the same age..? [She and her friends at least had the decency to be different ages so things made more sense.] That's so weird.
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-04 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so fucking weird! [His voice gets so high-pitched for a second it resembles a squeak.] We're not supposed to be from different times but something weird happened when we got here.
notmarieanymore: (heartbroken/now we're fucked)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-04 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
What? I mean, I know we're in space but that seems even weirder. One of you getting stuck in a time warp and the others... They're both from the same time, right? Stan and Eddie?
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-04 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know when Stan's from, or Bill for that matter [He's not had a chance to talk about it yet, though he's tactless enough to later just ask directly.] Me and Eddie, though. It's not just the time--we remember things happening differently too.

That's fucked up, isn't it?
notmarieanymore: (gloves off)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-04 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's really not used to kids speaking this way, and it's a bit weird. But she takes it in stride. Kids are a mystery, and these guys aren't like the kids she knew in Caddlecott.]

Yeah, it is. Real weird.
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-04 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I decided my time's better, though. There's video games.

[This is coupled with an attempt to wave his arms around like martial artist.]
notmarieanymore: (talk)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-04 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's true! [She'd been born a few years before 89, which, technically, meant Richie was older than her. She wasn't going to think about it.]

Color TV, too.
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-04 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! There's Alf and the A-Team, too. I've got a lot to tell Eddie about, 'cause imagine how sad it'd be if he just went around forever thinking Father Knows Best is the be-all and end-all of TV shows. Black and white is so boring.
notmarieanymore: (I want a suit)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-05 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Black and white ain't so bad. [She'd wound up watching a lot of old Shirley Temple movies as a kid.] Still got good plot and acting, don't they?

[She raises an eyebrow and smirks a little]
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[personal profile] beeped 2017-12-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
I guess. There's some that aren't so bad. Have you ever seen Dr. Strangelove?

[His TV viewing has never been supervised so he tends to watch things that aren't exactly age-appropriate.]
notmarieanymore: (xmen)

[personal profile] notmarieanymore 2017-12-06 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't.

[She was raised in a strict Southern Baptist home. She did do her rebelling, but that was done as far away from the D'Ancantos as she could in her hometown.]

But I've seen The Twilight Zone and that's classic. Same with I Love Lucy. [She adored Lucille Ball.]