un: shiro | video | mid-festival

[constellational]

⟪ and bam. on your screen, a guy, white-haired and surprisingly jovial, which is a bit at odds with what he’s about to ask. is it genuine, or is it a façade?? who knows. you might recognize him as the fool who innocently swiped left on you—or the guy who told a really bad astronaut joke on the netherwork. either way, shiro’s gonna shiro, so he’ll introduce himself again—just in case—his mouth a polite curve. ⟫

Hello. I’m Shiro… How’re you all holding up?

⟪ don’t worry, there’s no pep talk this time. not unless you ask for it, anyway. ⟫

I’ve a… I’ve a favor to ask. For my arm… or lack thereof. ⟪ point in case; his gaze drifts a bit to his right side, where his sleeve hangs empty. ⟫ I had a prosthetic once, back home, but uhm… ⟪ and there it is. a chuckle. half-strangled, half-nervous as he cuts the camera another hesitant glance and clears his throat, stifling a wince. ⟫

If anyone with skills in finding alternatives to missing limbs is somehow looking for a great candidate, well… you’re looking right at him! No complaining, high pain tolerance… and I used to be a pilot, so I can sit for as long as you need me to. This is not an emergency. You can reach out when or if you ever have time to spare.

Thanks.

⟪ ooc | voice-to-text is 100% a thing and it’s probably what shiro will use to reply to you! ⟫

Comments

un: 火

[chokuto]

[Although uninterested in a prosthetic himself, he's surprised to find others in a similar situation.]

You had one prior to coming here?

[That was an... interesting reaction... when 'Shiro' spoke about it.]

Was it gone when you woke?

[constellational]

⟪ IT'S JUST. a long story.

and not a really joyful one, unfortunately. ⟫

Oh, it's been gone for months, actually
It just seemed a little less necessary, maybe
before I woke up here

Here, I can't afford to be a liability
Everyone's got enough on their plates already, and we've no time to waste
No one should be worrying about me

[chokuto]

What makes you a liability? You said you were a pilot but I'm not familiar with what that means.

Are you unable to protect yourself?

[constellational]

Ah, I won't bore you with my life story
Let's just say I've been trying to reconcile with... well
many things
My arm is one of those things
I'm... not as capable as I once were

Are you familiar with space?
I uh, operated the controls of various spacecrafts
they're vehicles that allow us to fly across the universe

[chokuto]

Losing an arm doesn't make someone less capable. They'll simply need to adjust.

[Are you familiar with space, in the context of everything else, does not mean what it sounds like. Sasuke is making a face at his phone right now. ????]

No. Not in the way you've described it. Then a pilot is someone who controls a method of transportation?

[constellational]

So I've been told

⟪ and he really does want to believe that. it's just. a wild sense of inadequacy has been looming high over him ever since he came back from the dead, and it goes far beyond physical limitations.

but he keeps that to himself. ⟫

Space is...
Well
I don't know where you're from, but given that you could look up and see the stars
That's what space is
Everything beyond them
Planets, galaxies...
Our methods of transportation allowed us to fly up there

[chokuto]

[This is too much for his feudal era ninja brain. Does astronomy even exist in Naruto? We don't know.]

I see. That technology doesn't exist in my own dimension. It's no wonder I was unfamiliar with the term.

You must have discovered other places, then.

[constellational]

Where are you from?
For all we know, I might've been there once
the chances are slim
considering how impossibly large the universe is
But you never know

[chokuto]

It's unlikely.

[Noticeably doesn't share the name, because that would be saying too much... even if Naruto's already blown their cover.]

If you're familiar with combat, I'd be wiling to help you practice or train until you've found a prosthetic.

[constellational]

⟪ naruto pls. but it’s okay. he won’t pry. for now. ⟫

I'd appreciate that
Just be warned that I'm a bit rusty