[ Yeah, Inigo, don't you leave far too many messages to the train? And if not, why not.
He'll give room for Inigo to respond to the former, but the latter, it takes a second for Tidus to figure what Jingyi probably means by video thing (the ICPs? -- oh, right, those logs), not discouraged by the Shout Cultivator Yells At Train insert there. At least they both placed the train's ears somewhere above their heads. ]
How about both? [ He'd considered it once or twice in the past, for different reasons, but he'd never gone through with it himself. Was he at the point where was fed up enough to try? Probably.
But that isn't the reason he's here -- ... granted, talking to Jingyi wasn't the original reason for coming into the music car, either. But he's here, they're here, so he's going to bring up what he's been meaning to. ]
I want to make a list with you. Stuff we want from the train - listening to us, what's important to change or do, and figuring the best way to ask for it, too. See if we can get more people onboard and bring it up with the train too. More voices should help. ... but how long it'll take, [ Tidus adds, sighing with a shake of his head. ] --That could be any time.
[ Given how long it took to have the Q&A and then the second talk, the questions still unanswered, and the train possibly only taking the time to read their reports to the Ministry... ]
1st question, in honour of jingyi and tidus's unrelenting train feedback
[ Wow, suddenly he's being attacked here. He glances between the two, starting on an: ]
How do you e-- [ Before cutting himself off. He's pretty sure saying How do you even think of new stuff to bring up to the train every single day, but these two might just be the worst possible candidates to say that around.
No, Inigo will instead wisely shut up, pretending that it was just Tidus speaking up that interrupted him. Yes, clearly it was not Inigo stopping himself awkwardly mid-sentence.. H-Haha, bros, what would even make you think that.. ]
.. If we want to make a list, I can help write it down. [ Especially since he figures the other two will be much better off running their mouths with complaints. It's their speciality, after all. ] Then we could put it up somewhere, and see if we can get a call to action going then.
[ Since it's easier than to go see every single person in the train one by one and talk with them about it. Not that they can't do both, but! Still! ]
... Or just, you know, talk about it over the ICP if you want to reach people, it's not like anyone reads. Or like everyone can.
( Nor listens, really, but that way at least they can say they reached out to everyone, and he doesn't currently think anyone has hearing challenges? Maybe there are, he's not up to date on everyone's particulars.
He finishes fiddling with the controls for the moment. )
Makes sense to write out the report first though. Since you're volunteering, Inigo.
( A flash of a more humourless grin, too much canine shown, but still. An attempt. )
Once the report's compiled, we take it to not just train feedback, but that other thing. The one with the recordings for later.
[ Jingyi is making him wonder, does he still have...? And he brings out a hand in a held shape, making appear in it - tada! - one of the cordless microphones. One day he'll have to care about the battery in it, but today? Is not that day.
Enjoy Tidus's autotuned voice as he now uses that to speak. ]
Diaaary looogs.
[ You're welcome. He'll switch the button back off. ] So? We'll do it all, then stick the letter in the public coach. So we've got video, paper, and then a message to let people know. Cover everything we can. Stick posters around about it. Bring it up every month.
[ ...flipping the switch back on and pointing the microphone to himself: ] And demand number onnnee iiiss: The train needs to stop somewhere and talk to us for a weeeeek.
Learn more about the peeooople onboard. Let us learn more about iiiiit. Also, let us go help the places where people come from. Seriously.
[ (Is he dragging out words on purpose?
Yes.) ]
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1st quiz because this is a POP QUIZ on ree's knowledge of the letter q
[ Wow, Jingyi. First shooting down his idea and then still putting him to work? Bold, dude. It's a good thing that Inigo is way too nice to really protest this idea.
.. other than the fact that he might still whine all the same, because. Well. It's Inigo. It's kind of how these things go. But it's the sort of whining where he'll do the thing all the same, it's just that he'll whine every single moment along the way.
Like, for example: ]
Wait, hold on! I haven't even gotten anything to write yet!
[ He knows that once these two start, it's not like they'll ever slow down, hence why he needs to put a stop to this for a moment before he'll be at least three points behind in writing.
Inigo sees to fuss for a moment before pulling a notebook out of his arms band, figuring he might as well jot it down quickly in there and then write things down more properly later. Or it'll just end up as a mess if he has to keep up with this live.
At least there's no whining about the weird microphone - yet - since Inigo is way too busy writing here for a moment now. And since Tidus is saying his writing is a valid part of this, at least. He can have the weird microphone use in return. So.. you guys go right ahead, bros. ]
1st quartet on train if we include the train as the fourth party listening in here
( Inigo, in your experience does anyone read, it's a fault in the stars here that Jingyi's been learning, from a clan who had him reading since his earliest remembered days.
Meanwhile, Inigo can concentrate through the whole microphone thing. Jingyi whips his head around to give Tidus a mute stare, his tail thrashing behind him before he lifts his eyes ceilingward, wondering at all sorts of things, but for once not giving them voice. Yet. )
Tidus.
( A pause. Is this a kind pause. Is this a good pause, is Jingyi pausing a— )
What are you doing?
( He's getting entirely derailed because seriously. What. What is this. )
[ Have fun keeping up with these two, Inigo. Even though there's plenty of room here now, with Jingyi asking things, and Tidus just looking back at him. ]
What? [ What. ] I'm talking.
[ Fairly obvious, right. He looks to Inigo then. ] What do you think? I think we should get to send stuff to our worlds too - like... payment. You know? Hera's people were in the middle of a war, they could do with supplies. And Roland's world too.
[ Oh, thank Naga for the question Jingyi is asking here - because it's something Inigo doesn't have to write down, and that gives him a moment to catch up with what has been said before, quickly writing it down over here.
And even as he's writing, he apparently has just enough time and brain capacity to say-- ]
I don't think that's what Jingyi meant.
[ Since the microphone is weird, even if Inigo is giving it more of a pass.
He only glances up from writing when he realises Tidus is looking at him - or maybe because he's hearing that last name, and that one always has Inigo at full attention, regardless of the situation. ]
.. I don't think that's a bad idea. Though I guess we should make sure to tell the train that we shouldn't have to pay for it.
[ Because Inigo doesn't even want to think about how much supplies would cost, please. It's enough to give him a headache. ]
1 quiche as i'm thinking of delightful morning meals
Inigo's right, I'm talking about that thing, the one you're holding. What were you doing.
( the singing portions sounded so strange, particularly to his ears. )
Ugh, yeah, be extremely, stupidly specific with the train. It fills in the blanks otherwise and you get things like new bedding instead of better beds? Also candy on the pillows that people paid for, that's the opposite of what I ever told the train as a consolation gift for everything it puts us in.
( he throws his hands into the air, tail thudding against the floor in emphatic doneness with the situation. )
[ Oh look, the subject easily moved away from the microphone. So Tidus doesn't have to answer! He at least won't put it on again, for now - he finds complaining about the train easier, anyway. ]
It didn't think that supplying us with medkits, no questions asked was worth it, so that's the kind of thinking you're dealing with. 'Voidtreckers do this and that well enough, so why do they need this thing'. 'You have points, so you can buy it for everyone'.
[ He holds the microphone at a tilted angle, waving it a bit from his now folded arms. He could say a few more things about the voting and shopping service, but first- ]
I'm gonna try and get everyone I know who has a world in trouble to ask the train. We also need to tell it to talk to us before it make big decisions. [ Huuuff. ] I mean, I tried that before, but it's not going to listen to one person.
[ Inigo is still diligently trying to write most of this down - or at least the bigger arguments being made here, with some small notes underneath to elaborate on it later. There might be a mumble of 'I like the candy though...' as he's writing. Because he definitely understands Jingyi's point, but..
Also.. candy.
You know? Candy. It's important. Candy. ]
Do you guys have any idea of how many people there are on the train who've got a world in trouble? [ It's what Tidus's question makes him think of. And he's a little curious, because Inigo thought he belonged to that category, but apparently not anymore. Apparently he's just that insignificant to the world being fixed behind his back. ] Just to see how big of a statement we could make.
[ Jingyi gets the microphone him easy enough, Tidus not thinking to keep a hold on it, and so there it is, now with him.
Okay, okay. ] It's a microphone, for singing and projecting your voice with. It's got a button that modifies your voice.
[ He makes a small but quick gesture to point to the set, the buttons easy to find. That's a chunky boy.
Anyway, back to the main conversation? Back to that. ]
Doesn't the ministry know about some of us being dead? They knew about me when I got dragged into that Q&A with the inspectors. I didn't even say nothing, but I told them about dead people coming back to life.
[ ...which might have been happening in Spira, but is still weird to hear himself say out loud. ]
Do we wanna ask them to look for people's bodies? ... the ones that have them.
[ And that should be the time for him to go quiet, except, that does make him realise... ]
...hey. Did you two see your bodies? Were they okay?
what kind of 1 QUACKERY IS IT THAT INIGO IS THE QUEEN??
[ The microphone fiddling means that Inigo has some time to write down the names given to them, plus the names of some other people he knows are in similar situations, if not just from being out there on the platform and talking to those people.
But when the conversation comes back around to the main topic, Inigo kind of wishes it had instead lingered on the microphone.
His expression doesn't shift a whole ton. There's only a faint frown, and it's very much on possible. It's something about Inigo retreating back inside purposefully. ]
Sure. To make sure that they can care for the bodies of people that'd otherwise be in trouble, at least. [ He adds to what Tidus is saying. That's the easy part.
The part that's harder to talk about is what he's avoiding - namely that last question. It's not even that he'd avoiding it since the answer is bad, it's just.. It's such a weird topic, and the less Inigo thinks about it, the better, honestly. He already feels awkward at the mere mention of it, and so he quickly returns to writing after he says only that, pretending like they won't notice he didn't answer the question as long as he seems busy with something else. ]
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1st quack is right there
He'll give room for Inigo to respond to the former, but the latter, it takes a second for Tidus to figure what Jingyi probably means by video thing (the ICPs? -- oh, right, those logs), not discouraged by the Shout Cultivator Yells At Train insert there. At least they both placed the train's ears somewhere above their heads. ]
How about both? [ He'd considered it once or twice in the past, for different reasons, but he'd never gone through with it himself. Was he at the point where was fed up enough to try? Probably.
But that isn't the reason he's here -- ... granted, talking to Jingyi wasn't the original reason for coming into the music car, either. But he's here, they're here, so he's going to bring up what he's been meaning to. ]
I want to make a list with you. Stuff we want from the train - listening to us, what's important to change or do, and figuring the best way to ask for it, too. See if we can get more people onboard and bring it up with the train too. More voices should help. ... but how long it'll take, [ Tidus adds, sighing with a shake of his head. ] --That could be any time.
[ Given how long it took to have the Q&A and then the second talk, the questions still unanswered, and the train possibly only taking the time to read their reports to the Ministry... ]
1st question, in honour of jingyi and tidus's unrelenting train feedback
How do you e-- [ Before cutting himself off. He's pretty sure saying How do you even think of new stuff to bring up to the train every single day, but these two might just be the worst possible candidates to say that around.
No, Inigo will instead wisely shut up, pretending that it was just Tidus speaking up that interrupted him. Yes, clearly it was not Inigo stopping himself awkwardly mid-sentence.. H-Haha, bros, what would even make you think that.. ]
.. If we want to make a list, I can help write it down. [ Especially since he figures the other two will be much better off running their mouths with complaints. It's their speciality, after all. ] Then we could put it up somewhere, and see if we can get a call to action going then.
[ Since it's easier than to go see every single person in the train one by one and talk with them about it. Not that they can't do both, but! Still! ]
1st quibble, likewise in honour of all three
( Nor listens, really, but that way at least they can say they reached out to everyone, and he doesn't currently think anyone has hearing challenges? Maybe there are, he's not up to date on everyone's particulars.
He finishes fiddling with the controls for the moment. )
Makes sense to write out the report first though. Since you're volunteering, Inigo.
( A flash of a more humourless grin, too much canine shown, but still. An attempt. )
Once the report's compiled, we take it to not just train feedback, but that other thing. The one with the recordings for later.
1 me looking up 'q' words
Enjoy Tidus's autotuned voice as he now uses that to speak. ]
Diaaary looogs.
[ You're welcome. He'll switch the button back off. ] So? We'll do it all, then stick the letter in the public coach. So we've got video, paper, and then a message to let people know. Cover everything we can. Stick posters around about it. Bring it up every month.
[ ...flipping the switch back on and pointing the microphone to himself: ] And demand number onnnee iiiss: The train needs to stop somewhere and talk to us for a weeeeek.
Learn more about the peeooople onboard. Let us learn more about iiiiit. Also, let us go help the places where people come from. Seriously.
[ (Is he dragging out words on purpose?
Yes.) ]
1st quiz because this is a POP QUIZ on ree's knowledge of the letter q
.. other than the fact that he might still whine all the same, because. Well. It's Inigo. It's kind of how these things go. But it's the sort of whining where he'll do the thing all the same, it's just that he'll whine every single moment along the way.
Like, for example: ]
Wait, hold on! I haven't even gotten anything to write yet!
[ He knows that once these two start, it's not like they'll ever slow down, hence why he needs to put a stop to this for a moment before he'll be at least three points behind in writing.
Inigo sees to fuss for a moment before pulling a notebook out of his arms band, figuring he might as well jot it down quickly in there and then write things down more properly later. Or it'll just end up as a mess if he has to keep up with this live.
At least there's no whining about the weird microphone - yet - since Inigo is way too busy writing here for a moment now. And since Tidus is saying his writing is a valid part of this, at least. He can have the weird microphone use in return. So.. you guys go right ahead, bros. ]
1st quartet on train if we include the train as the fourth party listening in here
Meanwhile, Inigo can concentrate through the whole microphone thing. Jingyi whips his head around to give Tidus a mute stare, his tail thrashing behind him before he lifts his eyes ceilingward, wondering at all sorts of things, but for once not giving them voice. Yet. )
Tidus.
( A pause. Is this a kind pause. Is this a good pause, is Jingyi pausing a— )
What are you doing?
( He's getting entirely derailed because seriously. What. What is this. )
1 quarrel coming right up
What? [ What. ] I'm talking.
[ Fairly obvious, right. He looks to Inigo then. ] What do you think? I think we should get to send stuff to our worlds too - like... payment. You know? Hera's people were in the middle of a war, they could do with supplies. And Roland's world too.
1 QUACKHOOD which is my new favourite word
And even as he's writing, he apparently has just enough time and brain capacity to say-- ]
I don't think that's what Jingyi meant.
[ Since the microphone is weird, even if Inigo is giving it more of a pass.
He only glances up from writing when he realises Tidus is looking at him - or maybe because he's hearing that last name, and that one always has Inigo at full attention, regardless of the situation. ]
.. I don't think that's a bad idea. Though I guess we should make sure to tell the train that we shouldn't have to pay for it.
[ Because Inigo doesn't even want to think about how much supplies would cost, please. It's enough to give him a headache. ]
1 quiche as i'm thinking of delightful morning meals
( the singing portions sounded so strange, particularly to his ears. )
Ugh, yeah, be extremely, stupidly specific with the train. It fills in the blanks otherwise and you get things like new bedding instead of better beds? Also candy on the pillows that people paid for, that's the opposite of what I ever told the train as a consolation gift for everything it puts us in.
( he throws his hands into the air, tail thudding against the floor in emphatic doneness with the situation. )
1 queen, but who is the queen
It didn't think that supplying us with medkits, no questions asked was worth it, so that's the kind of thinking you're dealing with. 'Voidtreckers do this and that well enough, so why do they need this thing'. 'You have points, so you can buy it for everyone'.
[ He holds the microphone at a tilted angle, waving it a bit from his now folded arms. He could say a few more things about the voting and shopping service, but first- ]
I'm gonna try and get everyone I know who has a world in trouble to ask the train. We also need to tell it to talk to us before it make big decisions. [ Huuuff. ] I mean, I tried that before, but it's not going to listen to one person.
1 queue as we're in line to become queen
Also.. candy.
You know? Candy. It's important. Candy. ]
Do you guys have any idea of how many people there are on the train who've got a world in trouble? [ It's what Tidus's question makes him think of. And he's a little curious, because Inigo thought he belonged to that category, but apparently not anymore. Apparently he's just that insignificant to the world being fixed behind his back. ] Just to see how big of a statement we could make.
1 quitting the line: spoilers, it's jingyi
( He's now trying to see if he can nab the microphone to look at it, or nab Tidus's arm to look at it while responding to Inigo. )
All people facing different states of choice and consequence. List it all, contact the ministry with it too.
the 1 quintessential queen here is clearly inigo
Okay, okay. ] It's a microphone, for singing and projecting your voice with. It's got a button that modifies your voice.
[ He makes a small but quick gesture to point to the set, the buttons easy to find. That's a chunky boy.
Anyway, back to the main conversation? Back to that. ]
Doesn't the ministry know about some of us being dead? They knew about me when I got dragged into that Q&A with the inspectors. I didn't even say nothing, but I told them about dead people coming back to life.
[ ...which might have been happening in Spira, but is still weird to hear himself say out loud. ]
Do we wanna ask them to look for people's bodies? ... the ones that have them.
[ And that should be the time for him to go quiet, except, that does make him realise... ]
...hey. Did you two see your bodies? Were they okay?
what kind of 1 QUACKERY IS IT THAT INIGO IS THE QUEEN??
But when the conversation comes back around to the main topic, Inigo kind of wishes it had instead lingered on the microphone.
His expression doesn't shift a whole ton. There's only a faint frown, and it's very much on possible. It's something about Inigo retreating back inside purposefully. ]
Sure. To make sure that they can care for the bodies of people that'd otherwise be in trouble, at least. [ He adds to what Tidus is saying. That's the easy part.
The part that's harder to talk about is what he's avoiding - namely that last question. It's not even that he'd avoiding it since the answer is bad, it's just.. It's such a weird topic, and the less Inigo thinks about it, the better, honestly. He already feels awkward at the mere mention of it, and so he quickly returns to writing after he says only that, pretending like they won't notice he didn't answer the question as long as he seems busy with something else. ]