Case #1: Video

[19centconstable]

[The video screen is navy blue and slightly blurry. From off-screen a man speaks. He has an accent which, if you are familiar with such things, is easily identifiable as being from Newfoundland. If you are not so in the know, you may think it is Irish. Or British. Or fake. He declares:]

I...believe this device and I have reached an understanding...

[The expanse of navy moves back. You have been looking at a close up of the man's policeman uniform. Now it is visible from neck to about mid-thigh in all its old-fashioned, high-collared, many buttoned glory. Because while the device and George may have come to an understanding, George does not understand how to frame a shot.]

Well. I-...oh.

[As a sort of after thought, he reaches up out of frame. When his hands appear again they are holding his navy blue custodian helmet, which has a silver colored maple leaf on the front. He rests the helmet against his hip.]

I'm Constable George Crabtree, Toronto Constabulary, station #4, and I'm very pleased to be here and meet all of you. ...Although I suppose I haven't done that yet. But I'm sure I'll be pleased when I do!

I've seen an airship before, but I've never been on one...that I can remember. But it's really an experience; much smoother than being on a boat. I don't get seasick myself, but I have an aunt who can't stomach travel like that in the slightest. Just.

[Vomit-y hand motion.]

All over.

Anyway. I'm very impressed by this whole business! This "thingy" here.

[He shakes the communicator.]

But! Especially-

[And then everything is a blur as George, communicator in hand, is moving through his room. When he stops, you are greeted with a lovely shot of: a toilet. The sort with a wall mounted tank and pull chain. Then George turns the camera back on himself, and manages to actually aim it at his excitedly grinning face. He hooks a thumb in the toilet's direction.]

Now that's fantastic! Did everybody get one?

Comments

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

[Have a tip of the helmet and a you-are-an-attractive-lady-so-here's-my-best-I'm-a-terribly-professional-and-brave-police-man face. As you do.]

Miss Buffy: pleasure.

[slayage]

[More amused-face.] So. You're not from the miraculous age of indoor plumbing, huh?

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

[That does tend to be the general lady reaction to George.]

No, no. I've heard of the phenomenon, of course, but on a constable's wage I'm lucky to have a room at one of the nicer boarding houses, much less any of the finer things like that. I have seen a motorized bicycle, though. Frightened the horses terribly. I'd really have liked to ride it.

[slayage]

[She means well. She commented because she liked how he talked and his name is pure comedy gold! Crabtree! :P]

Well there's a lot of things you're gonna have to get used to here. Like how we're talking now. And the whole issue of being in space.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

[Quite alright. There's nothing wrong with amusing ladies. Most of them seem to enjoy laughter, and the rest of them are likely wearing their corsets too tight.]

We do have telephones where I'm from, miss. This isn't terribly different. In fact, I feel a bit safer not being directly wired up to a switchboard, because of the much lesser likelihood of being electrocuted.

Have you been in space before?

[slayage]

[She smiles. Also lol corset jokes] Yeah but video chat? That's even kinda new for me, and I'm all hip to the computer age.

Not until this place. It takes some getting used to.

[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

Well, a friend of ours: he's an inventor by name of Nikola Tesla, and he demonstrated a wireless telephone to Detective Murdoch, who I work with. Anyway, he was very keen on combining images of the caller with their telephone call, just like this. He was going to call it "tele-vision", I believe.

I couldn't even think of passing up the idea. I mean: it's space. It's so very...out there.