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[Sometimes, you feel like shit and nothing in the world seems like it's going to fix that. And sometimes, that means you start moping in public without really realizing it.

Which means random strangers are like dude, what's up? But in a more old-timey sort of way because this guy seems old-timey and eventually you start talking and he's like, how about we do something you'd do back home to cheer yourself up? And back home is, like, more years ago than it should be, honestly, but you remember just before the game started there was this video that came out. And it was so stupid. So stupid.

Sometimes, you feel like you need to be stupid again.

So you and Ben wander around the mansion (after a brief explanation that all he really has to do is point the camera at you, which he catches onto like a goddamn pro). You don't bother with the mask thing, you just stick your hood up over your head and keep it hovering with windy powers and yep, you look like some freak with a long neck who is somehow insanely cool.

Time to point at some innocent bystanders with the purest essence of funk on your side. ~~And maybe chase some people, y'know, whatever seems stupidest at the moment.~~]

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_{[Back in the day, Adam had been from a normal small town and gone to a normal high school, where he'd had normal friends who'd done normal, dumb things. Recording stupid shit on video? Nothing new.

But that'd been then, and this is now.

You'll both get a very long stare from this guy while you two shuffle your way past. He's been out for a walk and they catch him in a hallway, taking a sip from a bottle of water. Dudes, you need a better hobby.]}

[John's pointing fades and he let's his hood drop, revealing his actual face once again. He dissolves into giggles, shaking his head.]

Wow, you're an awesome straight man. I kinda suck at keeping a blank face sometimes, hehehe. You're gonna look sweet in the vid, all, like. Stoic. And possibly angry.

[John may have just remembered how a pirate tried to kill him the last time he did a major goofy pranky type thing. Um.]

...You don't have any powers or homicidal tendencies, do you? [Time to exchange nervous looks with Ben.]

_{[Though he doesn't laugh alongside John, he doesn't seem particularly annoyed as he screws the top back onto his bottle, eyebrow cocked. A straight man in a video? What, is he going to be a Wonderland sensation now?]}

Thanks? _{[Adam's been told before he has an excellent poker face, but it has less to do with putting in effort and more to do with just... his face.]} No powers that I know of.

_{[The question is kind of funny, in an ironic role reversal kind of way, and Adam sounds amused as he answers.

Homicidal tendencies, on the other hand... Well, that one he's not so sure about. Hell's probably done all kinds of things to his mind that he hasn't discovered yet--psychotic urges might be part of it. On the whole, though, he doubts they've got anything to worry about other than Adam maybe passing out on them and babbling crap.

Not something he'd want to see on an internet video, that's for sure.]}

[John takes the equivalent of a step backwards in midair. Barbossa didn't really have powers either, and yet here he is with a mortal enemy in the guy. Over pie.]

Sooooo. You aren't mad. That we're making this video? And that. Um. People might see it?

[Half a breath, then:] I mean, most people who see it will laugh at me, I mean, if they laugh at all. Which I hope they will! But I know it's sort of weird, like, my generation kind of humor and even kids from my generation would think it's dumb so y'know, it's not, um, universal, but GENERALLY, I think the humor is in how weird my character looks so it's not-- it's not like-- you wouldn't get laughed at, if that's what you're worried about.

What?

_{[Adam is already falling behind when the one boy wants to know if he's ticked about the video. It's really none of his business to begin with, and even if it had been, he's not sure why someone feels the need to apologize to him like he's a crotchety old man raining on the generational humor parade.

True enough, he hadn't been a nineteen-year-old guy for a long while, almost too long for him to remember things clearly, but he had been once.

There are just... a lot of words being thrown at him here. Too many for someone who'd just been walking past.]}

Uh... _{[Is this where he's supposed to answer?]} Yeah, sure... whatever. It's a free country--or Wonderland. I'm not saying a word.

_{[They could do what they wanted.]}

[John breathes a sigh of relief.]

Kay. Good. Sorry, it's just, last time I did a pranking-sort-of-thing, uh, I sort of got a mortal enemy? I mean. He hasn't killed me yet, so I dunno if that counts. But y'know. He definitely tried.

_{[Yeah, Adam's still not completely following. Is this guy afraid he's supposed to be a new... what? Mortal enemy? Are they really using those words in straight-faced way?]}

You pranked someone and now they want to kill you. _{[Just to clarify.]} If that's true, you're doing this because...?

_{[Because they're going with that and not questioning how ridiculous it sounds, then running around doing more antics in front of just anyone seems a lot like tempting fate. Doesn't it?]}

Um. I. It sounded fun and...and it's been a rough year.

[That. About sums it up. He was super depressed, and this sounded super NOT depressing, so. He did it. Fuck the consequences for a little bit of happiness.]

_{[Right.

So.

A couple of guys wanting to blow off steam after a crap year of making mortal enemies, who also want to know if he has any homicidal tendencies of his own. Because, obviously, making a second mortal enemy would ruin the whole year to come. He's starting to get the picture. What's most surprising is that he's not terribly surprised by any of this.

Another day in the life.]}

Oh.

_{[The most eloquent response to end all responses.]}

Good luck on it, then.

Hehe, thanks. You seem cool. We should hang out sometime.

[John gives a(n admittedly weak) punch to Adam's arm and, with that, carries on down the hall to terrorize other residents with coolness and guys.]

_{[He lifts his eyebrows, not quite frowning, but not quite able to mask his bemusement. He's cool now, huh?]}

Uh... _[Wow.] Sure...

_{[Watching them go, he's struck by the fact that this isn't--and probably won't be--the weirdest thing that's ever happened to him in the halls. There'd been meeting Batman that one time. This ranks up there.]}

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