( ett • voice & video )

[enflame]

( At first there's not a video feed, just a very simple yet disgruntled question: )

Does anyone around here know how to knit? I feel like I have to be missing something.

( In an effort to illustrate the point, there's suddenly a telepathic video stream attached, showcasing what appears to be a muddled ball of yarn; someone may or may not have resorted to trying to rub or melt it together because knitting is obviously just some type of witchcraft.

Hands attempt to pull it apart to showcase the expert craftsmanship that went into this mess -- there's also the sound of rain, as well as a small voice in the background that keeps shouting FUCK! over and over again with varied levels of intensity. The culprit is a chubby Elto baby that's crawling around just out of sight, a thick stick grasped firmly in their hand. )

Lisko! No bad words! -- Regardless, I have a suspicion that the problem is more so with the type of...materials...since they don't want to stick together no matter what I do.

( Or Emil's just an idiot, which is only somewhat more likely. )

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voice, he's out and about rn

[lalliho]

[ohhhh GODS]

Why are they doing that?!

[make their hell stop!!!]

voice right back!!! get back home, pal

[enflame]

I don't have any idea! That's why I'm asking.

( Sorry, he's frustrated and trying to wrangle a lizard that just got tangled in his mess -- the mess he thinks Lalli is referring to. Why are the threads being pieces of shit? Beats him.

Good thing this is just voice telepathy or else Lalli could get another earfull of FUCK! )

[lalliho]

What?

[what........Emil!!]

You didn't! You asked about your weird string thing!

[enflame]

Oh! Oh!! I don't know! They just started saying it earlier and I can't get them to stop!

( The insult to injury is Lisko's continued swearing as he thinks, combined with hitting things with the stick. This is a fuck, that is a fuck! )

[lalliho]

[That sure is a fuck, Lisko. You hit that thing.]

Mrrh, what have you been telling them... [stop saying fuck around our child!! Anyway...] ...There's weird stuff happening. You're playing with your strings at home?

[enflame]

( omg this rude boy )

I don't swear around Lisko, and I'm not playing! ( What kind of father do you take him for??? ) But yes, we're home. I went out for a bit earlier, but the rain's too heavy now...you should come back before it gets worse!

( Finding shelter better than a but by the beach might be smarter?? But casually calling it home, holy fuck. )

[lalliho]

[Listen...they have a child, now. It's a home for their sake.]

What are you doing, then?

[He doesn't understand this string hobby...]

I'm just checking on something. Getting stuff.

[enflame]

( There's a huff as he eventually unloops Lisko's leg from a particularly messy section of string. )

Untangling a naughty lizard. ( Which is meant to be said more to Lisko, but no one said he was great at telepathy. ) Bring back whatever you can. Who knows how long this storm will last.

( The lizard of the hour has no complaints as they scamper off to continue saying FUCK! under Emil's bed. )

[lalliho]

[Lisko like "why is he just saying 'untangling a naughty lizard' out of nowhere?"]

Mmn...

[He gives some sort of mental nod, since that was more or less his plan anyway but there's no need to gloat over that.]

Even if it's bunny?

[he doesn't have to gloat but he has to jab at his soft sensibilities]

voice, oh god emil

[secrowtary]

[ Where does he even start. Should he address the FUCK! problem first (which is very tempting), or rather have Emil tell what in the world happened to that ball of yarn.

After a short while, Hibiki makes up his mind—knitting it is. ]

You're on the right track. You're definitely missing something. Knitting needles, for instance. But please do tell what did you mean by "they don't want to stick together".

[enflame]

Well, you know...Tying them together? I can't figure it out. They have to stick together somehow to make something.

( He tried tying them to the needle and then tying them all together and he just got a bunch of knots. )

[secrowtary]

[ Is that a sigh of relief? Definitely. From what he's seen (the burned ball of yarn, especially), he was ready for the answer to include glue or something along these lines. ]

First of all, what have you been planning to knit?

[enflame]

( If he had glue he'd use it, so don't act too relieved. )

Socks. They're just tubes made out of string...why is it so inane and difficult!?

[secrowtary]

Tubes made out of string. That's a very...original description.

[ It's true, though?? Also Hibiki, you're not helping by just repeating what Emil's saying. Like, at all. ]

Do you have to be the one to make it?

[enflame]

No, but there's nowhere to buy things like that around here so I have to!

( Emil, welcome to the world of commissioning. )

[secrowtary]

Well, if you provide me the materials, I can try to make you some socks.

[ Usually he's been using knitting needles for this but maybe normal pens will work too...hopefully. ]

[enflame]

( He can borrow Emil's if he needs them. You have my sword... )

Really? I have a lot of string and stuff I got from the lizards...! Do you want something in return?

voice;

[pigii]

Um... I can!

[ in true cripplingly shy fashion, ruby replies with only a voice feed. she's still getting used to this telepathy business, so her voice might seem a bit more like a whisper at first. still, this is actually something she's interested in! ]

I-I'm better at sewing, but I like to knit sometimes...

[enflame]

( !! Finally, someone with some actual experience who can offer him some help, even if they sound like a very quiet, very small child. )

That's excellent? What am I missing here? I've got the needles and the thread -- do I need a type of glue? I know it can't be tape since I've never had a sock with tape in it.

[pigii]

[ that... doesn't sound right at all. you definitely don't need anything besides those two materials to knit. thankfully, the lack of scrutinizing eyes on the feed means that ruby feels a little more confident with her replies. ]

It doesn't sound like you're missing anything... Did you make your slip knot yet?

[enflame]

My slip what?

( This is 100% Greek to him. Explain, sewing-sensei. )

[pigii]

Y-You know... your slip knot...

[ that doesn't help at all. how should she explain this... ]

You need to make a knot with the thread, and then loop it onto the needles. You did that, right...?

[enflame]

Oh. No? Both of the needles together...?

( So this isn't witchcraft, just a massive feat of engineering. )

[pigii]

[ more or less, but engineering is almost never this kawaii. ]

Yeah. Once you tie it onto one of the needles, you sort of just... work it onto the other one and make knots as you go, I guess?

[ oh geez, that doesn't sound like it makes sense. she gulps, hoping to try and save herself from humiliation. ]

Um... It's kind of hard to explain in words...

[enflame]

( He tries to follow the explanation, but ends up tying a looping bow around both needles like some bizarre-looking Christmas present.

That’s...probably not what she means. )

No, not really. ( Sorry Robs, it’s not you (it’s him). ) There has to be some kind of explanation for this. Didn’t there used to be books about this kind of thing?