Voice

[notcominghome]

-ow it works? I can't really tell if it's on. Hey Roy, what do you think?

[There's some rustling, followed by a tapping sound as what seems to be a Cyndaquil tapping against the screen of the Pokegear.]

Cynda?

I think it's working. Alright! Now that we've got this Pokegear running we've got to record our lines now for the voicemail! It's got to be something really, really adorable so that everyone who calls us will be able to remember how cute you two boys are. Look I've already got a script-

Quil Cyndaquil!

Hmm? Aw, there's no need to be mad. I don't know why you get so riled up, you ARE a cute little fire-breathing porcupin-OWCH HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!

[The Gear falls down from Hughes's hand and clutters onto the ground, landing on the "OFF" button and effectively ending that 'recording' session.]

Comments

[envy_the_sinners]

Many people here are unfamiliar with the technology.

[Himself included. As for a name... Well... He certainly can't introduce himself as "Scar." For all he knows, this is the man who gave him the code name in the first place. He needs another name.]

Rick.

[The name of the young Ishbalan is the first one that comes to Scar's mind.]

I have been here for nearly three months, now.

[notcominghome]

Three months...I guess that's not too long ago. How're you holding up here then? Everything ok?

[envy_the_sinners]

Not long at all, compared to many who have been here. Some were taken upwards of four years ago.

[And... how has he been? That seems like an odd question to ask, but Scar knows that he just has to keep acting naturally, Maybe he can get Hughes to say something interesting.]

The adjustment has been easy enough.

[notcominghome]

Four years...that's a long time to be away from home. It must be hard for them to be separated from their families for so long.

[Hughes lets slip a tiny bit of melancholy, perhaps a hint of regret...and then proceeds to cover it up with a huge smile and possibly the worse question to ask Scar.]

What about you Rick? Do you have any brothers or sisters at home. Oh, how about a special someone?

[envy_the_sinners]

[...Okay, "Rick" sounds weird when Hughes says it. But it's necessary, Scar knows. He isn't stupid.]

No. I do not.

[And that's all he really wants to say about it, to a soldier.]

[notcominghome]

[Scar does not sound like a Rick person to Hughes either, but he's not going to judge a person by his name.]

How about friends? Good friends can be like family too.

[envy_the_sinners]

I have made some, here.

[Not... that he would really call most of the people with whom he has spoken his friends, but he isn't about to say that. He just wants Hughes to stop asking questions.]