charcoalfeather | second feather- [Video]

[....Boy, it's a bit early to be making a video, isn't it? But it would seem someone's set on it, the way the feed settles on the open window of a room before it's turned around to show... Rakka. She seems rather awake, despite the early hours, peering down at her gear with those big eyes.]

Look at this.

[Quiet voice, Rakka. A simple thing to ask before she moves the screen again, jostling it but actually making it clear that they're going to the window and the gear is heading riiiight through it.

Outside the window was Violet city, obviously quiet and dark at this hour, though not so much now as it used to be. The street lamps provide decent illumination, but that's not what Rakka wanted the gear to see as she turns the gear around so it's facing upwards. Pointed into the dark night sky, you get an impressive view at the expanse of twinkling stars up there.]

They're beautiful, right? ...But at the same time they also seem strange. The stars here remind me of the ones back home. I was wondering if any of them are the same, or if I would even be able to tell. [Off-screen, Rakka breaths a quiet sigh.] Maybe not...

[She pulls the screen back into view of her again.] At least I'm getting used to this world now. It's been... [yaaawn] easier then before... Huh?

[Now is the perfect time for a couple of sleepy Doduo heads to poke their heads into the frame and seek attention via tenderly and repeatedly nudging their trainer. Absolutely. It helps sleep-deprived Rakka notice them.]

H-hey, what's wrong? I'm not doing anything...! [Wait, unless she... oops. Whisper time should still be in effect uuhhh] I'll go to bed soon, really...

[And the feed is cut there. Pleasant dreams, Route.]

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Oh no there's normal Humans too.
The Haibane coexist with the humans, they let us have stuff and give us jobs.
Some of them think we're good luck charms.

THAT'S... HUH. OK. DID YOU HAVE A JOB?

No
uh not yet.
I looked around and did a lot of work but I never actually got a job yet.

YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE. YOU'RE STILL PRETTY YOUNG.
IS IT WEIRD, LIVING AROUND HUMANS?

[What does this have to do with stars? Nothing. And he stopped stalling a while ago; he's genuinely curious.]

Not really. Some of the other Haibane my age do.

[Rakka's barely noticed. She's tired, and this conversation with Karkat is one she's just fine with.]

Oh weird? well, sometimes it is?
There's way more humans then Haibane in Glie I think, but the ones I've met when i went to town were really nice.

I GUESS THAT ISN'T SO BAD.
WHAT OTHER DIFFERENCES ARE THERE BETWEEN YOU AND THEM? BESIDES THE WINGS AND HALO I MEAN.

[She holds no dislike of Humans... except maybe the rude ones.]

Other changes? well
there's not that many of them. Having wings is the biggest kind of difference
but we do follow some rules that the humans don't have to.

Edited (bleh I'm fickle) 2016-04-11 22:39 (UTC)

HUH. I THOUGHT THERE'D BE MORE TO IT, LIKE IF YOU HAD POWERS OR SOMETHING? THE WINGS ARE STILL COOL.
WHAT KIND OF RULES.

Yes, a lot of people think that, but the truth is you can't really do a lot with the wings.
and they do look cool! [That is pretty much a fact.]

Rules for the Haibane to follow.

YEAH BUT WHAT KIND OF RULES? WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? OR NOT DO I GUESS. AND WHY ARE THERE RULES IN THE FIRST PLACE?

well the rules were given to us by the Haibane Renmei. They're the people who help us live in Glie.
for starters, we can't buy new things. we can only buy stuff that humans already used.
and we don't pay with money either but these little notebooks

[... the fuck.]

WHY NOT?
I MEAN WHY CAN'T YOU BUY NEW THINGS BESIDES THE FACT THAT THERE'S A RULE ABOUT IT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

[He'll get to the rest in a minute, just. Yeah.]

I don't know why.
it's kind of like they want to make it easier for us.
I mean, we can get food and other things of course

Edited 2016-04-12 06:51 (UTC)

BUT WHAT IF YOU *WANT* SOMETHING NEW? OR UNIQUE? THAT'S SO FUCKING STUPID, WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE HAIBANE RENMEI PEOPLE TO TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE.
ARE THERE EVER ANY EXCEPTIONS?

Then we can't get it, not unless it turns up in a used shop. Sometimes we get gifts from other Humans too.
and if there's anything we want, we can make it ourselves.
A lot of Haibane are glad with what they can get.
and the Haibane Renmei are uh
they're important, and they seem to know a lot about the Haibane.

Edited 2016-04-15 04:37 (UTC)

[...]

YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE, DO YOU.

It's not my fault! They're really mysterious.
they wear these long robes and speak with their hands most of the time.

[Speak with their... hands? Wait.]

LIKE SIGN LANGUAGE?

[Hadn't one of the Carloses used that? Oh right, he almost forgot; he doesn't give a fuck.]

I guess?
They would make these signs with their hands to speak to each other, so I guess you could call it a language.
There was only one person that could talk, he was the Communicator that watches over the Haibane.

[... wait.]

BUT THEY'RE ALL HAIBANE, TOO, RIGHT? THE ONES MAKING RULES FOR YOU ALL?

[....]

actually, they're a group of people called the Toga. Nobody knows who they are, so they're pretty special themselves.
and they seem to know more about the haibane then anyone else.

[.................]

SO THEY'RE
ARE THEY HUMAN? OR IS TOGA SOME OTHER SPECIES NAME

[She'd be shrugging if this were a video. But, alas.]

They look human
I guess
I said they wear these weird robes, and they cover their faces and everything. The Communicator wears this weird mask too, so I've never seen his face either.
I think Toga is just a name for them.

[... Haibane sure are weird.]

OK WELL
I GUESS IF IT WORKS THEN
FUCK. I STILL DON'T SEE HOW IT MAKES SENSE, BUT I GUESS THAT'S ALIENS FOR YOU.

There's a lot about my world that I still don't really understand.
I mean, it's only been a year or so since I came out of the cocoon.

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