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[starspangledhero]

[ There's some fumbling as the video turns on, giving only a view of crumpled sheets, then a messy room. In the background is some slightly labored breathing, like the person recording has been running (or stumbling) around. The view stays skewed, facing a corner of the bedroom as America talks. ]

Aha! Finally found it! Okay. Man that took a while, haha! Someone decided to turn out the lights on the world. Ain't the first time in my life, and good thing is that this time it's not gas or bullets or pencils or nothing to make it hurt, but I gotta say that feelin' your way around is a helluva lot harder when you've only got one hand to do it with.

...Shit. Just realized. This think on voice recorder mode? If I'm talking when I should be writing–

[ The video switches over to voice, where some muttering can be heard, then text. ]

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[ Then back to video. Now it's facing America. He looks frustrated, but his gaze is blank, eyes staring off into nowhere. ]

–nd when I make mine it'll have voice control. No, better, it'll have something that'll talk back to you so you know that you're talking into it, and it'll be in a pleasant lady's voice.

[ SIGH. Then his frustrated expression flickers to something more vulnerable, almost like a nine year old that's afraid of the dark but too proud to go to his parents for reassurance. ]

...Anyone out there?

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[Video]

[starspangledhero]

[ At first it looks like nothing's amiss. His eyes are the same clear blue, the limited lighting of the apartment is flickering. But in the glow of the communicator screen, it's obvious that America isn't looking directly at the screen. He's estimating where it is. Those blue eyes are staring blankly at a place a little left of the screen. Every once in a while his eyes role and his gaze flits around in random patterns––not like he's following something off screen, but like he's looking for something.

Anything. ]

Uh, I meant the lights in my corneas. Someone went in there and flipped the switch to "OFF."

[Video]

[hullonurse]

[Sighs.] You twit, just say that instead of being an idiot about it.

[Video]

[starspangledhero]

[ pout ]

I'm not! It's just awkward to say "hey bro I'm blind dunno why." Er, sis? I dunno. Point is, you should've known what I was saying in the first place!