#ojs lockdown

I: one of the characters is a famous blogger/vlogger

"Fifty-one thousand people, though. Fifty-one thousand."

"I know, I'm looking at the same screen as you, darling."

"That doesn't... Perplex you?"

"What, that people are watching Arthur's videos?"

"In their droves. And they're not slideshows of calming landscapes set to tinkly music, either. It's actually him, talking at the camera."

"It doesn't perplex me in the slightest."

"Now you're just disagreeing on purpose."

"Would I ever? Don't answer that. No, I just don’t think it's that surprising. In times like these..."

"Oh, don't, Herc, you sound like a condescending bank advert—"

X: ball

Arthur threw Snoopadoop's ball to the end of the garden, then turned back to the screen. "Sorry, Martin. What's that?"

"I said, I bet Snoop's enjoying having you both at home so much."

"Yeah! At first she was a bit confused, though. She kept on bringing me my hat."

"I'm surprised she can lift it."

There came a chuckle from Douglas's panel of the video call. "And that’s coming from the strongest neck in the industry!”

At that moment, Snoopadoop came bounding back without the ball. "Where is it?" Arthur asked.

IX: expedition

Arthur! sent a photo

Arthur!: Look who I saw on my walk!

Herc: I’m trying, at least...

Arthur!: Yes, it’s a bit blurry, sorry. I was waving while I was taking it, and we didn’t go any closer than this. It’s Karl from ATC.

FO Crieff: Ah, now that you say that, I can see it’s him. Good old Karl.

DR: Is my screen broken? Did Martin just say ‘good old Karl’?

FO Crieff: What? I didn’t not like him. Besides, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all that. I even miss you, Douglas. Sometimes.

VI: revolution

Carolyn: Here’s one... Le Miserable.

Arthur!: Aw, what’s up, Mum? I thought I hadn’t heard you thump for a while.

Carolyn: What?

Carolyn: Oh. No, you prawn, it’s an Isolation Film.

Arthur!: Aaaaah!

FO Crieff: Sorry, can we backtrack - you haven’t heard her ‘thump’..?

Arthur!: On the wall. It’s how we communicate.

FO Crieff: Right. Of course.

Arthur!: What’s it about, anyway? That Miserable film?

Wendy: I remember there being lots of singing. Isn’t it set during the French Revolution? xx

Herc: Technically it’s the June Rebellion, a little bit later on. But yes - French.