[The connection has been... Interrupted? By a video diary, of the past.]
[The nerd slowly sets up the camera, seeming dazed.]
???: My name...
[She pauses, as if fighting to use the words she wants.]
Ryckie: My name is Ryckie Anne Jones, my friends and I partnered together for a project on exploring other r-relaties.
[There's another longer pause.]
Ryckie: ... There's... There's been a few adverse affects... But I'm sure that they will fade. For example, [Redacted], was more paranoid then usual. I'm... I'm having difficulties using the language I want to, instead of Slanguage-
[She sighs at her own bad pun.]
Ryckie: Nothing particularly wild is happening, but, I did forget my name and friends when I travelled through and came back. And, I'm having some impulses to do some...
[She pauses again, trying to phrase it right.]
Ryckie: Braver? Risky? Tasks... Like, dyeing my hair, or getting my ears pierced. But nothing too bad.
Ryckie: I am... Keeping a log of all the effects, in case of emergency, and to see how they develop.
