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[blindedmewith]

This place is creepy. And big. And on fire.

Mr. Stoneface, I don't think the things you're teaching me are going to help much here, though if anything with goolies attacks me I'll definitely kick it in them. I did get some things for the Watch before the mall changed, though.

[A minute later, this gooey splat appears]

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[stonyfaced]

Are you alone? I'm teaching you to defend yourself against human humanoid assaults, not big flapping things, and I don't fancy hearing about you losing your leg trying to kick a beast in the nadgers.

[blindedmewith]

I am right now. I've got directions to the elevator, though, so maybe I can find someone to come back with me along the way.

It's not nice here at all.

[stonyfaced]

If you don't find somebody soon, tell me, and I'll go fetch you. From what I've heard, it isn't a good place to stay too long at, and certainly not alone.

No. The Wilderness seldom is. If something comes at you that you can do so, I say try to outrun it.

[blindedmewith]

I will! I want to go home--I was just making one more shopping trip when it changed. I got some things for the Watch.

[stonyfaced]

Oh. Right.

[Slight pause--he had read that part but was momentarily derailed by an untrained teenage girl wandering around what others have called Hell.]

What did you pick up?

[blindedmewith]

You saw the Wilderness when it was a mall, right? Well, it turns out they had a security office! There were a lot of things the Watch could use. Not me, because I'm an investigator, but the rest of us.

[stonyfaced]

No, I didn't see that. I suppose I should have taken a closer look. You can tell me more about what you've got once you're safely out of... whatever the hell the Wilderness happens to be right nwo.

[blindedmewith]

It was pretty tucked away. I guess they want people to spend money in the stores more than anything else.

Cara's on her way, so I should get out soon!