I.

[followthevoices]

Say, that man in the armour. What is he? SOLDIER or soldier? Either way, considering he let me leave his laboratory, I doubt I'll have much need of a bodyguard, here.

Not that I'm entirely sure where here is. Another world, the Planet says. Not my own. Earth, is it? You know, I once dreamt I was taken to another world, dressed in green, but still

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[grenadeball]

when you hit the numbers
i can't hear you
when you speak into the phone
i can't hear you
when you yell over the movie and shake my shoulder
i can't hear you

am i ignoring you, or am i deaf
am i holding you back at arms length
are you really here
or am i just dead
and slipping through what is left

we'll split a chicken
but i won't see you
we'll run into each other
but i won't notice you
and you'll slide
your finger inside
of me, where time goes by and by
the earth spins round the whole while
i'm hot and hard
i'll be sweating for at least a mile
you'll put a second finger in
but still
i won't feel you

so dial down the numbers
yell over the phone
shove me and shake me
but for whatever reason
lost to you and me
i won't hear you

[followthevoices]

You know, usually I find human language at lot more coherent than this. But thank you for replying, regardless.

[grenadeball]

the hard bitter stuff is best

no sours

no sweets

and never any fucking lemonade

shit will rot your brain

[followthevoices]

Lemonade always was too expensive to import, anyway.

[wristcutting]

It happens here, on occasion.

Do you require assistance?

[followthevoices]

Oh. That's good to know, I suppose.

Hm-I'm not sure how much you could help me. I mean, we're stuck here, aren't we? Not that the soldier was particularly helpful, but wouldn't we just end up going in circles?

[wristcutting]

While there is no known way out, I am able to navigate this city.

[followthevoices]

I see. Then perhaps you can tell me where best to go. I don't mind sleeping under the sky, but it might be a good idea if I bought some weapons.

[maskedbadass]

If he is a soldier, his sense of duty has been warped by circumstance indeed.

Where are you located?

[followthevoices]

I understand that much, but I wondered how he ranked. I've met corrupted SOLDIERs before, you know.

Hm, I couldn't say for sure. I ran until I was out of breath, and then stopped when I came across a park.

[maskedbadass]

SOLDIER, as opposed to soldier?

Which could be one of many parks, without seeing it. Ah - there is a feature that allows you to turn on video recording on the device -- [pretend there's instructions here]

[followthevoices]

You don't have SOLDIERs here? Oh! SOLDIERs are the elite fighters, the leaders-living legends, really. Or, so they hope to be. But things don't always work out as you plan, do they?

Hm. [there's static for a moment, and then the video flickers to life. She's laying against the grass, the comm held up with both hands, camera pointed down at her] Did that do it? [turns the camera around so that a clear view of her surroundings is given-let's pretend there's some sort of recognisable landmark nearby]

[voice]

[igotsawarhammer]

I once had a dream where I dressed up as an elf and went far away to a magical land, to infiltrate the elf base, to turn off the shields, to allow the dwarves to break in, so that they could take over the cookie business, because the elves had taken that job from them way back in the beginning, but they didn't really, because the dwarves and the elves traded, it was official, and then there was fighting, and they made up, and Mushookies were born, and then I woke up, but it turned out it actually happened.

[followthevoices]

[followthevoices]

Hello! Who are you?

[voice]

[igotsawarhammer]

I'm Billy. What's your name?

Yay finally people Axel recognizes! Except not

[fuego_bailando]

Yeah, this place is pretty different from Hollow Bastion, but its not so bad.

[followthevoices]

Any city of this size without a metal plate blocking the sun ranks a little above “not so bad,” I think!

I'm afraid I don't know any Hollow Bastion, though.

[voice] lol Quinton Flynn

[fuego_bailando]

... Really?

Thought that's where you lived, along with Leon and all those guys.

[followthevoices]

Lived? I'm sorry, I've been dead for a very long time. Maybe I just remind you of somebody else.