Day 20 - Communicator to Everyone

[drowningtadpole]

[The voice over the line is kind, if...more than a little alarmed and confused.]

...Um...hey.

Has...anyone else noticed that...it feels like we're upside down?

Maybe we should...be trying to figure this out? I mean, I don't see anything out there, but...what if...what if this place just starts...falling?

Comments

[jumpingjovial]

Um...

Don't panic? We're currently in a void, so even if we fell anywhere, we wouldn't really collide with anything.

[drowningtadpole]

I...I guess you're right about that. I just don't know what to think about all of this.

Is...is the boss really still missing?

[jumpingjovial]

Yes. I can't find him anywhere, and I'm getting really worried.

Have you seen anything at all?

[drowningtadpole]

Me?

Um...no, not...really. I've been staying away from the mirrors, like everyone's been saying to do....

He can't have...left, right? I mean, we're...in the middle of nowhere, where could he go?

[jumpingjovial]

That's good. Um...

No, he's still in the Carnival, somewhere. But it might be somewhere we can't get to because the Carnival itself doesn't want us to.

[drowningtadpole]

Oh.

Um...well...if...if you can't find him by tomorrow...do you want me to help you look? I'd be more useful at that then at knife-throwing, I bet....

[jumpingjovial]

I'd really appreciate that.

You're here as a knife thrower? Well, I bet as long as you practice, you'll get better. We haven't had one in a long time, but I always thought that knife throwers were really cool.

[drowningtadpole]

Okay. I'll...I'll go looking tomorrow.

...Really? I mean, my only experience with knife throwing...was....

...

Not...good.

[jumpingjovial]

Oh. Um... Well, if you start at the bottom, the only way to go from there is up. [ Juniper tries to sound encouraging, but he's still a bit unsure.]

[drowningtadpole]

Well, that's....true. Thank you, um...I'm...sorry, who are you? My name is Tamara.

[jumpingjovial]

I'm Juniper. I did the morning announcement today.

[drowningtadpole]

Juniper.

Okay, well...thank you. For the kind words. I hope I can help find him.

[jumpingjovial]

I hope so too. Thanks for offering to help. I'm pretty sure most people don't empathize at all with Carnie being missing because they think he's the bad guy here, but he's not.

[drowningtadpole]

Well...most people...don't see things like I do, I guess.

Sure, there are a lot of vultures in the world, but....

...Very few people are...really REALLY the bad guys.