[ day || accidental video ]

[paintthatwagon]

[ *CLANG* *BANG* *--THUD

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[video]

[daienkai]

[Man you don't look so good, so have a concerned stare.]

Hey! Are you okay there?

[paintthatwagon]

[ WHOA, hello there random voice. How you doin?

After looking around again briefly, Zack reaches for the phone and sees the unfamiliar man. Uh... ]

Not gonna lie-- [ he winces ] I've been better.

[daienkai]

[He's doing well buddy. Unlike you it'd seem.]

Do you need a hand? I'll come find you if you want; most of us wake up in Promenade in pretty good shape.

[paintthatwagon]

Promenade?

Uh...yeah. Help would be nice. Not entirely sure where I am though so I don't think I can give directions.

[daienkai]

It's a dream city that we all woke up in. Oh have you got a mask? You should put that on before any of the locals spot you.

[The PORTAL is jostled around as Ace pulls his own mask on and heads out the door.]

What can you see nearby?

[paintthatwagon]

Dream city? I thought you weren't suppose to feel pain in dreams--

Uh...I think there's a mask on the table. I'm in some weird room I've never seen before with a mirror.

[daienkai]

It doesn't really work the same way. You can dream up things that you want within reason but it's just like being in the real world. You feel pain, you get tired, hungry and thirsty. During the day you wear a mask, at night you lose yourself but you can hear thoughts.

[Just roll with it okay? It's easier if you do.]

Oh. [He pulls his mask off and sits down again.] That's your room here then. It's got a mirror that you can see your own world in, almost as if you were there. There should be people in your house too, just varies between houses.

[paintthatwagon]

Yeah...this isn't what I was expecting at all when I -- [ Damn, son. he really died. ]

[ Weird...okay. ]

Maybe one of them heard my graceful entrance.

[daienkai]

Everything okay? What happened for you to get all the-- [he'll just be gesturing, not thinking about friends back at Marineford.]

Hopefully one who'll volunteer to help rather than tell you off for making too much noise. [A smile is offered because it's better than nothing right?] I'm Ace, Portgas D. Ace.

[paintthatwagon]

The price of freedom is steep, you know. [ HOPEFULLY HE'LL GET THAT. ] I had a few things worth protecting back home...

I can only hope. I'm Zack Fair.

[daienkai]

I know, trust me, I really know that one. [WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE WILLING TO DIE TO PROTECT HIM?]

If no one shows up, I'm not a doctor but I can come over and help you get to one.

[paintthatwagon]

[ BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SELFLESS SOMETIMES. ] Glad someone gets it.

'ppreciate it. I think one of my new neighbors is coming down.

[daienkai]

[DAMN SELFLESS PEOPLE BAWW.] Yeah but no one really wants to get it.

Best of luck to you; once you're less bloody I'll come by and say hey.

[paintthatwagon]

Kind of a hard concept for most, I guess.

Thanks. 'Look forward to it.