01 - I Believe in Second Chances

[imjustpicky]

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Re: phone;

[imjustpicky]

[Oh no.

OH NO. He had ALWAYS SUSPECTED THIS.]

I won't! I totally won't eat the oatmeal!

[Why shouldn't he trust the voice on the phone? It was trying to be helpful!]

What else should I know? What else?

phone; oh man, oh man oh man....

[imjustpicky]

[Poor Picky. Poor, trusting Picky.]

What? Bugged?!

[There's the sound of a lot of flailing around on the other end. And some flapping. And some stomping. And then, the voice of an irritated drone-mom.]

"Picky! Put your clothes back on this instant!"

...o-okay.

[And there is more rustling. And additional delay. Until finally, the kid speaks again.]

I-I think I got all the bugs out.

phone; it's terrible but it's FUNNY. Funny makes it better!

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I can play along. I'm really good at that.

[With the kind of real parents he had, back home? He was good at managing other people's expectations and giving them what they wanted, if it meant he'd be left unpunished.]

So... just... I mean, who're you? Why're you helping me?

phone;

[imjustpicky]

Oh. Okay.

What do you mean, stuck? Is there a roadblock? We're not allowed to leave town?

[He's gullible, but not dumb. Questions are coming to him, and answers would be good.]

phone;

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Woah, really? You'll just... come back around again?

[And suddenly, he sounds excited.]

I have to see this! Cool! [Yes, yes, let's worry about "being trapped" later, it'll sink in and make sense after testing the full limits of this place...]

phone;

[imjustpicky]

So you can't fly out? Or what if you dig? They had to get us in, so we have to be able to get out...

[Oh, youthful optimism and enthusiasm...]

[imjustpicky]

I bet I'll have a lot of time after school!

[He really wants to see at least some of this nonsense for himself...]