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[headthataway]

[Jim is waking up, finally. He'd gone up as the night wore on, and was laying out on a ledge just wide enough to hold him, and a good distance off the ground. He lifts his head groggily and starts to roll over before realizing where he is and clutching back on the wall.]

So. Not a dream. Good to know.

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[substitute_toad]

. . . You don't need help getting down from there, do you?

[fran's just been wandering around, looking for food. and testing to see if his illusions do, in fact, work.]

[headthataway]

...I'm good. I got up here, I can get down.

[It's pretty warm up there, really. It's as good place to sleep as any, he guesses.]

[substitute_toad]

Alright then.

[he steps a little ways away, looking at the layout- yeah, he could see how you'd get up there.]

You sure that's a very safe place?

[headthataway]

[He's climbing down, now. It's just a swing and a jump!]

Worked for me, didn't it?

[substitute_toad]

I guess, but there was something out the~re. Sleeping at night seemed like a bad idea anywa~y.

[he looks at jim somewhat intently for a moment, then . . .]

You don't look crazy.

[headthataway]

I crashed at about dawn, I think. You have to sleep where you can.

[Something about this guy's speech patterns seem familiar -- Had he spoken to him last night? That's the problem with the masks. There's no way to tell who you met.]

[substitute_toad]

[you mean the name calling, jim? yep. you talked to him.]

Yeah? Guess so~ And it doesn't seem like they're gonna be hunting us down right now. My illusions are back, at least.

[headthataway]

[Well, damn. This is awkward.]

I think they're nocturnal.

[substitute_toad]

[maybe? well, it's not like you're that alone, right?]

Yeah? I guess they might be~ [it is hard to be awake twenty four seven.]

There are at least two kids running around though. Maybe three. And no one knows how they got here. I wouldn't be surprised if they were just following some weird rules.

[headthataway]

[That's true.]

Kids? Reslly?

[Jim's starting to like this place less and less.]

[substitute_toad]

Yeah. One of them suggested we got brought here- which I guess makes more sense than just ending up here, since no one seems to know how we got here.

[which is not a thought he likes at all. it's creepy. especially if they're just here to get eaten.]

[headthataway]

Yeah, I'm gonna bet that we got picked up by something. Next step is to figure out what.

[substitute_toad]

. . .Or just how to get away. Do you think we really have to find out what did it?

[you know. just. self-preservation instincts kicking in.]

[headthataway]

If we wanna make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else.

[substitute_toad]

. . . I guess that's true~ How much are we supposed to do though?

[i mean. they're kind of in the middle of a game of cat and mouse. . .and they're the mice.]

[headthataway]

Everything we can. That's how it works. it's not enough to get out alive -- You have to get rid of the bastards who started it. I might've been more keen on just getting out, but they took kids.

[Jim has a definite opinion on torturing and hunting kids, and it is not favorable.]