clawing oneself out of the abyss [voice post]

[mister_hatter]

[There is no video feed this time. Just the grind and grit of gravel shifting, the dripping sounds of water and Break's laughter. His voice misses 'merry' by a long shot. He sounds like he might be going into shock.]

What lovely, lovely, lovely hospitality.

[Whispering conspiratorially to the device. Every breath he takes hitches, catching in

Comments

[not_a_damn_dog]

You sound like a thousand miles of bad road, pal.

[mister_hatter]

Roads don't talk.

Well. Not usually.

[not_a_damn_dog]

Figure of speech.

[mister_hatter]

Ah. I see.

[not_a_damn_dog]

You okay?

[mister_hatter]

I might be as far from that as it is possible to be.

[not_a_damn_dog]

So...you need a pickup or somethin'?

[mister_hatter]

A pick up?

[not_a_damn_dog]

Assistance. Pullin' your ass outta' the fire.

[mister_hatter]

Would you do that for an utter stranger?

[not_a_damn_dog]

I'm bored and I need to walk around.

[private: unhackable]

[mister_hatter]

Then I'll send you my coordinates. What's your name?

Re: [private: unhackable]

[not_a_damn_dog]

Akira. Akira Inugami. One of the new local non-humans. Just kinda' got here in the last two days.

[private: unhackable]

[mister_hatter]

Well, Akira, it's nice to meet you. My name is Xerxes Break, and if you come get me I'll tell you everything you could want to know about Adstringendum.

Re: [private: unhackable]

[not_a_damn_dog]

Well, that'd be helpful. I'm good at trackin', so it shouldn't take long. I'll head out now.

[Takes off outside.]

So what happened to you? This is a bad time to mention, but I ain't medically trained.

[private: unhackable]

[mister_hatter]

Start at [x,y].

Someone decided to run a few experiments.