[Accidental Voice]

[priorpyro]

[Axel is sitting in the middle of the woods, and for once he's not wearing his trademark coat - or anything, really, besides a pair of black pants. Not even his boots. If he knew 'Marco' was recording him, he would be seriously pissed that the bird allowed him to be seen in such a vulnerable state.]

What now? You've got to be fucking kidding me...

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[apathetic_tune]

How should I know?

Did you just get here too?

[priorpyro]

[...now Axel realizes the crow is broadcasting, and he sits up a little straighter, scowling.]

...dammit, Marco...

...sorry, didn't realize I left the turkey on. Who is this? I don't recognize you.

[apathetic_tune]

You wouldn't. I've only been here two days.

Neku.

[priorpyro]

Axel. You might want to remember the name - last I checked, it was on Sheol's 'Most Wanted' list. [almost as an aside, he adds] ...wonder how that's coming along, anyway.

Two days, huh? Have you already gotten the unofficial debriefing?

$#%$#%^ Edit

[apathetic_tune]

Is that so?
[not sure what to make of that]
I've heard a lot of things. My best information comes from Sai. It still doesn't make sense, but I guess for now I have to go with it.

He means 'Cy' he's just spelling it wrong.

[priorpyro]

'Sai'? Who's that? Another new guy?

[apathetic_tune]

I don't think he was new. The guy with the tail. He was by the lake.

[priorpyro]

[That's a pretty unique profile, and Axel's able to piece it together easily enough, laughing]

Ohhhh, Cy. Right. My bad. Cy's my friend. I've been here for awhile - not as long as he has, but long enough. I just got done being dead. That'll teach me not to wear my coat when I get ambushed by monsters.

[he climbs to his feet, shivering visibly for the first time, and starts walking, the crow keeping pace in the low-hanging trees around him]

Neku, right...? Has anything interesting happened since you got here? Besides the 'waking up dead' bit.

[apathetic_tune]

{confused and not for the first time in two days]
What do you mean you got through being dead? I thought we already were. Monsters?

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I found out that my partner is here..one of them. And I've met a fish guy. And there's this luney toon going on about painting stuff black. And just people being themselves in general.

[distaste for other human beings is kind of apparent]

[priorpyro]

Well, we're dead - but we can be killed. Think of it like a - do you have video games where you're from? Game Over, Continue... only in this case, we don't get a choice about the 'continue' part. The Reaper brings us back regardless. It's an endless loop as near as I can tell.

Your 'partner', huh...? Who might that be?

[apathetic_tune]

Yeah we have those...funny you should mention 'games'. Only instead of restarting, we were erased. There wasn't a coming back.

His name is Joshua.