1st Standoff ☆ Video

[cactusnwhiskey]

[The feed suddenly comes on to a man dressed in absolutely garish cowboy gear, from his five-gallon hat to his leather boots with spurs. The only thing that seems strange about his attire is that underneath the poncho he's wearing is unmistakably a police uniform. He seems frustrated with his NV, because he's mumbling to himself as he tries to mess

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[axemeaquestion]

.... [WOW AND SHE THOUGHT GEORGIA WAS BAD.

Let's try and get his attention.]

Hey, uh. You! Cowpoke!

Permavideo 'til Jake messes it up

[cactusnwhiskey]

[Jake sees a woman pop up on the screen.]

You're real, ain'tcha? Not some "program" or nothin'?

Permavideo

[axemeaquestion]

Not since last I checked. You're new, I'm guessing.

[cactusnwhiskey]

[Out of instinct, he tips his hat.]

Yes ma'am, guess I am... "new" to these parts.

[axemeaquestion]

Alright, John Wayne. What's your name?

[cactusnwhiskey]

Name's Jacob Marshall. Everybody calls me Jake.

And you, bambina?

[axemeaquestion]

Jacob, huh? I knew a Jacob, once. Good to meet you, Jake. The name's Rochelle. You can call me Ro.

You're--well, you're ONE of, the first people we've had around here in a while. Has somebody already explained this place to you, yet?

[cactusnwhiskey]

Pleased ta make yer acquaintance, miss Ro.

Told me it's 2011. And that "SERO" guy told me about this "Envy" and a "Core" but he wasn't that good at explainin'.

[axemeaquestion]

Doesn't sound like he was. What'd he say?

[cactusnwhiskey]

That the Core dragged me here, and that I needed to take this "Envy" because it was important...

... and then he asked me a buncha questions which I'm not sure I want to answer. So I asked him if I could step aside for a moment t'get my bearings.

[axemeaquestion]

Well, that's half right. We could answer the rest of your questions, I guess.

[cactusnwhiskey]

That depends. I got plenty of questions to toss at ya.

[axemeaquestion]

Shoot.

[cactusnwhiskey]

From what I could get from that dogie over there, whatever this Core thing is dragged me here. Where exactly is "here"?

And then he said something about a Pull keepin' me on this island.

[axemeaquestion]

It's CALLED Sirens Port... it is an island, though, he's right about that part.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Siren's Port... huh. [He mulls it over a bit.]

And nobody's tried to make it quit? That Pull thing?