voice --> video.

[francophonic]

[First, there is voice.]

... you're not even picking up, aren't you. [huff] Fine, I'll just leave this here--

[There is the pressing of a few more buttons, and the video flickers on to reveal a pair of violet eyes and blond hair framing a young face. He looks exasperated. Then again, most new arrivals usually do. This one really isn't any

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video;

[quackery]

This is your island?

video;

[francophonic]

[.................. has Alfred been kidnapping children again]

Ah, yeah. It is. Do you like it here?

video;

[quackery]

Then do you know how we can get home?

Um, it's okay, except the monsters and the violence...

video;

[francophonic]

Ferry, probably. It feels like it's just off-shore of British Columbia. I bet Alfred could even swim across it.

And just ignore the 'monsters'. He's really big on the special effects.

video;

[quackery]

If there were ferries I would have taken one already!

They aren't special effects.

video;

[francophonic]

Then, how did you get here?

And don't believe the junk he tells you. No matter how real they look, they're just special effects. I mean, there's no such thing as actual monsters.

video;

[quackery]

I just woke up here, like you! Except it isn't my island.

The junk who tells me? I don't know an Alfred.

video;

[francophonic]

Then ask your mother. Or your father. It doesn't work like that.

video;

[quackery]

They aren't here.

video;

[francophonic]

Alfred, you really have been kidnapping kids again, haven't you.

video;

[quackery]

Who's Alfred?