VIDEO and TEXT. post-siren.
[the image snaps into focus relatively fast, clear and centered on a table, a heat lamp and tiny winged reptile. the tiny winged reptile's curled up under the heat lamp on top of the table, seemingly unfettered and contentedly asleep.]
[and if you thought a video picture meant there would finally be something from him that wasn't text, said text starts appearing below it. (like subtitles! only without the fun mismatched mouth movements.)]
Three days.Two sooty shoes.
One two missing socks.
One ruined couch arm.
Two ruined table legs.
Fifteen scratches.
Six bites.
[there's a pause, as the text scrolls along the bottom of the video. then --]
I was thinking about naming it Keith, but that might turn out too cruel.
[a pause.]
Oh. Yesterday, it was ten months. That's a bit sad: I almost made it a year without making an animal entry.
Well, too late now. I suppose I should also be able to say that I've tried the side exits at least twice before a year's up [- and he wants to see if the Pull really did effect animals the same as people -] so would anyone here have access to a boat?
Actually.
Does anyone come from a world that's completely desert? Or completely mechanical? With more newcomers arriving-- how many versions of Earth are we up to?
[and if you thought a video picture meant there would finally be something from him that wasn't text, said text starts appearing below it. (like subtitles! only without the fun mismatched mouth movements.)]
Three days.Two sooty shoes.
One two missing socks.
One ruined couch arm.
Two ruined table legs.
Fifteen scratches.
Six bites.
[there's a pause, as the text scrolls along the bottom of the video. then --]
I was thinking about naming it Keith, but that might turn out too cruel.
[a pause.]
Oh. Yesterday, it was ten months. That's a bit sad: I almost made it a year without making an animal entry.
Well, too late now. I suppose I should also be able to say that I've tried the side exits at least twice before a year's up [- and he wants to see if the Pull really did effect animals the same as people -] so would anyone here have access to a boat?
Actually.
Does anyone come from a world that's completely desert? Or completely mechanical? With more newcomers arriving-- how many versions of Earth are we up to?