...Why am I not surprised.

[The sound of sloshing water in the background. Slight static.]

Not again.

Quistis. Zell. Selphie. Dark. ...Caboose.

...safe?

Please. [His voice has an urgent tinge to it; seems like he's unaware the mic caught this last bit.]

Costumes and pumpkins. ...Not interested.

[private to Zell, Selphie, Quistis]

I need to speak with you. Meet me outside the forest.

This is too good to be true. ...Too many things have happened. I doubt this temporary amusement will last long.

Keep yourselves alert.

[private to Zell]
...Zell Dincht. Report your injuries.

Dark.

Meet me by the river.

Where...?

This isn't water -- Blood? ...It's mine.

...You should have just let me die.

[brief sloshing of water, and it disappears]

Bullet holes. Hyne, I'm hallucinating.

I hate you, Caboose.

[ooc: small text is muttered, second strike completely gone]

Irvine, Rinoa.

There's been... a bit of an emergency. I need to tend to that.

Escape at the first chance you get.

And Irvine... If you see Rinoa, please help to take care of her. I can't afford for her to Thank you.

[ooc: He won't reply anymore.]

[recorded not to his knowledge. labored breathing, slightly choked voice]

Walk out on me, why don't you all? Left me behind. Gone. Just gone. And I am supposed to deal. On my own. I hoped. I waited. Day after day I waited. I -

This is all just a game, isn't it. [soft, strange laugh] I've got better things to --

Shit Rinoa, stop trying to help me!

[ ( Read more... )

...A ship.

And I'm bunking with a stranger. ...Sora, or something. Uh, ...nice to meet you, I suppose. Just leave my things alone.

I don't know anything about that guy.

How do I get to the deck...?

No more dinosaurs.

I'm moving out.

Hn. Now I know what scientists are.

Irvine, have you found a place to stay...?

[Private to Zuko] We need to talk.