(Voice)

[sword_of_k]

(There is the sound of someone clearing his throat above the microphone, stifled, as though perhaps a hand is being held over the speaker. A slight sound might indicate that the fingers were removed

Comments

[loli_priest]

Sadly, no one seems to know what caused us to wake up here.

[sword_of_k]

Distressing. So I take it that our captivity is not strictly a physical one.

[loli_priest]

What do you mean?

It is as you see it. No one has discovered the reason for our being here so far.

[sword_of_k]

What is the duration of the captivity? Who has been here the longest?

[a pause, then a chuckle]

I would have not imagined the dead to be so technologically advanced...

[loli_priest]

A day? A month? Forever? Hard to say!

Odd, isn't it? I've spoken to a spirit over this very radio.

[sword_of_k]

So these communicators are not strictly for us, either. I should have expected.

I cannot help but wonder if they are being used to spread our collective fears more than keeping us together. An illusion of unity.

[loli_priest]

I've done what I can to keep others calm. But that will only be temporary.

[sword_of_k]

You suspect something will happen to shatter that calm?

It's happened before?

[loli_priest]

Now and again something disturbs the calm. Some pranks are more frightening than others.

[sword_of_k]

You view their behaviors as pranks? It seems that some of the others believe them to be more malicious.

[loli_priest]

Many of the spirits appear as children. I think some of the things that happen are more their idea of fun.

Not that it makes it easier on us trying to survive here.

[sword_of_k]

No, but it does change the dimension of what we are trying to deal with here.

[loli_priest]

Yes. They're not all malicious.

[sword_of_k]

That is good to know. But not all pranks are innocent, either.