[ When the tablet turns on it reveals the obviously perplexed expression of a perhaps, familiar to some, face. He'd been walking for awhile, after coming off the boat. Trying his radio, but it had been to no avail- so he'd turned to the only device left after noticing it had audio, video and text functions. Figured if he wasn't having luck with his
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You couldn't be farther from Kansas if you tried. Welcome to hades.
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Look, I've had some weird dreams, but this is starting to toe the line.
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It's not a dream. More a - dimension-spanning kidnapping ring and torture arena piloted by a pair of rogue divinities.
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[ He hopes ]
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All right fine. Say I was willing to buy what you're saying, then why the hell are we here? Last I checked I was still alive and shooting.
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[ And then a pause. ]
You can't be serious. Hecate? [ There has to be a more logical explanation for this.]
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[He smiles a little tightly.]
Oh, I am deadly serious, Agent Redfield. Whether the identities our captors lay claim to is objectively true or not does remain up for debate, but even if you dismiss the possibility out of hand, the fact remains that that's how they've made themselves known.
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So say I bite. How do you know they're the real deal? I've seen a lot of strange things, but this is starting to take the cake. [ Mass delusions? He doesn't even know. ]
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[He pauses.]
Consider them sufficiently advanced aliens, if you'd like. Or elder things, or a very bad trip. All you really need to know is that they are powerful, dangerous, and capricious.
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[ He's heard a lot from 'Gods' in his time, all right. Probably too much. ]
Powerful, dangerous and capricious, I can buy. Sounds like someone I used to know. [ And then he shot him in the face with a rocket. ]
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