Day 50; Phone call to everyone

[straightupchief]

Straight up!

If you hear laughter?

Run.

The chief fucked it up, man! He couldn't do it! The past isn't dead! And it's gonna come down on us!

I'm talking straight - Heaven Smile are loose! If you can't see 'em, run! If you can't kill 'em, run!

Most of all - don't let 'em get close!

Straight up, repeating - you hear laughter, run!

Comments

[moralperil]

Heaven Smile? I don't... I don't understand. What am I watching out for?

[straightupchief]

Not watching! Listening! Most of you aren't gonna be able to see 'em pop out in full color, man.

But if you can, well shit, you'll know 'em, straight up! Bright colors. No skin. And you'll know 'em the moment you hear that laughter.

So forget about your eyes! The moment the laughter starts? You get the hell away from it!

Straight up, life or death, man!

[moralperil]

[He is trying to follow this and he is mostly failing.]

W-wait.

What does 'straight up' mean?

[straightupchief]

Straight up - it means straightforward, honest, no pretensions! It means what it means! The situation here is life or death, straight up! No bullshit!

So. Listen. Fucking. Carefully. I'm talking very straight here. Hardly a thing to be confused by.

Don't look for Heaven Smile. They're invisible bombs, and unless you can see things people can't, you ain't gonna spot 'em. Listen for 'em. When you hear the laughter, and the footsteps you can't place? Run.

If you have to fight, straight up, keep your distance!

[coffeecoffeetea]

Alright, alright, I get it already. It's not like we're all idiots.

[Have an annoyed Nikki.]

[straightupchief]

Straight up, better idiots than dead. Cuz I don't think most of you are ready for that journey.

'Sides, don't think you can see 'em, man, 'less you got the proper eyes. And I figure you don't!

[He too mellow to care, man.]

[coffeecoffeetea]

...

I am not an idiot, nor am I ready to die, so considered me covered.

[straightupchief]

You are cocky as hell, though. And that kind of thing can be just as bad as being an idiot. That kind of shit'll get you fucked, straight up. It happens to everyone.

Piss and vinegar, man. It doesn't matter right now. Not like it ever truly matters. You just gotta stay alive long enough to get off the circle.

I gotta repeat the point, man, even when it's obvious because no one believes, and only one person takes me seriously.

Let's talk straight - I'm pretty ridiculous.

But the king had to listen to the fool, cuz he's the only one who could spit the truth.

[And a small laugh. Despite everything, he seems to be in an alright mood]

[ofthepromise]

... Heaven Smile?

[straightupchief]

Heaven Smile. Walking bombs! Invisible, though. But they always laugh before moving in for the kill.

No rhyme or reason, straight up.

[possiblycantdie]

Heaven Smiles?

[straightupchief]

What I said. People who are bombs! Got nothing to do but try to blow you up, and themselves with it!

[possiblycantdie]

And how would you suggest that we do kill them?

[straightupchief]

Same way you kill anything! Shoot 'em, cut 'em, crush 'em, whatever gets the job done! But they aren't dead till they explode into blood! They keep coming if they can move at all.

Problem is, if you don't got the right eyes, they're a mirage at best. So use your ears, and listen for the laughter - and the footsteps! So keep your distance.

[halftheduet]

Laughter, sir?

[He's been on a ship this last night, tending to a patient with a severe chill. Any new activity in the town, he's yet unaware of.]

And... [He really doesn't think such a thing could exist, so forgive the skepticism in his voice.] How are we to run from something that we cannot see? Or keep something we cannot see at a distance?

[straightupchief]

Listen for the laughter. Listen for the footsteps. You have to use your ears instead of your eyes.

Maybe you can catch the glimpse of a mirage, but I still wouldn't be counting on those retinas. Run from the footsteps and the laughter - they always announce themselves with that damn laugh.

They're easy enough to pinpoint if you can hear the footsteps, and then throw, shoot, whatever at them. Straight up.

[halftheduet]

How is that...

How is that even possible?

Camouflage?

[straightupchief]

The God Hand can do a lot of things, man. Best not to worry about the 'how' to the Smile. Gotta keep your head on not getting wiped out!