♂ 01 | video | daytime

[ambitionroad]

[Ethan takes a breath and turns on the feed, scrubbing a hand over his face before he remembers the mask, throwing up his hoodie as he fidgets. What can he even say to figments of his imagination? He feels crazy before he even opens his mouth.]

It was a car wreck wasn't it? I don't even have a car, but someone dies from a car accident every 13

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[whatdowesayto]

You're in Promenade.

[ A pause. ]

What's a car?

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[ambitionroad]

.. You're kidding right?

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[whatdowesayto]

No.

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[ambitionroad]

It's... a mechanical carriage. Vroom vroom?

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[mitzigaynor]

Oh no, darling, I know it seems like some purgatory right out of the Twilight Zone, but you're just sleeping. or awake, I don't think it matters too much, it's been a hell of a vacation so far, you'll get used to it.

[She wiggles her fingers hello in greeting.]

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[ambitionroad]

So I am in a coma. [Just kind of blinks, trying to cover his obvious reaction to Kitten's appearance. But then he realizes the mask already has that covered.] Good to know, I guess, even if it doesn't matter.

This kind of really sucks.

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[mitzigaynor]

Well, I suppose you might be, but I'm certainly not in a coma, haven't strangled in years, actually, and it's been months since a bomb last went off in my face.

[Her laugh is fluttery, a little falsetto and fake.]

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[ambitionroad]

So what'd you do to wind up here, if not a coma?

[ofinsurrectum]

You were not hit by a car.

[ambitionroad]

Uh-huh. And how would you know?

[ofinsurrectum]

You would be in a considerable amount of pain if that were the case.

[ambitionroad]

Great. Thanks for that.

So, what are you - some kind of asshole?

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[limu_o_pele]

It's possible, I guess. We do have some dead people here. But most of us are still alive.

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[ambitionroad]

Comforting.

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[limu_o_pele]

Sorry, looks like I opened with the wrong welcome pack. [She smiles slightly.] I don't know if I can do comforting, but we can try pragmatic. What's the last thing you remember?

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[ambitionroad]

[He smiles, a little lopsidedly.] I was in lab, at school. And I can do pragmatic.

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[sun_droplet]

Has someone told you about the mask yet?

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[ambitionroad]

[Sobs she's too adorable to be rude to.]

Something about a queen, but that's as far as I got. [he tugs at his a little - it's itchy :(]

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[sun_droplet]

Well, this is the City of Dreams, so if you dream about something, it'll appear. But not everything. Just small things.

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[ambitionroad]

[He snaps his fingers and a cigarette appears.] Like that? [And then he can't help but smile a little bit, producing a lighter a second later and tagging a drag. Amazing how nicotine can improve one's mood.]