ninth splice // video (day)

[corpsecakes]

[The feed clicks on to a very young boy with messy brown hair staring uncertainly, almost fearfully into the camera. There's something that looks off about this kid, but just what precisely is difficult to tell...]

Papa Suchong? Ma- Doctor Tenenbaum? [He waits for a moment.] I... I don't know where this is. I don't remember how I got here, but I'm

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[demi_mort]

[You're kind of weird, kid.]

The ocean is outside, silly.

[Come on dude, how do you not know this.]

[corpsecakes]

Why can't I see it anywhere? It's so bright...

[Wait a minute.] Who are you?

[demi_mort]

[She shrugs.]

I dunno. Maybe you aren't near it yet. It's really pretty here.

I'm Hel. Who are you?

[corpsecakes]

It's...pretty? [That puzzles him. The ocean to him is a dark, murky thing, great and vast, illuminated only by the many lights of Rapture, groaning and weighing down upon and high ceilings and paned windows of the only buildings he's ever known. The most he's seen of it was during a brief passage through a Securis vault, where only a layer of glass and metal ribs separated him from its depths.] Is it...different here?

[He hesitates. He's been warned again and again not to talk to strangers, especially not to give his name to them, but...well, she's not an adult, so how can it hurt?] I'm Jack.

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[theothervessel]

...Where did the ocean go?

[What.]

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[corpsecakes]

There's no water or fish or anything out there! [Why is everyone else acting like this is normal?]

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[theothervessel]

...Did you live in the ocean? Are you a mermaid that grew legs?

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[corpsecakes]

I'm not a mermaid! I live in Rapture! [Doesn't everyone?]

[pinnaculum]

[This young boy has silver-white hair and green cat eyes, and is wearing a medical mask.]

You too have been removed from your laboratory by unknown parties. You are not the only one in this situation.

My research indicates that you will not be able to locate your researchers.

[corpsecakes]

My... You mean Papa Suchong and... [Oh, no. His eyes widen.] Who would want to take me away from them?

[pinnaculum]

I do not know, but I have been removed from the professor's care. Now I am unattended in an unfamiliar location.

If you are a valuable research subject, some might wish to abduct you for their own studies, or for monetary gain.

[corpsecakes]

[That only frightens him even more.] If I've been a-abducted... What's gonna happen to me? What are they gonna do?

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[mitzigaynor]

Hello, darling, are you lost? I can come keep you company, if you like.

[All these precious bitties. She wants to mother them all.]

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[corpsecakes]

[An adult who isn't the doctors Suchong or Tenenbaum, or even Mr. Fontaine - that's new to him, and for a moment he looks even more afraid.]

I-I don't know how I got here... Who are you?

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[mitzigaynor]

My name is Patricia Braden.

[The friendliest of smiles.]

We all wake up here under strange circumstances, but you mustn't be frightened.

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[corpsecakes]

[The smile seems to calm him down a bit, as does the conclusion he draws.]

All... There are other people from Rapture here, too? ... Are you from Rapture? [Though she doesn't sound like anyone he's heard in Rapture. Yet.]

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[stand_witness]

[ Sweet merciless Primus. This is worse than that panic-inducing toxin. Little fleshlings everywhere for no apparent reason.
Though giving out useful data is good? Just be stalking these posts, then. ]