AUDIO;

[poisonousflame]

[For a voice that's never been heard on the network, this guy sounds awfully casual. There's no trace of confusion, irritation, fear, excitement, urgency.... Either he shows up in strange places every day, or he's just not phased.]

So. Who's in a place they're not supposed to be? Let's get a show of hands.

Comments

text;

[manipul8trix]

Sorry, dude. You're shit out of luck!!!!!!!!
Every8ody here is exactly where they are supposed to 8e. This is our home!
No interdimensional shenanigans 8ullshit involved.
In fact, we were all hatched and raised here 8y our various lusus or adult guardians or whatever.
All of us!
8ut not you, apparently. Which means you're an intruder.
8etter a8scond, mystery douche8ag! Or the culling squad will 8e right there to end your shit! ::::O

audio;

[poisonousflame]

[Oh. 8s in place of Bs. HUH. Maybe they put Bs in place of 8s, too.]

No interdimensional shenanigans, huh? Boy, is my face red.

[What is 'sincerity', really?]

Imagine, stomping into someone's hatching-ground without even realizing it.

text;

[manipul8trix]

[Oh, hey, someone who's not seriousfacing and stonewalling her trolling attempts! Sweet!]

8lushing red? Then you're a human!
Or a vile hideous mut8ted freak of nature.
May8e 8oth! :::;D
8ut man, you're soooooooo not helping your case here.
Any humans unfortun8 enough to stum8le upon the sacred hatching grounds get eaten!!!!!!!!
Run, strange human 8oy! May8e you will reach the 8rooding caverns with your fragile 8ody still intact!

audio;

[poisonousflame]

[HMM. To admit he's not human or not? Well, no point in killing the suspense, is there?]

The brooding caverns, huh? Sounds like a very serious place.

You think I can make it there in time?

audio;

[dimidiate]

Pretend you can see me raising my hand.

As far as I understand it, everyone here's from somewhere else. Iiit's kind of a mess.

audio;

[poisonousflame]

No natives, huh? Not even the ah ... fun-text 'hatched and raised' ones?

audio;

[dimidiate]

Nope, none of 'em. Unless you count the tour-guide program chick.

audio;

[poisonousflame]

Oh yeah, that thing.

Y'know, for as much as she talked, she didn't give a whole lotta info.

Audio.

[cmdr_renegade]

[Well, this one's pretty disaffected. Color Shepard intrigued.]

Unless this is the most elaborate setup, and you're part of the camera crew, I have yet to meet more than three people who are actually from this ghost-station.

Audio.

[poisonousflame]

If I'm supposed to be a camera guy, I'm afraid someone misplaced my equipment.

But hey, three's better than none, right?

Audio.

[cmdr_renegade]

Maybe. Gets disconcerting when they won't tell you about wherever the other million or so went.

Audio.

[poisonousflame]

[Well, that's not exactly good news. Useful, sure, but not good.]

A million missing? Man oh man.... When'd that happen?

text; OMG YOU POSTEEEEED

[timeturntable]

man what is up with that outlook on life
you just gotta chillax
go with the flow
know what im sayin bro

maybe were all meant to be here
its part of the fucking circle of life
got monkeys with shiny red asses lifting lions to the sky
tribal chants in the background
before you know it youre lookin in the sky and seeing ghost poppa

thats some goddamn zen shit right there

audio; I DID INDEED ♥

[poisonousflame]

[Ah, more colored text.]

... You had me up 'til the monkey. Unless that's a common thing around here.

text;

[timeturntable]

yeah we got monkeys everywhere in this bitch
cant even take two steps without some asante sana shoosh banana bullshit
fuck man by this point we need legislation to cut back on the monkey harassment of humans and aliens

so where you supposed to be then

audio;

[poisonousflame]

Huh. Must've missed those on my way in.

Short answer: not here.

{ Video }

[painhelps]

[Laura is going to take this way too literally in an attempt to blend in and be more sociable. She's actually raising her hand here.]

I believe we all are.

audio;

[poisonousflame]

[After the many text and audio responses, he was starting to wonder if anyone would actually raise a hand.]

Well, good to know I've got plenty of company.

audio;

[painhelps]

[She blinks.] Everyone is a non-native.

audio;

[poisonousflame]

Yeah, I'm starting to get that. Everyone but that tour-guide, right?