☣ FIRST: (voice.)

[thinkbrave]

( There's a bit of a pause before anyone speaks. when the voice does start, though, it's pretty low. Flat, almost, like the speaker is tired, and her voice sounds pretty rough and husky-- and distinctly Australian. She sounds decidedly detached from what's just happened, considering it's her first entry. )So this place is Death City, huh?

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video;

[heretolookhot]

Wow. Debbie Downer, much? Nobody with that ridiculous of an accent should be that upset about anything.

And you're not dead.

video; and thus a beautiful friendship was born

[thinkbrave]

( . . . What. She literally did a slow turn to face the device, eyebrows slowly arching. Ellie was having a great time feeling bloody sorry for herself, you know that? ) Exscuse me?

Like you're one to talk about ridiculous accents.

( And a snort. ) Yeah, you'd say that, because if I'm dead, you're dead too.

video;

[heretolookhot]

I'm just saying. Australian accents are made for smiling. Just try to say koala bear and frown at the same time.

[Was that a horrible imitation? I think so.]

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[thinkbrave]

Hah.

( That directly conflicts with her incredibly bitter outlook on everything. ) Yeah, right. Australia's a real barrel of laughs.

( :| ) You shouldn't ever do that again.

[Video]

[zerozerovier]

[Newcomers? It's been a while... and this one doesn't sound too pleased.]

I know it isn't easy being torn away from your home like this. It takes some getting used to, but we're all in this together.

As for the city's... pleasant motif, you get used to that too.

But I should introduce myself. 004, also a Meister, and a part of the Watch.

[Video]

[thinkbrave]

That's really comforting. I'm lumped together with a bunch of lunatics.

( She's always this friendly. Ellie snorts, unimpressed. )

Yeah, I bet. Is 004 really your name? Not a goofy alias?

[Video]

[zerozerovier]

[Fortunately, he's a level-headed sort of guy.]

Maybe. But lunatics or not, we do what we can to help each other out.

It's the only name I go by anymore. So, yes, it's really my name.

[Video]

[thinkbrave]

Sure. ( She'll settle into accepting that and doing her utmost, soon enough. Once she cools down. ) ( If she rolls her eyes any harder, they might fall out of her head. Don't take it personally; she'd just a jerk, sometimes. ) That sounds like what I want to do, exactly.

All right. I guess it's easy to remember, at least.

video;

[heartkicker]

'Interesting' is a word for it. 'Ridiculous' is another.

video;

[thinkbrave]

I think 'fucking moronic' works pretty well, too.

( There's some heat to that, aggression rearing up with her frustration. There's a lot of lighthearted answers coming her way, and she's struggling with it. All serious business, all the time. )

video;

[heartkicker]

Point. Still, beats actually being dead, doesn't it? Though it sounds like you wouldn't much care about that either.

video;

[thinkbrave]

It would beat being dead if I was back where I belong.

( Not that she necessarily thinks that her current world is where she belongs; she wants things the way they were before, something resembling peace and order, where adults had the responsibility. ) This is more like a kick in the teeth.

[video]

[16hitmagnum]

What's it taste like?

[video]

[thinkbrave]

What the fuck does that have to do with anything?

( . . . Oh dear. Ellie. Dat temper. )

You trying to be a smartarse? ( She has a lot of feelings. )

[16hitmagnum]

What if someday, because of some strange plot twist, I'm stuck somewhere with nothing else to eat but kangaroo meat? I have to be prepared!

she is the angriest lmao I'M SORRY

[thinkbrave]

Then learn how to make a fire. You reckon you're just going to chuck out good meat if it doesn't taste how you like? Get over yourself.

( Woah now, Ellie. )

[Video]

[r_a_m_1982]

[Have a man with blond messy hair, and visible circuits in his neck. There's more all over his body but the clothes covers them.]

I died before I arrived here, the feeling was way different.

Hello Ellie Linton, I'm ram ad I'm a weapon.

What's a Kangaroo?

[Video]

[thinkbrave]

( Ram isn't the weirdest person she's seen yet - there was some weird shit going on during that tour, all kinds of people wandering about like morons, people with hair colours that didn't make sense, and that wasn't even the worst of it.

She narrows her eyes, staring at this guy. )

Are you serious?

( Because so help him if he isn't. So help him. )

[Video]

[r_a_m_1982]

[How many of those people had skin tattoos that changed color when you touched them?

He stares back at her with huge, innocent baby blue eyes. No, he's not mocking her.] Yes.

[Video]

[thinkbrave]

( It's a good thing she doesn't have her gun, because that might make her want to shoot him. STRANGE AND SCARY. STRANGE AND SCARY.

And while he's looking all innocent, she is just glaring. Suspicion radar, 100%. )

Everybody knows what a kangaroo is. ( Denial, denial. ) They're bloody giant marsupials that jump about. Don't get too close, or they can gut you, and they're likely to do as much damage to your car as you'll do to them, if you aren't lucky. That's about all you need to know.

( B|!!! )