TWENTY-FOUR : Where the sun don't shine

[wristsniper]

To everyone who heard my call Sunday, rest assured that I am fine. However, be aware that the man name--

[There is a brief pause. Then laughter. Twinkling, beautiful laughter.]

Oh dear! Why on earth did I pick up the phone? I can't even remember. I wonder if it was to ask for any apple pie recipes... Or maybe it was the potato salad. Ah

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[freakinblur]

[Engie, Ellis, Margot, Becca, Lorna, and now OLIVIER? Scout is absolutely furious about all these recent dronings. The scary part is, this exact same thing happened to Taiwan - droned right in the middle of a phone conversation.]

NO! No! ...Goddamnit....

[freakinblur]

[Scout raises an eyebrow.] Yeah? What happened? I've died here, twice I think? But whatever, 's all part 'a my job back home. Died tons 'a times, I'm used to it by now. BLU spends too much money on us ta leave us dead fer long. Dronin's like... bein' braindead. Yer doin' stuff an' ya can't control it. An' yer so goddamn chipper about it.

[best_papa_everr]

You can be revived in your world? Lucky dog! I'm afraid I come from a place where if you're dead, you're dead. It makes dangerous situations a little more grave, at any rate... Getting shot is hardly as casual as in Mayfield.

[freakinblur]

Well, not everyone. Just us lucky BLU 'n' RED employees. But yeah, when it happens enough times, ya don't even think much about it.

Though dyin' here sucks. The respawn time is wicked long.

[best_papa_everr]

Huh, maybe I'll be a BLU 'n' RED employee then. Anyone there need someone for paperwork?

[Said half-jokingly, of course!]

Chances are, I probably won't be able to go home--but I'd rather not stay in Mayfield if I'm capable! Even so, going somewhere without my friends or family would be more than I can handle...

[freakinblur]

HOnestly? So long as I get out of here, I'll be happy. 'Course I wanna go home, but just not bein' here is good enough fer me at this point. Been here fer almost 6 months already. Feels like years.

But if we make it back ta my world? I'll give ya a good reference back at BLU HQ. [smirk]

[best_papa_everr]

Mm, I haven't been here long, but this place has a knack for being intolerable within a couple of hours. I'd appreciate the good word in!