001 Violent Outburst - dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

[Enjoy muttering while the journal is flipped open and flipped rapidly through, as if looking for instructions, directions, explanation..anything. The voice is clearly disgruntled and female but it sounds filtered as though through a speaker or headset.]

…Fuckberries.

This isn’t Valhalla, it sure as hell isn’t Blood Gulch, so where the hell am I? I see some giant thing that looks like a castle, ok I’m just going to call it a castle until it turns out to be something different.

Who the fuck builds castles now? Alien architecture sure, but Camelot? Wonderful, just great. I’m stuck in the middle of who the fuck knows where, with a castle and a bunch of unarmed civilians.

So, hey out there…anyone seen Blue base? Hell anyone seen Red base? [Rueful laughter] I must be bad off if I actually want to see those assholes.

(OOC Note: I apologize for the gratuitous profanity but I swear to you it is canon based. Please be aware this is an f-bomb minefield.)

Comments

Dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

...what the hell's a catness?

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

...A Katniss is a flower, grows on ponds. It's also my name. [DUH.]

Dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

Well hello flower child, I'm Tex.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Hello, Tex. [See, now Tex was just a weird name.] What do you need to know about this place?

Dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

Let's see.. Magic castle, we're all stuck here till it sends us home, Dead Zone makes electronics dead, you can wish for things, magic may or may not be real but it's how everybody seems to accept what happens here, time freezes for you back home and everyone who hates me is here..more or less.

If you can add to that, feel free.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

There are people out in the Dead Zone either trying to kill us or sometimes help us, and an escaped insect army that may or may not be coming for us at any moment.

Dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

Escaped insect army? Fucking perfect. Yeah they neglected to put that on the brochure.

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

The brochure leaves out a lot of the dangerous stuff, only leaves in the part about lush foliage and nice beaches.

Dictated

[hatesgoodbyes]

And those drinks with the little paper umbrellas. Fuckers. Someone ought to sue them for false advertising.

Dictated and now Filtered.

[the_effect_she_has]

If we knew where they were, I'd put my complaints on the tip of my arrows. Still, there are those of us who are wise to them. It's been a long time coming, but we're getting organized.

Filtered to end

[hatesgoodbyes]

So, you're in with whatever group is looking for a way out.

Ok Katniss, what do I need to know?

Filtered to end

[the_effect_she_has]

Here's what you need to know. The castle's not alive - but it's sentient enough to know what your every wish can be. Don't wish for anything you don't have to. If you do, the castle takes that as permission to take things from you - precious objects, things you need, memories.

There's a group ...was a group, they've mostly been decimated. But they're out to kill us. They lived off to the East, but they might have moved.

There's a bug army out there - or at least the remenants of one. They'll be coming for us too.

Don't let the idyllic surroundings fool you. We're moving towards the brink of a couple all out pitched battles.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Sentient reality, great.

So a plae where wishes come true and you don't dare make them, got it.

I'm a soldier...it's really about the only thing I'm good at anymore. If there is a need to protect the people here it's where I need to be.

[the_effect_she_has]

Yeah, I know, isn't it grand?

You got it in one.

Then you've come to the right place.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Not exactly my choice but as long as I'm here.. ya know?

[the_effect_she_has]

Trust me - I know. Better to be the shield than to hide behind one.

[hatesgoodbyes]

More that I am uniquely qualified to be the sword than the shield.

[the_effect_she_has]

Well, some of us are meant to be weapons ... but we can choose to be different.

[hatesgoodbyes]

You're getting warmer. But hey, who gives a fuck about the details, right?

[the_effect_she_has]

I do. What are the details?

[hatesgoodbyes]

As detailed as you're gonna get from me is this: I'm a soldier, designed to be one and I'm really fucking good at it.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She nodded her head slowly.]

I'm a survivor, and I made myself that way. I was trained as a soldier - took pretty well.

[hatesgoodbyes]

Survival is what you have left at the end of the day. Being a soldier is more or less just being the last one standing and doing it a lot.