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[ text || early day 308 || misfire ]

[pratentious]

I won't wait up ▒or you forever_forever. Come▓▒ack already.░

[ text ]

[likesprojects]

Who is this?

[ text ]

[pratentious]

[ ... For fuck's sake. ]

Someone about to ǝʞɐɯ a complete ass of himse▒▓. Who is this▓

Day 308 :: Voice

[kuramaless]

Hey, Oi Sasuke--

Are y'there?

Man, this thing has been like stupid right? I think I accidentally touched that ice too much, my fingers still feel frozen.

We should go out for ramen, yeah? I'm gonna get Gaara to come too.

I'm coming over there now. I can see your house.

Er, yeah I'm here. You comin' down?

[ text ]

[likesprojects]

[ she hesitates a moment before replying. ]

Caroline Forbes.

Voice

[likesprojects]

[ though he can't see it, caroline is frowning at her bracelet in confusion. ]

I, um, I think you have the wrong number. Sorry.

[ → video ]

[pratentious]

[ He's quick to switch the feed to video, but the image of his face freezes and distorts into pixels with some feedback cutting off his voice for a moment until everything corrects itself. ]

-- oline? You've truly returned?

[ video ]

[likesprojects]

[ 'returned?' her brow furrows in confusion. ]

I've only just got here.

[ video ]

[pratentious]

[ Ah. There's a short buzz while the feed skips over Arthur sagging back a little bit. ]

I suppose you have. Welcome to the city of Asgard and - I suppose I ought to apologise. These ... devices are behaving oddly.

[ video ]

[likesprojects]

Um. Well, thanks, I [ static. ] guess. Is the connection always this bad?

[kuramaless]

Yeah yeah, I know...

It's sent it to like a whole bunch of people I don't even know.

Why would it even do that, y'know?

[ video ]

[pratentious]

This is the first I've ever seen anything of this nature happen. We were attacked not too long ago, it would appear the god that oversees the network has fallen ill as a result of it.

[ video ]

[likesprojects]

So it's all true? [ the screen flickers slightly. ] Gods and everything?

[likesprojects]

I think there's something wrong with the network.

[ or at least that's what she's heard. these bracelet things still confuse her. ]

[ video ]

[pratentious]

[ He nods, not half as slowly as the video shows. ]

It takes time, to grow accustomed to the thought, but it makes itself known very quickly. This land is magic.

[kuramaless]

I know there is!

[ video ]

[likesprojects]

And we're stuck here?

[ she'd begun to suspect as much. but if there's magic, then maybe there's a spell or a loophole or something that can get them back home. maybe. ]

[likesprojects]

OK, take it easy. Jeez. I'm sure it'll sort itself out eventually.

In the meantime, why don't you... I don't know, go get your ramen.

[kuramaless]

Eventually, yeah but now I'm like-- trying to talk to a hundred different people at the same time.

... Ramen, right yeah.

Probably a good idea.

[likesprojects]

Well, just think of all the new people you've met!

[ she's kidding. mostly. ]

[kuramaless]

What? Everyone?

[You wanna try talking to all these people?]

[ video ]

[pratentious]

For two-hundred and sixty odd days now, at least on my part. Others have been here longer. Others, like you -

[ Well. The video glitches, but he didn't say it anyway. It doesn't matter. ]

- but for the most part, yes. We're stuck.

[ video ]

[likesprojects]

[ oh no. he's not getting away that easy. her eyes narrow. ]

Others, like me what?

[likesprojects]

I'm sure there are a lot of interesting people here.

[ video ]

[pratentious]

[ The freeze this time is intentional. He doesn't like talking about these things. ]

That've come and gone from the city. Repeatedly.

[kuramaless]

Yeah, but I didn't wanna have to talk to everyone here, right?

It's gonna take forever to get to everything.