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1_800_hotline2019-06-29 11:39 pm
iote) wrote in 1_800_hotline2019-06-29 11:39 pm
i want to be your best friend, or just eat you whole [night 12]
[Among all the patterns that may or may not have been seen by all those that have been brought here - the notion that sometimes shitty things happen to well-meaning people, the isolation that comes with not knowing what to do, the realization that we may not know ourselves as well as we thought we did, the thought and fear that love truly has no place in the world… Among all of that, there is one interminable truth, one universal constant that ties us together.
That being, of course, that Ladd Russo is an asshole.
Whether you liked him or not, that does remain a fact of life; Ladd Russo is an asshole, and it's a truth he may have laughed at and thanked you for noticing once. But then, perhaps it's for the best that the dead don't get to have opinions that affect the living.
Wherever you end up tonight, there's unfortunately one other truth to this place that seems to hold - almost no one sleeps well after trials. Perhaps you'll seek solace with one another; perhaps you'll find it at the bottom of a bottle or a highball glass at the bar. Perhaps you won't find it at all. But the reality of things remains as we perceive it - the days and nights aren't getting any cooler, and our numbers here are dwindling.
Rest if you can, but in the end, do what you have to.]
That being, of course, that Ladd Russo is an asshole.
Whether you liked him or not, that does remain a fact of life; Ladd Russo is an asshole, and it's a truth he may have laughed at and thanked you for noticing once. But then, perhaps it's for the best that the dead don't get to have opinions that affect the living.
Wherever you end up tonight, there's unfortunately one other truth to this place that seems to hold - almost no one sleeps well after trials. Perhaps you'll seek solace with one another; perhaps you'll find it at the bottom of a bottle or a highball glass at the bar. Perhaps you won't find it at all. But the reality of things remains as we perceive it - the days and nights aren't getting any cooler, and our numbers here are dwindling.
Rest if you can, but in the end, do what you have to.]
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...Are you doing okay after all of that?
[...you don't seem to be, tbh...]
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[He digs straight down to the bottom of the screen and starts repeatedly throwing the air pump upwards for no reason, not even hitting anything at the moment.] K-... K-Kim... y-you've seen her? ...you know where she might be, now?
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[It's surprisingly calm and as reassuring as he can get it.]
I won't let anything happen to her, and I'll do what I can to help see her through this. I'm sure the majority of us will.
[Spoken like he knows she'll be just fine, no matter how long that may take.]
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...y-you know, she's been- doing her hardest, trying to look out for us this whole time, it's...
I-it's only fair to do the same for her. Thanks, for... for doing the right thing. [His hands start jittering, which he hopes he can just pass off as mindless button mashing.] ...you're- h-heh- you're the genuine article.
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Thank you for your kind words. I want to do what I can to look out for people, and Kimberly certainly needs it right now.
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[...]
...just don't get why Headroom or his handlers thought to put you and her in the same box as guys like- [His words trail off, eyes looking now, not at Xander or the screen, but at his own hands idly pressing buttons. He's moving in jagged circles onscreen.] ...b-but, there's a lot more to worry about now than that.
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Please don't put yourself down like that.
[It's gentle; a request, not a command.]
I don't know why any of us were chosen for this - if we were even chosen and not taken at random. Regardless of why we were the ones selected, I think the best we can do is try to help one another. It won't stop people from acting on those messages, but my hope is that most of us will be able to leave here alive.
[He's not entirely sure what will happen to the dead, since they're still hanging around, but that's not the point.]
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[...Xander's next words give him pause. Because... in a way, the concept of all this happening by pure coincidence scares him much more than it being deliberate malicious intent. He hadn't even vaguely considered the possibility that they could've been chosen at random at all. Why would he? There's just no place for happenstance in his mind. ...guess that makes him no better than those radio conspiracy theorists.]
[...that train of thought gives him a good topic to deflect to, at least.]
...I- ...if it helps, yesterday, Venk and me were looking into what might've gotten us here to begin with. The radio signals. Apparently, they're big on talking about aliens after some- event that happened, maybe whatever it is that got us here... So, if we- keep following their theories on... space travel, if we find out how we arrived, that should find us all a way to leave. H-hopefully, sooner than later...
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Space travel... Interesting. I'm not very knowledgeable about that sort of thing, but I do hope you two are able to find more information. We don't have any leads at the moment, so that's certainly better than nothing. Thank you both.
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[He nods at the second part, and he sounds just as confident as always when he replies.]
Thank you, I'm sure it will.
[...he hopes it will, anyway.]