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[splendidpsychic]

[Good people of Dear Mun, have a telepathic Splenden Beast talking in your heads.]

So, uh, it's great that you're actually doing something, and that you chose me-not the humanized me, not the alternate me, but me, good ole me-but...

This place kind of sounds like how Mosaic was before.  We remember that I died in Mosaic before, right?  I'd rather not get poked and prodded all over again and-hello, are you listening?  ...This isn't changing anything, is it?  Damn.

Well, at least it lacks crazy people from home.  There's just...other crazy people to worry about.  Such is the life of George, it seems.

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[littlesthobo]

[Have a VERY CONFUSED DOG. But since this was just broadcast in his head, it only seems like it'd make sense to try to think back, right?]

Who..are you? How are you inside of my head? What is this?

[splendidpsychic]

[Oh, well this is new. He's never talked to a dog before. Never...thought to try, really.]

Whoa, dude. You're a dog.

...I'm sure you knew that though.

I'm a telepath, that's how we can talk. Didn't think dogs could talk in any way, though. No offense, of course. Oh right! Name's George.

[littlesthobo]

[Yup. Confused dog is confused, but won't question it any more. Time to just roll with it.]

Nice to meet you!

It's easy to think that, I think. Not being able to speak like a human.

I've been called all kinds of things by all kinds of people. Mun-lady calls me Hobo, though.

[splendidpsychic]

You too, dude.

I get that a lot myself. People see me and think stupid fish. Or they freak out... [Or they tell him to shut up once they see how much he talks...]

Hobo, like...homeless person, hobo?

[moontothetide]

...i-if you die here, it kind of doesn't stick. You just...wake up and can't move for a few minutes.

[littlesthobo]

Yup. I'm always on the move. I think they call it "wanderlust". Places to go, people to see. I can't stay anywhere for too long, because sooner or later I'll find myself needing to get up and go again. I've had more than enough people offering me nice places to stay...but I can't. Too restless to settle down. You know?

[splendidpsychic]

I used to do that.

[Before he got lonely and depressed and ended up at Mosaic...]

Still do, kind of. Mostly I help people now.

[splendidpsychic]

Oh. Well. That makes it a little better, I gu-...you haven't died to figure this out, have you?

Still, I'd rather not do a repeat performance. Once you get your energy sucked out once to help brainwash an army, you know, why do something like that again? [Especially since no one even wanted to listen to his story about how he came back to life.]

[littlesthobo]

You like helping people, too?

I do what I can, when people need it. I guess that's part of what keeps me going. Knowing that there's someone else out there that could use some help more than if I just stayed put in one place.

[moontothetide]

Nah. I mean, a couple of friends of mine...well, they did, a-and they told me what it was like.

[In a probably slightly disturbingly helpful tone of voice:] I-I'm probably going to soon, though. I, um, I think everyone does, at some point. Or, um, people talk about like it's r-really not a big deal. "Hey, I got eaten by a giant spider", "hey, me too"...s-stuff like that.

[splendidpsychic]

Yeah. The people who are, uh, different. Not just like, talking fish and dogs, but people who have abilities. Or don't have anywhere else to go. [Okay, so it's more like he helps Beck and everyone else help people, but he still helps.]

So how do you help people?

[splendidpsychic]

Oh. I'm sorry. That really sucks.

[If he wasn't already apped he'd be ditching everything and, uh, floating for the hills. But he can't.]

So horrible things happen to people a lot, buuut they come back good as new. It's a regular occurrence. That's nice.

[littlesthobo]

Depends on what people need at the time? Sometimes, someone needs a friend. Or someone to help uncover evidence of this or that. All kinds of things.

One time, I saved a couple of cougar kittens from a forest fire. Another time I proved that this woman was being blamed for something she didn't do. Getting a hard time she didn't deserve. That kind of thing.

[Much as that explanation probably didn't help..]

[moontothetide]

Y-Yeah. It's, um, probably going to involve either...drowning or, or being skinned alive and having all my internal organs removed. Probably that one. My, um, my mun thinks it will highlight how...unlucky I am.

[Tara knows that she's probably sounding rather disturbing, but also that nothing she says here matters anyway, so...might as well talk about it now.]

I, um, I've only seen a couple of monsters and heard about the big white spider and...all the other bad things everyone talks about. But, um, yeah. Kind of a regular occurrence. Really, it's...kind of like home.

I'm Tara.

[splendidpsychic]

That's cool. Kind of the stuff I imagined dogs doing to help people.

Like Wishbone! Except police dog style.

[Or something like that.]

[littlesthobo]

[Hobo is not sure what Wishbone is, but is also not going to ask.]

Something like that, I guess. I just help out where I can.

How do you help people? Is it hard being stuck in the water?

[...Well, he is a fish. Fish are normally stuck in water, right?]

[splendidpsychic]

[It is possible for him to have a jaw drop expression. Here it is.]

Oh my god. That's horrible.

I think I'd rather go back to Mosaic with the crazy vampire lady.

I'd say it's nice to meet you, but you know, all things considered. I mean, you're a nice person, just...everything else isn't. I'm George.

[splendidpsychic]

Well I'm not actually a fish. I mean, I'm not like a normal fish. Water is nice, but I don't need to be in it all the time. I can go pretty much anywhere. Even been on a spaceship once.

[He's used to people thinking this about him though, it kind of goes along with people not expecting him to be able to talk and all.]

[moontothetide]

[Tara gives a self conscious little shrug.] I-I don't know. I, um, I kind of like not having to worry about vampires, at least. [That she knows of.] A-And it's okay. I, um, I get that feeling a lot. I mean, I-I've met a lot of nice people, but...yeah. Everything else really isn't.

But, um, we don't really have a choice. We're here because our worlds are all...gone. S-Somehow.