dear_mun | Rather new.

Oh, do let me in on this little joke.

I love a good laugh.

[Definitely not relaxed at being approached by someone who... well, is the Joker, but not showing much pause - he's had to talk to plenty of unsettling people in not much time.]

Oh, uh - it's just this username. My mundane got it from an... awkward conversation between a friend and me.

On the other hand, they were also considering "opens_heads".

[ Oh, but the Joker's here on good terms? Why would you ever not be relaxed? You know, besides the fact that he's the Joker. ]

Oh, oh. I do find that second choice quite ideal, see. It's just so very visual. Do tell, then, what made you so very worthy of being, ah, bestowed the "opens heads" option?

[ Be wary with your story, Lee, else the Joker try to steal that title. That'd be a horrid turn of events. ]

[Alas, Lee, you invited that question.

Beat.]

The world I come from's been overrun by the walkers -- the dead, getting up to feed on anyone still alive. I've had to fight a few one on one. The only way to kill 'em and be sure they stay dead is to... destroy the brain.

[While this overall isn't a subject that feels especially safe to discuss, it surely sounds like less of a challenge than describing the-time-with-the-hammer/screwdriver/axe.]

[ He opens his mouth, and then closes it, and then opens it again, and then closes it. He wasn't exactly expecting that answer. Why, that made this whole "opens heads" business sound heroic. ]

Well.

[ He's, surprisingly, a bit lacking in words. Really, that world of Lee's doesn't sound great at all. ]

... That's no fun at all.

[Ah, Joker, you should hear the story about the cannibals.

Or no perhaps you shouldn't.]

Sure not.

[ Oh, he would love that story. A nice ole' dairy family of three cannibalizing survivors? What a great tale. He'd laugh for hours if he heard it. ]

... So what business do you have being alive, hmmm? Killed your way to the top? The lone survivor, the cold blooded killer?

[ There had to be something not heroic about all of this. ]

[As a matter of fact, Mark will be coming to dinner. You know, partly.

And wouldn't you like to know, Joker, Lee doesn't even talk with his friends about the decidedly non-heroic bits. Except for the ones who already know.

Beat again.]

I was lucky - was out of the way while it was all starting.

And I'm no lone survivor. I've been with a group, holding out as a team best we can.

[Recent complications aside.]

[ ... This still all sounded heroic. That was oddly boring, considering the zombies-eating-everyone aspect of his tale. There had to be some way to spice it up. ]

Uh-huh. And, ah, do tell, do enlighten me. This little group of yours... How many have you thrown away to survive? Do be honest, oh please do, I'll know if you're lying, see.

So now, yes, the details please.

[ If Lee presses X, you can answer "..." ]

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