Voice-testing; forgive any spottiness. I'm working on it.

[dothenecessaries]

Hell, what's with this name? You think that's clever?

Don't even think about sending me anywhere. You're crazy if you think that's gonna end well. And haven't you ever heard about what happens to people who bite off more than they can chew?

Yeah, I know, I've heard it all before. You muns are all the same, not listening to anyone else, and definitely not giving a shit about anyone but yourself. Might as well be talking to a wall for all the good this is going to do.

I'm gonna say it again: you're crazy.

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[oversight]

Pretty sure they're all crazy, yeah. Gotta be for this sorta thing. [Just sayin'.] But you're just challengin' 'em when you threaten like that.

[dothenecessaries]

This sorta thing like letting you out for the fun of it? [The fact that they share a face hasn't gone unnoticed.] I'm not gonna just sit around while she does whatever she wants. Someone's gotta challenge them.

[oversight]

[A thin chuckle.] Think we're hung up on semantics.

You can't believe you've got a say. Not one of us has, not since the inception— [He sighs. Funny, mun, so funny.] Not since this whole "role playin'" thing began. What I meant was you can't tell 'em anything, otherwise they like provin' you wrong. You say you don't wanna go somewhere? They make it happen. To spite you.

[dothenecessaries]

Yeah?

It doesn't really matter anyway; nothing's going to happen. Know how I know? She's got herself pretty busy between these games and way too many characters. I'm kind of low on her list, if you know what I mean.

[And for once, he doesn't mind.]

[oversight]

Exactly how it started for me. And countless others like us. [A shrug.] Might be right, though, who knows. Been known to happen. 'Course, all it takes is a grain of sand to irritate an oyster. Not that I'm callin' you a pearl — just makin' a point.

[dothenecessaries]

Got one thing right. I'm no pearl. But I am gonna stop this, one way or another.

[Don't ask him how. He hasn't gotten that far yet.]

[oversight]

Gonna prob'ly need time travel to make that happen. [Ah, this meta world is about the only place where Blake can be so cheeky.] Odds are, the only thing that'd do it would be goin' back and makin' sure your player never gets to know you in the first place.

[dothenecessaries]

You know, that's funny. Because I think I heard something about it being because of your player that mine learned about me.

[And you know what that makes you, Blake? That makes you a problem.

Problems are easily solved, especially when you have a blunderbuss at your disposal.]

[oversight]

[Now there's a novel threat. Blake seems utterly unfazed.]

Bit of a weak defense, ain't it? Like blaming Pythagoras for bein' bad at math. Some things can't be helped.

[dothenecessaries]

[Point, but Joe's not saying anything.]

So, this is probably the part where you gloat, let out a wisecrack or two. Seems that mun of mine's looking at sending me somewhere after all.

[oversight]

Glad you got me all worked out — definitely the comedic type. [So much smirking and sarcasm. So much.] So, what's the game that's gonna be afflicted? Guessin' we're not lucky enough to have you where I am? [Remember that sarcasm? Yep, still happening.]

[sidearms]

I'm sorry. Could you run that by me again? Are they crazy, 'cause I don't think you've made that quite crystal enough.

[dothenecessaries]

[You hear that sound? That's the sound of Joe laughing and also not giving a crap.]

You could just keep on walking.

[sidearms]

Well, see, I could. Point is, they'll still be crazy no matter which direction I start in.

[dothenecessaries]

So you're gonna stay here and bother me instead, is that it?

[Great. Just great.]

[silvergat]

'Course she's fuckin' nuts. She's got you in her brainpan.

[dothenecessaries]

You again?

[Eyeroll.]

What're you doing hanging around here for?

[charring]

Muns definitely take the cake when it comes to the insanity they come up with.

[This coming from a kid whose whole life was plagued by mad people. She sounds so used to it, though. Like it's NBD. Even though sometimes it kind of is..]

[dothenecessaries]

You got some crazy person you're dealing with too?

[charring]

My mun currently has plans for me to die in a zombie invasion in the game I'm in. And then once I'm alive again, I get to believe I have a kid with someone. So...yep.

[dothenecessaries]

Sounds like a real barrel of laughs. If it were me and if I had to go, I'd go out with a bang. [He's not touching the kid thing. Too much trouble involved.]

My mun's thinking about sending me into outer space. More specifically, some giant spaceship.

[charring]

Oh, loads. Especially since the zombies look like people I knew. [There's a twitch of her eyebrow, a slight lift of curiosity.]

A spaceship?

[dothenecessaries]

If they're trying to kill you, getting hung up on their faces isn't going to get you out alive.

[A Looper who gets hung up on people's faces usually winds up dead or worse, but either way, excuse Joe's callousness.]

Yeah. It's called the Tranquility or something.

[charring]

I wasn't. Not for long. I didn't like these faces all that much when I was a kid. Hesitation only lasted a second.

[Charlie's unconcerned with callousness. To each their own. There's a nose-wrinkle, now.]

Weird name for a ship. How misleading is it?

[dothenecessaries]

Huh, well, that's something, at least.

[Not that it really matters to him, but yeah.]

Pretty misleading from the sound of things. Don't ask me why people name ships things like that.

[charring]

They probably named it that to be an ass.

Anyway. Hi. I'm Charlie. [She can, on occasion, be polite.]

Good luck with where you're going.