On being apped.

[ex_paradisal142]

Why are you so surprised that I'm looking forward to it?

Seriously, mun, I thought you knew me better than that. Yeah, sure, I'm gonna miss the gang, but they'll be there when I get back. We're dead. We're not going anywhere.

...well, except for me.

You can't send Firefly to a game anyway, you know she'll wreak havoc on principle. It'd be a nightmare. (Don't tell her I said that.)

But come on. All that new stuff to learn? I'm gonna to be all over it. Just keep writing that app, okay?

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[rigging]

Dunno why you'd be looking forward to coming to a place that has dead bodies showing up all over the place every few weeks but. I guess whatever floats your boat, man.

[ex_paradisal142]

That happens where I'm from, too.

[Granted, they get up again, but they're still dead. That part doesn't change.]

How many bodies are we talking about, anyway?

[rigging]

I think - three or four. Five, if you count me, which I don't.

[ex_paradisal142]

Huh. You must be sharing the place with something that doesn't like you so much. Do you guys have any hydras? I know those bastards really mess us up.

[Sorry, Jesse, Ouro's lost all memory of what a normal existence is like.]

[rigging]

[ ... hYDRAS. What. Jesse actually gives a short, surprised laugh. ] Uh - does the sea monster count? I mean, I ain't seen it, but it's a nasty thing, I hear.

I - hydras? Really? That's like a normal thing to jump to for you.

[ex_paradisal142]

[He quirks an uncertain-looking smile.]

It could? They're aquatic, I guess. We get a lot of 'em by the Black River. ...and yeah, that's... normal.

[Shrug.]

I like them better than the giant dog.

[rigging]

[ He rubs at the back of his neck. ] Huh. Guess you come from a pretty fuckin' different world, then. I ain't actually ever seen a hydra.

And you got me hooked - what giant dog?

[artichautcoeur]

Well, aren't you a handsome devil. >:3

[ex_paradisal142]

I used to think they were kinda neat, but then they tried to set me on fire. See 'em a little differently now.

[Jerks. 8|]

Oh, the dog... he, uh... wanders around. You never see him in the same place. Big leather collar, two heads, black fur. Crazy and grumpy.

[Ouro grins slightly.]

If you don't live in a world that's mostly dark and kinda grey, I'd say you got lucky.

[ex_paradisal142]

Uh.

[Funny how being pale as a ghost means blushing turns up instantly. And, wait...]

...hi. Er, thank you. I think.

[artichautcoeur]

Hi. 'm Zach, there's no need to be alarmed. I mean sure, the whole same face deal seems like a real fuckin' thrower at first, but you get used to it. It's the internet and we're popular. We'd have to be, look at us!

You can pretend I'm wearing these real big fucking glasses, if you want, since I can't see shit without 'em. How's your visual imagination?

[ex_paradisal142]

Pretty good — I guess. I mean, I didn't get much chance to use it at all until recently.

[He tilts his head to the side, curious. This guy doesn't even know what glasses are. Ouro's imagining huge panes of glass on Zach's face.]

You can't see without... glass?

[rigging]

Oh - like. Uh, fuck, what's it. Not Fluffy, that's from Harry Potter. [ Jesse dude Ouro probably has no idea what Harry Potter is. ] Like the dog from the underworld. Cerebrus - Cerebro. No, Cerberus. That's the fuckin' one.

Two headed dogs and hydras, then. Can't say my world's all dark and grey, but I'd be lying if I said it ain't fucked up. We don't got monsters or anything, just humans. Which, depending on how pretentious y'wanna be, same thing.

[ex_paradisal142]

That's it.

[He nods, suddenly remembering that word for it that some of the older Dead occasionally use.]

Where I'm from, I mean. The underworld. Well. Not originally, but I don't remember where I used to live.

What's it called? Where you're from.

[artichautcoeur]

Uh. Glasses? You know, like...contacts. But bigger.

[ Oh my god maybe it's an adorable alien. ]

[rigging]

Oh - man, really? Holy shit. [ He wasn't expecting that. ] ... S'pretty cool, actually. I mean, past the shitty part of it.

S'called Earth. Specifically from the United States. How long have you been in the underworld?

[ex_paradisal142]

[He ducks his head a little. Losing all your memories is rough.]

I don't know what those are, either. Are they hard to deal with? Heavy?

[ex_paradisal142]

[Ouro has to take a moment with that question.]

Awhile, I guess? There's no way to tell for sure. But my friends and I have done a lot, so... I guess that's as good a way to tell as any.

[It really isn't. Softly, almost inaudibly, he sounds it out: the Un-it-ed St-ates. It has an interesting ring.]

[artichautcoeur]

...no? Are you Amish or something?

[ He's from New Orleans, excuse him. ]

[rigging]

[ aw no that's cute. ] Yeah, I guess. I mean - things're kinda measured like that in Kore too, if it makes y'feel better. Like it's been however number of weeks since the incident where we all turned into different species, right?

Maybe someone's got some sort of calendar but I don't. I lost track.

[ex_paradisal142]

I guess you could do what we do — put notches on the wall — but eventually, you run outta wall. Have you been there a long time?

[ex_paradisal142]

[Ouro frowns.]

I don't... think so.

[But he wouldn't even know, if he had been.]

I'm sorry, I, uh. I lost all of my memories. Maybe I used to know this stuff.

[rigging]

Yeah, there's yer problem. [ He shrugs. ] I guess. Writer lady says it's been s - holy shit, six months.

... Well, five, I guess, six including this one. Fuckin' hell.

[ex_paradisal142]

[Blink, blink!]

That's... that's a long time. I guess you must really miss home, huh?

[rigging]

Yeah. I miss my friends, mostly - I got my boy with me, so it ain't... terrible. Made some friends.

But I do wanna go home.

[ex_paradisal142]

It's gotta happen eventually. Someone'll figure out what to do.