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[sympathyforme]

[For a while all that can be seen is a young man as he inspects the device to make sure it's actually on and recording. From what can be seen in the background as he turns it in his hand, he appears to be at the city square. Obvious new arrival, but he seems pretty collected for that.]

Yo~

Not sure what happened here. This isn't where that trip was meant to end.

[He pulls a cigarette out from a pack, leads it to his lips and lights it, inhaling before talking again.]

Whoever's on the other side of this, I'd like to know what's going on.

[Looking around himself once more, he shrugs. Still doesn't seem or feel familiar. Not Heaven, not Hell, not Assiah and not Anagura, either.]

Setsuna, you better be here too. Not in the mood to track you down.

Comments

[errandry]

Just something people get used to, I guess. —Kazu.

[ but moving on. ]

They show up every couple of days for no reason. What do you wanna know?

[sympathyforme]

Yo, Kazu. Guess people can get used to much of anything.

[He certainly seems to take it all in stride.]

Mostly more about their nature. How dangerous are they?

[He has Setsuna and his brother to worry about.]

[errandry]

Most of 'em are pretty dumb? Memory stealing and advice, stuff like that. There's only been a couple really bad ones...

[sympathyforme]

Tell me about the bad ones.

[He likes to be prepared.]

[errandry]

... You sure you wanna hear about 'em right now?

[sympathyforme]

Hearing 'bout them after they happen seems a tad late.

[errandry]

You probably have a couple days at least! It's gotta take 'em a while to recharge.

[sympathyforme]

Who recharging what? And come on, just gimme some samples here. I like being prepared like a good boy scout.

[Come to the dark side, we have cookies.]

[errandry]

[ oh wow, it's a literal The Devil Made Me Do It excuse on a platter. ]

The deities, for the curses! And—I dunno, people going insane and hunting down other people? Getting sick and coughing up fountains of blood for a day?

[sympathyforme]

[He's glad to be of service. Temptation for free.]

Ah.

[Well, it's not as if Rosiel needs an excuse to hunt anyone down.]

Quite the game this deities are playing.

[He'll so go after them.]

Any of these curses happening to you yet, Kazu-kun? The fun ones, we can discuss the bad ones when we're both drunk some time.

[errandry]

Tch. Who knows what those guys're doing—they're assholes.

[ meanwhile, back to curses. ]

They come up every couple days, everybody gets hit with 'em. I guess the flying ones aren't bad.

[sympathyforme]

Seems kind of a trend with deities.

[He really does need to find out more.]

You can fly like a bird with those? Sounds like fun. How long does it last?

[Not as if he has ever had four wings or something.]

[errandry]

If you're lucky and you didn't just turn into a bird, yeah.

Most curses cut out at midnight! ... Sometimes the world just fucks up, though.

[sympathyforme]

Huh. I don't mind feathers, but being a bird is a bit much.

I guess all worlds have a habit of fucking up. Seems like it's best to make friends at this place.

[errandry]

Alternate dimension kidnappees oughta stick together, yeah. But—I dunno, do all worlds break down and randomly turn into infested deserts?

[sympathyforme]

Probably not as a general rule, but I guess if you use enough force.

Most might take longer to put themselves back together.

[errandry]

"Enough force"?

[sympathyforme]

Eh, y'know. Bombs, mass destruction, the like, all the human mind can come up with.

Horrible stuff.

[errandry]

[ Kazu just. kind of snorts. ]

Yeah, yeah, you sound totally horrified. And I meant a real transformation!

[sympathyforme]

I am. Hope I can sleep tonight.

[Yeah, he's smiling, but he is curious.]

'fraid I don't quite follow you, Kazu.

[errandry]

Everything in the City started breaking down into sand. Even stuff that wasn't originally from here.

[sympathyforme]

And it's such a mistake to build on sand.

Seriously, though? Pretty fucked up. These deities like their games, huh?

[errandry]

... I dunno if that was them, though. Like I said—sometimes the dimension just fucks up.

[sympathyforme]

Hm. Seems like the smartest thing to do here is to get drunk and try having some fun.

[errandry]

... It's an alternate dimension, man. What if it's all alien drinks?