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[nanomitesss]

[Well, hello, City. Have a creepy man standing near the creepy carousel. He's peering closely at the device, fiddling with it a little, then his eyes light up with interest once he realizes it's on. A new toy! When he speaks, his voice is raspy and obviously modified by the device on his face. He drags his s's out, just a touch.]

There we go. How kind of my kidnappers to leave me with this device.

Now, this entire scenario is inconvenient, to say the least. I was in the middle of something. But it would appear I'm hardly the only one in this situation, so I won't bother asking for a way out of the City; I'm sure nobody here has that particular answer. Rescue will come eventually. [Because he's way too valuable to MARS Industries, yup. They'll just send Storm Shadow in to break him out or something.]

In the meantime, I suppose I'll make myself comfortable, provided nothing in the water turns me into a talking, ah. Equine. Would anyone be so kind as to tell me what there is to do to while away our captivity?

Ah, and you can call me... [He smiles, corners of his eyes crinkling.] Doctor.

[Just a helpful doctor. There's nothing villainous about him at all, nope.]

Comments

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

Your tone. It's unsettling. [Also everything.]

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[nanomitesss]

Ah, and here I thought I was going for friendly.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[Just a shrug from the child.]

The water is safe to drink, by the way. The ponies? It's a curse. It should clear up soon.

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[nanomitesss]

A... curse. Tell me you're not talking about something as ridiculous as magic.

[Because he can take talking ponies, BUT MAGIC? SCOFF.]

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[Dude resort your priorities. For two seconds.]

I wouldn't say magic. I'd say deities with too much time on their damn hands. There's no exit unless the deities say it's time to go. Just like how you arrived. And you'll return to the exact damn second you left. So I've been told.

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[nanomitesss]

You can't expect me to believe in gods and fairytales.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

You are seriously going to have to open your mind just a tiny bit if you don't wanna go batshit crazy here. [She's guessing you're already there, though.]

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[nanomitesss]

Hm. These 'deities'... Can they be reasoned with?

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

I dunno. I've only been here a couple weeks.

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[nanomitesss]

Well, if they're kidnapping children, it's probably safe to assume they're in the unreasonable category. [He says, as if he actually has an objection to it. But he figures normal people would... probably be appalled by it, so he'll pretend he finds it totally distasteful]

Is somebody looking after you?

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[Honest answer? Yes. Mindy's answer, however?]

I can take care of myself.

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[nanomitesss]

Ah, right. Because you're from New York.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

Glad you're paying attention.

[Yes sir that's entirely it sir nothing at all to do with her being a bamf.]

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[nanomitesss]

I make an effort to.

[She's much better at hiding her bamfness than he is at hiding his BLATANT EVILNESS.]

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[It might be the pigtails.]

Find an apartment. And socialize. Because there's a ticking sound that gets loud if you don't play nice with the other kidnapee's.

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[nanomitesss]

A loud ticking sound? You're not about to tell me it's a bomb, are you? [Because nothing else is making sense, so WHY NOT.]

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[She doesn't say anything. Just points to her ears and raises an eyebrow. Listen carefully, dude.]

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[nanomitesss]

[It's one of those things he wasn't noticing, due to the sounds of his ventilator aka Ros totally forgot that detail.]

And it gets louder if you... misbehave.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[hugs ros. This makes sense.]

Not so much misbehave. It's more this place really wants you to interact with people. Which is bullshit.

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[nanomitesss]

I see. [HMPH] It is that. [He can't bring himself to say bullshit because he's a little prude, BUT HE'S CERTAINLY THINKING IT.]

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

[She says enough swears for at least half the City.]

Do you have a name other than Doctor?

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[nanomitesss]

Several. [LIKE COBRA COMMANDER.] None that matter. Doctor is quite sufficient.

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

It's doing nothing to lower the creepiness factor.

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[nanomitesss]

There's nothing wrong with "Doctor." It's what I am, so if nothing else, it's an accurate name. And what's yours?

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[pigtailsbutterflyknives]

Doctors are creepy. [She's a kid. This is a valid response.]

Mindy.