001 - text; forward dated to late Monday afternoon

[therightchoice]

[ It has taken Jesse a while to actually get around to post things on this phone . . thing. Not sure what it is, Jesse isn't exactly up to date with all the latest cool stuff. (His parents told him that his brain will cook like a Thanksgiving turkey if he watched too much TV.) It took him nearly all day to figure out how it all worked out. He's seen the past few posts but they barely make any sense to Jesse. Or maybe he's not that smart enough. Maybe being a half-demon makes you dumber or something.

Either way, it has taken Jesse a while to figure out if he should go for a video post or a text post. In the end, he opted for a text post. After what just happened back home, he's still feeling the gut-chilling suspicions, so he goes for text in case demons try to come after him. ]

hi i'm jesse

I'm 11 and i don't know where this place is. I seen the last few posts and i don't khow it all works but i think i can make a few guessess i guess.

i thought austrailiia (sp?) is supposed to be warm all the time and have a lot of beaches and kangaroos but I don't think this is austrailiia

Comments

text:

[charring]

Hi, Jesse. I'm Charlene. Charlie, for short. You're in a pocket dimension called the City, if you can believe it. This isn't Australia, I promise.

permanent text:

[therightchoice]

what's a pocket dimension?

Re: permanent text:

[charring]

It's a place that...exists outside of everywhere else. Have you ever read Alice in Wonderland?


[And then Charlie realized she's explaining this to an eleven year old and had to get creative and do away with her usual snarky response to new arrivals.]

[therightchoice]

seen the movie

is the grinning cat here?

[studmuffin]

its only australia if u have giant killer spiders flying at ur face.

[therightchoice]

ok but even australia has giant dogs that eat your face off

[studmuffin]

hav u run any giant dogs?

[hulkbusted]

Hi Jesse. My name is Bruce. Can you tell me if you're somewhere safe right now?

[therightchoice]

I'm at the carousel

[hulkbusted]

Good. [As he scours all the City service directories he can find until he works out what the services for minors are.] Has anyone you know from your home contacted you since you left your message?

Texty text cause to lazy to code

[deadmanbusiness]

Hi Jesse.

I'm Theodred. This isn't Australia, I'm sorry. It would be a lot nicer if it was. Even if almost everything there can kill you.

[Except for the sheep.]

permatext

[therightchoice]

that's what people say

Re: permatext

[deadmanbusiness]

You've gotten the run down, have you?

audio;

[anunluckypenny]

Hey there, Jesse. Someone's probably already told you that this isn't Australia, huh?

text;

[therightchoice]

yeah i know now

text;

[anunluckypenny]

have you found somewhere safe to stay?

[infernoandhearth]

You came here in autumn, too, Jesse, although I'm not sure it is hot all the time, in Australia.

I'm Luke.

perma text

[therightchoice]

i thought it is summer all year round in australia

Re: perma text

[infernoandhearth]

No, it's just summer at the opposite time, because it's all swapped around. I think summer all year round would become rather boring, though. Snow can be really wonderful.

[ Text ]

[bettercallit]

You're right, kid, this isn't Australia.

[ Text ]

[therightchoice]

they told me this is City why isn't given a real name

[ Text ]

[bettercallit]

Yeah, that's a conversation that never gets old. What else have you been told?

[intheblanks]

a-u-s-t-r-a-l-i-a

[The letters scroll across the screen before it flicks to video and there's a man, a doctor, pushing a hand back through his hair. The accent's just irony.]


Hey Jesse, I'm Doctor Chase. You must be pretty cool to be worrying more about spelling than getting lost. Did somebody tell you where you are, yet?

permatext

[therightchoice]

yeah I know some more stuff now

permaaudio this end

[intheblanks]

There's a lot of stuff here, knowing it all could take a while. How about a safe place to stay, know one of those?