03 [Voice]

[mischiefbreeder]

[The journal clicks on. There's the sound of someone chewing on the other end, and a bit of sauce drips on the page. Seems he found a plate of burgers on the table. They're a bit cold, but nothing a little heating up in the microwave can't handle. Good thing he comes from a modern world that knows how to use them, huh?

Finally, he has to pause in between burgers, in order to stifle a yawn. Looks like he woke up not too long ago. Soon after, he takes a bite of a burger, and begins to speak.]

You know... [A swallow, and there's another drip.] I feel like I just woke up from a really bad dream. But since I'm still here, it feels like one of those cases where you just woke up from a dream you were having in a dream. You know, like you see in cartoons sometimes!

[Nom again, then swallow.] But this place is real, isn't it? Luceti's no dream, as much as I'd love to just wake up in my own bed, surrounded by my partners, as my mom makes breakfast. Ah well...

...

...These burgers need more kick to them.

Comments

[mischiefbreeder]

You can't be that stable if you believe in the things he does so strongly! It was still weird, though.

...Argh, if only I could remember what we had talked about!

[markofthewise]

Well, he should be back if everyone else is. We'll find out soon enough.

[mischiefbreeder]

Yeah. Maybe if I talk to some of the others, I'll remember what went on.

[markofthewise]

I'll be doing the same. A lot of my friends were gone, after all.

[mischiefbreeder]

If you figure out something, lemme know, then! This is a bit too weird for my tastes.

[markofthewise]

Yeah, sure.

Red and Yellow know you're back, right?

[mischiefbreeder]

Not yet. I don't think they're awake. I'll let 'em find out on their own.

[markofthewise]

If you insist, but they seemed pretty worried about you.

[mischiefbreeder]

S'not like I'm going anywhere any time soon.

[markofthewise]

True enough.

[mischiefbreeder]

After that little adventure, I'm thinkin' I need a vacation. A week-long, maybe two.

[markofthewise]

Good luck with that. With the way things have been lately, I'll be glad for a quiet weekend.

[mischiefbreeder]

Was anything happening on this end while we were gone?

[markofthewise]

Hot weekend.

[mischiefbreeder]

How hot we talkin' here?

[markofthewise]

Hot enough for people to complain, but not quite as hot as being in the smithy.

[mischiefbreeder]

That doesn't say much. People from colder regions will complain about any temperature.

[markofthewise]

Well I'm from the South Pole. It's pretty much winter all year round. If I hadn't spent the past four months working in the smithy, the weather would probably have killed me.

[mischiefbreeder]

...The South Pole?! Isn't that place supposed to be, you know, inhabitable?

[markofthewise]

... not in our world. And we don't exactly live at the magnetic pole. Just... in that area.

[mischiefbreeder]

You guys are pretty ballsy to live in such a cold area. In my world, only brave explorers dare set foot there. Or crazy people.

[markofthewise]

I guess so. We've lived there for thousands of years. I never thought it was a big deal.

[mischiefbreeder]

Thousands of years... Whoa.

[markofthewise]

Or longer. [Their history isn't well documented!] We know how to survive the cold and we're good at it.

[mischiefbreeder]

That's pretty impressive. Of course, I can handle the cold, but I know most people can't!