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[strangerpeople]

[All is quiet on this day. There is nothing here on the islands that will torment or spook the new residents at least for now. But the Composer with them is bored out of her damn mind. She thinks to look at her non functioning cellphone for some source of entertainment but when she turns it on, her eyes widen.]

Kami forfend...!

[And she runs through the circus, at first heading towards where the Strangers, Seven and the weird clown is staying. However, she keeps spotting them during her path...cellphones. They too also seem to be on and when she looks at the screen, she grabs it and runs to grab more. When she arrives back to the group, Yotsuyu's arms were full with phones and she feels like her legs are about to give in.]

Hey! You may want to look at these! I don't know how they got here or what is going on but we may get something out of it! Seven, check your phone too!

[If the person grabs one of the cellphones, they will be able to see a video feed with sound. Of what exactly...it's something to grab their attention. Time to see what happens.]

Comments

[icanhearscreams]

[Oh. He recognizes... a few of these people from when he talked to them.]

Is that the train? Looks a lot fancier than the one I was on most recently...

[zackthekiller]

Holy shit...

[FINALLY! He grabs a phone as soon as he realizes what's being played on them...

And he has no idea why everyone is fancy, but he's picked up on their mentions of the queen.]

God, I hope they don't fuck this up... What's this "twice-renewed" crap?

[dragonmouth]

[Someone has to help Tali learn how to use the damn phone, but once she's in, she fixates on what Caleb has to say.]

You don't think... does anyone else remember that manor?

[icanhearscreams]

The one my group was in?

[dragonmouth]

[ She shakes her head. ]

I've never heard of such a place. But there was one we visited on the train... the crypt of a Victoria past, apparently.

[icanhearscreams]

Huh. What happened there?

[dragonmouth]

Hard to remember, but she'd only reigned for a season before...something happened.

Perhaps one of the other passengers could fill you in?

[notthebreakman]

[Proto accepts the phone and leans against a nearby wall to watch. Nice to see that unlike the last video feed he was given, this one has sound.

But god, everyone just looks so exhausted, physically and emotionally. It's heartening to know that they haven't given up, and seeing King keeping his scarf safe makes Proto's lips quirk in a faint smile, but still. He was meant to help humanity (or whatever his former compatriots qualify as), and he can't do a damn thing about their struggle.

He has never felt so helpless.]

[whitemoontiger]

[ It was one thing to watch that one feed with his friends/family from the ADA but this? This had sound and just... it was almost too much and he could feel something bitter and sad welling up in the pit of his stomach.

From when he'd died until now, everyone just looked so weary and exhausted and then there were others who seemed like they'd changed so, SO much since he'd seen them last. Such an awful feeling of bitterness there and he hated it since there was no way to actually be there for the others. ]

...Just... please make it through this, everyone...

[ Atsushi just feels utterly lost watching this, hand gripping the phone a bit tightly. ]

[telecosmetic]

I don't think so...looks pretty different from ours, actually. I guess they must have switched at some point?

Too bad they didn't leave that guy behind while they were at it... [She's giving Caleb a Look every time he shows up on screen.]

[dragonmouth]

Everyone's in such a wretched place...

Gods, this is difficult.

Re: The Gilded throne.

[zackthekiller]

[Zack had to set his phone down on the counter at one of the booths, propped up by one of those milk jugs you had to knock over. If he kept holding onto it, he was sure he might break it when the survivors finally got to the throne.

And lo and behold...]

Huh? First she's called Rika, now they're calling her V? The fuck's going on?

[zackthekiller]

[Sorry, Zack's kind of looking over Eliza's shoulder here.]

I dunno, sis, I'm more worried about the royal sicko running the whole murder thing.

[dragonmouth]

[When Charlotte downs the honey, Tali finds herself 2ith her face in her hands. ]

No no no, gods, why this...

Re: The Gilded throne.

[dragonmouth]

[She knows you hate her, but let's try.]

...two things can be true at the same time.

How do we know they're not one and the same?

[zackthekiller]

[He's gonna give her a Look, but the confrontation more interesting.]

... I dunno. Just a guess.

[7_0_7]

[sooooooo Seven has been quietly losing his shit somewhere ever since he got the phone, but he can't just keep something like this to himself forever, so he'll tear his eyes away from the screen for just a moment.]

They're not.

Rika's... she must be delusional. V isn't there... it's not possible for her version of him to be there. They saw him die...

[telecosmetic]

I can worry about that and be annoyed about the lack of consequences for that guy at the same time.

[dragonmouth]

Nakari said that to me as well, before she disappeared.

"I've seen you die."

I sincerely don't want this to be the case, but... if it's not the V she knows, perhaps it's one she doesn't?

[zackthekiller]

Huh...?

[He glances at 707 before going back to the phone... Rika... Mentioned the Sun?

Then all the confusion sets in for that woman... And somehow, Zack's able to rub at least two brain cells together.]

Wait a minute... The bitch's brainwashed or something!

[7_0_7]

[He considers this.]

The last I checked, this timeline was the only one whose Earth vanished, and I knew where V was in each of them... so if it was one of him, he could only have been there for as long as I've been here. It's possible, but kinda unlikely. Unless it had something to do with the other fragments of worlds disappearing...

[he groans, rubbing his temples.]

I should have learned more about this world they're in!

[well, not like there were too many opportunities he could have done that with while they're in Hell. The Synod was pretty isolated from the rest of their society.]

[dragonmouth]

...well.

That's rather worrying.

[FUCK]

[notthebreakman]

[Proto's been quiet for a while now, but this turn of events makes him speak up.]

So all along our true enemy has been whatever force or entity that Sun is. She's just yet another puppet dancing on its strings.

[zackthekiller]

Yeah, ya think?!

[Sorry, he snapped a bit... Actually not sorry, this is a reasonable response.]

The fuck is with that sun?!

[bendwiththewind]

And end up exhausted in the process? You're damn good at intel but even you have limits. Don't beat yourself up over it.

[Wait...are those words of encouragement?]