... Yeah. It wasn't just a surprise, you're here, it was calculated. And they picked important people, too, I assume. Mine - I can't lose him.
[she rubs at her face.] So it's kind of just... what are they gonna make us do, what hoops are we going to have to jump through. The logical conclusion is kill someone or your hostage dies, right?
... It is pretty miserable. [ rubs a hand down his face ] I'd like to put on a strong face but there's no getting around the fact that this is going to suck.
[well. listen, she's a tactile person, so she reaches over to take his hand.]
It will. It's going to suck and we're going to lose people we care about, but the thing about these places is that all of us got out, the first time. We got out, with the things we came for. So uh. I think it'll be okay, eventually.
Big uh. Big half computer half organic long furry creature with a beak and beady eyes. It talked like a cutesy influencer from the early internet and wanted everybody to be it's Barbies.
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[ this only happens in a blue moon. he will inevitably put his foot in his mouth again.
for now!! he raises a champagne flute. ]
Cheers?
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[she clinks her glass against his and just downs the whole thing in one go. that's not how you're supposed to drink that but ok]
To uh, to avoiding death until at least week five.
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Assuming we're here that long. Could be one of those shorter ones. [ ... ] Though they sound kind of hellish.
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I'm also not uh, exactly an optimistic person. So you know.
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[ grimly drinks champagne ]
They know we've all been through this before, which is why... they arranged for additional bargaining chips. Speaks to intention and foresight.
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... Yeah. It wasn't just a surprise, you're here, it was calculated. And they picked important people, too, I assume. Mine - I can't lose him.
[she rubs at her face.] So it's kind of just... what are they gonna make us do, what hoops are we going to have to jump through. The logical conclusion is kill someone or your hostage dies, right?
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[ He pinches the bridge of his nose. ]
And not to be a downer, but it means that we can't just look for an escape. We have to find a way to rescue our hostages and also escape.
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[...] We'll just... have to see what we can salvage together, I guess.
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[ Sips his champagne. ]
Everything you went through at your previous incursion... do you think what you got out of it was worth it?
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... It had to be. So yeah.
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It's the same for me. [ ... ] Sorry, not sure why I asked. I didn't really have a point to make.
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Misery loves company.
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[well. listen, she's a tactile person, so she reaches over to take his hand.]
It will. It's going to suck and we're going to lose people we care about, but the thing about these places is that all of us got out, the first time. We got out, with the things we came for. So uh. I think it'll be okay, eventually.
Just gotta weather through it.
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He looks a little surprised, and then a little embarrassed, before settling on grateful. ]
That's not a bad way of looking at it. We'll weather it because we have to. [ He nods. ] In the mean time... what is a "furby"?
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no, the switch in conversation makes her like - barklaugh? in surprise.]
Fuck. Uh. Depends, do you mean the 90s toy or like, the thing that lived in the vents during my thing? Probably the latter.
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he just cocks his head to the side. ]
I'm assuming you weren't chewed on by a toy, so yeah, the latter.
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Big uh. Big half computer half organic long furry creature with a beak and beady eyes. It talked like a cutesy influencer from the early internet and wanted everybody to be it's Barbies.
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Is... "Barbie" a term for friend?
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But it sounds the most similar to our current circumstances.
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he nods slowly ]
So much for my efforts to divert toward something more innocuous.
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I mean, yeah, furbies usually are, you just hit the shit jackpot. It's fine.
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