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[pandoricas]

[Hello residents of turtleland, have one (1) Rory Willams looking at you through these console things. He's looking decisively uncertain about this, possibly wondering if making this post is even a good idea in the first place, considering one name he saw on the list...

But well, he's already started the recording, so stopping it now is kind of redundant. Rory gives another unsure look through the screen for a moment more before he pointedly clears his throat and starts to speak.]

Uh... hello, I guess. My name's Rory, I used to be a nurse from Leadworth, and I'm... married.

[Yeah, good job there Rory. Real smooth. Can you see how out of his depth he feels right now?]

So, um. From what I understand, we're not-dead... and on a giant turtle. [Quiet mutter at this point.] Why a giant turtle? Space whales are one thing, but... [Trailing off here for a moment now, as if lost in some other thought entirely, but Rory quickly shakes himself off it and focuses back on the video again.] I guess not being dead is good. I mean, it's not fun being dead. I don't like being dead.

[Rory, you're not making things better for yourself.]

Anyway--hello, I guess? Looks like I'm going to be stuck here no matter what, so I suppose its nice to meet the rest of you who are stuck here too. [Beat.] Here's to being stuck together? Or something like that.

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[knewtoomuch]

[Balthazar will hear those and raise Rory a few stories about some of God's early creations or mistakes as most angels would deem them to be.]

I have all the time in the world. Waiting around for things to happen is what I do best.

[If by waiting he means faking his own death and running off to gallivant on Earth then this is quite accurate.]

Indeed. Nothing you can do about it. At least you're not whining on here. I haven't even been here that long. You wouldn't believe how some of the residents here act at their most vulnerable.

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[pandoricas]

[It will be a very enlightening chat when it happens, that's for sure.

Rory frowns a bit at the latter comment about people whining and all that, sort of understanding - but at the same time, not really comfortable with the other's way of saying it.]

You can't blame them. I mean, nobody expected themselves to suddenly be brought here without any warning whatsoever. It is a little sudden.

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[knewtoomuch]

[Very enlightening indeed. He scoffs at the concern there for anybody. Whining is not supposed to be something to defend. It's just so...irritating and a little overdone even for here.]

It's not like any of us can just leave though either. It makes more sense to save that kind of energy for finding a way out if they insist on doing so. I feel as though I left one little problem of a planet to come elsewhere for almost the same thing.

[When all is said and done, Balthazar just wants everything to be smooth sailing.]

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[pandoricas]

People are free to choose whatever they want to do. It might not be the best thing, but it's their choice and we have to respect that.

[At least, as much as possible.]

I've been told that some people are trying to find a way out, at least. So that's a start.

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[knewtoomuch]

Ah, yes that whole free will thing. Sure sure. They can think whatever they want, but that doesn't mean that I am not going to make fun of it.

[And if anybody thinks that Balthazar will start to care, they have another thing coming.]

Well, that's a start. Personally I think that I'll kick back and enjoy myself assuming that the problems going on around here can actually be fixed.

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[pandoricas]

{Well caring is nice!! ...and you are a bit rude, good sir, but if that is what you want to do then Rory can't stop you. :c Doesn't mean he will approve though, especially with the small frown on his face.]

Well, it's worth trying, right? You won't know unless you try.

[knewtoomuch]

[This angel will start caring when he stops getting used to help other people with their problems and getting stabbed in the back. The usual. And he doesn't need Rory's approval, sir. Not at all.]

I've attempted the whole giving a damn thing. It didn't agree with me. That's fantastic if it works for you though. Really...enjoy that. I hope it does more for you than what it does for me.

[pandoricas]

[If it helps Rory will never do something like that... he knows how it is being the chew toy of the universe.]

It wasn't all that easy for me either. I mean, a lot of things happened before I could actually marry my wife - [the universe dying, him being erased from existence, somehow becoming a plastic Roman and then sitting beside a box for 2000 years] - and its never easy but I think its not worth giving up over. At least, that's what I think.

[knewtoomuch]

When you have a literal backstabbing on your hands and you are fairly certain you are supposed to be dead, I am more than sure that 'giving up' is acceptable.

[Rory, that tale of yours is a sad one.]

Oh, and did I mention this was my closest friend? I didn't? Well now you know. I would just adore this whole living for the moment and being frivolous with gusto over assisting all that I can. The whole dying thing makes charity pointless.

[pandoricas]

Um. [Should he say? Its always kind of awkward to say and Rory doesn't like to talk about it, but...] If it makes you feel better, I died a couple of times myself already.

[Pause.]

Not that dying is good. I hate dying myself too.

[knewtoomuch]

[Now it's just awkward on all sides. Balthazar scrutinizes him a moment before ultimately shrugging. What else can he say? Of course dying is not good. Something about that other part though...he pulls a face.]

Lucky you that you kept coming back then.

[pandoricas]

Or unlucky, sometimes. [Tiny shrug.] Hard to say for sure, right?

[knewtoomuch]

I'd love to share that sort of opinion, but I never came back or at least I never got the chance to.

[For all he knows, maybe he DOES come back or this place is just sort of him coming back. He ends up shrugging.]

I suppose it can end up being a curse all things considered. What do you consider this place to be in regards to living or dying?

[pandoricas]

[Makes a bit of a face at that, trying to mull it over - but eventually he shrugs again.]

It's just a place. Giant turtle aside--can't really say for sure if what they say is actually true.

[knewtoomuch]

[That means they share a little something in common then.]

Just a giant turtle indeed. It certainly is a hormonal turtle to weaken so many of us. That was a nice 'Welcome aboard'.

[He waves a hand dismissively. It is not directed at the other so much as at the situation in general.]

At least it won't be boring.

[pandoricas]

[A little bit of common interests never hurt anybody after all.]

Er--I'm sorry? [He doesn't really get the 'weaken' bit, but okay.] Are you doing alright, then?

[knewtoomuch]

Oh, yes! Tremendously! Never better!

[The sarcasm is strong, but not really mean-spirited.]

Forget what I said. I suppose what we should all be focusing on is our purpose here and what it all means, hmm?

[pandoricas]

[He sees your sarcasam there, Balthazar.]

I... guess? [Do they have a purpose in being here - that is, aside from being kidnapped.] Is this place in danger?

[knewtoomuch]

[Plenty more where that comes from.]

I think it is...was? Whatever is going on here, it is not completely paradise for any of us. Really though, were you in paradise where you came from?

[pandoricas]

[Shaking his head.]

Unless you count Manhattan in the 1930s as paradise, then no.

[knewtoomuch]

Manhattan did have a few charms back in the day. It still does...but definitely not paradise. It sounds really cliché, right out of one of those Hallmark cards if you ask me, but paradise is what we make of it.

[pandoricas]

It's only clichéd because it's usually true.

[Small smile here.]

But yeah, really not paradise.

[knewtoomuch]

I really haven't been here long enough to figure out what to call this place. I am far from calling this paradise. So far it's just an in-betweener. Not so bad though.

[he looks around a moment.]

Not so bad for the back of a turtle anyways.

[pandoricas]

...it does make you wonder why an 'in-between' world happens to be on a giant turtle. Do you think there's a reason behind it?

[knewtoomuch]

Who knows? It could be some legend that we happen to find ourselves a part of. For all we know, there is some malevolent intention behind all of this as an elaborate prank. Somehow though....I doubt that. I'd rather go with living inside of a legend or a myth.