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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]

[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.

[pandoricas]

I'd rather just live, personally.

[knewtoomuch]

Can't argue with that. Well...you appear to be alive here, as alive as you can be anyways, so that is a big plus. I suppose we all get to come up with a whole new way of living out our day to day. I hope I find something exciting to do myself.

[pandoricas]

Being alive is good, yeah.

[He will count his blessings where they stand.]

And, um... good luck with that? I'm sure you'll find something.

[knewtoomuch]

I appreciate the luck. Sometimes I feel like I'm running out of it. I suppose I should give you the same well wishes.

[After all, he isn't so bad compared to some. No harm in a little luck.]

With that sad...good luck! May we both find our own piece of paradise here!

[pandoricas]

Right. Uh. Thanks, I think.

[That is kind of awkward... but at least its nothing bad. That's always nice.]

[knewtoomuch]

You are quite welcome...if any of that really meant something significant to you. Um...farewell!

[With all of that said, the feed cuts out. At least that guy does not feel like the waste of time that humans usually do.]