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[withoutaworld]

[ Rikki's in her suite, in her street clothes, toying with the long knife she took off that kedan and frowning to herself, not quite looking at the camera as it comes on. She glances up briefly, but she's too distracted to try and keep up the eye contact. ]

So... I guess a lot of us were at the thing at the festival. Obviously. I hope everyone came out of it okay and all.

But I've been thinking about what that guy said, before he was killed. About us saving them. Have any of you heard the kedan say anything about that before? Did I imagine that? And... maybe it's just me, but I don't see a whole lot to save anyone from, other than... y'know... the kedan.

Comments

video;

[trainwrecked]

I don't think any of us have been here all that long. There may be things we haven't seen, yet.

text; anonymous

[demon_brat]

One would think that could be a good line of questions to ask of the Emperor at the next audience held.

[video]

[littlecousin]

I'm fine with saving people, but I kinda have to know they need to be saved, first.

[Seriously, what is this?]

[ Video ]

[hairpipes]

There's always someone who needs saving. I'm sure we'll find out what needs to be done soon enough.

[video || anonymous]

[cowled]

[You have a good instinct, Rikki, and Bruce can appreciate that. So here he is in his Craig persona, brow slightly furrowed.]

So what do you think that means?

['Batman' has theories. No, really. They're like. Thirty pages deep at the moment. But 'Devin Craig' isn't nearly so savvy, and Bruce is more than willing to play the congenial, absent-minded professor role to dig for other people's opinions.]

video;

[storm_warning]

[Ororo has her boots propped up on the edge of her console and she's hugged her arms around her legs.]

Call me crazy, but that one guy who killed the others had in under control. I don't see why they'd need us if they've got people like that lying around.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

I'm sure there are. It just... I don't know. It's bugging me.

[text]

[withoutaworld]

Any chance you can tell me when that will be?

[video]

[withoutaworld]

Yeah, same here. [ Wry smile. ] Not like I had any other plans for my afterlife. They could at least point me at whatever I'm supposed to be fighting.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

[ Rikki grimaces and shrugs. ] I'm not real big on waiting around to be told what to do.

text; anonymous

[demon_brat]

Not yet, but the kedan said there is one every month. The wait should not be long.

[video]

[trainwrecked]

The awareness that there may be a big bad unseen force - or group of individuals - threatening the existence of this place, up until now not even hinted about, is something that would... bug anyone who stopped to think of it.

[okay, maybe he doesn't know how much more reason than most she has, to be worried by something like that...]

audio

[agentdork]

Doesn't look like any of the newbies here got hurt, at least.

Far as what was said-- well. We haven't been here that long. There's no telling what could be so...off.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

[ She eyes her screen for a long moment while she considers her answer. ] He could just be crazy. The guy who grabbed those girls. I mean, obviously he's crazy or he'd have found a different way to say what he did, but... assuming he's not delusional...

I think maybe we're not here accidentally. That the emperor or whoever brought us here for a reason. [ She clenches her jaw and looks down at the knife in her hand. ] And I don't trust people who want to use me without telling me why. Or that they're doing it at all.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

Maybe it's not the people who're their problem. Or maybe there's something kedan can't do that we can.

[video]

[withoutaworld]

...thanks. When you put it like that, I feel much better about all of this. [ :| ]

[video]

[withoutaworld]

Yeah, and that's another thing that bugs me. Why isn't there anyone else from outside around here? It's like we just started coming all of a sudden, but they were ready for us.

[text]

[withoutaworld]

Good to know. Thanks.

text; anonymous

[demon_brat]

Be careful, Nomad.

[See, it's somebody she introduced herself to. He's just not going to announce his identity over the network.]

[text]

[withoutaworld]

[ ...not sure if nice or creepy. :\ ]

I'm always careful.

[ Hah. Haaaaah. ]

[video]

[trainwrecked]

... that hit a nerve, didn't it. What I meant was that there is nothing strange about being bothered by the idea. It'd be a rather unobservant person not to be.

text; anonymous

[demon_brat]

[Creepy. Try with creepy every time with Damian and you won't go wrong.]

We shall see.

[dadissues]

...Oh yeah, he did say something like that, huh? It seemed like all crazy rambling.

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

I heard that as well...perhaps it is why we have been brought here.

[video]

[storm_warning]

[It's an ironic smile as she scratches absently at her arm.]

That's great. [Sarcasm, she has it.] I thought I'd seen the last of people trying to use me. [Shrug.]

So what do you do that's so special?