one bite

[seeksherownsalvation]

[ video ]

[ CRINKLE ]

Hey, so, that machine lady--

[ CRUNCH. ]

Y'know, the one that starts nagging us right when we get here.

[ A lurching blur, another CRINKLE. ]

She's not so bright, is she, huh?

[ And the blurry, disjointed image on the communicator's screen finally resolves into something coherent: a teenage girl eating chips and staring at the device with a fiercely unimpressed expression. ]

If she's not gonna listen when I tell her I ain't no hero, she kinda sucks at this importing thing!

[ CRINKLE CRINKLE CRUNCH ]

Seriously.

[ She balls up the now-empty bag of chips and flings it away off-screen. ]

Someone better tell me how I get outta here soon or I'll just hafta mess up the place. That'd prove I'm no hero, right? But it's a waste of time if there's an easier way, so you should probably just let me know now.

Comments

voice.

[crab]

There's no getting out, dumbass, Lachesis is a mechanical psychopath who does whatever she damn well wants and the petulant whining of some jumped up human isn't going to change her mind. Literally no one gives a single fuck whether you want to be a hero or not.

[voice]

[lastnerv]

Could you, maybe in the future, try to not eat on that network? It's just rude.

video;

[glowsferatu]

I have discovered a method of escape, but it requires the devotion of a great deal of time and patience.

First, you must become deeply emotionally invested in the relationships you will form here. This will seem pleasant on the surface, and you may even enjoy it, but there is a sinister truth underlying it that you will eventually discover. Your escape is in that truth.

You see, when your life is so positively connected, just when you have allowed yourself the illusion of happiness, this is when Lachesis will elect to export one of you. If fortune favors you, you will not be the one remaining with the memory of the bond broken by this departure.

Be warned, however. Fortune tends to be fickle.

permavoice

[eastending]

Sorry, a life of crime isn't going to get you out of here.

video

[bumbumbum]

[There's Klarion in all his blue glory, frowning at the camera.]

I am not a hero either, and yet I am here with you.

voice;

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Oh they don't make you be a hero, which is good 'cause I'd suck at it.

But that's not the important thing! [ SOUNDING MUCH MORE DETERMINED: ] Were those chips tasty?

[video]

[dupable]

I am pretty sure she doesn't actually care if people actually are or not! Lots of people here mess things up and they don't get sent home either.

[soulbondee]

Hey, this place gets messed up enough already, okay?! None of us need you addin' to it!

[birdhousesoul]

Sounds like you've found something palatable. What is it, and where'd you find it?

[Anders loves snacks okay]

[soulbonder]

No, that would not send you home. There are many people who mess up this City, too.