[voice], UN: whatever

[scotch_egg]

[there is a pause for a moment and when he begins to speak his voice is rough]

Right. Assuming this isn't just another bloody fever dream that I'll wake up from to find myself pitched into... I don't know, some scifi or whatever--

What is the best way to get on here? What should I avoid? Is there a way to skip all this horseshit and go home?

[there is a violent sneeze followed by a soft groan]

And I don't suppose there's some magic to cure a cold.

Comments

un: azfell

[temptationaccomplished]

You can't be "whatever" for your user-name. That's not- That's not a name, Hardy. How is anyone to find you?

[scotch_egg]

I don't remember asking your opinion. Go away.

[temptationaccomplished]

You posted publicly. Kindly deal with it.

[scotch_egg]

No. [you can't make him] Piss off.

[voice] un: draconium

[blue_ice]

Isn't this more fantasy than sci-fi?

Hmm. A fusion is most accurate. Could be worse, we could be entirely medieval.

[ He wrinkles his nose out of habit, despite not being in the room. ]

Healing mages exist. I'm not one of them, but you shouldn't have to look to hard.

Re: [voice] un: draconium

[scotch_egg]

I meant this isn't the first time I've woken up into bizarro world. [or whatever]

Healing...mage? No actual doctors? You know people who rely on science and not bullshit?

[temptationaccomplished]

Oh no. I wonder if young Elliott is around~

[scotch_egg]

[ignoring this]

[blue_ice]

Likely not. How do their diagnostics work, then? Does the magic somehow know all, so they know which spell to cast?

It's giving me a headache just to think about.

[scotch_egg]

Hell if I know. [he runs a hand over his face, not that it can be seen] I mean they likely have something. Everyone looks relatively healthy and with all their teeth.

I don't know if I can trust someone though whose had twenty years in...I don't know...woo woo rather than, you know, someone whose been through medical school .

[maybe he'd just tough it out. He coughs a bit]

How long have you been here?

[blue_ice]

Believe me, I sympathize. I hope for your sake it'll pass on its own.

[ He still sounds a little irritated. ]

About as long as you. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this myself. But if there's any truth to what they're saying, which I don't necessarily believe...we're not going anywhere until we train and quest like good little adventurers.

[ He does not sound at all enthusiastic for this idea. ]

[scotch_egg]

Eh, at least it's a direction. [a sneeze and he sighs shakily] If we work hard maybe we can cut the time in half.

[blue_ice]

If they're telling the truth. They could be simply exploiting us for labor.

[ Always gotta be cynical. ]

But that's just me. I'll observe a little longer, while I try to figure out how to live.

Video

[serpentinthegarden]

You're here!

[ His voice sounded far more hopeful than it should have and he tried to fix that when he spoke next. ]

I didn't think anyone would be. You... you have a cold?

Video

[scotch_egg]

[Good. Now he doesn't have to deal with Fell. But he also doesn't want to have to deal with-- with-- Whatever-- Whoever. But avoiding him at the moment would be impossible]

I'm fine. [a sniffle] Fell is here too. He remembers everything. [in other words ...whoever is also fine. And should be happy regardless]

[serpentinthegarden]

[ It would have been. With all of them being funneled into one hotel it wouldn't have been difficult to track Alec down if he did decide to hang up on him. ]

I've seen Fell.

[ His angel. ]

Do you remember everything?

[scotch_egg]

Good. [then it was settled] Yep.

[He almost preferred the easier life that he'd never lived, but he was never one to run from responsibility]

Know who I am now.

[serpentinthegarden]

That a good thing?

[ He wasn't sure anymore. Crowley wasn't even entirely sure he could say he 'knew who he was'. He remembered everything but... what to do with all of those memories? ]

[scotch_egg]

Doesn't matter.

[and he knows this is going to be a pain in the ass, but]

I also know who I'm not.

text; un: didnot.

[morns]

you ever tried chicken soup?

( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

[scotch_egg]

Don't like chicken much. Or soup. [that is a masterful use of emoji. It's both helpful and sarcastic]

Alec Crowley.

[a second later]

Hardy

[morns]

( her either, but it's what people peddle as the solution. lucozade works better, if you ask her. )

you forget your own surname?

( tf dude, tf. )

[scotch_egg]

Yes. Being pushed into another world is not the strangest thing that's happened to me.

[morns]

( yikes. )

what's weirder than this?

[scotch_egg]

For a while I was in a place where I thought I was someone else. I'm still not entirely convinced I'm not.