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[gundhamster]

[As the recording starts, there's the faint sound of movement in the background as Gundham is exploring a bit of forest.]

So, as it seems our 'hosts' - if we can truly call them that - are intent on keeping us here, it would behoove us to acquaint ourselves with the surroundings. I will say that as far as prisons go, this is not the worst. However, I do have a question. Are any that can access this familiar with the local wildlife? I've been attempting to observe but having just arrived, I'm sure my scent is unfamiliar enough to have them on edge.

However... there is wildlife here. That in itself is... unexpected.

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[grilletto]

[ It's clear that this is something he's thought about a lot, especially with the way that he took in a deep breath that was far more audible than it should have been. You can practically hear his arms moving to help him illustrate his point. ]

Picture a regular deer, okay? Now picture a deer that walks on two legs, wears clothes, talks and has fingers that wiggle just like yours. No hooves on the legs they don't walk on, fucking wiggle fingers.

[ Is that a chuckle? Yeah, it is. ]

He says he's a deer but he's not any deer I've ever seen, that's what I mean by deer fingers.

[gundhamster]

[The image that conjures in Gundham's head is... well, nightmarish. Of course he probably didn't need to add razor sharp horns, and two extra sets of eyes to the tentacle fingers.]

W-what... what... WHAT MANNER OF FIEND IS THIS!?

[grilletto]

[ He absolutely didn't need to add all the small details, those little touches that made the imagery just that much more terrifying. It couldn't be seen but Mista shrugged and let out another faint laugh. ]

Just a deer, at least that's what he claims. Hmmm, well, claimed I guess but that's not really the point. What I'm getting at is that you should be worried if you see something like that and not if you see something normal...

[gundhamster]

To think such fiends exist in this place. What cruel monstrosity created such a being...

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[disasdeer]

Wow, okay, no need to be rude here. I'm not a fiend, and I was created just the same as any other person - a male and female had sex.

[ It's said so dryly. ]

yes, this is the response

[grilletto]

AND THEN YOU WERE BORN WITH FINGERS!

[disasdeer]

Well, yeah. How else do you do hold things? Can you imagine an entire society of people not holding things.

[grilletto]

We're not talking about people, we're talking about you.

I'm pretty sure, anyway, only Louis has ever been this defensive about deer fingers.

[disasdeer]

That is me. A deer person. Just as you are a human person. I assume you're human. Maybe you're not.

[gundhamster]

Wait. Deer person!?

[disasdeer]

Well, where I'm from we just call me a deer.

Yes, I'm a deer. And for some reason this fellow is obsessed with my fingers.

[gundhamster]

[Gundham's tone is one of someone clearly shaken to their very core.]

Deer cannot speak! How can you claim to be a deer while speaking on a phone such as this!?

[At least he's not freaking out about fingers anymore?]

[disasdeer]

I'm not claiming anything. I am a deer. Fine, fine.

[ Switches to video. ]

Does that help?

[grilletto]

Yeah, of course I'm a human, but where I come from deer people aren't a thing. Unless it's more like...oh, I just love deer, they're the best animal!

[ Is he laughing at his own impression of people who love deer? Yeah. ]

[disasdeer]

So like...deer fanboys or fangirls?

[ k. humans were weird already. mista has not helped their case. ]

Humans are strange.

[grilletto]

Yeah, something like that.

[ There's a pause, Mista clicking his tongue out. ]

And we're not and stranger than deer people, so touché I guess...

[grilletto]

Other deer, apparently, that's what he says anyway.

[gundhamster]

Such a claim runs counter to all knowledge, common and arcane.

[grilletto]

[ It's not as if Mista hadn't noticed the way that Gundham talks, but that last message received was enough to make him question something. ]

...are you, like, from here or something?

[ He knows that he probably came from somewhere else, but who in the hell uses the work arcane...? ]

[gundhamster]

Hmph. No, I found myself submerged in that damnable lake the same as many others.

[The answer to that question is a goddamn nerd, Mista. A goddamn nerd.]

[grilletto]

[ There's a pucker of his lips at that, he has some doubt but then again this total stranger doesn't have a reason to lie about it. ]

Sooooooo...arcane? What's up with that?

[gundhamster]

[Of all the things to focus on, that's what Mista went with?]

...What do you mean?

[grilletto]

You know, the word arcane...? You don't really hear it a lot these days.

[ He stopped for a second, shaking his head a little before tilting his head slightly. ]

At least I don't, anyway, kind of makes you sound like you belong here.

[gundhamster]

Perhaps that is the mark of some deficiency on your part then. The arcane has long been the binding force of reality and will be long after these mortal shells are discarded. It is not the fault of others that you are simply blind to the machinations of the world around you.

[Translation: Gundham is a nerd.]

[grilletto]

[ For a second Mista didn't really know what to say, lips pulling into a thin line that almost made it seem like he was actually thinking about it. In reality he was trying not to laugh, a rather boisterous one finally forcing it's way out of his mouth. ]

Seriously? Are you for real?