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hispoisonsmile

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Sep 21, 2009 11:07

[ the screen clicks on to an image that seems sideways, so obviously the device is on the floor. in the image a few feet away, a figure in crimson lying still and trembling. at last, though, the figure moves, pushing itself up on shaking arms and turning to peer in confusion at the surroundings. is this person a man or a woman? --it's hard to ( Read more... )

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13sugars September 21 2009, 02:35:46 UTC

[Guess what Abel saw! You get three chances and the hint is that he sounds very, VERY concerned right now]

Are... are you alright?

[He waits for a moment, before continuing]

It's... not really like a kidnapping. I don't know if you could call it that. More like an alien abduction.

[ voice-to-text ] hispoisonsmile September 21 2009, 02:44:09 UTC

Ah--! How did..?

[ a long pause, as cesare is obviously fiddling with the thing ]

Ahhh, I see. Quite a clever little device, to allow people to speak across a distance like this..

[ another, shorter pause ]

I did think that this seemed a touch clumsy if I was to be a hostage again. May I inquire as to where, precisely, we are?

[voice] 13sugars September 21 2009, 02:45:53 UTC

It... It kind of clever, if you think about it. [Abel kind of takes that for granted now a days]

... Again? You've been kidnapped once already?! [What had this man been through?

... Ah! Oh! Discedo. You're in Discedo.

[ voice-to-text ] hispoisonsmile September 21 2009, 02:51:40 UTC

Taken as a hostage, actually, several times now. It's quite different from a kidnapping, so please do not be concerned for my sake. I was, for the most part, treated quite well.

Discedo--? I am afraid that I have never heard the name. Please forgive my ignorance, but.. are we in another country altogether? I-- I am certain I was just in the Vatican.. I cannot possibly have been ill that long.

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