// 01 || [Video]

[myownjustice]

[The video feed clicks on to, at first, show a view of a field (one that might be recognized as being near by Espoir's tavern). Eventually, it gets flipped over to show something completely different.

A long-haired male who clearly A) doesn't know what the hell this thing is, B) doesn't care to know what it is, and C) will probably never care

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[VOICE]

[rainofheaven]

[in a very deep and sinister voice]

Welcome to Hell, Mr. Yuri Lowell...

Hope you like the heat 'cause it can get a little toasty down here.

MUWAHAHAHAHA!!

[VOICE] 1/2

[myownjustice]

[... What the hell was--]

[VOICE] holy geez i can type i swear

[myownjustice]

[--- ... that. Oh. It's coming from that thing. Sheesh.

Well, now that Flynn told him to pick it up and keep it and all that good stuff, he'll be looking at the device now.

This face. And that slightly annoyed/exasperated sigh. They say everything Yuri would ever need to even if the look doesn't help much for a vocal response, but he adds onto it with words anyway.]

... Right. Anything else you feel like telling me about?

[VOICE] ...uh huh.

[rainofheaven]

[if only Raven knew of voice changers. but now he's making less of an attempt to disguise his voice]

Only that's it's about time ya showed up.

[VOICE]

[myownjustice]

[... Yeah, it's fairly obvious to him now who this is.]

Didn't realize I was supposed to be showing up anywhere. [Except. You know. Where ever dead people end up. Even if he's not dead, but considering the last thing he went through before waking up here ...]

[VOICE]

[rainofheaven]

You've been the only one missin' in this motley crew. 'Cept ya missed Karol, so we're still short one.

[VOICE]

[myownjustice]

... Everyone except Karol, huh. [He's figuring that that means everyone died on Zaude except Karol. Something about that seems completely wrong, but at the same time ...

...

Whatever. Let's just ... figure out what the hell's going on before we start asking people why they're hanging around the afterlife, shall we?] I guess it's a good thing that almost all of us are here together. ... Unless it's not.

[VOICE]

[rainofheaven]

[it's a shame Raven hasn't considered that Yuri really thinks he's dead, huh?]

Kinda depends. Place ain't so bad 'cept for the occasional nightmare weeks.

[VOICE]

[myownjustice]

'Nightmare weeks'? [What. That ... doesn't sound pleasant.]

[VOICE]

[rainofheaven]

[sighs]

Exactly what it sounds like. Welcome to Somarium, Yuri. A world of dreams and nightmares.

[VOICE]

[myownjustice]

........

[Excuse me what.]

You're kidding me, right?

[VOICE]

[rainofheaven]

Wish I was.

[VOICE]

[myownjustice]

[... Wait, he doesn't sound like he's joking. Or even attempting to.]

... You're really serious about this, aren't you? [ ... ] If this is supposed to be another one of your stories, old man, I swear ...

[VOICE] ...HEY. YOU TWO STOP TRASHING MY TAVERN.

[rainofheaven]

[another old man sigh]

Nope, I'm tellin' the truth this time, honest! Even I couldn't make up a story like this.

[VOICE] WE'RE REDECORATING.

[myownjustice]

It sounds about as believable as some of yours ... but I guess not.

[s-sighing]

So, I'm in some kind of dream world now or whatever. What am I supposed to do now -- just deal with it?

[VOICE] SOME REDECORATORS YOU ARE. YOU'RE FIRED!

[rainofheaven]

Pretty much how most of us folks have been. Ya get used ta it after a while. [like, oh two years or so.]