[Voice Post]

[thatdamnsmirk]

[The PCD gives a clicking noise, and a male voice comes through.]

Oh, this is just fuckin' excellent. Thought you weren't supposed to hurt when you're dead. Give a poor bastard some peace.

Guess I washed up on shore.

... the hell.

This place isn't the ocean...

...

[Long silence, punctuated by footsteps.]

Gods, I need a drink.

Comments

[wizardsgrace]

This doesn't seem like anything you want to hear, but I don't think that any of us here are quite dead yet. Are you injured? I would be happy to meet you and take a look.

My name is Zedd.

I have some apples, if you're hungry.

[thatdamnsmirk]

Sunovabitch!

[There's the sound of an impact on the PCD, as if something's been thrown at it.]

...

Just what the fuck are you supposed to be?!

[There's a cautious shuffling, and the video feed flickers, like the PCD is being picked up. A young man, maybe early to mid-twenties, with long hair. However, it's dark, so the features are hard to make out.]

... fuck. This's some kind of communicator...

If I were dead I wouldn't still be walkin' around, goddamnit. Not with all my parts and insofar as I can tell, I ain't got nothin' missing.

Well, Zedd. You got somethin' wrong with your head, that you go and offer to help a stranger you know nothing about?

[wizardsgrace]

[Zedd smiles at his own PCD] Well, I'm not sure what I was supposed to be, but I am a rather dashing young man, I'll have you know, and stop throwing rocks at me, please. Though it sounds like you have excellent aim.

Looks like you're in a bit of a dark place, so I'll give you a couple of warnings. There are some dangerous rabbits beasts that like to hide in places like that, and there are a good number of unstable buildings in the city, as well

[thatdamnsmirk]

[Augury's lip curls, and he makes a "tch" noise.]

I have better aim with a knife.

[At the warning, he only snickers softly.]

Something like this. This ain't anywhere near a lookin' glass, though. ... fucker won't blow up in my face if I press a couple of these buttons, will it? Dangerous magic to fuck around with-

[There's a soft, low noise of surprise, and the young man's voice becomes less rough, strangely more cultured.]

... a wizard. Now that, I suppose I can trust to a certain extent.

I'm scraped up a bit but it's nothing I can't walk off. You can help me by giving me more information.

My name is Augury.

[shadedsunlight]

If you need any medical attention, there are clinics at [coordinates x:y], [coordinates x:y], and [coordinates x:y]. But you're in Adstringéndum, a city created through a failed experiment in time and world compression. Don't worry if it doesn't make sense, it really isn't supposed to.

And I have a bar at [coordinates x:y]

[thatdamnsmirk]

More'n one of you, huh?

[The figure's lips part in a slight smirk.]

... world don't make no sense, it never does. Only thing you can fuckin' count on.

Hmn.

[Sound of feet shuffling, and his voice lightens.]

Excellent. Got anything harder than whiskey?

[shadedsunlight]

There's quite a few of us here, actually. It's a bit of a mess.

Name what you want, there's a good chance I might have it.

[thatdamnsmirk]

Fun fun.

[There's a low snicker.]

Anything, so long as it burns. I ain't picky.

[bunny_flower]

This is not the world of the dead, fortunately ... or unfortunately, as the case may be.

[thatdamnsmirk]

What would you know about the world of the dead?

[bunny_flower]

As the world of the dead is my home, I trust that I would have quite a good idea of what it looks like.

[thatdamnsmirk]

[The young man's voice lowers, and gets tight, defensive, but he doesn't sound afraid.]

... what are you, exactly?