BT612L; Night 005; audio; private to RE419S, LO431Y

[ichoosefight]

In case you guys are still worried, I'm not out looking for Sameen. Sorry if I scared you.

[ Her voice is entirely businesslike, not annoyed or smug... or particularly apologetic. ]

She seems stable enough that I don't think she's going to shoot anyone accidentally. Intentionally I'm not sure about, but I'll be keeping an eye on her. From a distance.

Still heading south-east. Can you give me any specifics on your location?

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[lonelynotforsaken]

I... can't say I have a lot of survivalist experiences, either.

[Not situations where dying, starvation, and dehydration are actual issues.]

But yeah. Maybe. Hopefully it's not that. H-how do you make soap from ashes? We haven't been able to do a fire. But when we can, I can try to do something with that.

[ichoosefight]

Well, experience and knowledge are two very different things.

[ There's not a ton of wilderness in Gotham for Batman to have trained her on, but she learned all the same. ]

Ashes and fat. You filter the ashes with water to make lye and boil it with animal fat. My teacher made me try it once, it is... not pleasant. But it'll get you clean.

cw: discussion of animal death/hunting

[lonelynotforsaken]

Animal fat. O-okay. I can... sort that out. [Quieter:] I've still got my knife. When I can move around more, I'll work on that. F-f-for food, first. Yeah. We need food. Oh, god. I've never killed an animal before.

Okay. Okay. It's fine. This is fine. I'll be fine. I'll sort it out. I just need to get a little better. We're going to try to leave tomorrow, get down to a proper water source.

I guess, let me know if you find anything and I'll do the same. I don't think we'll be moving a lot or very fast to start, but I want to get back to the beach and around to the airport Randvi found. It seems like a good landmark for people to meet up.

cw: discussion of animal death/hunting

[ichoosefight]

I'd be grateful if you did. All I have is a sharpened stick. I mean, I'll do it again if I have to? But it definitely gave me nightmares. And I'm from Gotham, I've seen some messed up stuff.

I'll keep you updated. I'm gonna make sure Cohle is okay first. Or, Detective Cohle. I'm guessing that's not his first name.

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Nightmares. Great. Amazing. Cool. Like he doesn't have enough of those already. At least this one might be different?]

You... keep mentioning Gotham. I've never actually heard of it. Or, um... the superhero stuff? That sounds pretty intense.

It feels like a lot of people are from some pretty unique situations. Like-like Shaw's simulation. You and superheroes. The science man and people being turned to stone. I wonder if that has anything to do with the reasons we each got pulled in?

A-anyway, food for thought. I'm definitely worried about Cohle. He said he has food, which should help, but it's so hard without water.

[ichoosefight]

[ She just sighs. Of course his world doesn't have a Gotham. She knew her home was weird, but is it really so unique in the Multiverse? ]

You may be right. At this point, though, it's impossible to tell. We don't have anything even close to a motive right now.

Do you know where exactly he is? That would help.

[lonelynotforsaken]

I don't. He wouldn't tell me, and I haven't seen him telling anyone else. I think he started on the northern side of the island, though. And he probably went into the jungle if he's got fruit to survive on. So, like... north-ish? But I don't know how big of an expanse that is.

Oh! Oh, he said he could hear the announcement like the one that's on here. Although, it's getting really creepy and sluggish, like a dying wind-up doll.

[ichoosefight]

If the island is mostly symmetrical around the mountain it shouldn't be too big. North's something to go on, though. I can hear the announcement now too, so that means I'm least somewhat close.

[lonelynotforsaken]

Okay. Just be careful. The drones might still be active. And if you get caught, getting one near the cell door is what unlocks it.

[ichoosefight]

I will, I promise. Appearances aside, I'm actually pretty good at not getting caught.

[lonelynotforsaken]

Appearances? But I've never seen you! [Humor! He can do humor. Martin chuckles nervously before devolving into a brief coughing fit.] Okay... I'm going to lie down. Talk to you later.

[ichoosefight]

[ Steph snickers a little, glad to see he's in a state to make jokes. ]

Yeah, get some rest. I'll be in touch.