YL078T | Voice | Night 009

[doomcame]

[Taissa has woken up in a new place much farther than ever before. It's too warm, even for night. The tropical trees growing just inland of the beach only confirm that this is considerably south of New Jersey. Her clothes are soaked through and she doesn't remember being in the water. Was there a shipwreck? There must be other boats nearby. The coast guard, or somebody, should be out there.

She picks up the only thing outside of herself that she has found on the sand so far. It looks like some sort of emergency radio. She listens to only a snippet of a message before calling out herself, but it sounds enough like military jargon to give her hope of timely rescue. She attempts to sound calm through her shock and confusion. Loud and clear.]

Hello? Who am I speaking to? This is Senator Taissa Turner. I seem to be lost and in need of assistance.

[Also in need of a quick transceiver tutorial, clearly.]

Comments

[ichoosefight]

And... why are we doing this?

[desperate_times_right]

Hey, you were the one who said someone's hunting us for sport. I've got shit to do.

[ichoosefight]

...So we're trying to make the show better? I'm not doing that.

[desperate_times_right]

Look, kid, if I've got to kill you to get home I will.

[ichoosefight]

Did you seriously just call me 'kid'? 'Cause I might have to dare you to come try it.

[desperate_times_right]

[She’s almost 20 years older than you, she can call you whatever she wants]

Oh, one hurt feeling and the principles are out the window, huh? What, you’re a mature student?

[ichoosefight]

What principles am I forgetting? You're the one making the challenge. I'd rather not fight you, but a it's not like a few broken bones will kill you if I'm careful.

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, so now you're gonna torture me?

You've got weird ideas of what makes a boring show.

[ichoosefight]

Of course not. But if you come at me, I'll take you down. It's a good way to get your wrist broken. Personally, I don't get it, but hey, it's your life.

[desperate_times_right]

Hey, you're the one who brought all this up! I thought we were just stranded on a regular island.

[ichoosefight]

I said it's a possible explanation. You made it a competition.

[desperate_times_right]

Talking to TO and she thinks it's a computer game. That's a competition too.

[ichoosefight]

What did she say, exactly?

[ Because that's not what Steph heard, but she's not gonna butt in if Sameen said something different. ]

[desperate_times_right]

Virtual reality.

[ichoosefight]

You know that's not really the same as a video game, right?

[desperate_times_right]

Yeah, it's that headset shit. I see ads for it all the time.

[ichoosefight]

Right. Well. She doesn't think it's a game.

[desperate_times_right]

She doesn't think it's a death game.

[ichoosefight]

She thinks it's a prison. Designed exclusively for torture.

[desperate_times_right]

Ah, fun. So we’re supposed to be in sensory deprivation tanks or whatever?

[ichoosefight]

Dunno. I didn't really ask about minor details.

[desperate_times_right]

Like why people with secret VR torture prison money would dredge a woman out of a river?

[ichoosefight]

Hmmm. I did ask about that part, actually. But I'm not really the right person to ask about it. I was the one trying to get her to rethink it.

[desperate_times_right]

I do have the same question about your real-life torture prison.

[ichoosefight]

The illegal fights, you mean? They're usually between people who can actually, like, fight. I didn't say it was a good theory. But I do know there are people out there sick enough to get their kicks that way.

Honestly, I have no clue why we're here. Nothing about it really makes sense. We need more information.