EJ003X | audio | night 011

[littlemissfutility]

Hello?

[ The voice is whispery right now, but it still sounds young and female. Enough talk, and some of the vowels might sound just a touch southern. ]

Is there anybody out there? Dawn? Is Dawn here?

[ A pause. ]

If someone's out there, I need help. And if whoever's out there doesn't wanna help - I'm armed.

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[littlemissfutility]

[ There's a pause, and then, just a little incredulous: ]

You know I'm not gonna tell you that, right?

[ichoosefight]

It was worth a shot.

Are you in urgent trouble, or just the usual "I washed up on a weird beach and have no idea how I got here" trouble?

[littlemissfutility]

The second one.

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, sorry, I can't help you with that. We're pretty much all in the same boat there.

Be really careful, though. There's at least one sniper with a crossbow wandering around, and he's the "shoot first, ask questions later" type.

[littlemissfutility]

[ A pause, and then, in a quick burst: ]

What's his name? What does he look like?

[ichoosefight]

No idea and no idea. Nobody got a good look at their shooter. And there might be more than one.

[littlemissfutility]

Yeah, but -

[ But nobody got a good look at him, Beth. ]

Where was he?

[ichoosefight]

He was in a cabin on the north side of the island. I'm not sure where the other incident was.

[littlemissfutility]

What was the cabin near? Do you know?

[ichoosefight]

There's a concrete bunker to the east of it. There's not really a lot of landmarks to work with. Or a map. Or a compass, as far as I know.

[littlemissfutility]

That's okay. That's enough.

Thanks.

[ichoosefight]

Sure.

[ ... ]

Do you, like, know how to survive in the wild?

[littlemissfutility]

Uh. Yeah.

[ Duh. ]

Do you?

[ichoosefight]

I do. I was gonna offer to help if you didn't.

Oh yeah, one other thing, animals here are weird. There's at least one dinosaur, and okapi with glowing spots, and god only knows what else.

So, like. Do what you will with that.

Seems wrong to say "don't freak out if you see a dinosaur".

[littlemissfutility]

[ It goes unheard, but she laughs aloud at the thought of a dinosaur. That sounds so fake. So does an okapi, but mostly because she's never heard the word before.

(It's too bad Carl isn't here. She bets he'd love a dinosaur.) ]

What about walkers?

[ichoosefight]

[ Well hey, as long as she's entertained... ]

I'm... not sure what that is.

[littlemissfutility]

Walkers. Rotters. Biters. I don't know what you call them, where you're from.

[ Hm. ]

The dead.

[ichoosefight]

[ ... ]

Zombies?

[littlemissfutility]

Really?

[ It's just a sound to her. They could be called blippetyzips, and it'd sound about as silly. ]

Who came up with that?

[ichoosefight]

...Haiti, I think.

[ She can't exactly look it up, but it sounds right. ]

Corpses brought back to life? Is that what you mean?

[littlemissfutility]

Weird.

[ Sorry, Haiti. ]

Yeah. You know, the reason the world ended.

TO994M; voice

[cactusy]

Seriously?

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[littlemissfutility]

Yeah. [ Defensive, just a little. ] Why?

[cactusy]

No, you know what, it's-- whatever. I believe you.

[Insomuch as she believes anything right now.]

[littlemissfutility]

Doesn't sound like you do.