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voidtreckernet2022-01-06 02:04 pm
firewalled) wrote in voidtreckernet2022-01-06 02:04 pm
Poi 05 - Voice
...It's Rich.
[Might as well not bother with preamble, though that's certainly odd for him. Odder still that he has the video off, even if there's still the faint strumming of guitar suggesting that he's nervously plucking at strings as he often does.]
I'm 18 now, according to the roster. Guess I missed my birthday. I knew it was coming up, but I was kinda distracted with stuff.
[Like having a mental crisis for the better part of two months at least.]
Anyways, was just wondering like... what's the longest someone's been stuck here before they got to go back home? Maybe, uh, maybe it was wishful thinking? But I was kinda thinking with the whole Ministry investigation and how fucking useless I am on the missions that the train would boot me off by now.
[He's really trying to laugh, trying to make that sound like a joke.]
Just. Was thinking about it. At this point, my friends back home probably assume my dad stabbed me or shit... maybe they'll believe those messages we got to send at that river, but more likely they'll think I'm nuts.
[Just another certified Rich Goranski Comedy Routine. He'll be here all week, folks.]
[Might as well not bother with preamble, though that's certainly odd for him. Odder still that he has the video off, even if there's still the faint strumming of guitar suggesting that he's nervously plucking at strings as he often does.]
I'm 18 now, according to the roster. Guess I missed my birthday. I knew it was coming up, but I was kinda distracted with stuff.
[Like having a mental crisis for the better part of two months at least.]
Anyways, was just wondering like... what's the longest someone's been stuck here before they got to go back home? Maybe, uh, maybe it was wishful thinking? But I was kinda thinking with the whole Ministry investigation and how fucking useless I am on the missions that the train would boot me off by now.
[He's really trying to laugh, trying to make that sound like a joke.]
Just. Was thinking about it. At this point, my friends back home probably assume my dad stabbed me or shit... maybe they'll believe those messages we got to send at that river, but more likely they'll think I'm nuts.
[Just another certified Rich Goranski Comedy Routine. He'll be here all week, folks.]
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It's kind on his part, sure, but.. on the other hand, it also makes her worry. ]
You know.. Someone once told me that only the savage regard the endurance of pain as the measure of worth. [ Which sounds a little cryptic, but Alice continues, her voice softening around the edges for Rich. ] it does not matter whether another person has suffered more or less than you have. It does not make your pain any less real.
[ That's something Alice fiercely believes in, even as someone sitting all the way down in the terrible experiences pit. ]
You can share your worries with me. We will find solutions together. Is that not what.. [ She pauses.
This part is particularly hard for her, but she's trying. ]
.. is that not what being friends is about?