( 002 ❱❱ VOICE )

[coarse]

[Some people may have noticed an absence since before the last jump. Even when the passengers were awoken, Bass made sure he found isolation before any familiar faces found him first. The entire process was different this time around: yes, he still felt sick and his telepathy had become once again erratic, but he knew where he was, he knew what had happened, and he knew what mattered. He also knew that the clock was still ticking.

It's been over a month since he's last fed, now making its way to the second month mark. That means things are going to change - that he's going to change - unless he does something about it preemptively.

It means that someone has to die.

The audio feed clicks on, running silently before he speaks. Words are then recited from memory, taken from a prayer of warning he was taught many years ago.]

In the quiet of the night the sky tore open, and from the holes in the skies monsters began to descend upon Earth.

[There is more to it, but this is where he deliberately stops. Bass wants to know if anyone recognizes the tale of how his world came to be. He wants to know who could find out what he is, even if that person is just his sister.]

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[coarse]

No. This was my second jump.

[raffish]

[ Awkward pause. A long, awkward pause. ]

Huh, what's a 'jump'?

[coarse]

[Ah.]

You woke up from one.

[raffish]

I wouldn't call that a jump, I'd call it a dive. [ And he's laughing at his own joke.
God.

A snort, and he clears his throat. ] So, no monsters, just you and I. Guess it could be worse. What happens if a monster comes in the next, uh, jump? We gotta say something, right?

[coarse]

[PFF.

Insert a brief pause.]

Yeah.

Are you a sulfur?

[raffish]

[ That was like shoving a finger into a very open sore: ] Shit, no, fuck you! [ He nearly spits, kind of hissing at the thought. ] Fuck that shit, man, I'm human.

[coarse]

[WELL. That makes his life a lot easier.]

Not a big thing in Europe?

[raffish]

[ HE JUST GOT IN THE FUCKING SHIP, YOU LUNATIC!! ]

It shouldn't be a big thing anywhere. [ FEELINGS.MP3 ] Whatever, man. Why do you ask?

[coarse]

[BITCH WHAT IF THEY HAD TO GET IN A FIGHT]

I'd like to know that at least one person here could stand a chance against a monster.

[BASS YOU LIAR]

[raffish]

I don't think one sulfur slave would be enough to off a monster.

[coarse]

Better than nothing.

[bass yo pants will catch fiyah]

Not much we can do about it. [He stops, then there's an exhale.] You doing okay?

[raffish]

I'd rather have nothing. [ dramawhore.jpg ] But, yeah, I'm good. For now-- so hey, this guy just told me there's someone on board that eats people. Sound familiar, right? [ A pause. ] You think it might be one of 'em?

[coarse]

[... Well at least that makes Bass sound less suspicious hmmm]

Who told you that?

[raffish]

I don't know. I didn't ask his name. [ There's a shuffling sound on his end: Axel is rummaging through his backpack, looking for his cigarettes. A click - his lighter - and then a soft inhales as he pulls on the cigarette. ] Said someone made a list. Huh-- Smiley?

[coarse]

... Yeah. [goddamn it now he has to track that person down because What] I'm on that list.

What else did he say?

[raffish]

You are? Shit, man for what?

[ Another inhale, an exhale and then he clicks his tongue, like he's thinking. ]

Not much. He said he didn't have the list on him and huh, someone died apparently. You know him, the guy who died?

[coarse]

Nobody knows yet. [He doesn't think so, anyway. Bass clears his throat.] And yeah, I heard of him.

[PROCEED YOUNG MAN]

[raffish]

That doesn't sound fucked up at all, huh? [ He laughs dryly and makes a small sound. ] That's all I know, man.

[coarse]

A guy told you there's someone going around eating people and you left it at that?

[raffish]

He said he didn't know who it was.

[coarse]

That's helpful.

[Read: irritating.]