[Accidental Audio][Forward-dated to the 29th/post-event]

[brotimaeus]

[[ooc: Because things are fucked up enough for him without his little bro being a sword]]

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[He's not running, but his footsteps are quick, breathing heavy and not panicked, not panicked, because Bro Strider doesn't panic, not even when he wakes up in a hospital bed with the last memories he has still fresh in his mind being told by someone who sounds too calm that he's fictional. Or was.

Under his breath, he's talking to himself.]

Okay, okay, just. Calm down. Take it easy, Bro. This ain't the most fucked up thing you ever got yourself into, just.. Okay. Priorities. One. Find out where the fuck I am and what the hell is really goin' on here 'cause I ain't down with all this 'you ain't real' bullshit.

Two. Two.. find a fuckin' bar.

[His footsteps pause, then resume. The audio cuts off.]

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[callbacks]

[Yeah, for anyone staring at the kid who stopped dead in the middle of the street, Dave Strider just BSOD'd mid-pizza delivery.]

[Text] - An hour later. For him. Not for you. Time powers.

[callbacks]

hey




where are you

[Text]

[brotimaeus]

[Oh. Oh no.]

dave?
what the fuck is going on
im near

shit i dont fucking know it looks like a school



are you ok

[kantstoppfantstopp]

_{[Gilbert isn't one to assume usually, but he's going to guess that this guy wants to be here about as much as he does.]}

I'm down for a bar too. I could go for a few litres of beer and a Schnaps chaser.

[brotimaeus]

[Whoa, who's this now? German, from the sounds of it, but fuck, that just means he knows good beer when he sees it and Bro can't say no to that.]

You're on. Got a name to go with that offer?

[kantstoppfantstopp]

_{[Don't worry, Gilbert comes installed with a beerdar. He can tell you at first glance if the beer's worth drinking.]}

Beilschmidt. What's yours?

_{[He's working on the finding a bar thing.]}

[thneed]

It's a magical island that kidnaps people. You're not really going to get a better explanation than that. And nobody believes the fictional thing ...usually.

If you're still at the hospital, what you need to do is go down the street for about two blocks then take a left and keep going that way until you see the corner with the ice-cream place, you go right from there, cut straight through the park, turn right and look for The Nancing Phony. And that's the bar!
It's run by a vampire.

[callbacks]

hey sorry about this pizza
ill pay for it
can you redo that order in like half an hour i promise itll get to whoever ordered it on time

[thneed]

Yeah, sure. Don't worry about it.
Everything okay?

[brotimaeus]

I got out of that place as fast as I fuckin' could.

[Which was pretty damn fast, and he probably scared some orderlies on his way out. But, he remembers where it was, and he can navigate with the directions he's given.]

.. A vampire. Are you shittin' me.

[thneed]

Noo, sir. I am not. It's really a vampire.

audio;

[alwaysimpure]

Looks like you already got most of the info.

I recommend the bottled beer.

audio;

[brotimaeus]

Sounds like it.

[Not that he's really.. taken it in yet. He's still dealing with not being dead.]

I'm gonna be needin' something with a kick to it.

[Action] fuck it why not

[encore_dueling]

[Jake's usually out and about whenever he can, and he knows Dirk on sight. So, imagine his surprise when he sees what looks like an older version of his best friend.

Sure, he cognitively knows that the whole universe guardian-kid swapping thing happens, but to see it in front of his eyes? It's pretty high on the weirdness scale!

Still, the kid's able to get over his shock pretty quickly.]

'Scuse me, sir? Are you okay?

[Action] That's the spirit!

[brotimaeus]

[Sir? Fuck, how long has it been since someone called him 'sir'? He almost checks over his shoulder to make sure the teenager is talking to him.]

... Yeah. Just fine, kid.

[But why are you looking at him like you know him? It's creepy.]

[riseup]

oh shit.

[brotimaeus]

what.
does my reputation precede me.

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[cawmemaybe]

[ From the depths of his blanket fort, he finally emerges. Only because it's that voice, one he recognizes instantly. There's a moment where he can't stop listening to the audio over and over again, until he stops. Maybe his mind is playing tricks on him?

Who knows. ]

text too because he sucks

[cawmemaybe]

sup

[fuckincakewake]

huh

[brotimaeus]

are you always this articulate.

[roseate]

Well then.

[brotimaeus]

youve reached strider industries.
how can i direct your enquiry.

[maiditoutalive]

so i see youre a strider
its funny how they seem to be congregating here
but hi!
im daves friend aradia
i am only slightly surprised to actually meet you

[brotimaeus]

i am.
shit, what gave me away.
hey aradia.
only slightly huh.
im going to have to try harder.
or was my arrival expected.