audio, forward-dated to friday morning

[pathofstrength]

[because frills would just make this more traumatic than it needs to be.]


[a human sniffle. concerned growling.] -What's that, boy? [clatter. more soft growling.]

...a 'Gear or somethin'...Ruby? Ya ninny ya're in this mess too, right?

...


Chief? Papa? There's something real screwy goin' on...we're just as real as real gets, what kinda nut would even think up somethin' like...

[growwwwwwl :c.]

Where is this island, anyways? Is it another one "outside a' time"? That's gotta be it.

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[sunflowersister]

Outside of time? I've never heard that theory before, but it'd make about as much sense as anything else here.

I'm sorry sweetheart, no one really knows where this place is.

[pathofstrength]

Who's "no one"?

[sunflowersister]

Everyone?

I'm Ukraine though!

[pathofstrength]

[...okay, sure, why not, too freaked out to think hard about this]

That's a funny name.

[sunflowersister]

It's my favourite of the ones I've had so far!

[pathofstrength]

-Say what now?

[sunflowersister]

M- My name... Oh dear. I'm sorry, I was trying to make a joke.

[pathofstrength]

[she...doesn't get it at all...]

A-ha, right, right! [unconvincing laugh] An' my name's Sapphire.

audio;

[alwaysimpure]

[Hero-complex engaged.]

Where are you, love?

audio;

[pathofstrength]

'M takin' a walk outside now. Who's this?

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[alwaysimpure]

I'm Sirius Black.

Just wondering if you need any help.

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[pathofstrength]

Can't hurt t' meet some people. I ain't in a pinch, though, if ya're askin' that?

Name's Sapphire Birch!

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[alwaysimpure]

Nice to meet you, Sapphire.

You sounded a bit upset before. What did they tell you?

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[pathofstrength]

That I wasn't real and I'd just started t' exist.

[That worried growling starts back up in the background.]

Th' kinda thing that's a whole load a' nonsense! How would they know somethin' like that?

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[alwaysimpure]

The way I figure it, I'm pretty sure I'm real, but apparently in some other world, someone wrote a book I appear in. It's the only way to explain how strange people know so much about me.

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[pathofstrength]

[....that kind of makes sense]

Pretty weird. How'd they find out enough t' write a book?

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[alwaysimpure]

I don't really know. Seems like what's real to me has come as an idea to an author.

Life's odd.