tvk | Dear Die-Ary #1 - Johnny C.

[The following message comes over the communicator shortly after the Dark Hour. The man's voice is harsh and quick, near the point of yammering, and it alternates between being incredibly quiet and being incredibly loud as he talks.]

It's slipping out oh Jesus fucking Christ it is slipping out. I didn't know I didn't mean to I fed it I fucking fed it do you hear me? I was keeping it away! I was keeping it inside! I didn't know it'd get out! Not after all the time-not after all I gave it! But the cracks had formed and they grew too wide and it slipped out I'm sorry I'm sorry I do horrible shit but oh fuck not this.

And it's like I thought it was. It's in the shadows. It's in the shadows and it is the shadows and it looks at you through the shadows. And it tried to kill me but I killed it! I KILLED IT!

I.....killed it?

I did. Something came out of me....something came out of me and I killed it what kind of fucking sense does that make? Of all the goddamn fucked up logic I've seen what fucking sense does that make? I mean I'm not new to killing things but what the hell was that? What is this?

If this is what hell is like it's worse than I thought.

[And he'll stop talking at that point.

If you're trying to wonder home after the Dark Hour tonight, feel free to find a very thin, undernourished looking man slinking around town. He wobbles occasionally, sometimes having to lean against a building to steady himself.

Go bug him?]

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[ An enormous man looks over the thin fellow as he walks the streets of Prospero, looking for people to help. ]

Are you all right, sir?

[Johnny just stops, still leaning against one of the walls. He's simply quiet for a moment, looking down at the ground, and it almost seems like he didn't hear. But in a moment, he starts to speak.]

Alright?

Just how do you classify.....alright?

Alive, uninjured, and able to continue moving... preferably back to the Hotel. You will be safe there.

Hotel?

What, why?

I'm not fucking going with you.

Do as you like, I am trying to save your life from the Shadows which have come here, during this dark hour. You are unarmed, and unready, and I do not like to see humans die, even out of ignorance. I ask you again, will you come with me back to a more safe locale?

There's no point hiding from them. There never was. And in the end they drag you back in. The shadows always drag you back in. That's all there is to it.

There's no such thing as safety. None.

That is a misunderstanding. With me, any mortal man of good intent is safe. I shall die to protect them if need be.

Good intent?

Bullshit. That doesn't exist.

[During the Dark Hour, Kaiji is out practicing with his new found powers. His creepy demon buddy (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080708181554/megamitensei/images/thumb/9/91/Atropos2.jpg/363px-Atropos2.jpg) will be there has he casts a lightning strike, destroying the shadow in front of him. When he's done, he lights up a cigarette and looks around for more enemies when he spots a wobbly Nny.]

H-Hey, you alright?

[What was that? Is he alright?

Let him answer that by just collapsing to the ground for the moment.]

O-Oi! [Kaiji runs on over now. Maybe this guy got attacked by a shadow.]

Hey, are you still--?

[Just still crouching on the ground. But at least, after a moment, he starts to talk.]

Seeping out......

[So he is still conscious. That's good. But it's not like he could get him to a doctor during the Dark Hour.]

Hang on. Can you stand up? I'll get you inside, for now.

[Johnny just stares up at Kaiji. Yeah. This isn't a very healthy looking man, physically or mentally. He glares, baring his teeth slightly as he starts to get up.]

I can stand. I can stand on my own.

No. I'm not going anywhere. Not with you, not with anyone.

[Kaiji isn't sure what to think. The guy looks like a mess, but is giving him attitude about the help.]

Stay out here long enough and you'll get your ass killed. Where did you think you were going to go, anyway?

Home. I need to get home.

[Even though it's becoming clearer and clearer that home is nowhere here.]

I can stop it if I get home.

Chances are you're pretty damn far from home. Your best bet is to get inside the hotel.

No. Do you have any idea what goes on in hotels? I mean maybe they look nice at first, but really? It just hides the kind of things that happen there. Fat, old politicians cavorting around with their fucking secretaries. Drug dealers living it up in safer spots if they have enough money.

Murder.

It's unsanitary, with all the shit that's left behind. I'd rather stay in the gutter.

[Well okay then]

I have no idea what the hell you're ranting about, but if you stay here in the gutter, then you will be the one murdered by those weird shadow monsters. And if you think I'm lying, then wait around for a few minutes and one will show up.

[He does take a look around as he talked. He didn't know how shadows found people - whether or not they could hear them or what. He just knew they didn't have long out here without one coming by.]

That's fucking fine with me. I'm happier with the shadows than I am with people.

[Man, he is just not a happy camper. First shadow things, then some kind of monster popping out of his head, and now some rude man babbling at him.

What a shitty way to start the afterlife.]

[He sighs.] Fine. I can't force ya. Enjoy getting eaten or whatever it is those things will do to you.

[Time for him to head back to the hotel.]

You did well for a novice in this land. Permit me to give you a more formal greeting. Welcome to Prospero.

Prospero?

Well. Alright. I guess that's a good as name as any for wherever the hell I've landed.

Didn't disappoint me with where I am, either. I expected the torture, just not this way.

... The torture? Are you mad? There is hardly any torture in this land. You can fight and if you cannot, seek safety from one of the many knights who are willing to protect the less fortunate.

Trust the other animals here?

No, I don't think so.

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