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[onlyordinary]

Okay, so... I guess this is on now? Is that what the... damn it.

[Someone sounds Very Tired right now. She has had a really long week and it looks like it's getting longer as she speaks.] Is there anyone part of the Hargreeves family out there? [She pauses, apparently not quite understanding that she's still recording and people can't respond yet, before she heaves a sigh.] Yeah, I figured.

Is there anyone out there at all, or am I just talking to myself?

[Maybe she's officially snapped. Or maybe she died and this is hell. Either one tracks with the week she's had.]

Because I am talking to a block of plastic and I'm feeling pretty ridiculous right now.

Comments

[takenalive]

It is an ugly thing, isn't it? Humans don't build with aesthetics in mind, unfortunately.

[onlyordinary]

[Oh, thank goodness someone's responding.]

Yep, pretty ugly.

I'm guessing you're not human?

[takenalive]

I am not. I am an Andalite. An alien, you'd probably say.

My name is Alloran. I suppose I should welcome you to this rabble. This is not a good place to be, but there are worse as well.

[onlyordinary]

I've never met an alien before. I feel like I should be surprised, but it's been a strange week.

My name is Vanya. How long have you been here?

[takenalive]

It could get stranger, or it could bog down. There is quite a lot of not much happening here, when it's not happening a great deal.

Eighty days now. I don't think any of this coterie predates me by more than a few days.

[onlyordinary]

I don't think I got that.

Eighty days? So... about three months, I guess. And I guess everyone's from different places?

[takenalive]

Nothing that strange or exciting happens for most of the time. They want us kept busy but don't have all that much for us to do. Usually.

Not everyone, but most. Looking for these Hargreeves?

[onlyordinary]

Not really. If they're here, I won't have to look for them. If I have to look for them, they're not here.

They're not subtle people.