002 | voice (backdated to 07/19)

[district7]

[Long time no speak, Exsilium.

Johanna's clicking on the voice feed to ask an important question. For those of you who have spoken to her before, you can tell her tone is lacking its usual bite, colored by exhaustion.]

We got any useful people with powers out there? Ones that aren't all talk and whine.

[There's a scratching sound and an lengthy yawn.]

This rain has gone on long enough.

Comments

[video]

[district7]

I don't need fixing. [She does, but like hell she'd admit it to a stranger.]

You'll get used to it eventually. Even with all these people, they don't do much of anything and like to keep us waiting.

[video]

[chisonooggi]

Me neither. [She doesn't. Not anymore. Right?]

So all we do is sit around? Can we do stuff in the city? That sounds kind of boring, just... sitting around.

[video]

[district7]

You don't sound so sure. [Johanna notes, eyeing her carefully.]

No. There's plenty of places to explore, shops to go into, things like that. If you're expecting fighting, though, they like to keep you waiting.

[video]

[chisonooggi]

I think I don't. But I don't know, I haven't seen my friend here. if he shows up here, then I might need to be fixed. So I don't hurt him. [Nods.]

...Oh! It's like a vacation!

[video]

[district7]

That couldn't have been more vague. So what, you'll go berserk if you see this guy? [Why does this sound like Peeta and Katniss all over again?]

If you kill people during the in between, sure.

[video]

[chisonooggi]

No! No, I won't go berserk, I just... I don't know what will happen. [She's a little afraid to tell someone that she might absorb him. They might lock her up somewhere, or use it to help them, and she doesn't want that.]

...That's not a vacation, then. You don't really have to kill people, right? You can say no?

[video]

[district7]

Why not? You've obviously seen him before if you're friends. [Johanna's up to prying, even if she doesn't like people getting involved in her business. If Xion tells her to drop it she'll stop, though.]

It is for some people. [The Games really put an emphasis on pampering a person before they were expected to viciously kill them. But she is talking to a kid here, so she'll try to cushion the bluntness of the situation.] Someone said they've forced people before but they haven't while I've been here. [An awkward pause.] You've got someone looking out for you, right?

[video]

[chisonooggi]

If I see him now... I want to see him. I really do. But I don't want to hurt him, and I don't know if I can control everything. Maybe they fixed it when I came here, though. That might be nice.

[She shook her head with a little shrug.] I don't think so. I thought my other friend was here, but he's not, really. I don't think anyone is except me.

[video]

[district7]

Fixed what? You don't strike me as crazy, much less damaged goods.

[That gets a frown out of her.] Not really? You wanna explain that?

[video]

[chisonooggi]

[She wasn't crazy. More like... well.] Damaged, maybe not damaged goods? I'm not crazy. Really not crazy, just. I think I'm more stable! Everyone can see me like I want them to see me. I look like Xion, not anyone else.

[She frowns, too.] Well... he's younger, and his name is Lea, but he has to be Axel. I think he's Axel's Somebody! They even have the same catchphrase thing.

[video]

[district7]

That's the thing about being crazy. You don't know if you are, not really. [Johanna's seen enough crazy going around to know that much.] Who else would they see you as?

What's a Somebody?