BLACK ROOM

[iwant2protectu]

[So this is what it's like to be dead, huh? Sucks to be you.]

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[top_pomeranian]

[A new room! Missile excitedly looks around, hoping to find clues to the whereabouts of his little mistress Kamila, or a way out of this place, but is out of luck on both accounts for now. Still, he lingers for a little bit to see if anyone will come in...]

[iwant2protectu]

[There's somebody in here. What a bright core he has!]

[top_pomeranian]

Oh! I wonder who it is!

[Hops into the core to say hello!]

[iwant2protectu]

Hi there.

[top_pomeranian]

AAAAH! You're that BLUE BADGER THING Sissel was telling us about!!!

[iwant2protectu]

That's me.

You're a cute little doggie. Who's a cute doggie? Who's a cute doggie?

[top_pomeranian]

I AM!

...I mean, WAIT! I want you to let Miss Lynne and everyone else out!

And... And... Did you bring Miss Kamila here?!

[iwant2protectu]

Sorry, I can't just let people out. Them's the rules!

Miss Kamila, Kamila... I think she's still in the sub? Yeah, she wasn't on my list so she's still in the sub.

[top_pomeranian]

Phew, at least now I know where she is!

But they're your rules, right? Can't you change them?!

[iwant2protectu]

You can't change the rules in the middle of a game, little doggie. Only douchebags do that.

[4minutes]

[Well, maybe the other dead people will show up eventually...]

[top_pomeranian]

Sissel, Sissel! The blue badger thing you told us about is in here!

[4minutes]

Believe it or not, I'd noticed.

[top_pomeranian]

Oh... But now's our chance! To do... something...?

[Missile doesn't often doubt himself, but things are getting too confusing for his little doggie mind.]

[4minutes]

I wish it was, but he's just like the mastermind. He can tell when I try a trick. So we're going to have to wait for the right opportunity.

[top_pomeranian]

Okay, I trust you, Sissel! I'll be waiting for your signal!

[thefaceofjustice]

[Some really vague formless ghost is here.]

.........

[iwant2protectu]

So you don't have a face of your own, huh? I can relate.

Still, there's lots of faces to choose from. You wanna be Bad Badger?

[thefaceofjustice]

"Bad Badger"?

Is that my face...?

[iwant2protectu]

Sure, buddy. Sure it is. You need a picture?

[4minutes]

Hey.

[westdefense]

[ ... ]

[ He's upset. He's breaking at every seam he's perfectly stiched closed. The ugliness is peaking out from underneath, but most of all.. ]

This? This is death? Such foolishness. Utter ridiculousness! You're still here, aren't you?

[iwant2protectu]

Me? Yeah.

[westdefense]

[ Of course it is. This game wouldn't be over. Even in death. ]

Is this fun to you?

[iwant2protectu]

Honestly? Yeah. Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

[westdefense]

Is there reasoning for all of the individuals you've brought into this?

[iwant2protectu]

I don't really know. Probably!

[westdefense]

What a poor answer.

[iwant2protectu]

Sorry dude, wasn't my call. I guess I could find out, but it seems like a lot of effort.

[westdefense]

You talk as if you're also a pawn.

[iwant2protectu]

No way, I'm like a cool freelancer. I only take jobs that are interesting.

[westdefense]

You have such and impressive opinion of yourself.

[iwant2protectu]

Yeah, I'm basically great.

[westdefense]

I beg to differ, but that's just me.

[4minutes]

(This guy... could be trouble.)

I don't know, death isn't so bad.

[westdefense]

[ ... ]

And you would know how?

[4minutes]

I've been dead all night. So I've got a little bit of experience with being a ghost.

[westdefense]

An actual ghost? You were pulled here for this as well?

[4minutes]

Got it in one. The Warden's a ghost too, you know.

[westdefense]

[ ... that wasn't something he expected to actually be correct about. ]

How does that make sense?

[4minutes]

How doesn't it? They used the powers of the dead to bring us all here.

[westdefense]

I did not know that. I do suppose that makes sense, if you buried all logic and basic understanding of time-space physics.

[ Not that he was especially good at any of this, but he did just come from a case where Phoenix was saying "fuck it all" to such understandings too ]

[4minutes]

Anyway, the good news is that we might be able to do something about your death.

[westdefense]

...

Even though I was stabbed through by Prosecutor Godot?

[4minutes]

Oh, trust me, that's the easy part to fix. The hard part is managing it with the Warden around.

[westdefense]

...

I'm going to go against my better judgement here and ask 'how'?

[4minutes]

I can take you back. To four minutes before your death. From there, it's just a matter of arranging things so that you don't die.