[Lesson 37 - Voice Post]

[lady_bounty]

[Faye's voice is a complicated and contradictory mix of weariness, energy, disbelief, hope, and joy]

...Well holy crap, we actually survived. Won, even! I missed the whole thing, how the hell did you guys do it?!

No, you know what, I don't even care. Are we- do we really get to go home?! Finally?! Sunset is not soon enough, aw hell, I'm gonna smoke half a box of cigarettes before then, at least.

...Otogi, thanks again for the Wish. I'm fairly sure you saved my ass. And thanks everyone else who, you know, fought and killed the bastards.

...It seems we lost a few. I'm surprised we didn't lose more but- well. ...I hope they're resting peacefully. They've earned it.

Are there really still people living on this world? ...Hell. Thank God for that. ...Guess I don't like the thought of the Earth being... empty. Don't envy them the rebuilding process, but- hell, now I'm babbling... need another fucking cigarette....

[a pause]

Oh God oh God I can't wait to get out of this place! Seriously, why sunset, can we leave now?! ...Warden, if you don't pull through on this I will shoot you dead. That goes for anyone else who stands between me and my ride out of here. I swear-!

[another short pause, then muffled swearing]

...Hell, if anyone wants to find me I'll be pacing circles around the Consulo.

[more muffled curses, then the PDA clicks off]

Comments

[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

I have to say I can sympathize. I could do without going home as such, but getting out of here...

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

[yes I do believe that's actual, honest delight in her voice]

Hey, Pharaun! Good to hear from you! Glad to see you haven't kicked it~.

Well, uh, anyway, I think he said you could to other worlds if you choose to. ...Uh, I dunno where you'd wanna go, and you probably wouldn't be able leave again, later, but. There is that.

[voice reply]

[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

Likewise, Faye. Though that hallucination was a closer-run thing than I like to think about.

Quite honestly, I'd rather go anywhere than back to the Demonweb; I'll have to see what can be done. As a matter of fact, I did have an invitation...

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Demonweb? Yeah, with a name like that I'd imagine it would be kind of crap. I'm glad I've got innocuous-sounding names like "Mars" and "the Bebop" to go back to. [pause] ...Assuming I can go back to-

...So, uh, yeah, an invitation, really? Who from and where to?

[voice reply]

[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

It's my race's afterlife. Unfortunately we happen to have a patron goddess who thinks even the afterlife ought to be a test to weed out the weak. It gets tiring.

A friend of mine, Hiiragi, suggested I go to her world. I'd have to disguise myself as a human, but that's not really a problem at this point.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Oh God. That sounds horrible. Obnoxious, at best.

Oh sure, not a problem for a master sorceror like yourself, right~?

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[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

Oh, you have no idea.

Of course not. Particularly since there'll be no one else in that world capable of dispelling my disguise.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

And I hope I never will~.

Oh dear, the only mage in a thoroughly mundane world. I know what I'd do in that situation. ...Don't cause too much trouble~!

[voice reply]

[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

I'll try not to. After all, I don't want anyone getting suspicious.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

...Suppose not. Best to keep your head down. People don't like things they can't explain. Go around flaunting your magic in a world that's not used to it? There might be pitchforks.

[voice reply]

[berranyrmizzrym.livejournal.com]

Something along those lines, almost certainly. I'll be careful, don't worry.

Who knows? We may even see each other again.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Heh. Doubtful. But I suppose anything's possible.

[bowyourheadslow.livejournal.com]

It has been interesting to know you, Miss Valentine.

[voice reply | amused]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

...Ha! Likewise, hedgehog~!

[bowyourheadslow.livejournal.com]

May we never need to meet again.

[voice reply | dry humor]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

I'll drink to that.

[bowyourheadslow.livejournal.com]

As would I, had I some alcohol.

[voice reply | taunting]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, well this is where it's good to be me, and it sucks to be you~!

[bowyourheadslow.livejournal.com]

Hah. Enjoy. I'll celebrate once I have returned for certain.

[voice reply | wry]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

I will, thanks~! ...This is more me celebrating the fact that I'm not dead. And not celebrating the fact that, uh, I don't think I can carry all my shit with me, so I have to drink some of it now or forever mourn its loss.

[bowyourheadslow.livejournal.com]

... How much do you have?

[voice reply | conversational]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Oh, not terribly much left. There's only a little bit of vodka left over, but I've got a fairly respectable collection of Scotch. At least most of the Scotch is in tiny bottles.

[lady-azula.livejournal.com]

The joy you have is QUITE infectious.


Do take care, Miss Valentine.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

[a slight flavor of irony is noticeable]

...Heh. Joy. I'm downright ecstatic. I'm also about to crawl out of my skin this is taking too long.

...Yeah, you too, Princess.

Re: [voice reply]

[lady-azula.livejournal.com]

Patience is a virtue, so they say. Perhaps your world is a bit more flavorful than mine. I have work to do.


I shall.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never been very virtuous~! [dry sarcasm] Oh yeah, my world is full of sunshine and rainbows. I just don't want to be here anymore. ...Good luck with that work thing.

Re: [voice reply]

[lady-azula.livejournal.com]

Nor have I. I can't be that boring!

I learned a few skills. It'll help me. Thank you.

[voice reply]

[lady-bounty.livejournal.com]

[an appreciative chuckle] A girl after my own heart~.

Uh-huh, sure thing.