entranceway | Δ [1st Cipher] SVOOL WZIPMVHH NB LOW UIRVMW

[Static crackles and pops over the feed.

It is a combination of a radio tuner whining listlessly between stations with decent service, the familiar whirring grumble of the dial-up tone ad infinitum, the hoarse screech of a car trying to start on a lonely highway in the middle of the night, where it has broken down for seemingly no reason at all.

Images flicker: an illustration of Lincoln's assassination, a room draped with red curtains, the Teletubbies, President Nixon, video footage of a piglet slowly decaying into loam. And then- A V O I C E.]

I GӨƬƬΛ ƧΛY. ƬΉΣƧΣ DIGƧ ΛЯΣП'Ƭ ΉΛᄂF-BΛD. I MΣΛП, IƬ'Ƨ ПӨ IПƬΣЯGΛᄂΛᄃƬIᄃ ƬIMΣ PΛLΛᄃΣ ΛПD IƬ'Ƨ ПӨƬ ƬЯЦMP ƬӨЩΣЯ, BЦƬ I GΣƬ ƬΉΣ ΛPPΣΛL.

[On occasion, between the odd frequencies scrambling the frame with black and white noise, a single eye will appear.]

VΛMPIЯΣƧ. ΛПGΣᄂƧ. ᄃΛППIBΛᄂƧ. GӨDƧ. ΛΉΛΉΛΉΛΉΛ ӨΉ BӨY, IƧ ƬΉIƧ GӨППΛ BΣ FЦП. I'ᄂᄂ BΣ ЩΛƬᄃΉIПG YӨЦ, ЩӨПDΣЯᄂΛПD.

I ' ᄂᄂ B Σ Щ Λ Ƭ ᄃ Ή I П G Y Ө Ц.

[The transmission cuts, leaving a fuzzy screen and a garbled message:]

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[trillion what.]

And I imagine that's what you're going to make use of your time here doing- striking a deal or two. And I don't have to tell you that the people here aren't so easily trusting. For all that Wonderland can break a person, it doesn't always make them desperate.

Edited 2015-06-14 05:00 (UTC)

ƬΉΣ ƬЯIᄃK IƧ ᄃӨПVIПᄃIПG PΣӨPᄂΣ ƬӨ ЩΛПƬ ЩΉΛƬ ƬΉΣY DӨП'Ƭ ПΣΣD. DӨП'Ƭ ƬΣᄂᄂ MΣ YӨЦ'VΣ ПΣVΣЯ ЩΛПƬΣD ƬӨ ƬЯY ΛПD ƧΣᄂᄂ IᄃΣ ƬӨ ΛП IПЦIƬ.

[Alternately, you can manipulate someone's mental faculties into buying what you've got for sale.]

On the contrary, I've always found deals to be more about what I need than the mere delight in the idea that I can get anything I want.

Edited (i put the emphasis on the wrong syllable.) 2015-06-18 20:08 (UTC)

ƬΉΛƬ'Ƨ Λ GIVΣП, ƧᄂIᄃK. YӨЦ DӨП'Ƭ ƬΉIПK I MΛKΣ DΣΛᄂƧ FӨЯ ƧΉIƬƧ ΛПD GIGGᄂΣƧ, DӨ YӨЦ?

[The echo in Bill's voice becomes monstrous, static embedded in the feed and a perpetual engine whine beneath the booming words that screech like nails on a chalkboard and simultaneously sound like the splatter of something wet and heavy on pavement.]

ЩΉΣП I PᄂΛY ЯIПG ΛЯӨЦПD ƬΉΣ ЯӨƧIΣ ƬΉΣY Λᄂᄂ FΛᄂᄂ DӨЩП.

[THERE IS A LONG

LONG

SILENCE.

And then he's back, like that didn't just make him stare at his phone like JESUS CHRIST, CALM DOWN, CHTHULU.]

So that begs the question of what your aim here is, then.

[Bill is probably a little more similar to Cyäegha, but you were close! A for effort. Or, as we say in the Old Tongue, Uln orr'e shogg-oth ng stell'bsna lw'nafh athg.*]

BΣIПG IMMӨЯƬΛᄂ GIVΣƧ YӨЦ Λ ᄂӨƬ ӨF PΣӨPᄂΣ ƬӨ KIᄂᄂ.

[A beat.]

ΉΛΉΛΉΛ, I'M JӨKIПG, I MΣΛПƬ ƬIMΣ. ƬIMΣ ƬӨ KIᄂᄂ.

[*R'lyehian for Summon the essence from the realm of darkness and ask for a dream contract.]

Edited 2015-06-24 20:23 (UTC)

[Time to... kill... people???]

And one unpleasant little fishbowl to kill it in.

[p r e c i s e l y]

ΉΣY, Λᄂᄂ YӨЦ GӨƬƬΛ DӨ ЩIƬΉ FIƧΉ IƧ PӨIƧӨП ƬΉΣ ЩΛƬΣЯ.

And yet, the satisfaction isn't worth the inevitable boredom.

[He could have killed entire kingdoms for funsies back at the height of his power, but he had actual goals and it never interested him, and besides then what would he do.]

YӨЦ ЩIП ƧӨMΣ, YӨЦ ᄂӨƧΣ ƧӨMΣ, YӨЦ ƧᄂӨЩᄂY ЯΣPᄂΛᄃΣ ƬΉΣ ӨXYGΣП ЩIƬΉ ᄃΛЯBӨП DIӨXIDΣ ЩIƬΉ ƧӨMΣ.

[Bill shrugs nonchalantly, as nonchalant triangles are wont to shrug, but it's sad that Gold won't be able to see it.]

ΛΛΛПYЩΛY. IƬ'Ƨ BΣΣП FЦП, BЦƬ I ПΣΣD ƬӨ ᄃΉΛПGΣ ΛП ΛIЯ FIᄂƬΣЯ.

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