Race #1 (Voice) | During the flooding

[sugarcar]

[There's sound coming through, but it's breathing sounds. Very, very relieved-sounding breathing sounds. And then, a few seconds later, a child's voice pipes up.]

Gotta question. Other than th' obvious "What is this place?", why is it floodin' in this place?

[She'd appeared right in the hallway, underwater, and in a panic managed to find herself in an empty bedroom.]

An' where is everyone? What kinda game is this?

[It may not seem obvious at first, but she doesn't even realize she's got the device on, in her panic. She's merely talking to herself.]

Comments

[Voice]

[charlastan]

[That actually makes him laugh a little.]

Eh, they get pretty old after a while - guess anything does when it won't just stay dead.

[You know, technically speaking.]

But yeah, pretty much. You've got the idea.

[Voice]

[sugarcar]

[She mimics a zombie-like voice again.]

Gimme yer braaaaaiiiiiins, missssteeeerrrrrrrrrr. [She giggles a little.] Well, s'long as they don't last long, huh?

What's th' worst one that's happened so far? [She's... very curious.]

[Voice]

[charlastan]

Hm...I dunno. Things get pretty terrible around here. I dunno if a Pipsqueak like you can handle all the stories I've got.

[He's pretty clearly teasing her, drawing it out while he decides what event to lie about give her and entirely factual account of.]

[Voice]

[sugarcar]

Pff, can't be that terrible. [She somewhat catches onto the fact that he's teasing, but she can't help saying that.]

Well, spill th' beans, then, gramps. [She teases right back.]

[Voice]

[charlastan]

Alright, alright...so! This one time we had...BEARS! A whoooole colony of 'em, terrorizin' everybody! And they were led by the biggest, toughest bear of them all - the MULTIBEAR! Dun, dun, duuuuun!

[That's a good start, right?]

[Voice]

[sugarcar]

[She listens, eager to hear a great story, but... bears? Her expression turns into one of disbelief - less so at the legitimacy of the story and more that...]

Borin'! C'mon, bears? I had 't deal with a bunch'a giant... uh... [What did Ralph call them before?] 'omnivore' bugs. They ate anythin' they could an' made 'em part'a themselves.

[Granted, she didn't like to think of them, but just talking about them was okay.]

C'mon, ya gotta have better stories'n that!

[Voice]

[charlastan]

[Ugh. Kids. Never impressed by anything.]

Oh yeah? Well once, I punched a pterodactyl! Right in the kisser! Just jumped right up and wailed on him!

[And that one's not even a lie! Sure, it didn't happen in Wonderland but the point still stands.]