voice;

[paterelohim]

[With how much Chuck loves doing video post, the fact that he's sticking to voice should be the first red flag. The choked tone in his voice is another.]

Fred- Winifred Burkle. Has anyone seen her?

Her NV's offline, she isn't answering it.

[There's a long, sunken silence.]

I think... she's gone.

I want to say she'll probably be back, but I just don't know- I haven't seen it yet. God, what's the point of seeing the future if it doesn't help?

Anyway, I just- thought everyone who knows her should know. She's out.

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voice;

[bratziska]

[She sounds a bit incredulous.]

You can see the future?

voice;

[paterelohim]

You're stuck on a mystical island between dimensions that gives people superpowers.

But I guess seeing the future is where it stops, isn't it? That's your line? That's where you stop suspending disbelief?

voice;

[bratziska]

I've only been here a few weeks. I can't believe in just anything, can I?

[paterelohim]

There was an old lady with yarnbending powers in the news.

[bratziska]

Yes, there was, but that's not very interesting, is it? I'm more interested in the future, personally. Aren't you?

[paterelohim]

I don't know. Yarnbending is weird. Why can you believe that, but not one guy having shitty vision powers?

Why are you even asking? Let me guess- they don't have tackiness in your world.

[bratziska]

No, it's because it was a rhetorical question. I don't like to make assumptions about what sort of things do or do not exist.

But I guess your future vision powers are limited, anyway.

[paterelohim]

They're specific to my world, so the Core screws them up.

As, uh, thrilling as this conversation is - and believe me, I'm normally up for talking about my messed-up visions - but can we not? Please? My girlfriend just vanished and she's dead in her world so I might actually never see her again, and I'm kind of busy with drinking right now.

Okay?

Cool. Good talk.

[bratziska]

...Fine.

[But believe her, she'll be keeping an eye out for him so she can hassle him when he's less miserable. Men.]

Goodbye.

[And she almost feels like she should add a 'take care' or something, but that's foolish. He's only a stranger.]

[paterelohim]

Thanks. I'm actually not usually this rude.

Bye.