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[thisonetime]

[The feed comes on, but at first, everything's dark.]

The hell is this?

[Then there's a shot of Ellis's gray eye, and then it pans back out to his face. He's covered in a layer of dirt and various bodily fluids, and beyond that, he's tired and bruised in a few places. The stone ceiling of his barracks room can be seen in the background, and Ellis looks quite perplexed.]

Hello? Anybody out there? This funny little book's talkin' about worlds bein' unmade and records bein' kept and whatnot, but it ain't makin' much sense.

Like, how'm I here if everythin's not made anymore? And hell, you can't unmake shit! My friend Keith tried to unmake a car once, cause he thought it was haunted, but all he got was a broken car and a face full'a burnin' oil. He quit messin' with it after that, mostly 'cause he went blind for like six months. Don't know if it was really haunted or nothin', but I guess anything can happen, after the zombies an' shit...

[Ellis just trails off, then looks around the room. With his free hand, he rubs the space between his shoulder and neck and winces. Getting pounded into the ground by a charger sucks, and he's still aching.

Then, he turns back to the camera and smiles, though it's a little uneasy.]

So, hey, m'name's Ellis. I'm lookin' for Nick, Rochelle, and Coach, if any y'all out there.

[And they had to be, didn't they?]

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[audio]

[dominateartimus]

[There's a small chuckle from the fallen arch-angel.]

There's plenty of people here in Holloway's Keep. Feel free to disregard that note if you want, not many believe its true.

[There's a brief pause at hearing the word 'zombies'. Perhaps this guy was a hunter, but he didn't have to worry about that.]

You look like you've been through a battle and a half.

[audio]

[thisonetime]

And another half! I ain't seen much for rest since this whole thing started.

Hey, there ain't zombies here, are there?

[audio]

[dominateartimus]

Well, there's a few places to get yourself cleaned up or rest, if that's what you need.

None that I can think of, but you might find other things here.

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[thii2ii22tupiid]

...zombies?

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[thisonetime]

Yeah! Y'know, Green Flu, people gettin' sick, people dyin', comin' on back and tryin' to eat you, or sometimes just kill you. Don't know if it makes a difference t'some of 'em.

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[thii2ii22tupiid]

You're not from Kloe's world, are you?

[helluvachin]

I'm not trying to be mean but, is your friend stupid?

[He kind of misses the rest in favor of the part with the car.]

[thisonetime]

Naw, Keith ain't stupid, he's one'a the smartest dudes I ever met! S'unlucky, that's all. Born on Friday the thirteenth, after all, and I ain't never met somebody with so many scars.

'Course he's still alive, so maybe he's luckier'n he looks. Maybe he's the luckiest son of a bitch alive.

[helluvachin]

[Zachariah is pretty sure he could beat that guy in amount of scars. Then again that's not a competition he actually wants to win.]

That's definitely one way of looking at it.

[Audio]

[dontfeartheme]

...tried to fucking unmake a car.

[Yes, that is what she got out of all of that. She's had no cars for months, okay, and there's some idiot trying to unmake one?]

[Audio]

[thisonetime]

Yeah! But it weren't nothin' compared t' the time he tried to deep fry a turkey. Burns over ninety percent of his body, man, an' his doctors didn't know what to do! So they called up, like, other doctors, cause burns that bad on top of existin' burns wasn't somethin' they ever saw.

Was a good turkey, though.

[Audio]

[dontfeartheme]

[And he's effectively distracted her a little bit with the burns, because healer here.]

Did he put the fucking turkey in while it was still frozen? You never put the fucking turkey in goddamn hot oil while it's still frozen, I've turned half a dozen people away bitching at me about their burns for doing that.

[Wait cars.]

The hell would he be trying to unmake a car? I'd give fucking anything to have one, haunted or not.

[veggie_wolf]

Hi, I'm Tahlia! Nothing here makes much sense. I've been here about two months and I'm still as confused as ever. But... I guess you kind of get used to it?

[Tahlia's not sure if getting used to it is good or bad, though.]

That would have been cool if the car was haunted! Ghost car!

Zombies? You have zombies in your world? That sucks.

OMG i thought i tagged this already, i am so sorry :|

[thisonetime]

Well thanks for the hospitality, Miss Tahlia, it sure is 'ppreciated. S'way better'n the zombies that, yeah, I do have. Pretty sure they got the whole south.

no worries! :D

[veggie_wolf]

Rude zombies. The need to stop eating brains and learn some manners.

Do you know how they started showing up?

[Video]

[thearchangel]

Yeah, we hear you.

[What the hell is that accent though.]

It's just a journal. All you have to do is put a note in it every so often and you'll be fine.

[Video]

[thisonetime]

[That's the sound of the sound! Deep south. Georgia, to be exact.

But Ellis is a little too distracted by Garrus's visage to reply. He just sits there, blinking, mouth agape.

DUDE.

WOAH.

DUDE.

DUDE.]

[Video]

[thearchangel]

[He stares back.]

[His good mandible flicks a few times.]

[voice]

[thearchangel]

[AND THE VIDEO FEED SHUTS OFF.]

Problem?

[Audio]

[waitsandlistens]

Are you sure he didn't just break it?

[Audio]

[thisonetime]

That's what I'm sayin'! You can't unmake anything, y'just end up breakin' it!

[Audio]

[waitsandlistens]

So? Maybe Lord Fancypants destroyed the world himself, that's why he wants to fix it.

[abstinentzombie]

[HE SAID THE WORD.]

Are you a hunter?

[thisonetime]

Not if y'mean the hunter zombie, but if y'all mean the zombie hunter, then hell yes!

[abstinentzombie]

[He is talking nonsense. And she could assume he is from some totally different batshit universe. But she doesn't want to rule out her world yet.]

What's your rank?