[Zelgadis has his own shitty beer in front of him, and he just looks over at this... and after a few minutes, decides it's probably up to him to say something? Hm.]
[Zel's just outside, watching the ferry come and go from the docks, cape blowing in the wind. He notices (Name Pending?) nearby, and glances over at him.]
... You doing all right, after all that? This must be a lousy first introduction to "living."
[He looks out at the lake of lava surrounding them.]
... I guess I take time to take in my surroundings... clear my mind by focusing on that, instead of whatever's bothering me. Maybe it's a sort of meditation.
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Week 0: Monday
He's unsure of what to do with it.]
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... You've never had alcohol before, have you?
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No. I haven't had... very much before.
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[His best cup of coffee came with a side of burning plastic fumes, so that's how this week's been going.]
The food's fine, I guess. I've had worse, anyway.
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[Besides the dry noodles.]
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[is that an insult. to both of them]
That's probably for the best. It means you'll have an easier time getting by here.
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[It's hard to build them up in under a year.]
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Come to think of it, it looked like they never finished your profile. You got a name?
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There wasn't much to write about. I didn't have one before I died.
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[That's what he comes up with after a couple seconds of consulting his mental Dictionary of Magic Bullshit.]
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[People sure like to gatekeep the idea of what counts as "human."]
You said there are others like you. Are they not conscious, too?
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Not in the same way. Usually... Usually we can only do what we're told.
[ Their "set programming", so to say. ]
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Any idea why you ended up different from the rest?
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I really don't know. It could've been a glitch?
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... I tried to fight against them. That's how I died.
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A sympathetic look. That's rough, buddy.]
... In the end, how long were you even conscious?
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I think it was less than a day.
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Zelgadis downs the remainder of his beer in one, long swig. Then, he reaches over and takes the other beer away from this three-day-old homunculus.]
You're not old enough to drink this yet.
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[He watches it get taken and doesn't make any attempt to take it back.]
If you say so?
[Not that he can get any older.]
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So what now? You're not exactly free, but you're out. Anything you were hoping to do once you got out of there?
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It looks like that failed.
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You're in good company, at least. I think we all failed in that regard.
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It's hard to know what I want in hell.
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... Have you given any thought to a name you want to go by?
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I've been given the names Micah and Cosmos. I like both of them.
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[At least neither of those sound like a name he'll regret forever.]
... My name is Zelgadis.
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[Quietly nods to himself. He will remember this.]
Week 0: Saturday
... You doing all right, after all that? This must be a lousy first introduction to "living."
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This is a different kind of tired than I'm used to.
[Emotionally drained is a different thing than his usual physical exhaustion.]
Have you ever gone through this before?
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The overwhelming exhaustion brought on by a series of events resolving in the most imbecilic way imaginable? ... Yes. Many times.
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Oh... So this is a normal feeling. I see.
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And... well, whatever helps you unwind.
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[That's committed to memory now.]
... What helps you unwind?
[Because he sure doesn't know about what works for himself.]
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[He looks out at the lake of lava surrounding them.]
... I guess I take time to take in my surroundings... clear my mind by focusing on that, instead of whatever's bothering me. Maybe it's a sort of meditation.
That, or getting absorbed in reading something.
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[He joins Zeldagis in looking out at the lava.]
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It's not a terrible scene, even if there is some distant screaming.]