shot o.1 // [voice]

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

[there's no video to accompany the message: it's strictly audio, whether due to paranoia or the holder's inability to work a Blackberry not immediately apparent. The voice is dry and irritated, coughs punctuating the short delivery he gives to announce himself. It's probably familiar to more than a few people in the manor...]

If this is Hell, it's not a very good rendition. Where's the fire? Brimstone? Demons to make me repent for everything I've done? [a cough, here; perhaps a small bit of laughter that stops as soon as it began. there's not a circle of hell that he doesn't belong in, and he's not sure why he's not there now.]

If it's not Hell, then does anyone know where I can find some chocolate? [his tone is dry on this sentence; he clearly thinks he's dead, and this is all just a hallucination from inside his mind.]

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[stalking_horse]

[Well, this is awkward.]

Depends. Does being subject to the whims of the imagination of a deranged fangirl count as "Hell"?

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

[pause, process, and then--] A deranged fangirl of what? Badly decorated hotels?

[stalking_horse]

Insane asylum, actually - that's what Kirkbride buildings were usually used for.

But seriously, the Author seems to be a "fangirl" of damn near everything, judging by the people that've been brought here. I'd think a fondness for detective stories and crime fiction, but I've seen just about anything short of hard science fiction so far.

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

The Author of what? You're skipping a few steps in your explanation, I think.

[stalking_horse]

[... It has occurred to him that he could be the most MASSIVE TROLL EVER if you're honestly - lacking memory? A different version? But that temptation is mitigated by the realization that you might shoot him.]

Ah, my apologies.

We've all been kidnapped here by someone we know only as The Author, who seems to be able to manipulate reality within this space. As near as I can tell, she's a bored teenage girl who has no idea what she's doing, and thinks she's writing a story.

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

[not through the Blackberry! That's be less than effective. Also your story is the weirdest fucking-- that can't be-- he's starting to think this might just be the weird hallucination some people get before death.]

A story that revolves around a lot of angry people who'd rather be elsewhere?

[stalking_horse]

Nobody said she made much sense. Besides, she doesn't even seem to realize anyone here is real.

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

So we're fictitious to her.

[stalking_horse]

From all the evidence I've seen, yes. She doesn't seem to be acting out of a sense of malice, more just -

...Carelessness.

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

That makes her even less predictable, if anything.

[stalking_horse]

For the most part, yes.

I will say that comparing her ideas to what I've seen fangirls come up with in my world, we could be far worse off - she's more interested in theatrics and dramatics than what would generally be considered "torture". Annoying, but could be far worse.

[chocolategun.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's something to be grateful for. [though torture has its merits.]

[stalking_horse]

I do have an odd question. All of this sounds completely new to you, doesn't it?