audience: ashlyn

[mygod]

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[killies]

Like Frankenstein?

[ ahem. ]

...Not exactly. I guess it's not like people would have a reason not to believe me, but...

[mygod]

I'm not familiar with the reference. Did Frankenstein kill people in the name of some false God?

[ mary shelley is shaking

they look to her, curious ]

Then go on.

[killies]

No, it's just a story about a guy creating a person out of stolen body parts. I think he got them from dead bodies.

[ she hasn't read it. ]

I got drugged and then... My friends and I were brought to a containment facility. They've been holding us in separate rooms for a while now. They bring us food sometimes. And draw blood sometimes.

[mygod]

[ okay we can talk about frankenstein later

because famine tilts their head at that, attention caught ]

Do you know why?

[killies]

[ like logically she knows there's no reason they wouldn't believe her! she knows that! but still hesitates before answering. ]

They think we can open rifts between two dimensions.

[ ... that's all! ]

[mygod]

Huh.

[ they sound more curious than disbelieving. this comes as a surprise to them, but not a bad one ]

So have you been transferred from someone else's experiment at home to be brought here as someone else's sacrifice instead?

[killies]

Yeah. I thought maybe I was picked for this for the same reason at first but after talking to the others. I don't think so.

And... The other dimension usually pulls me in every night at midnight. For seven hours while time stops in the human dimension.

[ okay. ]

But it's not happening here at all.

[mygod]

[ tilts head....... ]

What is the other dimension like?

[killies]

It's dark and empty. Except for the phantoms.

[mygod]

[ ooo spooky ]

Phantoms?

[killies]

[ so spoopy... ]

Monsters. They just mindlessly attack anyone they see.

[mygod]

How long has this been happening to you?

[killies]

For months.

[ this is as much as. canon has specified. ]

[mygod]

[ an elongated pause

and a tilt of their head ]

Are you alright?

[killies]

[ well. no. ]

It—doesn't really matter. I don't have to deal with it while I'm here, apparently. Bigger problems. Or maybe just different problems.

[ ... ]

But now my friends are in it alone.

[mygod]

I would not say it doesn't matter.

[ she's clearly bothered ]

... would you not use a wish to change some of your circumstances?

[killies]

I don't really understand how much we can change. I don't know.

[mygod]

[ shrugs ]

I won't pretend that you wouldn't need to be thoughtful and specific about what you hope to accomplish.

However I often find that trying is often better than doing nothing.

[killies]

I don't want us to have to go there anymore.

But I want to understand why it started happening in the first place.

[mygod]

Hmm...

I suppose if you get your wish, you don't have to use it right away. You could consider it for later.

Though I also believe you could get some of these answers with your own two hands—I also would not blame you for seeking escape first.

[killies]

I think we're on the cusp of finding out more. They're studying us. If we can learn what they know...

[ ugh. she runs a hand down her face. ]

I'll think about it. I've got time, whether I want it or not.

[mygod]

You do.

[ nothing but time surely no one will be dying unexpectedly

they cross their arms ]

.... Be safe.

[ ok thanks famine ]

[killies]

[ surely not! ]

I'm not safe here or there.

[mygod]

Then I believe it in your power to become safe.

Whether by your own will, or through the assistance of others.

[killies]

[ a little nod which is as close as she'll get to saying thanks. ]

... Sure.

[ GOOD TALK. she will let them go... ]