audience: ashlyn

[mygod]

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[mygod]

Is where you come from dangerous?

[killies]

... Sometimes.

[mygod]

[ hmmm ]

Only sometimes? Why?

[killies]

It's complicated. It's like a... time window.

[mygod]

Time window...

Like, something out of time? Separate from the rest of reality?

[killies]

Something like that. A period of time that's dangerous. The rest of the time is fine.

[mygod]

I see...

[ well this is fascinating. ]

And has it always been like this?

[killies]

... It's pretty recent.

[mygod]

Ah, so you just got used to that, and then came here.

[killies]

Pretty much. The situation keeps escalating. It keeps getting worse.

I need to get back to my friends.

[mygod]

... well, we'll try to get you back as soon as possible!

[ from one terrible situation to another! ]

Are they fine on their own?

[killies]

Mm.

[ STRESS ]

Probably not? Aiden had a concussion and Tyler is—it's bad. And if I'm not there, they're worse off.

[mygod]

Oh. You're all the same age?

[ A BUNCH OF 15 YEAR OLDS? ]

[killies]

Yeah.

[ IT'S A NIGHTMARE. ]

[mygod]

What's actually going on? If you're all fending for yourselves like that?

[killies]

We're the only ones there.

[mygod]

In the-- odd time place, right?

[killies]

It's just us and the phantoms, so we call it the Phantom Dimension.

[mygod]

[ danny phantom au... ]

What are the phantoms?

[killies]

[ if only i knew more about danny phantom. lisa, wherever you are, ]

We don't really know. Monsters. They look like... shadow people, but with sharp claws and creepy faces.

[mygod]

[ that's concerning. ]

Is there any way to fight them?

[killies]

Ah, yeah. They can be killed in pretty normal ways. Knives, guns.

They also don't like to be in the light, but it doesn't... hurt them. They just don't like it.

[mygod]

Just an aversion, huh...

Still, even if it doesn't harm them, it's enough to give you some sort of advantage.

[killies]

It's kind of a catch 22. If we set up lights to keep them away, it also puts a spotlight on exactly where we are.

[mygod]

So, an easy way to get surrounded, so if you need to escape that gets harder...

Is it just the three of you?