one laugh

[undespairing]

--t's this thing, anyway? [There's a soaking wet kid dripping onto the screen, when it turns on.] Some sort of magical object? Haha, that'd be pretty interesting. [He wipes it off with a wet sleeve, making the screen...wetter. A laugh.] Guess I should figure out where I am first, anyway.

[And with that, he pockets the communicator; viewers may hear him saying "Hey. Hey, excuse me," to random strangers, as he didn't bother to turn the thing off.]

[[Feel free to be the random strangers! He's bothering people around the fountain area.]]

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[undespairing]

[...Too late. Coming over.]

Huey! You're here too?

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ :I dammit. ]

Would you believe me if I said I wasn't?

[undespairing]

Well I'm pretty sure you're not a ghost!

Anyway, isn't this place amazing? Just look at all those weird buildings, and the clothes everyone's wearing!

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ Why would that even be an option... ]

It doesn't look like Lotto Valentino at all.

[undespairing]

[Well why else would Huey be here but not here?]

That's true. Somebody in this box said we're in another world.

[He holds up the thing.]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ HE IS HERE, ELMER. ]

Don't tell me you actually believed that.

[undespairing]

[BUT YOU SAID WHAT IF.]

Didn't see why not to! Though we could always look for a more realistic explanation.

[resentive.livejournal.com]

The more realistic one is that I'm here too.

[undespairing]

Heh, that's true! We're in it together, wherever we are.

[Do you mind a soaking wet arm on your shoulder because he's reaching for you now.]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ YES HE MINDS VERY MUCH THANK YOU ]

What do you mean, together?

[ Pssh. No togetherness for you. ]

[undespairing]

[Oh okay that's fine. He'll just take off his jacket and wring it out a bit instead.]

We're both lost here, aren't we? It makes more sense for us to team up to figure out what's going on than to wander off in our own separate directions. [Wring, wring, putting that slightly-less-wet jacket back on over his still-soaking shirt, sneezing...] --Plus we're friends!

[resentive.livejournal.com]

I've told you, we aren't friends. And I certainly didn't ask to be here with you.

[undespairing]

Oh come on, we're a team, right? A team! I bet you'd rather have Monica instead, wouldn't you?

[resentive.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could both be here, and I could be back in Lotto Valentino.

[undespairing]

What, are you being shy? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone!

[resentive.livejournal.com]

Of course not.

[undespairing]

I wonder if they use our currency here?

[resentive.livejournal.com]

You should ask someone if you want to know.

[ He's curious, but he won't ask. ]

[undespairing]

All right then, I'll go ask.

[Now he'll go up to the nearest person and do just that.]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ Better Elmer than himself... ]

[undespairing]

[Aand he's back.]

Apparently they don't. He gave me a coin!

[See, it's all red and stuff!]

[resentive.livejournal.com]

[ ...takes it, just to look at it. ]

This is what they use?

[undespairing]

Apparently.

[resentive.livejournal.com]

It's different, but...that should be fine.

[undespairing]

Are you going to make more money? I like how colorful it is. Apparently they come in all the colors of the rainbow!