|| 004 || [Voice] - There's a hole in the world tonight

[oppositeofhero.livejournal.com]

Hey. Is anyone else being shocked by the bracelets every time you use the hatches? Yeah, this isn't funny.

Don't tell me, this is the start of the world ending. Whoever's behind this needs to work on their sense of humor.

Kaylee, how are things going on your end? DG, Glitch, everything all right? Well, as "all right" as can be in spite of the circumstances?

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[oppositeofhero.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Hatches.

The things we use to get stuff we need. They're not working right, at least not right now.

You get something from one, you get shocked. Normally that doesn't happen unless you've used up every cent of your monthly allowance.

[riddler-gump.livejournal.com]

[In Gump's book - not that he actually owns one - being short is sometimes preferable to its counterpart, especially if it comes with such valuable information. So far, Gump considers himself lucky. He has yet to use a hatch, and the heat isn't nearly bothering him as much as it does the mortals.]

I see. Forgive my ignorance, I meant none. I have been here for but a short time, yet ignorance seems to be what I am continually reduced to.

[oppositeofhero.livejournal.com]

Hey, everyone has to start somewhere. Too bad you arrived at a time like this, though. As I'm sure you can tell, the current situation isn't exactly the best.

[riddler-gump.livejournal.com]

I would imagine not. 'Tis warmer than the very height of summer...

[A tangent comes next, during which Gump's voice turns thoughtful, though it remains soft and ever so slightly wheezy; almost like the rustle of wind through foliage]

You think this the work of our captors? To vex their pets, or something more alarming still?

[oppositeofhero.livejournal.com]

It's got to be the aliens' handiwork. I doubt that this is normal, since the people who have been here longer are just as surprised as the rest of us who just arrived.

And about that, I don't know. Sure, I have guesses, but until something shows up to convince me otherwise, I'm going with the theory that this is all meant to test us.

[riddler-gump.livejournal.com]

A test... Or, perhaps whatever evil it is that keeps us captive has finally made some fatal mistake. It is my experience that such things happen, even when the world is at its darkest hour.

[Yes, Gump's voice seems to say. It's picking up pace, or spirit, perhaps more likely.]

Especially when that hour has struck.