text -- july 6th, afternoon. (un: @feral.forest.gremlin)

[skittering]

lalli hotakainen. night scout. day scout too, i guess.

scouted the fence. invisible. won't shock you if you're not stupid. if you know someone stupid and want to help them, find something bright and mark the trees along the way.

gas station's south. nothing else here but that and the houses. no real danger yet.

don't think they're lying about time and going back where you're from. couple of us came from somewhere else and it worked that way there, too. everything stopped while you were gone. won't remember it when you go back.

probably aren't lying about death, either. last place were were in could bring people back too. but that was magic. this is

something else

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voice; un: sole.survivor

[casner]

[ a] fuck this username
b] fuck texting ]

You know for sure it's a fence?

voice IF HE MUST

[skittering]

( the voice is quiet but firm - picture an introvert on a mission - and has a distinct finnish accent. )

No way through it that I found. Or over it. It's as tall as I can throw a rock.

Didn't try digging, though.

( he fails to point out that the pamphlets called this a 'containment zone', because if this conversation is running on skepticism about what they've heard, he can align with skepticism. )

he must, i'm afraid

[casner]

[ not skepticism, per se, more in pursuit of further details. to wit: ]

So it could be a dome.

[ he files the accent away where such details always go, his own identifiable as canadian to probably no one but another canadian, cadence not entirely dissimilar. perhaps less an introvert than a borderline-misanthrope, but the result presents itself nearly identically, no small talk, no extraneous information asked or answered. ]

[skittering]

( ....yeah, it could be a dome. lalli bristles a little, because what's the difference?? but, he grudgingly admits, there is a difference - at least to people like klaus, who can lift themselves up into the air. )

Could be. Haven't checked.

[casner]

Do you know someone who can?

[ because, yes, since people can do all kinds of bullshit things here it seems worth a shot. ]

[skittering]

Can ask Klaus. Hang on.

( give him a couple of minutes, he's literally going down to the basement to hunt klaus down and ask him. )

Says he'll try. What's your name? Can tell you what he finds. ( since he's not going to try right this minute or anything. )

[casner]

[ graham doesn't know who that is, or why he could feasibly check for a ceiling, so to speak, but again: he's had a month that makes him slightly...slightly less skeptical of more things in heaven and earth, horatio, etc etc. ]

Graham Casner. While we're at it, the gas station stocks some spray paint, if you get any other offers to track the fence.

[skittering]

Had one. Think he's got his own plan.

( as long as they're marked obviously, lalli doesn't care if it's consistent in format. )