First PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

Ah.  Um.  H-Hello?  This is a telephone, right? . . . You talk into it and other people talk back?  Excuse me!  Is anyone there?  . . . I'm not sure if it's working . . . Well, if anyone's listening, I need to know.  What happened after the Dark Dragon came?  The world was destroyed, but . . . I didn't think it'd be reborn so quickly.  A-Actually, this doesn't look anything like what I thought the new world would be . . . It's not like Tazmily Village at all.  I thought . . . I thought after I pulled the Seventh Needle, everything would just, well . . . go back to the way it was before.  . . . I guess I was wrong.

Oh, I'm sorry.  You probably don't know who's talking.  My name is Lucas.  You've probably heard of me; I'm the one Porky called out to fight.  I hope you've all realized the truth by now.  I don't blame anyone except Porky for what happened, but . . . Well, that isn't important.  Does anyone know where my dad is?  Flint?  Or Kumatora, Boney and Duster?  I ca -- . . . Huh?  What is . . . AH!

No way!  Wh -- What's a Happy Box doing here?!  After everything we went through . . . Haven't you all learned from your mistakes by now?!  This isn't right.  I've got to take care of this.

[Moments later at 846 Goldberg Street, a television falls out a second story window and smashes to the ground.  This is followed by several wads of dollar bills, a smattering of coins, and a radio.]

Comments

[fail-dragon.livejournal.com]

... See all the people who are here and look perfectly happy with it? From what I've been told, most of them are basically victims of the city, their very personalities erased and replaced with a blind love for it. Friends of people I've encountered have become part of all this...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

W-What? They can do something like that? That's even worse than brainwashing . . . But it's alright. We'll help, too, once we've figured things out.

I'm sorry, did I ever introduce myself? My name is Lucas.

[fail-dragon.livejournal.com]

Torian Batries. Physical Education instructor... Both before and after my arrival here.

Right now, I am afraid we can do little but bide our time... Hopefully, that will turn out, eventually.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you, Mr. Bates. If that's really all we can do now . . . I guess I'll have to get used to this place in the meantime, then.

[fail-dragon.livejournal.com]

... I'm really, really hoping it isn't, it just seems that way so far...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Ah . . . Don't ever give up hope, Mr. Bates. That's the most important thing I've ever learned.