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

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

No, no. Someone I know told me about it. So you were there too...?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Someone else? . . . What? So they told you what happened, then? . . . Wait, who was it? If there's someone else from the Nowhere Islands here . . .

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

Y...yeah. Uh... his name was Claus. I haven't seen him for quite some time though. Sorry.

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[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

2/3

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . That's . . . impossible . . .

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

...he said that Porky caused a huge mess, and that his brother had to stop him... both of them.

...wait a second... uh, what's your name again?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Lucas.

. . . H-He couldn't have been here. He's dead . . . He . . .

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

[His eyes went wide, and he paused before taking a gulp.]

His... brother...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

C-Claus . . . R-Right before I woke up here . . . H-He . . . How could you have met him?

[He is crying. It is obvious.]

Where is he? Where? You have to tell me!

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

H-He said that he had remembered-- uh. [He tries to remember in a panic, scratching his head.] Benny Road! It was one of the first houses!

[He was a little worried himself, he really hadn't been around. Who knew what could have happened...]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

C-Claus . . . If he's really here . . . I-I gotta go!

[In his excitement, the phone clatters to the floor. But it's not as if he cares.]