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

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Everything! I don't recognize your voice, so you're probably from a different world -- When he brought you here, he brainwashed you into joining his army. Then he brainwashed everyone in Tazmily, too!

I'm sure you noticed the light and all of that, right? That was the Seventh Needle being pulled and the Dragon coming. And that's all his fault, too. If he hadn't messed around, the world wouldn't have been destroyed.

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

What?! Wait, could you slow down please? That doesn't really make any sense.

...wait. Needles? Dragon...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

B-But . . . you mean you don't know anything? H-How can that . . . You . . . You were brought to New Pork City like everyone else, right?

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

I've never even heard of that place...!

...er, wait a second... Would you by any chance be from the Nowhere Islands?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's right! So you know about the islands at least . . . That's a relief.

[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]

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[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.]