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

[crawlininmytome.livejournal.com]

[was coming back to the house to see this--]

What the-- What's going on here!?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, hello. . . . Do you live here? Thanks for taking care of me while I was asleep, but you really ought to have known better than to buy a Happy Box.

[crawlininmytome.livejournal.com]

... A Happy Box? Don't you mean a television?

[katto-katto.livejournal.com]

You thought to destroy the world and assume that everything would "go back to the way it was before"? You poor, foolish, doomed boy!

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

[He just so happens to be walking past, and his walking is interrupted by the immediate sound of a television crashing in front of him. He ignores the bills, before seeing the radio come right towards him, prompting him to get the heck out of there.]

...huh?! What's going on up there? Uh... hello?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Huh? I don't know . . . But Happy Boxes are really terrible. They ruined Tazmily Village.

Where did you come from before all of this happened?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Um. I'm pretty sure that was the only way to save the world, actually. Sorry, but you just weren't there . . .

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I'm sorry! You're not hurt, are you? . . . I had to get rid of them.

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

...n-no, I'm fine. Why? Were they broken? I could've fixed them, in that case.

[katto-katto.livejournal.com]

Nonsense! You destroyed a world, so now you have to be punished for it!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Ah. But the world would have been destroyed and stayed destroyed. Since I got to it first, it was reborn . . . This doesn't look quite right, though.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I know Porky was really convincing, but you've got to understand that we don't need that stuff. Money, Happy Boxes, nightclubs, big cities . . . They just take away from what's really important.

[katto-katto.livejournal.com]

Even if that's true, you are still trapped here. Welcome to Mayfield, where your powers, your companions, and eventually your very will are stripped away. Isn't it lovely?

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

[Man, Vince should go for random walks around town more often. It rains money here!

... And radios, apparently, because that last one just misses him.]

Oi! Watch it!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Ah. What?

[Lucas surreptitiously tries to cast PK Lifeup. Nothing happens. PK Flash! . . . Zip.]

P-PK LOVE OMEGA! . . . . . . . . . W-What's going on?!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Ah! I-I'm really sorry! I didn't see you . . . You're not hurt, are you?

[katto-katto.livejournal.com]

Kihihihihihi! Do you realize it now, boy! The magnitude of the stage you are in? Behold, your coming doom, coming doom!

[skyruns.livejournal.com]

Porky? What?

...er, I'm not really sure what you're talking about! What does Porky have to do with this...? Did he come back?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

W-What are you talking about?! W-Where's Dad?! Daaaaaaad! Dad!

[The voice goes distant as if Lucas has run far away.]

Dad! . . . Dad! Kumatora? Duster? Boney . . . ? W-Where is everyone? What's going on . . . ?

[The voice returns.

What happened?! This isn't my world! Where're my friends? What did you do?!

[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.

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm alright. You've gotta be more careful, though, kid! Never know who could be innocently walkin' by. [He says as he pockets the money.] I mean, y'almost hit my hair! That would've been a tragedy.

... What're you doin', anyway? Not like somethin' on the telly? They've got an 'off' switch for that, y'know...

[bashinhippies.livejournal.com]

Wait what-

You know Porky?! Also what's going on over there?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

The . . . what? That's a Happy Box. They're terrible things. I-I had to get rid of 'em.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Huh? Doesn't everyone know him?

[numanstan.livejournal.com]

... No, it's a telly. Television. You watch programs on it- well, not on yours anymore, 'cause you've gone and thrown it out a window...

Happy Box? Sounds alright by me. What's so terrible 'bout somethin' that makes you happy?