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[dorkways.livejournal.com]

well...this sure is weird! i wonder how this place got here. i kind of feel like i am dreaming. but i pinched myself and it just hurt, i didn't wake up or anything. so i guess this is all real. or maybe i should pinch myself again.

ow. nope. definitely not a dream!

either way, um, i guess this is neat. it says we have everything we need to be happy, right? on that letter. so everything should be fine, for now.

i wonder what this means about the scratch, though. i hope everyone is ok.

[there's a video file after that, and it shows a boy with messy black hair and a blue hoodie]

Wow, cool, this thing does video too! I guess I should introduce myself. I'm john! I just got here, and apparently the gods brought me? How'd'you guys get here? I am kind of...a bit confused, so if you could fill me in that would be pretty sweet.

Thanks!

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[dogtear]

john... is that really you???????

[ she thought he was dead! colour her confused. ]

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

[dogtear]

wait what

[ giver her a second. ]

john please!
i thought you were dead....
are you seriously okay?

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

video;

[verifies]

Everyone was brought here the same way. By the gods.

...mostly everyone, anyway. There were some people here even before then, but... they probably won't answer your questions.

video;

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

Like that maid lady that came in and gave me your letter...she wouldn't really answer the stuff that mattered! And she looked weird. [he frowns, looks like he's thinking about it] Like she didn't really have just one face, you know?

video;

[verifies]

Right. They're... "locals". They might help you with some things, but they won't really answer questions about this place.

That's up to us to figure out.

video;

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound that bad though...Apparently we get powers! And everything to be happy... We are supposed to make friends or something. [he shrugs and then grins wide, laughing] Sounds like fun to me!

HI TAGGING THIS BEFORE I PASS OUT [1/2]

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[2/2] AND ALSO [filtered]

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[ ... where does she even begin?

"Hey, did you know I died? And that it's Terezi's fault? And that Karkat kind of totally let it happen and I don't believe him when he says he wasn't okay with it?

Did you know that basically all of my friends seem to be 0k with the fact that I was murdered, and I am taking it kind of personally?"

I don't know what you know, and that fact is beginning to bother me. ]

[filtered]

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

[video]

[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

[Hello, underside of someone's chin! You can maybe see a little of his face, but it's kind of in super-closeup. Video mode is seriously not something he's mastered despite how much he's used it.]

Your text... it's blue.

[--After a moment, he seems to realize how ridiculous that sounds, because he hastily adds:]

You may want to reread the letter.

[video]

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I like blue, hehe.

Did I miss something in it? Is it code for something totally terrible? It sounded alright when I read it.

[video]

[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

I see.

[He pauses awkwardly before going on.]

The letter also threatened where we came from. Is that 'all right' with you?

video

[waypastcool.livejournal.com]

[Hey John. Meet a spiky, blue... thingamajig. Oh, and he talks.]

Long story short? Some god guys decided they need some heroes to clean up their messes, so they brought us there, took our powers, and gave us some vague letter with instructions.

video

[dorkways.livejournal.com]

[wow what is he?? IS AMUSED. GRINS AT HIM.] Being a hero isn't so bad, though!

video

[waypastcool.livejournal.com]

Can't argue that! Hero work's second nature to me.

[Yes, he's not just a talking critter. He's a heroic, talking critter.]