video, mid-morning | patch of Felucia in Queens

[traceofeffort]

So, uh. I don't think I've ever seen flowers like this, and especially not in New York City? [Her camera shows strange plants all over the place; she's sweating in her light flannel somehow, despite that it's supposed to be a pretty nice day.] They're kinda pretty. I keep trying to look up what they are, I've got an app and everything, but I can't get a signal... The network works fine, though? Can't ask anybody either, it's deserted. I don't recognize any of this, but I was on my way to class, so I guess I'll keep walking and see if I come out the other side?

[She looks and sounds uneasy, but all she can do is her best, right? She's got a strong sense that something is Not Normal about all this, just like something was Not Normal in K-Boz and rapidly progressed to Even Less Normal.]

I'll post again if I get lost. Wish me luck!

Comments

[traceofeffort]

If I see anyone injured, you'll be the first to know... well, after anything within 50 yards of me hears me screaming my head off. Not that I've seen anyone at all yet, but we'll see, yeah?

[not_as_i_do]

I'm glad you're safe. Stay that way as long as you can. ... I feel like our little conversation after the first portals may have jinxed us, don't you?

[traceofeffort]

Maybe... Or maybe we're just cursed. Everything going to hell on a three-month timer sounds like the kind of torture we'd end up with, yeah? [She scowls.] I can't even imagine what it'll be next time.

[not_as_i_do]

... Does something on this scale really happen every three months? I had only just arrived when the portals opened ... and I wasn't about to call two occurrences a pattern.

[traceofeffort]

Some of this stuff has made me a little paranoid, honestly. I'm absolutely willing to call two occurrences a pattern, and if I'm wrong I'll happily eat my words later.

[not_as_i_do]

When you put it that way, I think you've got some really solid logic there.

[traceofeffort]

The alternative is assuming everything is fine and not worrying about the block of dense forest taking over a city street, so. Better to be careful, yeah? I’m not that idealistic.