#003 [voice]

[stocksavvy]

I have not recieved a single order since I've been strande -- brought, ever so thoughtfully, to this...quaint, boring place.

[Lauren's voice sounds very, very strained.]

Who am I to question the decisions of our all-knowing Smiling God? I'm fine! I'm delighted! There is nothing wrong! There is never anything wrong!


But what on earth do any of you do here? What is the goal? To whom are we employed to, to what greater purpose? There has to be SOMETHING!

Surely, surely I wouldn't be sent here to do...nothing! That's just out of the question. That would be entirely unproductive! And absolutely NOT what is to be expected of a vice president! I must set an EXAMPLE.

I have been here for months. I have been told nothing. I am fine.

This is part of a plan. Yes. Patience! Patience is a virtue! Obedience is a virtue. We all must remember this! Everything is, and always has and will be, perfectly fine.

[She sounds more like she's trying to convince herself of this than anything this.]



...on another note, I have listened to the local radio station, and I am simply appalled by the lack of proper radio etiquette! Lackluster a place this may be, yes, but everyone, great and small, should be entitled to quality radio programming! As program director and co-host for Great Desert Bluffs Metropolitan Area Community Radio, this isn't something I can simply overlook! No, sir.

To whom should I be issuing a complaint? The local authorities have been...remarkable unhelpful!

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[voice]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry deals with strangers on voice worlds better than video. He knows this feeling.]}

Some people collect badges. Some people try to breed the perfect pokemon. I just do freelance photography.

[voice]

[stocksavvy]

What are badges? [Kevin has talked about them before. She had pointedly tuned him out.

Perfect Pokemon, though...she likes the sound of that.]

There is more to training these creatures than indiscriminate fighting and firm discipline?

[voice]

[no_ufo_ending]

Sure. Some people try to breed them so that they hatch knowing certain moves or behave certain ways or are even certain colors.

[Video]

[dangerousidol]

Uhm... you know you don't need a god to tell you what to do all the time, right?

[Rise still thinks this lady is off of her rocker.]

[Video]

[stocksavvy]

[Lauren does not like her choice of tone.]

As the vice president of StrexCorp, I must do my best to set a good example for the other employees at our wonderful company!

Which means that I will follow orders. [More or less.]

[Video]

[dangerousidol]

[THIS LADY]

So if your god told you to go jump off a building, you would?

[voice]

[captainash]

...If you really need a goal, you could always try to win all the badges, or collect every species of a certain type. Or just think of this as a vacation?

[Because she sounds like she greatly needs one.]

[voice]

[stocksavvy]

...what do you mean, a "vacation?"

[Because that sounds like a load of bullshit.]

[voice]

[captainash]

Well, you probably wouldn't have taken it here or now, but it's still time away from work, isn't it? You can just enjoy it for now, and return to your radio job refreshed and more productive once you're sent back home.

[Says the man who did not take a single vacation for over thirteen years.]

video

[failnought]

[ She's not even going to touch on the god thing because GEE SERAH SURE HAS BAD EXPERIENCES ASSOCIATED WITH GODS...

She lets out a little sigh regardless, tapping her chin before speaking. ]

It's not that boring. Maybe you should explore a bit more--see what all this place has to offer.

voice

[stocksavvy]

What do you think I HAVE been doing?

There's nothing to do here BUT explore! Wander aimlessly from town to down with these wretched mongrels for company.

I, for one, am sick of it!

[video]

[seasaltkey]

[This woman seemed like she needed someone to talk to. Maybe.]

I like the radio station here.

[voice]

[stocksavvy]

N...No. That is incorrect.

[YOU ARE WRONG, SON. SORRY.]

[voice]

[nullorvoid]

Believe me, lady, if God had anything to do with this, I wouldn't be here either - you're not the only one with a job to do.

[voice]

[stocksavvy]

...you seem to think this is thanks to...a different sort of force? Greater than our Smiling God?

[Or...whatever weird thing this guy believes in.]

That just seems ridiculous!

[Audio]

[badabooms]

I seen a couple gods. They ain't anythin' special.

[Powerful, sure, but also pretty pretentious if their fanatics were anything to go on.]

[Not counting the local llama-god, of course.]

[Audio]

[stocksavvy]

Really.

[Lauren sounds unimpressed.]

Do tell, then. What sort of "Gods" do you claim to have seen? I'm VERY interested.

Anon voice

[nvcr]

[Some small part of Cecil feels...oddly satisfied at Lauren's current crisis. He wants to gloat, to wax lyrical about how her existence, now more than ever, is completely futile...

...but then he steps back, gives this a quick evaluation, and figures that other people are probably going to be giving the same arguments.

Or at the very least, arguments against a Smiling God, which is still all fine by him.

So instead of any sort of eloquent response, he just turns on the voice function, enables anon, and blows a raspberry into the Gear.]

[stocksavvy]

[Wow, Cecil. Very mature of you.

Lauren isn't even going to grace that with a response. She'll find a way to see who's behind that anonymous mask, you'll see.]

[Video]

[bylight]

Gods like to screw people over. That's why you kill them.

[True facts.]

[Video]

[stocksavvy]

[That sounds like the kind of talk Lauren does not want to hear.]

And, let me guess, you speak from experience?

Video

[the_pilgrim]

[Wirt's pretty nervous talking but still.]

Well...sometimes....you just got to think for yourself.

voice

[stocksavvy]

I didn't become the vice president of StexCorp by thinking for myself!

I thought for myself and for the benefit of the company. How do my own needs serve a greater good? What can I do to reach my full productive potential? What is the meaning of my individual experience and how does this make me a better employee?

It's all very complicated, you see.

voice;

[pipers_son]

I think ya need ta relax a bit, miss. Most folks just treat this as an extended vacation.

'Course, ya could always start somethin' up yerself if it's botherin' ya that much.

voice;

[stocksavvy]

'Relax' is another word for 'slacking off!' And that is NOT the sort of image I want to put out there as an example of our company.

...but what, precisely, do you mean by that?