voiceinthedark | [Mission 002] Video/Action

[Sam switches on the camera and tries to set it up so it’s not horribly blurry and smiles at the camera when he thinks he’s got it right.]

God it feels weird to not be telling someone to raise the gates.

Uh... hi? So, I’ve been in Luceti a week now. Maybe a bit more and I was just wondering about, well, the houses are nice but they’re not very secure and I wanted to know if anyone knows how I’d go about finding stuff like fencing, barbed wire, concrete....

[A voice interrupts from the background as Simon starts to protest.] What? Oh no. No, you are not concreting up my damn windows, Sam. I’m putting my foot down. No. N-O.

It’s a weak point, Simon! Points of entry, that’s what Janine always says. You need as few as possible.

[The journal is jostled a moment before Simon’s exasperated face appears in the feed, giving Sam a Look.] Which is great. Awesome. Janine’s the voice of annoying reason as always, but I’m sure we can think of a better way of securing them in case of emergency that still allows us to enjoy the fresh air and actual sunlight when it’s, y’know, not.

[Which has his attention turning to the journal feed and giving it an apologetic look.] Please excuse him, he doesn’t get out much.

[Sam positively glares at him, a look of long time exasperation and why does he have to deal with this idiot?]

I get out plenty! Well, I mean, not at home obviously because oh yeah, apocalypse! I’m pretty sure a lot more people would be alive if they’d had concreted windows before the end of the world.

Oooor we might have all mutated into some strange sort of psychotic mole-men instead. [Simon rolls his eyes.] The point is, we’re looking to secure the house a little bit better than it currently is and if anyone has any suggestions on where to get the materials to do that, we’d appreciate it.

Mol- do you ever listen to the stuff that comes out of your mouth?

Never. [Simon’s grin is cheeky and unrepentant.] Speaking of houses, we should have a party here, since we’ve now got an actual one and we’re not likely to end up on the menu. How’s tonight sound? Good? Good! Open invitation to a grill-out on the lawn of House 33. Swing by, bring beer or food if you like, it’ll be all casual-like.

What? You- you can’t just spring a party on people! This is the first I’ve heard about it!

That’s because I just made it up. And sure I can. Be spontaneous, Sam! Live a little! 5 o’clock sounds good, right?

Oh god, this is gonna be like a couple of weeks ago in New Canton isn’t it? With the hula hoops.

[Simon’s smirk takes on a wicked edge for a moment as he flicks a glance sideways at Sam.] Nope. It’ll be even better. I need to go get things.

[And with that, he vanishes abruptly out of the feed.]

[Sam sighs, rubs his forehead and gives the video a pleading look.]

Please don’t encourage him? He’s good enough at doing that himself. Although I suppose it has been a while since I’ve been to a proper party.

But yeah... security. Thanks for any help.

[He pauses for a moment, looking like he’s trying to think of what to say, because ‘Stay Safe’ is Jack and Eugene’s thing and ‘welcome home’ just doesn't work so he settles for another smile and then cuts the feed.]

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[Simon and (grudgingly) Sam can be found around the village for the rest of the afternoon, collecting food and drinks for their impromptu party. And later on they can be found on the lawn of House 33, where the burgers are cooked and the booze flows freely and there are not yet fences and barbed wire and sealed up windows.]

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Geez, seriously...

[He can't be jealous of that- they saved Amestris and potentially the world, after all, so no apocalypse for him. And the so-called revival isn't really life at all.

Still... that would be a hell of a thing to study. Horrifying to think about, but he wouldn't be a good scientist if he didn't at least ponder the concept.]

We had creatures that were kind of like that, back where I'm from. Mindless and biting people, that is. I don't think we ever came up with a name for them, though.

Did you get rid of them?

[Obviously their world wasn't as overrun as Sam's from the way he was talking.]

Zombies had been in stories and films for a long time. We never expected them to become real. That's where the name came from.

[Ha... he knows well how much fun it is when stories become reality. Ugh.]

We managed to fight them off, yeah. Just barely, but at least we stopped them from getting into the city. It wasn't a disease, though, just how they were created, so getting bitten didn't spread anything.

That's good. All of it. It spread really quickly, especially in cities. Three days or so and it had already appeared across most of the world.

Three days? Just with people getting bitten? What the hell... ours was nothing like that.

It... god, what did Maxine say? It has a variable latency. Some people changed really quickly. Kids, old people. But some people, it took hours. Over a day even. Enough time to catch a flight to another country. And at the start, no-one thought they'd have to guard the places they kept the dead bodies so quarantine didn't work.

People can travel far enough that fast?

[Hiiii guess whose fastest way of traveling is by train?]

Well, yeah. I mean, you get a flight, and you can be in America in seven hours which is... uh, a few thousand miles away.

...You can fly where you're from!?

[HE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST THE FREAKY PEOPLE IN LUCETI WHO COULD DO THAT...!]

[Other worlds. Worlds without planes, apparently.]

Yeah, you get a plane or a helicopter. Well, you used to get those things but obviously... zombie apocalypse.

I've never heard of either of those.

[Something for the future? Or maybe Amestris never gets it? It's the most advanced country in the area, though...]

Oh.

A plane is like a... a bit metal machine with powerful engines which can fly for really long distances and carry hundreds of people.

[.............]

That... is the coolest thing I've ever heard.

[Oh god he totally needs to tell Winry about this.]

[He thinks about that for a moment and then...]

...yeah. It kind of is pretty cool isn't it? Never really thought about it before. They even serve food and drinks on long flights.

That's amazing. We've got trains and cars, but that's it for fast travel. It still takes hours to get anywhere, and it's really only available in cities because of the state of the roads. Country towns usually stick to horses.

We have those too! I mean, we did have those but horses are... they don't really use them for travel anymore. Just for fun or competitions.

Competitions? Like racing? They do that back home, sometimes. Mostly in cities, though, because too many people have cars to care much about horses.

[It's a bit of a waste, in his mind.]

Yeah! And showjumping and... looking pretty I guess. I never really paid much attention honestly.

I don't think I would either, if we had that kind of thing. It's not really my style.

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