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[abhero]

So, about the aliens.

You know the perky one? He was handing out ice cream last week, and then came to the shell freaks’ meeting-- I think his name’s Badri. We talked at the ice cream thing, and I asked him if he had cool alien powers. He said he can’t used them on me, but he can show me how it works on a pigeon.

[There’s a pause. Emil looks uncomfortable, and not because Badri made him pinky-swear not to tell.]

He looked at it and it just-- I don’t know what he did, but the pigeon freaked out. It couldn’t move but you could tell it’s suffering. Then he let go and it just died. Keeled over. Badri said it’s because, and I quote, “the severe mental trauma”. He also said that usually it only happens to more intelligent creatures. [Another pause, and he gives the camera a meaningful look.] More intelligent. He can literally scare people to death with his mind.

And It’s not just him having creepy powers. You should’ve seen the way he acted-- he kept smiling like it’s a game. When the pigeon died he was all like [Emil does a rather convincing impression of Badri’s voice] “Oops! Didn’t mean to kill it, must be the severe mental trauma, tee-hee-hee!”

I know they’ve been okay so far, but it was fucked up. What kind of person tortures an animal just to demonstrate something and smiles while he’s doing it?

Comments

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

[Lyall sounds both a little alarmed and a little tired when he speaks, but he does speak up.]

I'm-- I'm concerned about them. I know they seem trustworthy, or Geoff does, but Badri... bothers me. He seems to exude obliviousness as if he's trying very hard to seem harmless, and yet he then does things like this.

And the mafia, at least some of them, have been altered-- most likely after Tiny's death. So either someone on Earth has learned how to manage it, or at least one of the aliens is helping them.

[Audio]

[abhero]

...shit, I didn't even think about the mafia thing.

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

I had it reminded to me recently, since I missed most of the "fun" of July, and haven't actually been attacked yet. But it does seem to connect up rather neatly, with a somewhat incriminating bow, even.

[Audio]

[abhero]

[Forehead, meet desk.]

If they're really working with the mafia we're seriously fucked and I won't even be able to see just HOW fucked we are 'cause the aliens are gonna fry my brain for telling you guys and holy shit like I didn't have enough reasons to worry already.

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

They don't know you said anything, don't borrow trouble. If they had mind-reading powers, they'd know a lot more than they do now.

[Audio]

[abhero]

Yeah but what if one of you guy's like "hey aliens your brain death rays are suspicious as fuck, what else are you hiding and are you working with the mafia", and they're like "how do you know about the brain death rays, ah-hah it must be that Emil kid" and then zap, they kill me and put my body in their ice cream machine and make you eat it!

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

That would require someone coming to tell him that, and I really don't think any of us are going to walk right up and say such a thing to someone who apparently has brain death rays. That would be very stupid of them. I think you're probably safe.

[Audio]

[abhero]

I hope.

[Sorry Lyall, he's been getting more and more paranoid the last couple of months.]

If I'm not I'm holding you accountable. My ghost will come back to haunt you.

[Audio]

[professorwolf]

I'll keep that in mind if I decide I want my brain cooked enough to tell them I know about it.