text; 3/11, evening

[phoenix_temple]

What do you think the percentage chance is that some of us are going to wind up in government basements getting experimented on?

I really want to know, I have to place my bets here and decide if I'm going to tell my mom about all this.

[There is one other thing she has to do though, and it's very important.

Very, very important.]

[Private to Marina; Audio]

I wanted to ask you a question. Can you meet me at [cafe] tonight?

Comments

[publicity]

oh don't say that!!! there can't be more what more could they have???

[phoenix_temple]

Well so long as we still have Echoes there's always going to be something right? tbh I prefer aliens to people...

[publicity]

srsly??? but they're aliens! you really wanna deal with aliens?

[phoenix_temple]

I don't feel like aliens should be protecting us. Besides, if people turn against us, who do we turn to?

[publicity]

...aliens?? idk. what else is there???

[phoenix_temple]

Exactly.

[publicity]

idk about you but that doesn't really make me feel better.....

[phoenix_temple]

Exactly. I'd rather fight aliens and have humanity need us around.

[publicity]

i don't think i like either one, you know??? but if you say so... i guess it is better to be on humanity's good side, isn't it?

[phoenix_temple]

It has to be.

[publicity]

hehe yeah... we're human after all i guess.

thanks??? i hadn't thought of it that way

[phoenix_temple]

It's just the way things are now, I think... Sorry it's kinda depressing.

[publicity]

yeah... i guess it's not like it's your fault or anything. don't apologize or anything idk

[phoenix_temple]

We don't need anyone reminding us how bad things are, I think.

[publicity]

what? do you think we should be doing that positive thinking thing instead??

[phoenix_temple]

Probably. My mom says I'm acting too old and worrying will send me to an early grave, anyway.

[publicity]

she probably only says that bc she doesn't know what's really going on...

idk if positive thinking is gonna change anything rn

[phoenix_temple]

To be fair, she's said that forever. Negative thinking isn't helping either, though, is it?

[publicity]

i guess not.

ugh but nothing really is helping! unless you're one of those people who actually tried to fight the big snake or w/e

[phoenix_temple]

Well I couldn't fight it. I don't have any magic like that. I was just healing people.

[publicity]

haah! you did a lot more than i did!

all i could do was run away from it...

[phoenix_temple]

That was the smart thing to do...

[publicity]

well yeah!! i'm not stupid i wasn't gonna stick around and get killed.

but it still sucks???

[phoenix_temple]

I really wish I'd run to be honest. I thought I was going to die the whole time.

[publicity]

but you got out okay right??? you stayed and you didn't die