[Audio] First Contact

[amicalolafalls]

[There's nothing but the sound of breathing at first. Distant, echoing sounds of traffic and civilization. Almost as if he were in an alley, halfway up a fire escape. Something that might be the sound of someone wetting their lips.]

Hi.

[A space then, where the thought of a laugh might fill it but nothing does.]

I'm Glenn. I-

[There's a noise, almost disbelieving.]

So this... It's some kind of purgatory, right? I know there was information. Something about...spirits, and kidnapping? Only I'm not sure how kidnapping works exactly if you're already dead. Never been good at all of that religious stuff.

[A pause, and then a sigh.]

So am I close? I just know there's no way I'm alive. Trust me on that one. Anyway, this place... It isn't even touched. No way a real city looks like this. Maybe the...message when I got out of that thing had more information. I didn't pay it much attention.

I was kind of waiting for her to tell me I was her only hope.

[Glenn takes a deep breath, more purposeful this time. He sounds more certain, when he speaks again.]

I guess this is my way of saying that I'm looking for answers. If anyone's got them.

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[Audio]

[amicalolafalls]

That hologram thing said we were kidnapped. And I mean... If not kidnapping I had to get here somewhere. So... body-snatching?

[It made as much sense as anything else he guessed.]

[mrhero]

Right. Body-snatching. [ A pause. ] But a good kind of body-snatching?

[amicalolafalls]

Not complaining here. Trust me on that.

[He wouldn't be there otherwise. Wouldn't be...anywhere.]

Have you been here long?