Audience: Stephanie

[gatonina]

Comments

[gatonina]

Right. What do you want to know, specifically? I can hazard a guess, but-- Mind reading isn't really my thing.

[vigilantics]

Can you tell me more about what you do here?

[ she has. many questions. but she'll start here. ]

[gatonina]

I live here? That's like asking someone, what do you do at home?

[vigilantics]

I mean, now that we're here, what do you do?

[gatonina]

Ooooh, you mean that. We're babysitters now.

[vigilantics]

Why does the oh so popular job of babysitter entail?

[gatonina]

Mostly? Hearing everyone have the same complaints and knowing they're not listening to a single word you say. [a melodramatic sigh.] Super glamorous, right?

[vigilantics]

I feel like I'm being called out here.

[gatonina]

Well... If the shoe fits...

[vigilantics]

I still don't know what you all expected.

[gatonina]

No offense, because I'm sure you're a lovely young lady-- But you we really didn't invite you here? Don't make it sound like we asked for this.

[vigilantics]

No, I get that, but I don't see how you're surprised that everyone is complaining about what is still, essentially, a second kidnapping.

[gatonina]

It's less surprise, and more than I'm already tired? [a sigh.] I get the feeling we're going to go in circles if we keep talking about this, though.

[vigilantics]

... probably. Let's move on.

Why are we split up into groups, anyway?

[gatonina]

Didn't you read the rules? We're hosting a competition between friends to get your minds off, um-- everything? You guys need a distraction while we work.

[vigilantics]

[ that isn't exactly why she was asking that, but she is not sure how to say "three groups gives me murdergame trauma" without getting stuck on the previous conversation

so ]

Work on what? Babysitting?

[gatonina]

That, and fixing whatever brought you all to our home. That part's super important, remember?

[vigilantics]

Do you guys know what it was, or is it just a vague, trying to figure that part out?

[gatonina]

Um... The second one. We know your destinations got flipped, but we're not sure how or why. Once we figure that part out, we can send you on your ways.

[vigilantics]

I see...

What was with the bus?

[gatonina]

What do you mean?

[vigilantics]

There was a ouija board, and if you used it, you apparently spoke to the bus? It sounded like it was having an existential crisis.

[gatonina]

Oh... Poor bus... Must've been as stressed out as we are...

[vigilantics]

I sort of told it I'd try to help, but...

[ she

is not sure where to start ]

[gatonina]

...The bus will be okay. I think, whatever worried them, will be fixed along whatever brought you guys to our doorstep.