[ video - day 206 ]

[lost_my_shoe]

[ Private video to Jo Harvelle ]

[ Remember how much older and more tired Sam looked when you first arrived, Jo? Well, he looks a whole lot worse now. Don't take it personally. The last few days have been hard for him. ]

Hey... You still up for that drink?

Comments

[knifecollecting]

It's a machine.

[lost_my_shoe]

A machine with feelings. Apparently.

[knifecollecting]

I'm still not saying please. It should be glad I'm asking politely.

[lost_my_shoe]

Pretty sure asking politely includes saying please... Just sayin'.

[knifecollecting]

Not always!

[lost_my_shoe]

Pretty sure in this case.

[knifecollecting]

It's pretty picky for a machine that kidnaps people.

[lost_my_shoe]

I think it's powerful enough to be allowed to be as picky as it wants.

[knifecollecting]

Well, that's silly. [Whatever.]

[lost_my_shoe]

Hey! I didn't make the rules!

[knifecollecting]

There aren't rules. [That's not in the rules, she refuses to believe that.]

[lost_my_shoe]

Try telling that to the machine!

[knifecollecting]

I will.

[lost_my_shoe]

Actually... probably best not to. I hear it likes to punish people who seem unappreciative.

[knifecollecting]

More than bringing us here?

[Isn't that punishment enough?]

[lost_my_shoe]

Pretty sure the Machine considers bringing us an honour or something... Not entirely sure how it thinks. Not sure I want to know how it thinks.

[knifecollecting]

It's all messed up.

[She wants to go back home.]

[lost_my_shoe]

[ But she's dead back home! ]

When are our lives anything but messed up?

[knifecollecting]

[Heaven isn't so bad.]

Yeah. I know.

[lost_my_shoe]

[ But being alive is better! ]

Pretty sure we're cursed.

[knifecollecting]

I want to know how to break it.

[lost_my_shoe]

If I ever figure that out I'll be sure to let you know!

[knifecollecting]

Admit it, I'll probably figure it out first.

[lost_my_shoe]

Yeah... That's true.

[knifecollecting]

[What a smart man.]

How are your bagels?