003 | Chuck Shurley | Day 93

[godsprophet]

[ Good evening, Kore! Amidst all of the new arrivals that have been showing up is a familiar face. Or, well, it would be a familiar face if he hadn't been missing for about three weeks.

Chuck Shurley is standing on the edge of town, looking completely baffled and confused. Like he'd just found himself there without knowing how or why, and so he just... stopped walking. He's tired and he's sore and honestly, he doesn't feel all that great. All he wants to do is crawl into bed and sleep for a few days. He rubs his forehead and he blinks down at the communicator at his wrist for a few seconds. ]

So I, uh... I think I was just kidnapped? By... the scientists?

[ And if he sounds unsure, it's only because he is. It's like trying to remember a dream he had years ago - everything's all fuzzy. ]

Comments

[burnburnburn]

[Not much? That's not the same as nothing. He sits forward]

What do you remember?

[godsprophet]

Uh, just... flashes. I think they were... testing or something?

[ He's trying to remember, honestly he is. But there's like a block, keeping him from accessing those memories. ]

[burnburnburn]

[A scientist might be careful not to bias what Check tells them, but Dilandau's training is in interrogation. All he's interested in is finding out if this matches up to Maggie's dreams.]

Someone else might have been tested too. Were they strapping you to anything? Using IVs? Did you fall asleep and wake up in pain?

[godsprophet]

[ He didn't expect a sort of Spanish Inquisition. ]

Uh, I don't...

[ He rubs his eyes. He's trying to remember, okay? He really is. ]

I don't know.

[burnburnburn]

[Useless. He frowns heavily]

Then sit down and start thinking. If you remember something of use by the time your friends have got you fed, don't keep it to yourself.

[godsprophet]

[ Useless and helpless, that's Chuck Shurley. He nods. ]

Yeah, no, I definitely won't.

[burnburnburn]

Good. I'll seek you out in a few days if you don't come to me first.

[godsprophet]

Oh.

[ No pressure or anything. ]

O-Okay.

[burnburnburn]

[All the pressure. He nods sharply at the hesitant acknowledgement and turns off his end of the conversation]