TDS (The Dead Skeptic): Tears. A little dead bird told us you renounced, got bit for it. Were heard to say that all the Voices are garbage, a.k.a. the truth inviolate. Want to double down?
Tearrful: Oh my god.
(anxious chatter.)
Tearrful: Yeah? Shit, yeah. I'd say I got bit for it.
Xaviul: I said “tl:dr bits plz”.
Lavanya: Oh, bless.
Tearrful: Yeah, I'm just - I'm fucking vibing. I just - I wanna get the fuck out of here! I'll be real honest. My heart rate just like - pew!
Xaviul: Oh, you said UC. I'll say TDS.
Tearrful: Oh, TDS! My b.
Xaviul: No, it's fine, I'll put it.
Tearrful: Don't - don't - sorry. Yeah, but, um. Hm. Hoo! I - okay, my mic is working. I'm just - (distressed noises).
Xaviul: Frazzled.
TDS: We want you out of there, too. We could be a source for you. But are you up for renouncing the rest?
Tearrful: I can sure try! I mean, I don't know... I'm pretty sure you've had others bitch to you about resources, but, I mean... I can sure fuckin' try!
TDS: Also, “TLDR”? Read faster, baby brained rando, who are you anyway.
(giggles.)
Tearrful: Baby brained rando...
Lavanya: It is true.
TDS: Tears. That's a start. We need more good people on the inside.
Tearrful: Oh, god, I don’t - I have to be honest, I’m a big fucking idiot. So I'll do my very best, but PLEASE please do NOT have high hopes for me.
Xaviul: I’m sorry, Tear, this road -
Tearrful: I'm like, honk honk, that's my clown nose. Do you hear that? It's the little jingle of my jester boots. (pause) Cuz im a fool!
Lavanya: Is this a reverse sell -
Tearrful: This is my first time talking to them!
Xaviul: Honestly this is expected when they're talking and trying to collab with teens.
TDS: You don't need to be Einstein to pay attention and write shit down. Can you do that?
Tearrful: Yessir! Or, yes person! I sure can try! Oh man. This is - I’m just thinking of when I had the unfortunate pleasure of talking to, um, a certain big bad, and I was like, ‘man, I'm gonna be a disappointment!’ and he said, ‘I would never be disappointed by food!’ I feel like this is that all over again and I hate it.
Xaviul: I said to them, ‘wow, you guys sound just like the voices’. I also wrote out, ‘lol the kool aid though’.
Tearrful: If there's no kool aid, I CANNOT be a part of this.
Xaviul: They sound - they sound like if the Voices had flesh suits. Just saying. All this ‘we’ already and, ‘ooh, spy for us’.
Tearrful: I know! I mean, I have trust issues. I've heard you just want your one guy out. And I'm just like, okay, but what about the rest of us?
Xaviul: Yeah! What's all this ‘we’ stuff now?
TDS: See? Clarity. Truth. Don't believe your hype, or anyone else's, especially the Voices. And listen, mouthy rando…
(giggles)
TDS: They do have flesh suits. Yours. Even now you can't help but run interference for them.
Lavanya: Ah, to be more than just a flesh puppet for eldritch...
Tearrful: Oh, could you imagine? I can't. No, I - I mean, I can! I totally can! Yessir! Yessir.
Xaviul: Neg, though... I'm just saying. We already know that all the Voices - all they do is lie. Why should we expect anything more from you guys?
Lavanya: I see we've moved from negging Tear to negging them.
Tearrful: Yay! Bully Tear hour is OVER!
TDS: Right now as you may know, our main objective is to get our man in town to snap out of it.
Tearrful: Yeah, no! That, uh...
Xaviul: And then, the hell with the rest of us? Or have you suddenly changed your heart? Worried about the poor children stuck behind?
TDS: If you get ahold of him at any point, try to get his trust or at least hold his interest…
Tearrful: Okay! Okay. Uhhh. Okay! I'm trying to brainstorm ways, but...
Xaviul: Just ask what would get his interest!
Tearrful: What would get his interest, yes! Thank you!
Xaviul: What was he interested in when he was actually a person?
Tearrful: I dont want his deepest darkest secrets, but, like -
Xaviul: Does he have any siblings? Is there anything he would actually care about? Or am I too much of a mouthy b...
Tearrful: I appreciate it, shit!
Lavanya: It's fine, it's fine.
Xaviul: Just sayin, we get a lot of just getting instructions - oh -
TDS: That's your job to figure out. idk, say "Lately im going through changes and am potentially into eating my friends".
Tearrful: Ah, yes.
Lavanya: You know, that's true...
Tearrful: I'm going through my cannibal phase, I need some help figuring this out.
Xaviul: I suddenly realize that I AM the greatest!
Lavanya: They wear skulls! They wear skulls as their icon, so like, obviously, they’re theater kids. Stage a cannibal musical.
Tearrful: Yes, I need leg day now. Can you be my spotter? Please? Help me?
TDS: Yeah, maybe don't talk about how you fell out of the clown tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Xaviul: Look! He's into that! He likes the idea of poaching from others! It's great, it'll work.
Tearrful: Oh, god.
Xaviul: We’ll hop out of the clow car, just for you! Ooh! (transcribing note: possible uwu.)
Lavanya: No. No.
Tearrful: Oh, god. Can I -
TDS: Whatever was just said, the phone rejected it, thank god
Tearrful: Can I, like, ask what his name is? Would that even be helpful if I was like, "Hey... you! I would love... to learn... just... everything!" I don’t -
Xaviul: Yeah, like, you want us to get his attention, but what's - how is that gonna help him?
Tearrful: Yeah! Can I Bloody Mary it? Can I, like, you know...
Xaviul: you can bloody mary the brain worms.
Tearrful: yeah! how about the opposite?
TDS: Let's see you renounce the rest, one by one, first. Build some trust. Then, the name... we're open to it.
Tearrful: Okay! Uhhh. Sure thing!
Lavanya: Marvelous.
Xaviul: Tear, make sure they're actually gonna get you out for all of this!
Tearrful: Oh, yeah! Am I - ? I’m sorry, I'm shaking! I didn't expect to be texted by some weirdo adults tonight! Like, what would you do?
TDS: Lots of people yell at their brain snakes in a fit of angst. We have to know you're serious.
Tearrful: I think I'm pretty - I mean. Can it be angsty AND serious? Because... I have WAY too much to spare at this point in time. So.
Xaviul: How many rocks do I have to throw at you, OLD MAN? There we go.
Lavanya: Let me know when you guys want me to scamper over.
Tearrful: Does he also have -
TDS: We're getting that. We're very much understanding that now. We'll be in touch. Stay awake.
Tearrful: Fuck! Fuck!
Xaviul: you better not leave Tear in the dark!
Tearrful: Yeah, if you leave me, I'm gonna! I'm just gonna! I'm gonna eat your phone. I'm gonna eat it.
Lavanya: That's how you get cancer in the state of California!
