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[The video comes on to reveal the ruins in the northern mountains, the ones that everyone agrees are haunted. And apparently they are?? After all, the camera's following what looks like a possessed toy. A doll made of knitted yarn is climbing around the broken rocks and remnants of walls. Did a comm drone get lost and find its way clear out there somehow? Surely it doesn't belong to the toy. The Guardians only give comm drones to new arrivals brought by the Miasma . . . right?]

[The little doll loses its footing as bits of rock and dirt slip away from under its stumpy legs. It yelps, little knitted tubes for fingers scrabbling to find purchase in a crack between stones. It pauses, seemingly to make sure it indeed has caught itself, then huffs softly and half-turns toward the drone. Its "eyes" are a pair of mismatched buttons, the left one bright green and noticeably larger than the red one on its right.]

A little help would be nice, friend.

[The voice, sounding like a little boy, presumably comes from the doll, even though its mouth - a gash through the knitting crudely sewn across in such a way as to give it the appearance of ragged teeth - doesn't move.]

[The answering voice is one that every viewer will recognize, since all comm drones sound the same. ~~Think SIRI~~.]

Understood: help. Starting community video to request help.

Correction: community video already in progress. Proceed to request help.

[The doll's head tilts as if in confusion, and shifts faintly for an instant as if glancing at the camera itself, then shakes its head and turns to continue climbing, sounding resigned as it talks to itself.]

Dumb drone. Not as if there's anyone else around. Oh well . . .

((ooc: By the way, permissions post HERE for its "intuitive learning" ability. =3))

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[Have a curious look, there little guy.]

More people around than you might think. Need a hand?

Oh...you're...a doll. [wow.]

[on one hand, IT'S A CREEPY POSSESSED DOLL???????? On the other hand, stranger things have happened, and the poor little thing seems to need help. Even if it is creepy.]

Ahh.... if you still need a hand, I'd be happy to help.

[actually he looks vaguely creeped out but he's trying to be polite SO.]

[The doll YIPS in surprise, spinning around again at the unexpected voice and nearly losing its footing again. The buttons don't actually change, and yet somehow they manage to convey the impression of a gaze widened in shock. And then matching curiosity.]

Oh! Hello! Apparently, yes. More people, I mean. And . . . yes, I think that might be a good thing. Are you near here? I wouldn't want to be any trouble.

Hm?

[It turns again at hearing a new voice, though at least it's not as startled as with the last one. Oddly, the ends of the gash pull up a bit, looking very much like a grin.]

I am, yes. And you...

[It pauses, seeming to consider, then nods.]

...are a Half-Blood. Your father was human and your mother was j'har.

Hello!

I think someone might be on his way here soon, but I would not turn down more company. I thought I was alone here. It's really nice to know I'm not!

[She blinks, gaping at him.]

How...did you know that?

...

[That's a really good question, one it's never been asked before. Danielle never asked how it knew things. It pauses as it casts for an answer, but none comes and it finally shakes its head.]

I don't know. I'm sorry. Should I not?

[It's honestly not sure.]

No trouble at all. Just stay put, I'll come get you.

Okay, thank you.

[And it will indeed just sit down where it is.]

[it's so CREEPY but it's so polite AAHHHHGNGHEBS]

Company I can do. And don't worry, there are quite a few people around here. Not to sound rude, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone like you before.

That's good to know. I thought this was some kind of afterlife, but . . . I don't think that anymore. And that's okay. I don't think there is anyone else like me. I haven't seen anything like you either before. Well, not before the one who's on his way to me right now.

[A headtilt as the doll studies big robot guy.]

...your name is Drift. It hasn't always been. It is now, though.

Are you lost?

[Well Drift was about to reply to the first stuff the doll said but then it had to go and creep Drift out even more. He looks absolutely baffled for a moment, not only at the fact that this doll thing not only knows his name, but knows he used to have a different name. It then completely throws him off by asking him something he's asked himself a billion times over and still isn't sure he has an answer for. Thanks creepy doll now Drift just looks disturbed.]

I... how do you know that? What do you mean lost?

[You're the second person to ask him how he knows. Is it really that unusual? Why didn't Danielle ever ask him that? Come to think of it, she did have a similar look on her face to Drift's at one point or other. The doll had just figured it was because she was upset over her husband. The doll isn't coming up with what Drift is upset about. That's bothersome - it can't help if it doesn't know.]

I'm sorry. I don't know how I know. I just...do.

Lost. Like . . . [It speaks slowly, as if trying out the words as it's saying them.] . . . if something drifts, it's not anchored. If a person drifts, he has no path or no goal to focus on. Maybe by choice because he doesn't want or feel he needs one, or maybe he's searching for one and just hasn't found it yet. I think everyone needs something, even if he doesn't choose to follow it for a time.

[Even the doll needed purpose, and it wasn't properly a "someone".]

[Drift rubs at his forehead a bit. Ooooh shit the haunted doll has him completely pegged better than he himself does and he's only been talking to it for like five minutes. Don't mind him he's just completely creeped out and a smidge disturbed.]

That's... eerily accurate. I haven't thought about it since I've been here, to be honest, but it's a... a thing, I guess.

Hey there buddy, you still need help? [That's one robut watching that little doll with concern, a tiny white fluffball cat perched on his shoulder.]

I see.

I can help. I was created to protect and to help people. I helped Danielle find Sam, and even his sister Kim that he didn't know was still alive. I made sure they could escape the demons that were after them. And now I'm here. Maybe you're the one I'm here to help this time.

[The doll's not wholly sure of that. It's not feeling a particular draw to Drift specifically, not like it did to Danielle. Then again, it wasn't delivered in a crate to Drift's doorstep like it was Danielle's. Actually . . . it wasn't delivered to anyone here. But it must be here for SOME reason. ...right?]

Hello! No, thank you, I don't think so. Someone's coming to me. He told me to stay put. But I wouldn't mind more company.

[Drift just waves his hands at the camera in that NO ITS FINE sort of way because goddamn]

No no no, I'm sure that's not the case at all. I mean, I'm fine.

Well, it doesn't look like you're too far from where I am, I could come keep you company until your help comes along if you'd like?

[That's new! Sam regards the feed with open interest, but speaks without any uncertainty.]

Hey, little dude. Lucky for you, a little help's not too hard to come by. You've probably got enough coming, but if not...?

[She offers a chipper little wave.]

Yo. I'll happily lend a hand.

You're sure? Okay.

[If that's a note of disappointment you hear in the thing's voice, Drift, don't take it personally. It's just feeling kind of really lost itself right now, not knowing who it's supposed to be here to serve, or why it's here at all.]

Thank you, I'd like that! If it's not any trouble. I . . . I think I'm kind of far out from . . . whatever the center of this place is.

Yo! [The greeting is echoed back with a delighted laugh. He'll even wave at the camera.] Thank you. I think help's on the way now - I've been told to stay put. But I wouldn't mind company.

Ah, yeah. Pretty sure. Sorry.

[Sorry doll you're just a little creepy.]

Well, anyway, you already know my name. What should I call you?

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