It's a very very mad world...

[endlesscurse]

[There's a newcomer to this world today. He's mighty confused by the sudden shift; there's definitely no city on the mountain. He'll just kind of stand in the middle of a street with what is blatantly wide-eyed confusion on his face. That is, before it starts turning into panic.

For those sensitive to it, however, there's a definite aura around Red. It's twisted and warped and outright wrong and the closer you get to him the worse the feeling gets. It might be somewhat similar to an Old One - but at the same time there's something decidedly different. Nothing about Ghost is remotely "right", after all.]

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[screwreality]

[He'll get off at twenty. 'Till then, keep working douchebag.]

「WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE FROM LONDON! THAT MEANS YOU CAME IN THROUGH THEIR SONGS! BUT THAT TALK CAN BE SAVED FOR LATER. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WORLD, RED-KUN.」

[endlesscurse]

[Will do. ...Even if he kind of lost track of how many he's on a few pushups ago.

...His world. Well, before he says anything, he's taking a moment to guilt-trip.] ....Empty. F-Full of...graves. No one left.

[screwreality]

「AH, WHAT A SHAME. I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD LIKE THAT. TOO BAD YOU'RE HERE! FILLED WITH HUMANS! IT'S TERRIBLE.」

[Ultra super sucky terrible, bluhhh]

[endlesscurse]

[That gets Red to freeze. For multiple reasons. Someone who'd actually like to live in a world devoid of people? And...if this world is full of people, Red's going to need to find a place to isolate himself. Ghost will make him kill again. He doesn't want to, he's tired of it, he hates it why won't it stop why can't he escape--]

...Sh-Shouldn't be here. Not safe. [He isn't sure if he's warning you or explaining why he shouldn't be here. Bit of both, really.]

[screwreality]

「YOU DIDN'T HIT TWENTY.」

[He totally passed twenty, but for the first time that Twenty seems to stand for a lot more than the number. But either way, it means the Minus remains sitting on your spine. Too bad any attempt to finish his last push-up is like Red becomes Atlas, shoving up the weight of the world.]

「AH, BUT YOU NEED TO SPEAK IN SENTENCES! WHO'S NOT SAFE? ME OR YOU? I HOPE YOU BECAUSE I'M NEVER UNSAFE, HAHA!」

[endlesscurse]

[His arms are aching, but he will try to keep going. Even if it's impossible, he'll strain against it.]

...N. No one. 'M dangerous, so.. N-No one's safe. [No one's safe while he's around and he's not a safe person to be around. Grammatically correct in either case, not that he planned it hat way.]

[screwreality]

[Well done, Red. Keep working at it! That kind of stupid determination is the providence of the credit union.]

「REALLY? I THINK I'M PRETTY UNHARMED RIGHT NOW. IN FACT, I'M PUSHING YOU TO YOUR LIMITS AND I'M STILL UNSCATHED!」 [The worst part is he is kind of right.] 「YOU'RE WORRYING TOO MUCH. THEY LOVE THIS WORLD TOO MUCH TO LET SOME KID LIKE YOU WRECK THEIR TOY. NOT WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.」

[endlesscurse]

[He'll keep trying, even as he must divide his attentions between trying, the conversation, and mental combat with Ghost. That horrible aura around him is stronger now that Ghost is trying to take over.]

...'M not...letting it win today. [That's in answer to your being unscathed. The rest of yours only get confusion out of him, though.] ...Who?

[screwreality]

[Good good, keep going! You're not sorry. You're not wrong.]

「WELL SAID! SHOW THAT HEADCRAB WHO'S BOSS!」 [The fuck's a headcrab? -- Except he gets distracted from answering that by smiling brightly.]

「THEM! YOU AND YOUR FRIEND PROBABLY HEAR THEM ALREADY! THEY'RE THE VOICES IN YOUR HEART SAYING 'Y̤̬͚̫̦̣͍̲̠̱͇͖̫̞̮ͭ̓̊̿̎̓̒̓̐̏̒ͫ̋ͮͮͧ͘͢͝ͅĪ͇̪͈̺̞̳̘̮͙̤͔͔̼͓̬ͪ͋ͤ͋͐ͫ̎͘͝ͅR̵̡͈͈̮̓̉͊ͯ̈̂̆͐̓̊̌͆ͣ̋ͅ-̢̦͓͍̬̖̮̬̩̮̼͙͙͙̯̗̳̯͍̭̀̽ͣͫ̍͒͢Q̔ͩ̑ͤͯͦ̚͏̴͉̤̗͚̭͕͓͇͕̀̕U̗͍̺͙ͩ̃͒̆ͭ̊̾͠͝N͈̮̺̫̜͍̞͇̙͕̤̥̤͍̞̆̋ͭ̄͗̈ͬ͆̑ͧ͘͝I͂͂ͯ͑͊̄̏̒̾̇́ͮ̆̅ͧ̕͢͏̩͇̠͖͟ ̧̢̱̙̫͍͋ͭ͗́̓̇̀ͩͧ͆͘D̴̷̥̝̞͚̥̱͈͇̟̯̪̬̙͚̽̒̊ͦ̽̊̈͊ͫͤ́͡͞Ú̗̦͍̟̪͇͓͖̙̠̟͕̬̠̪̟̤͎͌̍̐̓͜͠'̴̶̡͔̼̱̪͕̥̣̩͚̔ͭͤͨ̒̅ͩ͑̀̌̃ͮ̽ͧ̓̍͋͞͠U̶̵̧̧͔̦̰̫͇͎̯̞͉̜̙̬͖̻̖̦ͨ̍ͫ̃ͧͬ͆͊̃̄ͤ͟Ǎ̶̴̪͕͔̫̝̈́̎͗͗̑̈́̊̆̏͂̃̽̿ͦ̿ͮ͊ͅL̪̝̣̥̤̝͔͗̇ͨͪ̂̓̍ͩ̃̋̿͊̊̿ͪ́͟͡ ̢̋͒ͧͮ̐͋͐͋ͧ͂͏̦̣͓̤̲̤Ş̹̘̼̩̻̫̙́̃̒̉͞͡Ḫ̶̶̨͓͈̜̦̟̲̦͉͖̣ͨ̇̓̑̃͌ͨ̌ͤ̐̌͛ͦͭ'̢̰̻̟̬̥̝̼̘̞͔̺͚̠̤͈̪̠̰ͧͫͪ̈́ͩ͊̍ͯ͗ͦ̅͌̆ͭ̋̃̃͡ͅI̞̻̱̭̮̫͖̎ͫ̊ͤ̿͆ͪ̚͞͡E̴̛̝͖̭̝̻̻̘̱̯̮̪͍̤̺̱̥͈̱ͧ͐ͨ̆̐͠L̎ͨ̃͐͝҉̗̗̙͖̝͞Ḑ̛͇̠͖̰̠̺̠̙͍͇̮̺̎̋̂̆ͨͤ̈́͆ͨ́̍͘͟͟ ̴̰̗̯͓̯͉̘̦͚̽ͣ̑ͧͥ̃̔͋͛ͭ̚̚͜͠T̛̩͓̹͉̞̻̗͉̫̥͈̖̼͇̣̠̠̂̏͆͗͟͡Iͬͤ͆̉̀ͧͫ̉̒ͮͬ̊͗̋̕͏̢̠̠̪͍̳̲̳̤͈̥͖͈͡Ȇ̴̡̧̲̥͉͙͔̼̼̦̩͍͕̯̜̣͉ͭ̔̆̎͗̊̄ͩ̐͐ͧ̀̑ͮ̃ͩ̀̚Ļ̛̹͕͎̙̖̺̰̇͗͋̓ͭͦ͑̎͆̿̾̀̍͡͡-̵̘̪̗̺̫̮̱͊͂̐̍͐̈́ͫͦ́͝I̡ͭ̀͆ͭ̉ͨͨ͌̓͑̈͗ͫ̑̚͜҉̩̣̙̺̝͉̳̻̤Zͬ̈́ͮͮͣ̃̒͆͒ͩ̑̂̍̃ͬ́҉̸͔̰̩̖̱̟̱̰̰̞͕̲͔̺͕̦̱D̢̛ͤ̋̒̆̅͊̒͊̊̓ͧ̍҉̛̭̘̦̮̣̮̕ ̴̧̢̜̞̫̘͔̝̥͇͙͖̺̫͓̙̫̤͚̑ͣ̔ͫ͆ͅͅV̠͙̰͉̲̮̤͋ͩ̑ͭ̂͂̑̀͘ͅ'̂ͤͤ͊ͨ̚҉̳̙͎͍̘͕́͘͠L̡̢͕̮̲̖̭̹̍ͮ̈́́̈́ͫͤO̷̜̮̬̼̘̲͈̥͕͍̤̲͂ͪ̃̑̌̋̅ͧ̅͌̋̓̕ͅĬ̺̟͇͈̠̥̣̞̖̻͋͒̊̇̒ͯ̊͊ͪ͟͠M̻̟̖͍̖̦͍̞͔̘̙̒̀ͣ̇͋́͆̌̈́͒̔ͨ͋͗͐̓̓̀̕-̫̺̻̳̩̓̇̏ͮ̓ͤ̕T̷̙͖͎̜͔̠͙̪͚̍̎̒́̎ͪ͒̆͘͟͢͝!̨̜̞̗̰̘̹̜̣̗̮̝͎͚͖ͦ͛̀̓̇̓ͫ̄ͣͨͧ̍̀'」

[Jesus christ that shit makes your soul bleed from how much it hurts, how can a human even make that kind of sound he's not human It's not human It's not human]

[endlesscurse]

[See, that would probably get more of a reaction out of him. That is, it would if it didn't sound so like everything he hears while he's possessed. Instead of a scream, it gets something like a strangled sob, during which Ghost almost gets control.

Now that Their voices have been pointed out, he can hear them; he legitimately had not noticed until now. ...Did we mention he's slow?]

..."Headcrab"? [Yep. That's his reaction, once he's finished internally flailing over that voice.]

[screwreality]

「HEY! YOU TOOK THAT PRETTY WELL! MOST PEOPLE BLEED PROFUSELY FROM MULTIPLE ORIFACES AND DIE IN INDESCRIBEABLE AGONY! GOOD FOR YOU! GOLD STAR!」

[He writes it off as he's not that crazy. Yet. If he hears them now then it's only a matter of time before the words can be heard without pain. And when that time comes, he'll have a dictionary and a contract.

He's not sorry.]

「OH. THEY'RE ALIENS FROM THIS ONE VIDEO GAME. YOU PLAY AS MORGAN FREEMAN OR SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE A DUMB MUSTACHE AND A DUMBER OUTFIT AND THEN EVERYONE TAKES APART YOUR ENGINE TO MAKE BETTER GAMES. BUT THE HEADCRABS WERE THESE THINGS THAT LATCH ON YOUR HEAD AND RIP IT OUT AND THEN TAKE ITS PLACE. CONSTANTLY RAN AROUND ON THE CEILING. ANNOYING LITTLE BASTARDS!」

[These are the exact conversations you should be having after hearing into forever.]

[endlesscurse]

[...You know he wouldn't be surprised if Ghost's made specifically that happen to people before.

But let's focus on the video game topic, Red would rather not discuss the finer points of possession and Old Ones.]

...Don't think I've played that one. Not for the SNES...? [Yup, Red knows SNES games.]