Private Contact (Foolish Mortals Archive)

[keyofimagination]

If you need to contact The Narrator, all you need to do is call out for him and he will appear in your proximity within a few moments. You don't need to worry about whether he heard you or not; he hears you.

Comments are screened for privacy. After all, what narrator would go around revealing everyone's secrets?

Comments

[nocasetoobig]

[the HELL kind of experiment is that. Chip shudders]

That's awful.

...and I bet your benefactor was just fine with it, huh?

[He doesn't sound accusatory, actually. Unhappy, clearly, but almost...testing]

[keyofimagination]

... I wouldn't know, they haven't contacted me about it yet. But I'm sure if I hadn't done anything, they would have happily watched him kill off everyone.

[nocasetoobig]

[JFC. Chip gives the Narrator a long look...then reaches to rub his face]

And you didn't want that. But you're still...

...are you ever gonna tell us why you're working with them? I know better than to ask.

[keyofimagination]

[There's actually a long, thoughtful pause at that.]

It's a long story.

[nocasetoobig]

[...well, that's. That's honestly not the response Chip thought he'd get. He looks up, blinking]

Um...you don't have to share it if you don't want to. [Just...knowing there is a reason is something.] If you do, though...

[keyofimagination]

It's a multilayered situation, but I'm not really comfortable detailing it right now.

[nocasetoobig]

[to that, Chip nods. that's fine. he casts another glance at the television playing its video, probably the nth time he's seen it...]

...hey. Did you know who's in everybody's envelopes, or were they just...given to you?

[keyofimagination]

They were just given to me. I could have looked through them before handing them out, but I thought that would be insensitive.

... Learning that Walt Disney was one of the people included in the envelopes was certainly a surprise.

[nocasetoobig]

That's the guy you told us not to listen to, right?

[keyofimagination]

The very same person.

[nocasetoobig]

But doesn't that mean that you don't have to worry about him anymore?

[keyofimagination]

I suppose it might, but...

[He shakes his head.]

Either way, it's not important.

[nocasetoobig]

...I guess not. I just...I was thinking how much I missed them. I believe in them, too, that they could get out of whatever trouble they were in, with or without me. [obviously better if he was there to help, but] Do you have anyone you miss?

[keyofimagination]

[There's another pause as The Narrator thinks over this.]

... I suppose it's only natural for everyone to have someone that they miss.

[nocasetoobig]

If you can...go anywhere, though. Couldn't you just see them whenever you wanted?

[keyofimagination]

I'm afraid it's not that simple.

[nocasetoobig]

Really? Why not?

[keyofimagination]

Sometimes all the power and the universe can't fix what has been lost.

[Well that's... cryptic.]

[nocasetoobig]

So it's not a matter of anywhere...but anywhen, huh?

[keyofimagination]

You could say that.

[He sighs.]

But I suppose that doesn't matter anymore.

[nocasetoobig]

Maybe. But- one of your promises was that something could be changed, right? Couldn't you...?

[if you're so powerful why don't you just do it with your own stuff?]

[keyofimagination]

[There is a long pause before he speaks.]

I'm afraid changing the past rarely works in your favor.

[nocasetoobig]

[So why'd you promise it, Chip wants to ask. He decides he's not really got the stomach for that right now, letting out a breath and flopping down on the bed]

I guess. It's better to think about what you can do instead of what you could have done, right?

[keyofimagination]

[He nods.]

I try my best not to dwell in the past.

[nocasetoobig]

So...what do you dwell on?

[beat]

I mean. What do you do when you're not here?