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.

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[keyofimagination]

..̴̛. ̶̷Yȩ̴͡s,̛̀̀ i͜t͏̢͝'͘͞s̕͢ ̧̧ḿ̢e̷

[He's still not showing himself in person yet, however.]

[forgottenfounder]

Wha... where are you? What's happening?

[keyofimagination]

I͢ ̨̛͘w̢͘a̢s͢ ͏̧h͘ur҉t͞.̸̡..͏͞͠ ͠҉͜I ̴̀w̧o͞n͏̡͏'͏t̛.͢.̨͞. ̛́͡I͡ ͠c̕an͜͞'́t̡ ̛s̸̷͟h̛̛͢ǫw̨͘͡ ̵͜my̢se̷ļ̴f͘.͢͟҉.̵́.̀͢͞ n̨͢o̷t͜ ̴l̛i̷ḱ͢͞e̡͢ ́͘ţ͜hì͜ś́.̴̵..̢̕

[forgottenfounder]

You were... I heard you were hurt, but thank goodness you're not dead. He said you weren't, but I wasn't sure...

[keyofimagination]

[There is a long pause, before he finally makes an "appearance", but it will take Oswald a few good moments for him to even recognize him as The Narrator. The form keeps morphing into people he doesn't recognize and turning into tv static. If he didn't turn into the familiar Rod Serling, there would be no real way for Oswald to recognize him.]

... You're not safe with me anymore, Oswald.

[forgottenfounder]

[Well, if he wasn't expecting Oswald to jump a little at that, then it's time for both of them to be SORELY MISTAKEN.]

N-narrator?!

[But... that thing he said...]

I... I'm not?

[keyofimagination]

[He doesn't respond to the first "question", but the fact that he doesn't make eye contact with Oswald should say enough.]

Th̛e҉y ̶kn̴͡ò͠w a҉͏b̷͜͠o͟͡u̷̧t̀͞ ú̵s҉̷̕.̸̧ ̀ ͝Į̷͡ ̴̡̢t̛h̴į̴͞ņ̧͞k͏̛ ͢t͝h̨͠e͠y̶̧͘ ̧kn̸͡e͞w͘ ̴̴̧a͝҉b̧͜ou͏͡t̵̷ ̧u͟s͝͝ ̧͝͝t͡͡h̵̨i͞s w͞hǫ̶̴l̢e̷ ţim̵e̡

[forgottenfounder]

Who?! Who knew about us?! Whoever's in charge?

[keyofimagination]

I̛͞ t̢̀h͏̵͝į̢͘n̴͡k̀ ̀͝s̶ò́͟.̸̨̧

I.̸͘.̡̀.̵̀͜ ͡I̷͏ f́͡é͠͡a҉r̸̡ ţ̛ḩat ̴͢i̸̸̛f̷ t͞h̷̨̕e͢y ̶̨͟c̢͜͡om̶̢̕e ̀̀b̵́a̸c̵ķ̶,̨͠҉ ̡̡͜i̢t͘͟ ̡̕͞w̵̧ó͜n̢'t́ ͘͘b͘e̶ ͘m̸e ̸̕the͝y̵ ̧̛tr͝y̶ ́͘t͏o҉̡̀ ̸̨͘k̕i̧l͝͏͘l̸̵͞.̸̛͝ ̕͝ ͟͏I͢ ̵̸̵d̶̢o̴̧͢n͏̀̀'̴t̕ ͞͏̨k̶͢n̸͝ơ̶w ͡w̴͠h̢a͜t̀͜ ̀͏̨I͏'̵d́҉ ̶͠d̴̨̛o̵̢͢ i͠͠f̵ ̡̡t̷h͡ey҉́ ̀ẃ̕̕eņt̵̸͠ ͢a̢f͜͝t̸͘͜ȩr̶ ̸͜y̡͠o͠u̴̸.

[forgottenfounder]

...Rod. [That's the name he heard, isn't it?]

Who are "they"? And... do we have any hope of getting away from them?

[keyofimagination]

Í͜ ͟t̷͟͝h͡͞i͢n͟k ̧́͡th̛͝ȩ̀͟y̡ w͘o̶̴r̸̶k̕ ̢͟f̀͜o̢r̛̀ ̡͟͏m̷̸̛y̢͜͝ ͢b͡é̵n͟e͏f͘͠a̴͞҉c͏̧t̴o̷͢r̶͠

[There is a long pause before he continues.]


I̢̨ ͢d҉̕͝o͏̧͝n'̧̛͜t͟ ͠ḱ͏͢now̨̢.̴͜.̴̛͝. ͢I͢ g҉̕e͢͠n̶͟͝u҉̵in̶͟e̕͡l͡y̸͟ ̢́d̡o͞ń̵'ţ ̨k͝͏̀n̴̢ó̧w.̀͝

[Despite the garbled voice, there is a distinct tone of horror and desperation.]

[forgottenfounder]

You...!

[Oh... Oh.]

But there's gotta be something we can do! I'm not going to just sit here and let everyone die around me!

[He's not even thinking about himself at this rate.]

Narrator, do you think you'll get better?

[keyofimagination]

Í̧̨ ̷d̷͠o̡͜n҉͞͡'t͏̴ ҉k̛n̶͘͜o҉̷w̢ ͡wh̨͏a͘͟t̴̸ ̴̧͠w҉̴͟e̶̡ ̢c̴͡a̴̡n ͘͢͞d̀o̷̧͏,͘ ͜I҉'͟m̡͟͞ ̡͏s͢o͘͞r̶r̨͜y͢͠. ̨͜I҉ ̀d̷o͘͡n͟'͜͜͡t̶͠ ̛̀͢t̷hin̶k̸͡͏ ҉g͢͞ù͜n͠s̡ ̴é͡ve̡ń͠ ̧wo͜rk̨͜ ͠͠a̴͜͜g͝҉a̴̴͟i҉n̢͞ś̨t̷͢ ̡͡h̨͘҉į͝ḿ͏.̴̡͠


I̷̴̧ ͢͞d͟͜҉o͞n͜'̷̵t ̀͢k̷̛͡n͠͏ow̕͠͡ ̛̕i҉̛͢f̴ ̵I̶̷͠ ̨͞c̸̀͠an.̛ ̨҉R͏ò͢b́o̶t́'͘͜͞s̵̷ ̸҉̸c͏̶a͡n͝'̢̨͞t͟ ̨̢̧j̶u̷̢s̸̨t ͜͟r̀̀ec̸̢o̶v̕̕er͠ ͏f̡͞r̷om̴̶ ̨s̵o͏̸͜ḿ̸̛e̢t̶͢h͘͟͡i̛ng҉ ̶ļ͟í̧ķ̴͝ȩ̀͢ ̀͜͏t̨h̷́̀į̕͡s

.͠.̨͢. I̧͝͏'̢̢m̵̷ s̡̡c̶̴̛a͘͢r͝e̴d̶͢,̴ ̷̡Ǫ̸͝ś̨̧w͘à҉l͏d̛.͢

[forgottenfounder]

...So am I.

[...]

We're going to get out, okay? I promise, and I'm not going to let anything awful happen to you, Rod.

[keyofimagination]

[Rod gives the tiniest smile at Oswald, both at him using his name like that and the promise.]

I.̴͟.̕͢.̧ ̶͜͡I͡ ̧wi͠lĺ̕ ̀s̵t̡͝i҉̢l̕͘l̴͡͡ ̵t̵̴͜r̶̸y ̵͝t̷̨͢o̴͏ ̴h̀͢èl͢ṕ̢ ̷̡̨h҉̴o̧͟͠w̷͢è̸́v̵̶͘e͠͏͏ŗ͏ ͏I͝ ̛͢ç̧̡a̴̵n̷̶͞,͢ ̵͡ev̵͘͡e̸͘n i͠͡f̨ ̧I͜͞'͡͏m ̡̧n͜͟ot̸͜ ̡͘su͝r̢e҉ w͢͏͝h̢a̧͞t̀̀ ̸̢I̡ c̷҉a̡̢n ́d͠҉o̵̕ ̸͢͏í̛n͜ ́t̕͡ḩ͏iś̡͜ ̧st͘a̕t̵̢҉e.̶̧

[forgottenfounder]

Do your best. I just want you not to break any further. [Who knows how much strain robots here can take. At least in Wasteland, Oswald and The Mad Doctor designed his animatronics to last.]

If I can get out of here... maybe I can fix it. Somehow.

[keyofimagination]

.͏҉͢.҉͡.̛ ͞I̧͝ ̷͏m̕҉i͘҉҉g̶͜h̀̀ţ̷ ̧͞n̶ee͢d͡͠ ̴̸t̶o͏̴̛ ͡l͏e̶̛a͜v̶e̢̛ t̛͝͝h̵i̷ś͡ ͝pl̨͘a̛͡c͡e͏̶́ ̡͢if ̸w̛͞e͟ ̢͘͜e̶͘v͜e҉҉r͘҉ ̛͠h҉ò͢p̢̀͠e͠͞ ̴͟of̀͜ ̴f̷͘i͝͠x̷͜i̵̵͢ņ̶ģ́ ̵m̡̨è͢͞.̷ ̵ ̵̶I̧͠͞ ̀h҉o͠p̷͟e̡̛ ̴͟i̕'͟͡҉ḿ̸ ͏̀͞no̵t̵̡́ ̧̛t̷̕o̶͟o͠ b͏r̀ok̷͠e̸̸ņ̛͢ b̕҉ư͘t̷͜ ̸Į̕ h̶a͏̨v̧҉è͡ ̷m̷̛y ҉̴̕d̵̕͜o҉u̵b̢̕t͏͏͡s͢ ̸̛͜i̶f th̸̛͞a̢͠t̶ n͞o͏ ̀̕o͞ņ̵͘e̶̕͠ ҉̴͞w̢͘o͡ul̢͏d́̕ ̢͘͡n͢o͢t҉i̴̢c͏e ̛͟i̧̕̕f͞ ̧̨y͏̷o̴̕u͘͏ ̷̨͢t̢͞r̵̡i̕͝e͏͠d́͞ f̧̕i̶̴x̶i͡n̨g̢҉͜ ̷̡m͡e҉̢ ̴̴̡h͝͏̸e̢͝r̨͡͏e̡̕.̨

[forgottenfounder]

If I can't get you out of here then I'll take that chance. But... you know, we have to stay positive.