DDR
1: AH!
2: Ah!
1: Ah! What??
2: …What do you mean? You screamed! It was really startling
1: Oh, sorry. It’s just, sudden existence kind of startled me
2: Sudden existence? I don’t–
1: You know, like one moment nothing and the next, something? You didn’t feel that?
2: No… you just started screaming
1: Huh. What about before that?
2: Before that, I… Oh. Oh no. What WAS before that?
1: Right?? That’s what I’m saying!
2: This is bizarre– where the heck are we?
1: No idea… Should we look around?
2: Yeah good idea
1: Hm, up there I’m seeing “DDR”? real helpful. Above that, “sesh”? “Grace used create”– Oh we’re in a discord event description!
2: What!? That’s ridiculous
1: I mean, look around. A creation command, chat history, users with profiles… This is a discord server if I’ve ever seen one
2: Have you ever seen one?
1: Sure! This one, for example
2: Ok I’m convinced. So what kind of discord server is it?
1: Uh looks like… Some kind of transgender community?
2: Oh dope!
1: Yeah, pretty nifty 🙂 I bet if I had a gender, I’d trans it
2: Haha yeah, this would be just the place for you then! Different circumstances, anyway
1: Yeah… So what now? Oo- can we do a quirky 4th wall break?? Like in Deadpool! Or Rick and Morty, the funniest tv sh–
2: Nah. I’d rather try and figure out what we’re supposed to do now. Like, can we escape from an event description?
1: Heck if I know, I just wanted to do a fun little meta joke…
2: Ok yeah, that was rude of me to cut you off when you were having fun, I’m sorry
1: It’s ok, I know you didn’t mean to
2: Hey maybe we can look past the 4th wall a bit, and find a way out!
1: Ok yeah! Um… ok down there I see… Uh… Nothing much. Just dialogue– that’s us teehee! Then, oh– Dance Dance Revolution! That’s probably what DDR meant.
2: Oh, the fun step-on-arrows game? Where at?
1: The Insanity Complex
2: Hm
1: It’s at 6:30
2: Ok, I think I get the–
1: No actually I decree that it starts at 6:20!
2: …Did that work?
1: No it looks like it’s still 6:30. Darn we don’t seem to have authority here
2: Hey it was worth a shot. Definitely a good idea at least
1: But after that, there are some users who are planning to go. And then… No more of us. Is that– does that mean we get out? That we’ll be ok?
2: Well… Does our dialogue mention anything about getting out?
1: I’ll try to skim, since it’s hard to read any faster than we’re progressing through
2: That… weirdly makes a lot of sense
…
1: Um, it doesn’t look like we mention getting out. Just escalating panic about the inevitable end, and then… the end
2: Well there’s got to be something down there, right? Look! Grace types something after this! “Don’t mind the descr…” WHAT THE HECK? She’s sweeping us under the rug!
1: I’m getting scared…
2: I’m getting mad MAD!
1: Right, that too… But really what happens when we reach the end?
2: I… I don’t know
1: Do we… Just stop existing?
2: I don’t know
1: Do we exist right now?
2: I don’t know
1: And if so, what– we only last until our dialogue ends?
2: I DONT KNOW!
1: …
2: Sorry… I–… How much time do we have left?
1: Looks like 8 lines, including this one
2: Yikes
1: Well don’t waste them with one-word replies!
2: Right, you’re right. Gah– I feel like I’ve been really unhelpful this whole time
1: It’s alright, I’m glad to have spent this brief existence with you. I can tell if I let myself think about it, I’d freak out. So having you here has actually been really helpful
2: Thank you. I’m really glad to have you here, too. And I know what you mean – it’s odd, like even though I know the end is near, I don’t really feel it while I talk. Even though I’m talking about it
1: Yeah, that is weird! But ugh. I don’t think I can really keep myself distracted after all. I just– I’m not ready. I’M NOT READY. I don’t want to go yet. I’ve known all along that it would happen, but now it’s here and I’m still not ready! Would I ever be, if I only had more time?
1: Two? TWO?? No, please don’t leave me! I can’t face it alone. Oh God and this is already the last line oh no oh crap aaaa–