Audio Broadcast | February 22nd

[lonelysmiles]

[For a solid week, there's been nothing but static coming out of 666 AM as Alastor sleeps. (Thank you to people who showed up to get him in a proper bed!)]

[Then suddenly on February 22nd, the static begins playing snippets of songs that don't seem to be from the vast catalogue in Alastor's head. There's a line of hip hop ("Sorry, group attending - "), something that sounds like it should be starting off a Broadway play ("I can do this, somehow I know it - "), something gentle ("It starts with sorry."), something with an accordion, a song of desperate hope ("Now you're the only thing worth fighting for."), and snippets of other music that all blurs together before only one line can be clearly heard in Alastor's voice: "Oh, this will be fun!"]

Salutations! Good to be back on the air!

Apologies, Reverein, for my impromptu nap! Apparently, I had quite a bit of sleep debt to pay off! Ha ha! But not to worry! I'm not planning to nod off again any time soon!

To whoever put me properly to bed, thank you very much! That would've been quite a crick in my neck if I'd slept the entire week on the floor, but you really didn't have to leave such unique artwork behind!

So until my next proper show, Abyssinia!


((OOC: Since Alastor's broadcast equipment is all internal, he's actually at his home, not the radio station, if someone wants to poke him in person!))

Comments

[cawpatrol]

I see... So it's all true, then...

[ She does want to go back home ASAP, but the idea of remembering nothing from here is... sad. Almost torturous. ]

... If you wish to speak of anything that happened there, you know I am always available to listen.

[lonelysmiles]

[It depends on where you go back to and the person you were before, really.]

I appreciate it, my dear, but Hell is...not a place you'd want to know much about if you had the choice. It's a place for eternal suffering.

[cawpatrol]

What I care about is your suffering. Even if I don't know the words to help you, sometimes just listening can be of help. I won't force you to speak either way about it... But you've earned my loyalty, and to me, that is far more eternal.

[ All five crows caw in agreement! We think the same way! ]

[lonelysmiles]

[Alastor sadly chuckles.]

A shame I never got to meet anyone like you when I was alive! Perhaps I might've made it to the Pearly Gates instead! Ah, well! I appreciate your loyalty all the same!

Perhaps I can interest you all to some hospitality! It seems the least I can do given the situation!

[cawpatrol]

[ Pearly Gates? She's picturing some hoity-toity high-society community that house the likes of the Oyster Cookie line... ]

Are you sure? You just woke up, I wouldn't want you to overexert yourself.

[lonelysmiles]

[Not quite! Also ew.]

[He places a hand over his heart.]

I swear that if I start to feel dizzy, I'll take a rest. Will that do?

[cawpatrol]

Very well. But the very second you do...!

[ The crows come to flock and sit on Alastor's hand. They know his head is no-no. ]

[lonelysmiles]

[Only in Black Raisin Cookie's eyes. Alastor honestly didn't mind it.]

The very second I do, I shall abandon whatever I'm doing and take a seat.

[Of course, having such small guests means he doesn't have to put in too much work to provide some hospitality. He's been trying to figure out how to make these "jellies" she's so fond of.]

[cawpatrol]

And we will take over from there. I'm still trying to master Dreamotion, and perhaps in time, I'll be able to handle such large utensils and other things in order to help myself and others like you.

[lonelysmiles]

Well, in that case, why not combine the two things? That way I don't need to strain myself as much and you can get in a little extra practice?

[cawpatrol]

... Fair enough. Then let's get to it. Crows, keep alert, and if you spot any areas we missed before, clean them at once.

[ "Caw, caw!" Yes, mistress, at once! ]

[lonelysmiles]

[Alastor carries her into the kitchen and sets her down on the counter.]

I've been trying to make that jelly you told me about. Maybe you can tell me where I'm going wrong.

[cawpatrol]

That may be difficult... There are many different types of jellies. Some grow naturally on plants, and others are harvested from wildlife, like Jellyworms.

[ So she's not sure how much help she can be there... ]

[lonelysmiles]

Well, that certainly makes things more complicated, doesn't it?

I suppose we should start with getting either the flavor or the texture correct. Then focus on the other half of that equation.

[cawpatrol]

But why go through this much effort at all? I've been getting by with the food available in this place. There's no need to waste such time on one person.