☼ Voice ☼

[onetrueking]

[There's a bit of a struggle to get the electronic journal up and running, but eventually, Simba's voice passes through the system.]

Hello? Wha-- Oh, I think it's on. Ahem, ah, anyone hear me? That is how this is supposed to work, right?

Anyway, whatever. My name's Simba. I'm... well, I'm pretty new here. I ran into a couple of my buddies here, but do I know anyone else here?

--Right, this is probably gonna reach people who don't know me at all. Hi! I'm Simba. I'm a lion. And I... am really confused about where this place is supposed to be. I don't suppose any of you can talk me through it?

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[thescaronhisface]

My name's Kovu.

[He pauses.]

If you don't know who I am...I've...probably got some explaining to do.

[onetrueking]

...Yeah, that might help. How do you know me, Kovu?

[locked]

[thescaronhisface]

Before I can tell you, I have to ask you something. What do you know about Scar?

[Perma-locked]

[onetrueking]

...Scar? My uncle?

...He's gone. Never you mind him.

[Perma-locked]

[thescaronhisface]

[There's a long pause.]

Until a while ago I...

[He takes a deep breath.]

...I was supposed to be his heir. And...take your place.

[onetrueking]

...His heir?

[Thinking... thinking....]

...Wait a minute. You're one of the new cubs?

[thescaronhisface]

My mother is Zira. If you haven't banished her yet, you were going to soon...until you showed up here, anyway.

[onetrueking]

Zira...

[Yeaaaah he wasn't getting a good impression of her. She was still pretty adamant about how Scar ran the kingdom.]

I see. But you said "until recently"?

[thescaronhisface]

I finally learned who he really was...what he really did.

[onetrueking]

[He thinks about it for a while.]

...Alright. Thanks for telling me.

[thescaronhisface]

...That's it?

[onetrueking]

Well, I've yet to see you do anything that I should be suspicious of. I'll be paying attention, but it's not fair to judge you before you've actually done anything wrong.

[thescaronhisface]

How did you turn out so different between now and the first time we met...?

[onetrueking]

...Huh?

[thescaronhisface]

[...It was on, wasn't it?]

N-nothing. It's...nothing.

Have you met Kiara yet?

[onetrueking]

Who?

[thescaronhisface]

I'll let her tell you herself.

[onetrueking]

...Okay. I... guess I'll take your word for it.

[thescaronhisface]

She's someone you'll want to talk to, trust me.

What was happening in the Pride Lands? Before you came here?

[onetrueking]

Well... we're getting most of the herds back into the Pridelands, and the weather was getting better. After the rain, we had a lot of water. Things are starting to grow back.

[thescaronhisface]

It'll look familiar, then.

Has anyone told you about this place? The floors and everything?

[onetrueking]

Pumbaa's started to tell me about it.

Wait a minute - what do you mean, "familiar"? Can you get to the Pridelands from here?

[thescaronhisface]

Pumbaa? Did anything he said make any sense?

[onetrueking]

What he did explain made enough sense to me.

[Shrug!]

Pumbaa's surprisingly insightful, I think.

[thescaronhisface]

Maybe he's going senile by my time...

Insightful. [Kovu's gonna let that one sink in for a second.]

Did he say anything about the other floors?