☼ 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?

Comments

[Voice]

[onetrueking]

Weirder? What do you mean?

[Voice]

[firacrux]

Lions are mythological.

[Voice]

[onetrueking]

...What's that mean?

[Voice]

[firacrux]

Means shit that ain't supposed to be real is real here.

[onetrueking]

...Oookay, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I'll take your word for it...

[firacrux]

[A sigh.]

Alright, let's start from the beginnin'. What d'you know, what d'you wanna know? Can't say I know a lot, but I've been doin' the question askin' thing already so I'll give you what I got.

[onetrueking]

...Okay, can you explain how some people know me already, but I don't know them?

[Voice]

[firacrux]

...Had to ask the one I didn't know, huh? Dunno, maybe you were here before or somethin'? Or whatever brings us here decided to mess with your memories, could be it too.

[onetrueking]

Well, okay, I'll ask someone else.

Let's see... I see a lot of these strange monkey type people. "Humans"? What's that about?

[Voice]

[firacrux]

Hey, hey, I take offense to that monkey comment, cat. Hyne, I dunno. Normally animals don't talk where I'm from, must be opposite for you? No humans? Guess we're all from different worlds or somethin', humans are an obnoxiously dominant species is all.

[Voice]

[onetrueking]

Different worlds? What's that mean?

[He's not being indignant, he's legitimately asking.]

[Voice]

[firacrux]

[He can't blame him too much, he didn't believe it when he first heard it either.]

I know it sounds crazy. Alright so, you come from a place where humans either don't exist or definitely don't run the show around where you are, right? Well I come from a place where lions don't exist, monsters fall off the damned moon, and buildings fly.

Odds are, ain't the same world. Gonna wager half of the people you meet here ain't gonna be from anywhere similar to what you're used to.

[Voice]

[onetrueking]

So you... come from a place, that's different from where I come from. And those 'places'... you call them "worlds"?

[Voice]

[firacrux]

You got it. An' the people, or lions, or whatever from each one are probably gonna be kinda different. Human-ish looks like a runnin' theme, but don't take my word for it. I ain't seen a whole lotta people yet.