[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Hey, am I usin' this thing right?

[There's a faint tapping sound, as though the user is tapping the screen of the journal in hopes of some reaction.]

Think it's on, anyway... my name's Gourry Gabriev! I got separated from my friends, someone told me I might find 'em if I checked here? Anyone know a loud sorceress named Lina? If you've seen her, she's probably eating. Or maybe Zelgadis or Amelia! He's a scary-lookin' guy made of rock, and she's... well, she's probably standing on top of a building or a tree or something.

Unless they're not here at all... that's not possible, though, right? We usually get lost together!

Comments

[Voice]

[overlords_wrath]

How does that not make it possible?

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Well, we've never really been apart before... unless one of us was kidnapped or somethin'.

[Voice]

[overlords_wrath]

Uh huh. And... you haven't figured out you've basically been kidnapped, huh?

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

[WHAT.]

Kidnapped?! Are you serious?

[He lets out a groan.]

That didn't work out so well for me the last time...

[Voice]

[overlords_wrath]

Close enough.

Well... sucks to be you, I guess.

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Heh, yeah, I guess it does!

[Your barbs, he does not understand them.]

[i_killedmufasa]

Can't say I've heard any of those names before. Though I will make sure to keep an eye out for you. It's just such a terrible thing to be stuck here without any of your friends to keep you company.

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Yeah! I mean, I can take care of myself, but it gets lonely, you know? Thanks for offerin' to help, though!

[Sarcasm is forever lost on Gourry. Wait, is that guy's picture a lion?]

[Voice]

[i_killedmufasa]

Oh of course, of course! It would bring me such sorrow to know that someone in the city was getting lonesome.

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Yeah? You're a pretty nice guy!

[Or was that... pretty nice lion?]

[Voice]

[i_killedmufasa]

No now, I'm just doing the same thing anyone would do in my position.

( permavoice. )

[fonichymns]

I'm sorry, those names don't really sound familiar. You just arrived, I suppose?

[Permavoice!]

[jellyfishbrain]

Yeah, just woke up outside the city not long ago. All my friends were gone. Thought they might've run off without me, but someone told me I've been kidnapped?

[fonichymns]

Unfortunately, that's one of the ways you could think of it... An Organization is keeping us here against our will, at the very least.

[jellyfishbrain]

Huh... so there's a lot of people like us who are stuck here, then?

[Voice]

[cowardly_hero]

They sound like a real group of weirdos.

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Heh, sometimes! Mostly just Zelgadis. Don't tell him I said that!

[Voice]

[cowardly_hero]

I'll try. [Which should be pretty easy considering.]

Well, if they're here, they should be pretty easy to find.

[Voice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Yeah, people like that gotta stand out, right? Guess I'll have to find something to do with myself until I find 'em, though...

[Really, it hasn't occurred to him that he won't. Optimism at its finest.]

At least the food here is pretty good so far!

[Voice]

[cowardly_hero]

Yeah, it ain't that bad. Who'd have guessed such an unintelligent species could actually 'cook'?

[permavoice]

[pullstringcowboy]

... Ya know a guy who's made of rock?

[permavoice]

[jellyfishbrain]

Yeah! He's a chimera. It's kinda weird, but he's not a bad guy.

[pullstringcowboy]

[Gives a sigh.]

No no, I'm sure he is.

I gotta remember to get used to things like this...

[jellyfishbrain]

You don't see a lotta people like that here, I guess? Well, suppose there aren't many where I come from, either...

[pullstringcowboy]

Nah, not really. I mean I have encountered goddesses and genies here before. So I'm tryin' to adjust to this place than from old place where everything is normal.

So where did you come from?