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[Needless to say, Rick has seen better days. He's had a chance to read his note and change and get a feel for the dormitory level of the tower, but no amount of acclimation is going to make him comfortable with the fact that everything he knew--everything he was comfortable with knowing--has simply vanished. Desperate to find some tangible connection to his world, Rick makes a call for the one person that he knows can support him. So far, he's found no evidence that she's even here; an open post is all he can think to do next.]

Codi? It's Rick. You're probably hiding, and that's okay--you don't have to say where you are. I just want to know if you're all right.

I love you.

[He might be starting to panic a little bit.]

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I'm sorry. It's possible that she might be here, but a lot of people come and go. The only people with bright red hair that I know don't fit the rest of your description.

[voice doesn't seem like enough. Feferi flips on the video after a moment. She's not human, and she hopes that doesn't freak the newcomer out too much.]

I'm Feferi Peixes. I'll certainly keep looking for your wife for you, even if I haven't seen her, though. And...I've been here for over a year now. If you have any questions. But like I said, this isn't a nice plaice.

It's pretty horrible.

[The fact that Feferi isn't human does, unfortunately, freak Rick out a lot, but the fact that it does is only evident in that it takes him nearly ten minutes to reply. Even then, he's not sure if the image is fake or not.]

Maybe she's only just arrived, like me. Or maybe she'll show up in a few days? Anyway, being here has to be better than being dead--if our worlds really have been destroyed. I don't know if I believe that note. I don't know if I can believe anything.

[Rick pauses, too flustered to type. He takes off his glasses and rubs at his eyes for a minute or so, taking deep breaths to regain his composure.]

I can believe that this place isn't nice, though. I'm too nervous to leave the floor that I'm on to find out. Where are you?

Either one of those is possible. It's always best to hope for the positive.

[She pauses for a second, tucking some unruly hair back behind her.]

I know. I look weird, right? I'm a sea troll. I'm from a planet called Alternia originally. There are a few others that look like me around. Most of us are perfectly nice - a little different, but we aren't intrinsically bad. I'm not going to do anything to hurt you, though. That's a promise.

[She points to the flower she's wearing in her hair - specifically, to the green leaves.]

Green is a good color here. It stands for...well, let me explain it this way.

Some of the admins of this place - they aren't bad. There's a little boy, named Zo, running the show this month. He's not a bad kid, he's just confused and misguided.

Right now is as safe as the Tower gets, anymore. It was better, once, but unfortunately, things are changing really quickly around here. I'm at the terminals closest to the first floor of the dorms. There's a lot more I can explain, but it's better in person.

...also? You can touch the horns, just not around the base. It's like hitting the base of your fingernail too hard - that hurts. 'Kay?

[The terminal idles...having realized that Feferi is on the same floor he's on, Rick has taken her advice. He'll find her in a few minutes.]

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voice -> video;

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video -> action?

[text - action is a bad habit of mine, let me fix]