Fourth Dispatch: It's Not What You Think. Voice.

[trinkett]

Dear Fellow Residents of Luceti,

Wouldn't it be entertaining to put on some Games here in Luceti? Not that the Cultural Fair wasn't amusing, or any of the other activities going on here -- but true gladiatorial games. The pitting of one creature against another! Think of the thrill and drama and the release that goes along with that sort of entertainment! And here in Luceti we are ideally suited for a very exciting Games indeed.

Who would you sponsor or volunteer for this entertainment? Or would it all be...

[There is a pause here.]

Pokey-mans? I find human beings MUCH more interesting to watch, personally.

Comments

[Voice]

[trinkett]

Special like what? [Because she was a reasonable enough woman to understand that she might be the target of a haunting one day.]

[Voice]

[abjurer]

Like someone with the ability and skill to channel them and get rid of them.

[Voice]

[trinkett]

Do you have that skill?

[She follows this up quickly:]

It's only because today I thought...I thought I heard a baby.

[Voice]

[abjurer]

Yeah. I do. And the training to back it up. I'm an exorcist back home.

[He raises an eyebrow curiously at that.]

A baby? Where?

[Voice]

[happyhungergames]

Does the "where" matter?

[Voice]

[abjurer]

Well, kind of. If you were in the middle of town, there is always the chance it might actually just be a baby.

[Voice]

[happyhungergames]

It was in my head. Kind of. [Wow that sounded way too weird. She finishes quickly:] While I was in the Battle Dome!

[Voice]

[abjurer]

Uh... in your head is usually uh... any chance it was just a Battle Dome sim going wrong?

[Voice]

[trinkett]

I'm not sure; I don't understand the technology of the Dome.

If it helps, this baby seemed to be part of...part of a memory.

[A horrible, horrible memory that she usually tried to justify or just not remember at all.]

[Voice]

[abjurer]

I don't think anyone does. It's way beyond what there is in my world.

[He pauses for a moment and wonders if there's a tactful way of telling someone that they're probably crazy and hallucinating.]

Huh... strong memories can cause ghosts but... I'd say the child had to have been there at some point.