SWITCHBOARD

[transmittable]

If you'd like to ask the Transmitter something over the phone, go right ahead! The Transmitter will answer the phone as soon as she's available. Leaving messages is impossible, given how old these phones are, but you should be able to reach her at almost all hours.

Comments are screened for privacy; all Patients are offered confidentiality, didn't you know?

Comments

[transmittable]

[ ...Oh dear, um. Pizzazz is going to be treated to an earful of feedback and screeching, along with a good deal of static.

The voice that follows is distorted a great deal, like what you've just heard over the PA. ]

Ohhh. Ohhhhh man, so soon? Wooow, give us some time, lady!

[ Echoing laughter. ]

The Transmitter's a little preoccupied right now.

[arebetter]

[ Oh. Oh this is kind of better, actually. ]

So this is the Risen, then?

[transmittable]

Mmm, smart. Hello- what'd we name you? Hardcore? That was a good one. Inspired. How'd you like this new part of the game? Good performance?

[arebetter]

[ "Talking to the entities she kind of hates most right now" actually gets a kind of. Smiley, pleasant anger, turns out. Huh. Or maybe she's just Playing The Game. ]

Well, I am hardcore. A-ny-way, if you were trying to get me with it you didn't do a great job, but it was alright. Could have used more pyrotechnics.

[transmittable]

[ Don't give them advice, Pizzazz, jeez. ]

We'll keep that in mind, for next time! Provided you all pass this stage, instead of getting a game over.

[arebetter]

Hey, I think we'll all be fine. I hear a lot of them are good people.

So, sidenote, why do you have some teenage girl doing your talking for you, anyway?

[transmittable]

What, would you prefer THAT every day? We don't do things halfway.

And, sidenote, this teenage girl got on board with our way of playing. Whatever she's saying now? She let this happen.

[arebetter]

[ Well that hits a nerve...? ]

Yeah, because teenagers always make choices they mean. So whose idea was the... motive?

[transmittable]

Ours. It's as we said, the game's getting really interesting and we didn't want it to cool off. An incentive's like an extra prize. Fun for the whole family!

[arebetter]

[ ... sidebar is this voice still a fucked up version of the Transmitter's or is it new ]

Of course. So... what do you guys get out of this, anyway? Or do you "just like to watch?"

[transmittable]

[ Absolutely still a fucked up version of the Transmitter's! Like the Transmitter's run through half a dozen Audacity filters, but still hers. ]

Something. We don't want to spoil the surprise, though. That wouldn't make this any fun.

[arebetter]

Of course, because this whole thing is all about fun.

[ But that does bring up a point, then: ]

So is this a Mission Impossible "She read the paragraph I can talk in her voice now" situation or a ghost possession thing? What you guys are doing right now, that is.

[transmittable]

Not telling. We're not as loose-lipped as she is.

[arebetter]

Guess you don't have to worry about sinking any ships. Fine. Any idea when she'll be back?

[transmittable]

[ An abnormally loud screech there. ]

Sometime. Maybe try in a few hours. We might feel like pulling back then.

[arebetter]

Do you do this to people who don't play rock shows too? Ugh. Fine. Fuck off.

[ AND SHE HANGS UP, GOOD TALK TEAM. ]