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

[arebetter]

This is something I have noticed, yes. I can't imagine trying to sell this place to a realtor. "And over here is the gun room, don't worry, the statute of limitations on the terrible thing that happened in here is up."

[transmittable]

[ A small, humorless laugh. ]

We're kinda stuck with it, aren't we?

[arebetter]

Pools and all.

[ She sighs. ]

Anyway, catch any good music lately?

[transmittable]

[ ... ]

Yeah, that. Uh- I did. ...Thanks, it sounded great.

[arebetter]

You're welcome. I'm guessing the Risen don't let you catch much music, wherever you are.

[transmittable]

Nothing live, but. I catch some, here and there.

[arebetter]

Alright, well... I don't exactly plan to stop playing stuff, so feel free to catch me whenever. And if you ever find yourself with a burning need to hear something, feel free to let me know any time I call. Might as well play things people like.

[transmittable]

Of course. ...I heard you play the other night. Your uh...your song. The one from the Misfits. It was cool.

[arebetter]

Oh. Thanks. Making our stuff work on piano is kind of tricky, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. I am apparently good enough at arrangements to save the world, after all.

[transmittable]

...You are? Wait-wait-wait, this one I'm a little fuzzy on, explain?

[arebetter]

So apparently the Holograms went and made some kind of... evil mind control music? I didn't ask the details at the time, because I wasn't the kind of woman who had met Asgore, but I had to show up and save the day because no one knew what the hell to do, by arranging a mashup of two songs on the fly for the bands to sing together. Otherwise the whole world was going to turn into music zombies, or something.

[transmittable]

[ ... ]

You know. I thought- I thought you were from a more normal world, but...no, no, this definitely happened. What the hell.

[arebetter]

You know... it seems more and more like everything in my world is normal except Jem and the Holograms.

[ AND G.I. JOE, BUT THEY'RE A SECRET SHE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. I HATE THAT THEY DO IN FACT SHARE A UNIVERSE. ]

[transmittable]

[ what the fuck is idw comics ]

And you just want yourself a normal life, huh?

[arebetter]

I would appreciate being able to focus on my career and not evil mind control noise or whatever, yes.

[ ... ]

Wait, what the hell happened to that Silica woman and her band? Did she die because we rocked too hard, did someone press charges? Why doesn't literally anything about Jem and the Holograms make sense?

[transmittable]

[ i am sorry she is just laughing. ]

I know what you know, you know? So I can honestly and freely say: I don't know.

[arebetter]

Ugh, this is the worst! Hopefully my next memory or whatever clears some of this shit up.

[ It won't. ]

At least you can tell me the one thing.

[transmittable]

[ She's- okay, she's trying to not laugh anymore, she is. ]

The one thing?

[arebetter]

That you don't know.

[transmittable]

Oh- oh, that, yeah, for once I can feel great saying I have no clue!

[arebetter]

Then I guess at least one of us is satisfied, for now.

[transmittable]

Sorry~

[ ...She is absolutely teasing. ]

[arebetter]

I can't believe this. You're supposed to be the one who knows things here, what am I supposed to do now?

[ she is absolutely teasing back, good christ ]

[transmittable]

Hmmm, investigate?

[arebetter]

Hm... I guess I could stand to look around a little bit. Give me an "I can't tell you that" for good luck when I ask where I should start?