Crankshaft Rafflesian: We're Past the Tutorial Thank God!

[A_Mi_Manera]

You can make out voices as you slowly gain consciousness. You're very sore from all day being one event after another.

Dotty: She's been standing there like that for so long. Bugs me a bit.

Geezer: She's fine. Probably.

Dotty: Probably?!

Geezer: If she messed with proxies since high school she has years of baggage to deal with. 

Dotty: So....

Geezer: So it might take awhile for her to win. I mean, I wanna believe she will but you know. Things happen.

Dotty: What happens if she loses?

Geezer: I dunno, I'm still not sure I'm the original me after I done and fucked but those were under way worse circumstances. 

Dotty: That's a mood... but also kind of worrying? She's not gonna die if she loses right?

Geezer: I can tell when someone's got a nightmare tier proxy like that and she doesn't have that. Worst case scenario? She gets locked out of whatever potential to project a proxy she had left and we bench her for this cowboy lizard adventure.

Dotty: Those got a proper name right?

Geezer: Yep.

Dotty: You wanna say it?

Geezer: Pardners.

Dotty: No for real, what are they called?

Geezer: I just told you, Pardners.

Dotty: Is.... is that really it? Why?

Geezer: Because at some point we called them Yeehaws and that seemed to piss them off.

Oh my god they won't shut up, maybe you should prompt something. You feel good enough to now.

Jam: Dotty? 



Dotty: Oh shoot, are you done?

Jam: Yeah.. um... it was a bit rough honestly. 

Geezer: Fighting your actual inner demons would do that. 

Jam: Can we talk privately? Dotty?

Jam, what are you gonna do?

Tell her the truth Lex. She already kinda knows about it and I'm not gonna have her out of the loop.

Geezer: Hold up there, I gotta know what you saw. 

Jam: Can we give it like ten minutes? I'm tired, had a hell of a long day. 

Geezer: No can do, I gotta make sure nothing screwy happened during any of that. What did you see? 

Dotty: Geezer, we should actually let her rest. She's pretty roughed up from everything that's gone on today.

Jam: Yeah, please? Promise I'll tell you after I got a good rest.

Geezer: Dotty, I'm not... entirely sure this is your friend.

You make sad eyes at Dotty. 



Jam: Let me talk to her please? I got something important to say. Just us. Like, no intrusions. 

Geezer: Dotty, something's off. Don't

Dotty: I know my own friend Geezer, just give us five to talk.

Geezer continues to look at you with suspicion.

Geezer: Don't let her run off yeah?

Dotty: She won't run on me, please stop.



Jam:  Look Geezer, I don't know what kind of trouble you ran into but relax, just give me a minute yeah? I'm tired. I'll tell you everything when I'm done.

Oh my god don't smirk at him he hates it.

He already knows, Lex.

Geezer: You step out of line, I will chase you down. Take ten minutes. If I hear Dotty scream, you're done.