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[atypical_echo]

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So say hypothetically an encounter with a strange Meta you don't know led to you teleporting into the middle of what looks to be a barren wasteland in the middle of what your GPS says is some sort of canyon in Arizona.

And say that hypothetically you aren't equipped to get back to civilization at the moment and the next town is something like an hour and a half walk away.

And hypothetically you don't have water on you or food.

Um, how would you get out of this situation?

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[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

Suit yourself. You said the town is like an hour and a half away, right. So start walking I guess?

[atypical_echo]

OP here

I am in the process of that. But the gps may be overestimating my abilities here. And it's a tiny town. And I really don't have tons of money to spare for a flight back.

So, you know, USEFUL advice would be nice.

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

So it takes you longer than an hour and a half to get there. Better than dying in the middle of a desert. Useful advice: the human body can survive about 3 days without water. Keep to the shade and watch for signs of dehydration and heat stroke. If there are cactus around you can drink the water inside, but you need to boil it first or you could poison yourself. Don't eat the flesh of a cactus. It could make you vomit and lose more water. Travel the most during dawn and dusk and try to find shelter during the middle of the day and overnight. Build yourself a fire at night if you can.

[atypical_echo]

OP here

That is vaguely more useful. I'm walking. Hopefully it's not a ghost town.

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

if it is, try to avoid the ghosts.

[atypical_echo]

OP here

Ghost aren't real don't fuck with me

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

They don't exist here? That's great! Ghosts are scary.

[atypical_echo]

OP Here

They better not exist. Fuck I don't want them to exist. Ghosts, please don't exist.

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

Don't tell me they don't exist and then immediately say you don't know if they exist or not!

[atypical_echo]

OP Here

LOGICALLY ghosts should not fucking exist. But in this hypothetical situation they might well fucking exist because hypothetically my luck blows.

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

well if it's a ghost town and there's ghosts say something. i want to know.

[atypical_echo]

OP

Yeah if I get out of here I doubt I'll be sharing details of this.

[greatairplane]

Anon 1 here

lame

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[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

You're both obviously new here.

Anon

[atypical_echo]

OP

Not really all that new but thanks

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

You're new enough not to remember the army of them that attacked Sunset Falls.

Which means you couldn't have been here in March, and you likely weren't here for April, either. Not unless the Alliance was somehow able to prevent anyone from talking about the previous month's confluence.

[atypical_echo]

OP been here since June, but I also don't fucking doomscroll other city's problems?

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

Then start. The willfully ignorant have an unfortunate habit of getting themselves and anyone around them killed.

Which is why, hypothetically, if such a person were to be stranded in the desert I wouldn't hesitate to leave them there.

@Sephiroth

[unkindled_madness]

Ghosts are real, but if you find them hostile, they are weak to fire.

(Private Message to Sephiroth) UN: Mark Bryant

[atypical_echo]

PLEASE don't tell me ghosts are real! I don't have fire! If I don't get back soon Loki might fire me before I even have my first day of work

PM

[unkindled_madness]

The ghost I encounter most frequently reads stories to children. I expect you'll survive.

Loki has hired you?

[atypical_echo]

You encounter a ghost regularly?

Yeah. He's taking me on as social media manager. Barely even looked at my pictures. Said you mentioned me.

It was one of the weirdest conversations of my life, but I'm actually excited by this and I CANNOT FUCK IT UP this soon!

[unkindled_madness]

I live in Sunset Falls. He's practically a member of the library staff.

I did mention you to him. He didn't seem terribly familiar with photography.

I would offer to assist you, but I've already used his teleporter for the day.

[atypical_echo]

Huh, that's... I seem to have completely missed the 'ghost' part. Mostly because WTF WHY DO GHOSTS EXIST!?

Do the teleporters even take you to non-Guild Approved cities?

[unkindled_madness]

One assumes their spirit energy is stuck, somehow. But it's been difficult to find any definitive explanation of how death works in this universe.

I believe so. They're simply limited in their frequency of use.