So, uh, hi! It's Lily! And the storm is over! [A little late to the party, eh, Lily?] I mean... Well, yeah, I'm glad the storm is over and all, but it was really amazing to experience weather like that. Rain and wind and stuff. It rained sometimes back home, but it was fake rain. Like, it came from the ceiling. So it wasn't nearly as cool! And I didn't know wind could knock down trees. Are trees really that fragile? They look pretty sturdy to me.

... I... That's all I have to say, really. Just... trying to make conversation, I guess? I don't really...

Oh! Hey, everybody, what was the weather like where you came from?

Hi, everyone! It's Lily. [She always has to introduce herself!] I'm, uh, really glad the whole statue thing is over. Everyone's okay, right? Everyone's back to normal, right? That's good. ... Except the broken statues, I guess. They're... kind of... dead. I guess. That's not so good. But it's still good that everything's over. Hopefully that won't happen again, and hopefully life will be peaceful from now on!

[It sounds like the post is over, but Lily impulsively adds...]

And. Uh. I feel like I should ask, or something - I mean, his... ID is... um. Has anybody seen Eliot? Because I haven't. For a long time. Like a week. Maybe. And I, uh... don't think he's...

[She trails off.

Click!]

Umm, hi! This is Lily. I've noticed that I, uh... don't know a lot of things. Like, a lot of things. I lived indoors all my life, so. Right. So I sort of want to apologize in advance for not knowing things. Because I'm sure explaining things all the time must get annoying.

[Awkward pause. That's really all she wants to say, but having the post so short feels wrong. So...]

But! I'm learning some things! Harley taught me how to plant flowers, and Eliot is teaching me music, and... uh, Hiccup is teaching me... birds... or whatever...

[Another awkward pause.]

So, maybe soon, I'll know things! And this won't be a problem anymore!

.. Eheh...

[Uhhh.]

Bye?

[Click!]

[The comm clicks on to broadcast the voice of a very distressed Lily. Well, "distressed" is an understatement. She sounds absolutely frantic.]

CAN MICE CLIMB TREES?

[See, it's relevant because she's high up in a tree somewhere, hiding from the mayhem. You may be thinking, but Lily is a battle loli! Surely she could fight the infestation! One problem: she has no powers. Lily knows this because she's nursing a nasty bite on her hand from a rabbit that's still bleeding. What the fuck is this trickery?

It's weird to be covered in her own blood.]

What do I do? How do I stop bleeding? How do normal people stop bleeding!?

Hello? Hellooooo?

[A fitting way to begin a post on ArtichokeNet. It's amazing Lily even found the right buttons. There's a whoosh of air when Lily shakes the communicator. That's obviously going to help! One can hear sniffles in the background. Lily just finished crying with joy (for now).]

Um, is anybody there? My name is Lily. [… Not Unit 67. Lily.] I don't know where I am? … I mean, I'm in a… forest? [Jungle, but close enough.] And there's flowers everywhere. And other plants. And mud. So this is a call for help, I guess. Or information. Both?

[Lily slowly looks over her shoulder. That rodent thing followed her from the pod thing. It stares at her expectantly. Her voice drops to a whisper.]

And there's this thing following me. Like a giant rat? [She thinks? Maybe? Do rats look like that?] I don't know what to do. It's really cute and all, but I don't know what it is. Is it dangerous?

… So, um. Send help. Maybe.

[Click!]

this journal is being recycled. all past entries are for ms_elegante and no longer apply.

feel free to defriend it!

[So much has been going on. Too much. Sure, Lily's used to complete and utter chaos, but after that... all that shit with the Halloween party and its lengthy aftermath... she was overwhelmed. She's been noticeably off ShipNet, preferring to keep to herself. It's funny how therapeutic turning off your communicator can be.

Little Lily Worth is on deck 3 with her feet in the pool, staring at the sky. Zeshat damn, does this bring back memories. Everything brings back memories.

She is looking particularly bother-able tonight.]

Sorry I haven't been around.

[Everything still hurts, but she's doing... marginally better. Miles better than before, but nowhere near the Lily everyone knows.]

Um. I've been practicing kung-fu...

[It's at this point where Lily realizes she's not saying anything of interest. Nobody cares.]

... Yeah. So, sorry. I'll try to be around more.

[Click.]

[The feed opens to silence. A long, long silence. When Lily speaks, her tone is an obviously forced, strained calm.]

Where is Kage's ID?

[Another pause.]

Where's B's?

[Here she tries to lock a post to Kage and B, but with no ID to lock to, ShipNET gives her an error message instead.]

Where are they? I can't - where did they go? They're not gone. They're here, they're just hidden. Right? They're hiding. Like a game. Haha - right? A game. It's just a game. Not a fun game, but it's... just... a game. It's a game.

[Pause.]

It's a GAME.

[No, Lily. It's not.]

They said they'd never LEAVE ME they left me ALONE here all ALONE alone FOREVER this ISN'T HAPPENING.

[Shriek.]

Kage liked me. He liked me, because he couldn't love me, but that was okay - that was always okay, everything was okay. And B, I never saw B, he was always WORKING but I still LOVED HIM so much, I loved them BOTH so much.

They loved me, right? Right, everyone? They loved me? Right? [...] Right?

[Pause.]

Ha - Chase's ID is gone too. Chase, he was - Chase is gone, they're all gone, WHAT DO I DO NOW?

[The comm crashes to the ground, still recording. In the background, furniture is being thrown. Glass is being broken. Mirrors shatter. Things rip, walls are dented. It sounds like a battleground.

And in the midst of everything - sobbing.

After ten minutes of this, the feed times out.]

Dude, there's new people everywhere!

[Talk about deja vu...]