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[fourthmade]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fourth god. He may not always respond, or he may respond in ways you don’t expect, but he is always listening.

Speak, he hears you.

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post explosion of the cube

[soundsurfing]

[Beat sits in his room, with his now defunct headphones in his lap. They came with him from his home, though he hasn't been able to use them since, with nothing to sync them up with. They don't fit his ears anymore, either, what with the squirrel ones taking the place of human ones.

But Josh told him electronics are the best way to get in contact with Elias, and he thought they would be perfect to attempt it.

Tilting them upside down, he holds the cups up near the openings of his ears. If he twists and flops said ears down, it makes a pretty decent seal. They still work wonderfully as noise blockers and the outside world fades away until it's just the sound of his breathing and the faint thud of his heart in his ears. He sits there, bent over with his elbows on his knees and his hands holding the phones, staring at his feet.]

... Hey, Cube Dude... Hope you can hear me after what they did to ya. You was tryin' to stop the changes, weren't you? 'Preciate it, though uh, hurt like hell in the end. Know it weren't yer attention [he means intention] tho. [He pauses, closing his eyes as he thinks of what to say.] Thanks fer savin' tho peeps from before, too. Lives ain't need to be lost fer no reason. ... This feels weird, yo, talkin' to myself. Lemme know if you can hear me...

[fourthmade]

[Elias creeps, rather than bursts, onto the scene.

It starts as a distant crackle in the headphones, maybe the sign of a poor connection or bad wiring. In fact, it's just quiet enough for Beat to feel rather stupid about trying to get a boy-god's attention. But give it time; a minute passes, and the crackle blankets Beat in a shower of snowy static. The strangest thing about it is its warmth. It isn't just noise in his squirrely ears, it's the prickling in his fur. It's the way his hairs all stand on end and itch. Its the heat skittering over his extremities, its the dry flicker of lights overhead.

Beat isn't alone anymore, and he hears the quiet, calm -- too calm? -- voice of an adolescent boy part the veil of static, just a little.]

hello beat
please
call me elias

listen
i know youre here to thank me
but i got to thank you for the help
you and joshua
together we got those people out of the peninsula
before the fog fanatics blew my door sky high

thats fine
i made sure none of mine were hurt
and none of the people you brought me either
buildings can be restored
they didn't win as much as they hope they did

im sorry i couldnt totally stop the changes
did they really hurt a lot?
i didnt mean it
the fog doesnt make transformation easy or painless
and to stop it probably doesnt feel better

[soundsurfing]

[For a moment, Beat does feel dumb attempting to contact Elias like this. Maybe he should have gone with powered on devices? But then the static hits, the itch deep under his skin, the heat, and his eyes glance upwards as lights flicker.

He almost jumps out of his skin when he hears the voice, breathing out in a rush to the sound of a kid, not unlike one he might have met in Shibuya, or here in the streets of Bavan, just enjoying the day. A voice who wont ever get that chance.]

It's aight, the pain faded quick after. [His legs exploded, Elias.] But I get what you was tryina do, an' thank you. All you been tryina do is help an' they jus'... I 'unno, yo. They acted like you was the devil or somethin'. Shi- uh, that stuff ain't right.

[Tapping his claws against his headphones, he's silent for a moment before continuing.]

Listen, Elias, I weren't gonna get involved. God squabbles way 'bove my understandin', ya know? But it ain't jus' yer cube they might have destroyed, it ain't jus' you they mighta hurt. They goin' too far, an' it ain't right. I wanna help, yo. Ain't sure how much I can do, butchu say the word, an' I'm there.

[fourthmade]

[There's a whir in Beat's ear, like a mechanized, drawn-out, relieved sigh. The room warms with a dry heat from the lights overhead, blaring a chipper pink glow.]

im so glad you understand
did joshua tell you how this works?
take this
and youll have my protection

[He won't hear it outside of his noise-cancelling headphones, but at his side Beat'll catch a glint of light. Out of a machine -- it could be a radio, it could be his laptop, a TV, a coffeemaker, anything at all with a plug to the wall -- a slim palm-sized card reflects the incandescent bulbs overhead, casting a ray of rainbows against the wall. The card is Beat's key to the Arcade, black, warm to the touch, and nearly humming with an invisible power.

Once he grasps it, he'll feel a jolt of energy rushing up his arm, bestowing upon him a set of minor boons for his informal pledge.]

this is your key
to my safe place
theres games to play
theres snacks
theres good friends
and youll have a room for yourself that you can use however youd like

she cant hear you there
none of hers can

thats where we can plan how we can keep her conduits
from doing dangerous things again

[soundsurfing]

[Taking the card feels like a pact, a binding of souls. It's familiar and he clenches the keycard in his hand, the edges biting into his palm. One will, a life shared. It's something he understands.]

Gotchu, yo. We'll make sure they ain't gonna do this 'gain. I gotchyer back, brotha.

[He pauses briefly, staring at the card in his hand, turning it back and forth, watching the play of colors under the light.]

Take care a' yerself, an' hopefully we can do this wittout anyone gettin' hurt.

[He'll take the headphones off then and set them aside, throwing a thumbs up into the wind though.]