[Voice] Vatheon Community Radio #2 [Backdated to Yesterday]

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

Breaking news!

I'm getting reports that as of late yesterday night, all citizens stricken by the body-switching plague are being returned to their own natural forms. They're finding themselves back where they belong, presumably wiser, and with more understanding of their fellow citizens than before.

After all, haven't we all heard the saying, "Walk a mile in a man's shoes, and you will know that he's leaving a trail of bloody footprints behind as he chases you, desperate to get his shoes back. Youuuu dirty thief!"

[This last was delivered in an increasingly menacing tone, ending in an accusatory snarl. Then suddenly, his tone is chipper again]

And so we close yet another chapter in the saga that is our dread-filled, yet ultimately benign, lives.

Vatheon, we have weathered this crisis, and once again we have said to the universe "No! You won't break us! We may have gills, but we'll just learn how to swim! We may accidentally burn the city down with powers we cannot understand and can barely control, but that's what all the water is for! You may have proven that ultimately our consciousness is something which can be easily ripped from the fragile container that we call 'ourselves' and housed within another corporal shell for the amusement of shadowy, and unknowable powers, but that's fine."

In the end, Vatheon, as we learned something about the body we were forced to endure, haven't we learned something about ourselves? And isn't that something to be thankful for?

So please, turn to your neighbour, and - if the entity which recently controlled your body left you with the ability to move and speak - embrace them, and tell them that you understand them a little better. Because listeners, we're all in this together. And sometimes, we're in other things. Together.

This has been Vatheon Community Radio. Good night, listeners.

Good night.

Comments

[Voice]

[dontsaymyname]

It seems you're fitting in just fine, Cecil.

[ Barry's amused, and very much so. This is one voice he wouldn't mind listening to night after night. ]

You're really rather good at changing your voice. You're not an actor at heart are you?

[Voice]

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

Oh! Good evening, Barry. I would say that I'm getting settled in, though it is very strange, compared to what I'm used to.

I did play Pippin once in a high school play. That was an experience that's never left me.

[Voice]

[dontsaymyname]

Really?

[ There was a smile to Barry's voice, boarding on excitement. ]

I'm sure you were wonderful.

[Voice]

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

Oh, it was an unforgettable few months! [Nostalgia fills his voice] Our director hid traps all over the stage, to keep us on our toes. I'd have to say that all of us who survived were truly changed by the experience.

[Voice]

[dontsaymyname]

[ There's a pause before Barry's laughing happily. ]

My your director sounds like quite the gentleman! I'd have loved to see this. I'm sure it was an amazing spectacle every night -- Brilliant.

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

[Oh isn't it nice that Barry appreciates this] We certainly did get good reviews!

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[grandhighblood]

[While quite silly, the GHB finds himself sitting quietly to listen and even grinning by the end of it. In other things together, heh... heh. He chuckles a bit at the possibilities of what that could even all up and mean.]

Too bad a brother all up and motherfucking missed that shit. Way you all put it makes it sound like a motherfucking trip...

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

A trip! I think for many people, it was. Yet we were all still right here, in Vatheon.

Are you new here?

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[grandhighblood]

It's a motherfucking round trip, yeah? Go the fuck somewhere else all gets you that perfect high, learn a few shitty things, see things you all up and never motherfucking saw before, then touch ground with the motherfucking soggy earth all up and encased in this literal bubble to go on with our same motherfucking complacent lives. Yeah, we all still right the fuck here, motherfucker.

Nah. Been here too long for a brother to be all up and motherfucking comfortable with... can't even all count the nights and weeks.

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

Uh huh? Yes, I think you're quite right. We're all right here, indeed.

I've only been here for a couple of weeks, actually. Here, in Vatheon, I mean. I've been here, you know, more specifically in this corporeal form, for a much longer period of time.

[grandhighblood]

Heh. Being in a motherfucking corporeal form is usually what a motherfucker finds himself in, default-ways. What makes a new motherfucker so special, yeah?

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

[Cheerful] Nothing much, really. I'm a totally normal citizen of Night Vale.

[Video]

[zipperlips]

[This time around, he starts off with applause. Well-said. This guy would do so well as a subjug clown. Too bad he's some sort of human.]

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

[To be honest, if he were introduced to the religion, he'd probably get his facepaint on as long as it made you happy] Thank you, thank you! It's always good to get some positive feedback.

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[croceamors]

...I do suppose that it was in some way beneficial. I do not believe that any of us are going to be hugging anyone quite soon, however.

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

Oh? Why not?

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[croceamors]

Well, for one thing, the individual I switched with was also someone I was at one point trying to kill.

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

[He's silent for a moment] Well, is there anything I can do? It wouldn't be right if this man took it out on your body while you're not in it.

[Voice]

[closedcircuit]

I'm not certain it's as dramatic as you're making it out to be.

[Voice]

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

If I sound dramatic, that's just because it's my voice.

[Voice]

[closedcircuit]

I think it has something to do with the phrasing as well.

[Voice]

[goodnightsweetlisteners]

So...

Is that bad?

[Voice]

[closedcircuit]

You're causing panic where you don't need to.

[voice]

[occultaddiction]

I'm actually quite sad I remained unaffected throughout the week. Swapping bodies with another person seems like it be quite fascinating!

[ He's probably the only one who wouldn't be thrilled at remaining uncursed. ]

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[goodnightsweetlisteners]

I feel the exact same way! Maybe we'll be chosen next time.