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[The video opens up as an angle shot, shooting a good view of Sprocket on the floor coloring with crayons like a five year old. It's quite a feat considering he has no fingers. Arcee can just barely be seen relaxing behind him, lounging on her couch in her apartment. Both of them seem unaware that the feed was turned on, so that can only mean one thing.]

I think I'm gonna draw my future house...

Knock your socks off. [Arcee swings herself up and looks as though she's about ready to leave the room.] I need to get a drink. Want me to grab anything while I'm up?

Juice box~

[Yeah, he sings that. And before he can say anything else, the video changes to static and starts broadcasting, well... a whole bunch of other things. Obviously not taking place in Tokyo, it has more to do with those robot things people may have seen before with these other leaking videos. This one's blue this time! And a lady! Sounding just like that lady before who was getting juice boxes. Of course, she doesn't sound so calm and cool in these flashbacks. There's a lot of screaming and spiders and loud noises and screaming. Really, nothing is very pleasant about it.

But wait, there's more! Just when you think that little tidbit is over and done with, more images begin to flash. Again, more robots, and again, more dead things. Only this time we got things like zombies. It's all very loud and obnoxious and continues to follow the very grim pattern a lot of these videos have been going with lately.

When it finally does end, the feed takes us back to a very wide-eyed Sprocket. For a guy whose face is made out of metal, he looks unusually pale. Like he's just seen a ghost or something. That...that was certainly a thing he just saw.

Arcee returns to the room with two juice boxes without a care in the world. Apparently she missed the whole thing.]

Apple okay?

APPLE IS FINE!

[He shouts that awkwardly, like she caught him off guard.]

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[He nods, idly flicking the end of the pencil on the table.]

None taken. Trust me, I know how that is.

[He grew up with nearly every day being filled with panic. It eventually got to the point where daily attacks and bursts of pure chaos were per the norm.]

Well, what's stopping you? Other than...being stuck here, anyway.

What? Being stuck here isn't good enough for you? Trust me, if there were a way out, I'd be the first one in line. Fight my way there if I had to.

[She grumbles as she takes another sip of her juice box.]

[Oh. Right.]

Well yeah, me too. I just....

[He trails off, biting his lip. Better not give away that he knows too much about anything.]

I don't know. I just wasn't sure if you were still stationed on Earth or not.

[She scowls a little. Not at Hiccup, although not sure if he can tell.]

It's not like I have anywhere else to go.

[The viking sighs, closing his eyes for a minute. Well this conversation turned for the worse fast, but it's entirely his fault.]

I'm sorry, Arcee. I wish things could be different for you.

[...Oh, oops. You know, she really didn't mean to turn this into her own little sobfest. Not wanting to bring Hiccup down to her depression levels, she offers him a smile.]

Well, it's not like it's been all bad. Could be worse.

I got to meet you, didn't I?

[Awww Arcee, you're going to make him blush. It's not like his existence really has made an impact on THAT many people. ..At least, he doesn't feel like it has.]

...Yeah. It's actually sorta...weird. I can't imagine what things would have been like if I never met you, or Wheeljack, or Leatherhead....or a lot of the people I've met in this place.