Chương 33: 32-Dream of a New Reality

[Monday, 07: 02 AM: 2026/01/05] LYSANDRA: {Hold on one sec, I need to do something so you won't get confused later…} {UPDATING TRANSCRIPT FORMAT… DONE} [CARLA'S SERVER] LYSANDRA: {There we go. Now, let me access my wife's thoughts and filter out her use of greentext. Honey, you do realize some people are colorblind, right? … I'll keep my thoughts to a minimum, though I will interject if she pulls a certain prank on Ellie again. … And I apologize, my daughter snores pretty loudly (I should have gotten out the nasal strips from the storage house before she came back.: (} ELLIE: > SNORES CARLA: {This early kid? NAH! She needs to get off her ass} whispering "Ellie…" ELLIE: > SNORING CARLA: softly "Ellie…?" ELLIE: > GROANS CARLA: > FRUSTRATED whispering "Come on, kid…" [My wife snickers to herself quietly as she forms from a data cube from her invent-] LYSANDRA: {CARLA! You better not use "fun face" again! My daughter is sick!} CARLA: {This shit is going to be good} LYSANDRA: {She's going to use it… >: (} CARLA: > QUIET SNICKERING"DUDE! THERE'S A RACCOON IN YOUR BED!" ELLIE:"Huh?!" [My daughter's eyes fly open as she sees "fun face" (AKA a scary raccoon mask)] LYSANDRA: {Sorry, I need to yell real quick… … CARLA YOU DUMMY! Ellie is sick! >: (>: (>: (… Yelling over} ELLIE:"HOLY SHIT!" [My daughter flings backwards against the wall, which should have put a hole in the drywall but didn't. She tries to back up further, breathing frantically] CARLA: [My wife laughs hysterically, taking off the mask and digitizing it back into the data cube]"Dude! You should've your freaking face!" [My wife continues laughing, before wiping a tear from her eyes]"Old 'fun face'…" > CHUFFS"… Never gets old." ELLIE: [My daughter (who is rightfully angry) is gritting her teeth, clenching against the wall]"You scared the shit out of me, ass-!" [Her eyes widen as she sees her mimi]"Carla?" CARLA:"Yep, me in the flesh." [She smiles, chuckling to herself, before sighing]"Been a while, hasn't it, kiddo?" ELLIE: {Wait, what is this format?} > CONFUSED"H-How are you here, a-and how did you hack my transcript?" LYSANDRA: {Well, not the one you all are seeing.:) Plus, Carla is terrible at writing. My student would definitely have an aneurysm over her! XD XD XD … Okay, I lied about the language filter; that would be very cruel to my daughter. But she had a good reason right there to swear when Carla rudely woke her up. >: (} CARLA: [My wife rolls her eyes at Ellie]"Well, El, your security systems are ass." > SMALL LAUGH"I'm kidding, kid; you've definitely improved since the last time I saw ya." [My wife drops her smile and looks at Ellie a bit sternly]"I also fixed your formatting. Who the hell uses all caps for 5San arrows? Shit's something you would find on ScrollUp. Also, why put your "I" and "me" in braces? Do you have any idea how hard that is to read; especially when strangers are reading this?" ELLIE: > SHAKES HEAD"I-It's easy to read!" LYSANDRA: {Which it is… … And I also removed the {me} and {I} deal for Ellie; it's a strain on the eyes} CARLA: [My wife places her head in one of her hands and cocks her head]"Yeah, it's more like you're trying too hard; like my wife." > SOFT SCOFF"Plus that method you've been doing since you got back? Jesus, El, you're going to give someone a headache. And 5San arrows are green for a reason." LYSANDRA: {AAAAND they're now black because: A lot of people reading this are colorblind. STOP WITH THE INTERNET LINGO!!! >: (ELLIE: [My daughter looks away, embarrassed]"Well… I use the braces for my thoughts because putting it in arrows makes it hard to differentiate what is an action and a thought…" LYSANDRA: {Correct} CARLA: [My wife sighs, a little annoyed]"Fair enough." [My wife smirks as-] {Not doing that shit though in when I transcribe this, lmao}"But seriously, try to lighten up a little on how to describe when someone does something." ELLIE: [My daughter stares at Lysandra, confused] CARLA: [She smirks at Ellie and snickers]"'Ey! Don't worry about it, El!" [My wife rubs her hair, giving a soft smile]"It takes practice, it always does." ELLIE: [My daughter cocks her head, even more confused as she inspects her]"Why am I not having a headache right now?" CARLA: > SMILES FADES"It's a little security measure here so that it doesn't happen again. Remembering something triggers a filter that Nedri used to suppress your memories; so I made my little filter that prevents that from happening." > SMIRKS"And it was a damn shame that the person in charge of suppressing your memories put in a little loophole that allows me to nullify the harmful effects and unlock them through the use of contextual memories." ELLIE: > EYES WIDEN"Onarius…" CARLA:"Yep…" > SIGHS"As much as your mom hates that guy, he knew you would come back here one day. He personally saw to it that there was a safe way to get back your memories without a brute-force method that usually happens with memory suppression programs." ELLIE: > RAISES EYEBROW"Which kills people?" CARLA: [My wife snaps her fingers in triumph]"Exactly!" LYSANDRA: {Did you know about this loophole, Carla? Also, he was a jerk} ELLIE: [My daughter scratches her head, more confused as she inquisitively stares at my wife]"How are you here? And more importantly…" [My daughter turns her attention to the door, motioning her head towards it, terrified]"Didn't mom hear all of this commotion?!" CARLA: [Carla turns to the door and studies it. She smirks and returns her focus to Ellie]"Nah, kid, she didn't because you're dreaming." LYSANDRA: {I am indeed hearing all of this, and- … I'll just go with her explanation} ELLIE: {I am so lost…} [My daughter stares at Lysandra blankly]"'Dreaming'? Are you a figment of my imagination, then?" CARLA:"Nah! I'm the real deal, El." [My wife firmly places her right hand on her chest, smiling widely]"Flesh and blood, just like you!" > SMIRKS"Well, more like me from a distance." > CHUFFS"And, if you weren't dreaming, you would have made a hole in the wall like John did when you popped up on his screen." [Carla rudely points to the wall where daughter leaped back towards]"See?" ELLIE: [My daughter turns back, seeing it undamaged, along with the real Ellie (WHO I'M KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH OVER)]"I thought it was stur‐?" > EYES WIDEN"Flesh and blood? CARLA:"Yeah, I'm human, like you." LYSANDRA: {Carla, you idiot…} CARLA: > SNICKERS"An AI couldn't pull a prank like that and expect you to jolt awake, right, kid?" ELLIE: [My daughter slowly shakes her head]"No…?" LYSANDRA: {Because that would give someone a heart attack, Carla…} CARLA: [My wife points to her wild hair]"Plus, I wouldn't have a cool-ass haircut!" [My wife laughs a bit more, and Ellie briefly joins her nervously before clearing her throat]"No, but seriously, though; you are sleeping. If it were you who were sick as hell, I wouldn't pull off that prank." [She points to the wall]"And, if that wall in my wife's reality was strong enough to resist your fright, I would be richer than that fat bastard rotting in hell!" ELLIE: > RAISES EYEBROW"If you're human, then how have you not been corrupted by the lingering, eldrigital effects of this reality? Also, the memory I saw, I had a raccoon tail and ears. Why don't I have that here?" Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. CARLA: [My wife sighs]"Well, you and I are both pretty special, as we both have an innate immunity to the weirdness of the Eldrigital Void." > SMIRKS"As for those features, they are kind of the result of being here for so long with us. They were a birthday present and were unfortunately tied to your memories." ELLIE: [My daughter looks away, embarrassed]"Oh…" CARLA: {Poor kid…} [My wife gives her a pat on the shoulder]"Hey, you didn't know, and those memories you have of that knowledge, they're locked away. It's kind of like the first time you ever heard of this. And your memories are still in there…" [She taps Ellie's forehead]"But Ned put them behind a really shitty encryption folder. One that well is very sensitive to tampering to the point it may kill ya if I just try to crack it open." ELLIE: [My daughter relaxes as her eyes sparkle in realization]"So what happened earlier, that was the filter for the encryption folder-?" CARLA:"Yep." > NODS"I hate to say this, El, but your mim can't just magically get your memories back like this." [My wife snaps her fingers, making a brief flare of light] {And Liz kind of pushed it a bit too much} LYSANDRA: {Fair enough} ELLIE: [My daughter looks at Carla, still curious about her presence]"Well, uh… Sorry to ask again, but-" > CLEARS THROAT"-How are you in my dreams?" CARLA: > SMILE FADES"That…" > DEEP SIGH"Back then, I figured Nedri would have lashed out when he was losing control of his most important pawn, as you were to us. And, being the fucking control freak he is, Nedri would eventually take you away from me and your mom, and place your memories in an encryption folder so secure that any unauthorized access would severely harm ya. So, I made a little program that would allow you to connect to me in a dreamspace server; that way we could use the loopholes that Onarius left behind. Ned, of course, isolated your connection towards HammerForge and, of course, yours truly…" [My wife pointed to herself]"Shit sucked, but I also knew you would come back as Liz had been keeping an eye on you. Also, Onarius, after all, kind of didn't like Ned too much, hence the whole descent to cause that fat bastard to blow up." ELLIE: > CONCERNED" But didn't Onarius willingly do what he wanted?" CARLA: {Geez…} [My wife crosses her arms, grimacing over Onarius's atrocities]"It's complicated. > ANNOYED SIGH"Well, on one hand, I knew he was pretty protective of you and would do everything to make sure Ned didn't get too close to you. On the other hand, he did a lot of nasty shit that made her not want him near you with a 10-foot pole." > CHUFFS"The way she would freak when he was HammerForge was a good alarm clock." LYSANDRA: {I BARRED HIM FROM THE HOUSE!!! >: (} ELLIE:"So… as you said, it's 'complicated'?" > SMIRKS"Also, did you record her freakouts?" CARLA: > FROWNS {Yeah, not going there} [My wife waves off Ellie]"Hell no! I love to have good pranks, but none to actually hurt people! And to my wife, your mom? Hell no!" ELLIE: [My daughter looks away, ashamed]"Oh… sorry." CARLA: [My wife's eyes widen, and she sighs]"Kid, you didn't know about the extent of my pranks, and some of my personal feelings towards Onarius… > SMIRKS"… And you, of course, assumed that John was an irredeemable ass, and Lysandra was a narcissistic attention whore, right?" ELLIE: > NODS Yeah… CARLA: {Still having issues with social cues, even a hundred years later… Fucking asshole deity} ELLIE: > EYES WIDEN"How did you know about John's videos? CARLA:"A hundred years of watching over your family from a distance makes you pretty attentive when some cringe-ass content creator-" {No offense, kiddo}"-unintentionally slanders your wife." > FACEPALM"If it weren't for him not knowing who my wife really is, I would probably have bricked his computer when he made that video…" LYSANDRA: {Do not encourage her; we solve our problems without violence…} CARLA: > LAUGHS"I'm kidding about that as well!" > CLEARS THROAT"That would have caused a lot more problems, to be honest." LYSANDRA: {Did she hear me? No, she couldn't have, as that reality of hers isolates all signals within it. Maybe she finally got her head out of her ass? … Forget what I said} ELLIE: > RELIEVED SIGH"Oh, thank goodness…" CARLA: > CHUFFS"Yeah…" [My wife gives out a confident smirk while she shrugs]"If I did that, Ned probably would have figured out that he failed to put me out of commission. Well, almost like what he did to you." [My wife walks over to the light switch to Ellie's bedroom, turns to our daughter, and rolls her eyes]" Speaking of which, shit's darker than a cave kid." ELLIE: [My daughter, very alarmed, gets up and tries to stop Carla]"WAIT! That will wake me-" CARLA: [She turns on the switch, illuminating the room] {OOPS! Looks like a popped a flashbang lmao} > CONTENT SIGH"Much better…" ELLIE: [My daughter freezes and frantically looks at her real self, confused that she's still asleep] {Why do I seem unbothered?} CARLA:"Different reality, kid. A dreamspace copy of the real one, where this place is a 'Receiving Room' the one your mom was waiting in. A place your mom has no idea about. This place is a bridge between realities; you don't need a Runas knife here…" [My wife snickers and walks up to our real daughter, standing by her side]"… And I wouldn't turn on the lights that suddenly on ya, it will hurt you even more." [She crouches a little to her height and begins rubbing her hair] ELLIE: > CONFUSED"Hurt me?" CARLA: > SIGHS {Should I tell her, Liz?} LYSANDRA: {No? How can you hear-?} CARLA: {You'll probably say no, won't you? Kid has regressed, from the looks of things. Jesus, that fucking douchebag did this to our kid} LYSANDRA: {Never mind, she can't hear me} CARLA: [My wife stops rubbing Ellie's hair, and turns to the Dream Ellie]"You're sick in that body, kid, and the malware from your mind is being purged as we speak. Doing something sudden to ya would ruin the process." ELLIE:"Oh…" > RAISES EYEBROW"You said it like there was something more to it, right? Also, why do I feel fine, and what's with these muscles?" > FLEXES ARM CARLA:"Because that dream you is who you were before Ned took ya; minus the raccoon shit." [My wife sighs before forcing a smile]"Hey kid. How about looking at your bedroom? Lots of cool shit in here. Don't worry, your sleeping beauty of the real you is enjoying that nice memory foam that Liz made." {If you're hearing this, hon, I won't do something like what happened before we got separated. Not to our daughter; she's suffered enough. But if you are indeed hearing this, let Ellie describe what she sees, please? Her mental faculties are fucked. I've read some of your transcripts, so don't expect me to find out you've been reading this, lmao} LYSANDRA: {I'll allow it and do not push her. … I'll need to censor this from her, but Ellie's descriptions will be bolded and in braces for clarity} ELLIE: {My bedroom is, uh… decently sized. The floors appear to be oak planks?) CARLA: Luxury Vinyl Planks (LVP) in the style of oak hardwood planks. Easy to install, plus your mom and I put them on every surface in the house (minus a few rooms)} ELLIE: {Huh… … I must really like the color green because the walls are painted like that. Minus the ceiling, which is white with-?} CARLA: {Popcorn ceiling} ELLIE: {A popcorn ceiling. Everything feels rustic and also clean (mainly the bed-it is pretty comfy). The bed is against one of those giant rectangular windows. The curtains are pitch black, and they're really thick enough to be a blanket. The door is on the other wall facing the bed on the far right} CARLA: {Which was literally made of a single oak tree; the rest of the tree was for the other stuff here} ELLIE: {All the furniture seems to be made of hand-carved oak (which mim said was made of that oak tree). However, the dresser that is across from the bed, it definitely looks like it's made of walnut. There's a decently sized desk to the right of my bedstand (it has nothing on it save for a water bottle I can't even touch), and there is a little bedstand to its left with a lantern-like lamp. It kind of has a cloth-shade. It definitely looks thick enough to block a lot of light, though. The ceiling fan (and also the light) looks like a four-bladed propeller with a tear-shaped- Uh…?} CARLA: {Globe} ELLIE: {Globe that is made of a very opaque glass. The closet to the wall right of the bed just has two French doors that-} CARLA:"Go and open it, kid." ELLIE: [My daughter does as she says, opening the closet doors seeing-] LYSANDRA: {REALLY?! 100 years and you didn't clean up a dream version of Ellie's closet?!} ELLIE:"Was it always a mess like this?" CARLA: > SHRUGS"I don't know…" > SMIRKS"… I honestly didn't prepare for ya as I'm not an eldrigital deity like your mom." LYSANDRA: {EXCUSES!!! >: (} ELLIE: [Uhh, what I see… It's a mess of shirts, pants, socks, underwear, shoes…] {JESUS CHRIST! Did I live like this?!} CARLA: [My wife places a hand on the wall and laughs hysterically over my daughter's thoughts. My daughter joins her awkwardly in her laughter, though seeing Ellie's uncomfortable behavior, Carla stops, and wipes away a tear from her eyes]" Nah El! You were the neatest person in the house!" [My wife scoffs as she looks at the door, (REASONABLY) embarrassed]"Though I'll admit I wasn't the best at cleaning" LYSANDRA: {That is an understatement…} ELLIE:"So, you made this mess then?" CARLA:"Yep" > SMILE FADES"I never expected you to come back here, and the minute you arrived, I had to deal with Ned's fucking filter, so uh…" [My wife shrugs with an awkward smile]"… Whoops!" ELLIE: [My daughter looks at Carla, a bit terrified]"I-I'll clean it. If this is your reality, I'll-" CARLA:"Clean the mess you didn't make?" [My wife snaps her fingers, and in a flash, the closet becomes tidy and clean] ELLIE: [My daughter freezes, with her mouth agape in complete disbelief over my wife being LAZY on cleaning a closet with programming] CARLA:"Pretty cool, huh?" [My wife gives a smug look at Ellie, letting out a small snicker]"Shit's so easy when you just alter things in code, like John's luggage." ELLIE: > EYES WIDEN"CRAP! I forgot about-!" CARLA: [My wife places a hand on Ellie's shoulder, concerned]"Hey relax kid, you can return it to him when you get back." [She looks away from Ellie, uncomfortable] ELLIE: > SUSPICIOUS"Something wrong?" CARLA: [My wife's eyes widen as she turns to Ellie]"Nah kid! Just thinking about how to get you h-h-home…" [She stammers a bit at that word]"Faster!" ELLIE: > SUSPICIOUS NOD"Okay…?" LYSANDRA: > SIGHS"How about you describe what is in your closet, El?" ELLIE: [My daughter focuses on the closet] {Uh… It's more than just clothes, which are mainly flannels, sweatshirts, jeans, cargo shorts, and…} [My daughter stares at the closet blankly, confused]"Why do I have 10 pairs of hiking boots?" CARLA: > CONTENT SIGH {Damn, feels nice to remember the fun we had after so long} > CHUFFS"You were really active, and I helped you be that way. Even with your asthma, you really wanted to move around." ELLIE: > SUSPICIOUS"Which you encouraged, right?" CARLA: [My wife frowns while shrugging]"Yeah, because you sat on your ass a lot. Why else would you be so well-toned on this server?" LYSANDRA: {Carla…} CARLA: [My wife watches Ellie, silently trying to process what she said] LYSANDRA: {Do I need to remind you Ellie has a hard time processing social cues like that?} CARLA: [My wife eventually gives out a wide grin and laughs]"Nah! I'm kidding!" > CLEARS THROAT"I am serious about why I worked so hard on your physical fitness; your asthma was really bad. I had to push ya to kind of treat it a bit…" [She pounds her chest, letting out a deep breath]"… And your lungs, of course, got to the point of a marathon runner-specifically climbing up trees." ELLIE:"Like the one by the cliff-side? CARLA: > EMBARRASSED"Yeah, and uh-" [My wife looks sternly at Ellie]"-Do not try that again while you're in my reality, and your mom's reality, okay?" ELLIE: > NODS CARLA: [My wife sighs, and then gives a gentle smile]" Liz, in hindsight, didn't want us hurt." > SMIRKS"Though she was always so frantic that you would push yourself too much, as you really wanted to be like me." ELLIE: [My daughter turns to her extra pairs of boots and points to them, turning her head to Carla curious]"Hence the boots?" CARLA:"Yep!" [My wife makes a little hand-mouth] LYSANDRA: {CARLA!!! >: (} CARLA: {My wife is going to cringe at my impression of her} [Carla does the AWFUL impression of me >: (]"'Ellie! If you come inside with muddy boots again, I'll have you sleep outside!'" > LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY LYSANDRA: {I DIDN'T SAY THAT!} ELLIE: [My daughter joins her mimi in laughter. She eventually calms down before she speaks with a voice crack]"So-!" > CLEARS THROAT"-She made 10 boots for me and had me leave the ones I used outside every time I came in?" LYSANDRA: {Tell her about her allergies} CARLA: [My wife struggles to contain her laughter as she tries to talk]" Pretty much, kiddo." > COUGHS"Actually, you had bad inhalant allergies; she made them so you could change your boots so you didn't track in mud, which contains mold." ELLIE: > CURIOUS"They were that bad?" CARLA: [The shit-eating grin my wife had drops as her eyes droop in sadness]"Yeah, they were really bad." > DEEP SIGH"Your room was pretty clean for a reason." ELLIE: > HORRIFIED"Oh…" CARLA: > EYES WIDEN"They're better now, kid, and Liz probably still has those sublingual drops in her medicinal data cube, which you should take when you get back to her reality." ELLIE: > RAISES EYEBROW"Do I need to take them here?" CARLA: > SHAKES HEAD"Nah! This version of you has no medical problems like the real you, so you'll be fine." ELLIE:"Oh." CARLA: {I wonder if she still has them...?} LYSANDRA: {Yes, and the formula} CARLA: > SOFT SMILE"Say, kid, how about we get some grub? I'm hungrier than a coon." > SNICKERS ELLIE:"Sure…" [My daughter stares at the door, concerned]"Wait? Even though this is a dreamspace, is there a chance that interacting with stuff in the kitchen will cause a glitch in mom's reality?" CARLA: > SHAKES HEAD"This reality you're in is not perceivable to Liz or Reuben." [My wife smirks and points to the drywall]"Again, if they could perceive everything going on right now, you would have made a hole in the wall kiddo] ELLIE: > EYES WIDEN"Oh yeah…" CARLA: > SMILE FADES"Don't worry about it too much, though this forgetfulness is a sign of the fuckery from that goddamn filter." ELLIE: [My daughter's stomach grumbles as she turns to Carla, embarrassed]"Did it also cause that?" CARLA: [My wife shakes her head and smirks]"Nah, that's just you!" [She snickers and begins heading for the door]"I'll make you some grub, probably something that isn't digital shit for once." ELLIE: > SMILES"What are you making then?" CARLA:"A surprise." ELLIE: [My daughter attempts to go to the door before she is stopped by Carla] CARLA: > FROWNS"Though, do me a favor, El, as I won't let you in the kitchen until you do it." ELLIE: > RAISES EYEBROW"What is it?" CARLA: [My wife waves her hand in front of her nose]"Take a goddamn shower, and put on some clothes like that past you. You look and smell like a neet, and let me tell ya, I fucking hate it when people don't take care of themselves." ELLIE: [My daughter sniffs herself, gags, and stares at Carla, embarrassed]"Sorry." CARLA:"'Ey! I'm not that mad you, kiddo, you've been away in that hellhole for a hundred years" [My wife giggles, scratching Ellie's hair and also inspecting it]"But seriously, though, you really need to wash up; you're a pretty dim lightbulb." ELLIE: > ANNOYED"You read Onarius's joke, didn't you?" CARLA: [My wife nods, smirking as she opens the door]"It was pretty funny though, you got to admit!" [She walks through the door and turns to Ellie with a stern face]"But seriously, go wash up and change your clothes. > SMILES"Oh, and welcome home, kid." [She shuts the door gently in front of Ellie and begins walking to the kitchen] ELLIE: [My daughter smiles, and she turns to her clothes closet, picking out the clothes from her memory, dropping her smile to remember small parts of that one memory: A white undershirt, some clean undergarments, a plaid green button shirt, and a pair of blue jeans] CARLA: [My wife opens the door, dropping in a small plastic clothes basket through the doorway]"Use this to get your clothes in the bathroom and the dirty shit in it. When you go outside, it will be the middle door on the wall facing ya. The door on the left is my bedroom, so don't even dare. The door on the right has something pretty cool you may want to see." ELLIE: > CURIOUS"Are there other doors in the hallway?" CARLA:"Right…" [My wife looks to the left and right of her]"To your left is the guest bedroom, now a storage room. The right side is your brother's room, though it isn't actually in this reality, so don't go in there. Far end of the hallway, to your left, is the master closet that, uh…" > SIGHS"… Is a giant-ass, white void of data storage. Your mom keeps it locked to everyone else for a reason, and I'm doing the same here." LYSANDRA: {And there was that one time Ellie got lost in there for an hour} ELLIE:"I see…" > RAISES EYEBROW"Wait, what's in the room bordering the bathroom?" CARLA: > SMIRKS"That would ruin the surprise kid, and it would delay breakfast if I told ya." > CHUFFS"Take your time kiddo; your mim is going to cook up some grub. It's going to be something healthy, not that junk food you've been eating for a hundred years. Your diet is out of whack and you need something to help reintroduce you to more nutritious foods, but it will be something you'll love." ELLIE: > EXCITED SMILE"RAMEN?!" CARLA: > CHUCKLES"Yep!" [My wife loudly clears her throat, looking at Ellie sternly]"And no, you aren't allowed into the kitchen until you wash up. Now go take a shower, kid. And be sure to leave the dirty clothes basked in the bathroom; I'll get it out later. And get the boots later; we don't wear shoes in the house." [My wife gently closes the door, leaving Ellie with the clothes basket] ELLIE: [My daughter stares at the door for a bit, then puts her new clothes in it. She opens the door quickly and doesn't pay any attention to her surroundings (of course) as she goes into the bathroom to wash up and not look like a streamer] LYSANDRA: {Should I let Ellie do the descriptions of what she is about to see? Probably, though I think I may need to edit her descriptions of the living room and kitchen (she has a nasty habit of dragging things out too long). Though Carla wanted me to keep her descriptions in… … I'll allow the descriptions of the restroom and your favorite place in the house. The rest are going to be done by me. Sorry, honey, but it is what it is. … Oh, and Carla, if you are reading this, whatever you are planning to do today with Ellie, do not push her; she's forgotten a lot of things. … I still love you. I hope we can be together again} CARLA: {Well, we can still message each other, Liz} LYSANDRA: {YOU READ ALL OF THIS?!: O} CARLA: {Yeah. Though there's a delay, I need to fix that. I'm honestly surprised this is even possible, given that Ned placed that firewall program} LYSANDRA: {I think it may have been because I'm monitoring Ellie} CARLA: {Interesting… Hey babe? Do you mind if we talk a little? Away from those freaking weirdos?} LYSANDRA: {Sure honey} {Sorry everyone} {TERMINATING REMOTE CONNECTION… DONE} {REMOTE CONNECTION TERMINATED} {SKIPPING FOOTAGE… DONE}