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Operation PFFN Super Secret Video Correspondence: #8
Video opens on a haggard-looking Asher outside. The camera is shaky, and Asher moves in and out of frame as he rushes through the forest, bits of ash falling like snow.
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Asher: (breathing hard)Well, folks, shit has officially hit the fan. As you can see, we’re running for our fucking lives. I’d apologize for the Blair Witch-style camera work, but all I’ve got is my phone now.
Remi:(also out of breath)Should’ve brought that selfie stick I got you for Christmas. But did you listen to me? Noooo. Now look who was right. We’re trying to outrun a whole-ass volcano, and you’re apologizing for shaky camera work.
Asher:Why are you out of breath? You’re a wolf shifter and go running with Ben like every day.
Remi:(normal voice)I didn’t want you to feel inadequate with your puny human lungs.
Asher:I’m going to remember you said that later.
Remi:Sounds like my kind of a good time. Hey! Be sure to give them a good look at what’s happening. There’s so much ash in the sky it looks like it’s snowing.
Asher:It sure as shit doesn’t feel like snow. It’s hot.
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Asher:Jesus, Remi! Watch out!
Remi:Whoa! Spin move! Duck and weave, people! Duck and weave. The sky is falling and taking trees down with it.
Kingston:Alek, grab Eden. She thinks she’s fast, but she can’t keep up.
Eden:Papa, no! I run! Ahwooo.
Alek:I know, my little Valkyrie. But Daddy Kingston is right. You can run when we’re safe from the ash.
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Thorne:Is that a fuckingdragon?
Asher:Don’t tell metheNoah Blackthorne has never seen a dragon before.
Thorne:Fuck off, Asher. I’ve seen one, just never this close.
Asher:Kai is transporting people who can’t run as fast as some of us to the portal site.
Remi: (out of breath)Soooo, that means you, right, babe?
Asher:I told you to knock that off.
Remi moves into view on the screen and gives Asher a kiss on the cheek.
Remi:Sorry, babe.
Asher rolls his eyes and comes to a stop. He shifts the camera so it's more centered on his face.
Asher:In case you can’t tell by the state of things, a volcano has erupted not far from us. We’re evacuating and en route to a new top-secret hiding place. There’s no way to know how much longer comms are going to last. So in case I get cut off before I finish recording, I just wanted to let you know that we have managed to evacuate safely. At least so far.*heavy breath*I’m pretty sure you know by now this means the next Prince has arrived. From what Lilith has told us, the hellmouth has grown unstable. Hordes of demons have started to flood the scene and join in on the chaos.
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Tor:Are you serious? We are quite literally fleeing, and you’ve stopped to film yourself? What part of the demons chasing us do you not grasp? If something happens to my Dahlia because of your vanity, I will take a page from my father’s book and tear your spine from your meat suit.
