05th anomaly ; video ; open

[dinosize]

Have you ever wondered what comes next? Evolutionarily. After humans.

[ Stephen is in his own cabin, a light and airy space that doesn't really seem to suit him. The camera is propped up on the edge of a sink, where he's washing out blood and dirt from the clothes he wore while out in the port.

He's not really looking at the camera. ]

Do you think humans could ever be a food source for another animal?

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[visetvires]

Villages. So humans have been preyed upon in your experience.

[dinosize]

Yeah. A lot.

[visetvires]

Then your question's somewhat disingenuous.

[dinosize]

I phrased it a bit poorly. I meant a main food source, for another animal.

[visetvires]

Mm. So the village was a matter of convenience?

[dinosize]

Can hardly be said to be habitual, if by definition it's an animal acting outside the bounds of its own time.

And mostly it was slaughtering them, not eating them.

[visetvires]

Really? Slaughtering them and leaving the bodies?

[dinosize]

It was - gruesome.

[visetvires]

Animals don't usually murder.

[dinosize]

No kidding.

It's how we found out they were under the control of something else.

[visetvires]

What was it?

[dinosize]

An ancient Aztec god?

Or something sentient from the future. Your pick.

[visetvires]

[She makes a 'pshh' noise.]

You almost had me for maybe half a second.

[dinosize]

Sorry. I'm not joking.

It controlled them with pheromones. At least, that's what we think the smells came from.

[visetvires]

That sounds impossible to fight.

[dinosize]

Wasn't easy.

[visetvires]

I'd congratulate you if you weren't so goddamn humble.

[dinosize]

[ Makes him laugh, a little. He doesn't think of himself as particularly humble. He's just a terrible storyteller. ]