V. IC CONTACT (RETIRED)

[firstroar]

• Text [ENABLED]
• Voice [ENABLED; automated voice message]
• Video [DISABLED]
• Telepathy [TWO-MILE RANGE REQUIRED]

Comments

[cupnoodles]

[firstroar]

[it's back again, as are the horrid visions.

Jomy's screams in the empty void of space, still rattled by the distant heat of battle.

all of it now distorted within the confines of the tin can.

Soldier Blue feels a chill – a feeling that often comes nipping at his heels. the feeling he dared not give name to.


despair.]

[cupnoodles]

wow good thing i didn't get him a washing machine

GLOWING EYES MEAN TELEPATHY

[mgann]

[Hey, Blue, you get a familiar voice in your head after M'gann sees your convo with Keith.]

Blue?

SPARKLY GLOWY TEREPASHII

[firstroar]

M'gann.

[somebody's a little...stressed. but he's keeping it together. kinda:] Be careful, talking to that man.

MY MIND IS YOUR MIND

[mgann]

What's going on? Are you all right?

[DOES SHE NEED TO LOBOTOMIZE A BITCH?]

text

[highhealplz]

hello blue! its ashraf. [ redundantly... ] are you very busy?

DELAYED RESPONSE BECAUSE OLD

[firstroar]

Hello Ashraf.
What can I help you with?

[highhealplz]

i have someone asking how to private a network conversation and im really bad with that! do you think you could show her how to make it so not even the really skilled can break in?

6/14

[salvagedsoul]

Blue, I am leaving. I cannot sit idle in this war any longer.

Please, take care of yourself, and do not worry about me. I'll be back soon.

6/17

[firstroar]

Kaworu. Please respond.

[salvagedsoul]

[a response doesn't come.]

voice

[highhealplz]

[ GUESS WHO'S BACK AGAIN, IT'S THE TECH-UNSAVVY GUY, this time too upset to bother with typing. he sounds strained, and speaks quickly. ]

Blue, if you're available, I need to ask another favor from you. Get back to me when you can, please.

voice

[firstroar]

[ayoo medicine man you sound like you need your own. pls wait four minutes.]

I am here. Ashraf, what is it?

[highhealplz]

[ FOUR ANXIOUS MINUTES IN WHICH HE DEBATED ASKING SOMEONE ELSE OMG. but good old blue comes through. ]

Can you use the network to tell me where a tablet signal is coming from? I need to know if it's inside or outside the base, at least.

voice

[khajidont]

Hey, Blue? [There's a tinniness to his voice that means yes, Jaime is suited up.

(Child, you need to get out of that bugsuit sometime).]

Sorry to bug you, but... I was wondering if there was anything else you could tell me about what you heard from the clones? I've been trying to do more research on them, and. [And the results haven't been happy ones.]

Uh. Just get back to me if you can.

text

[firstroar]

Jaime,

Meet me at Unit 110. We shall discuss.

text

[khajidont]

Ok.

[action here, hop over to the comm...?]

11/4, mid-afternoon

[heartsink]

Blue.

[ straight to voice, straight to concern. ]

Are you alright?

[firstroar]

[straight to a few minutes of delay. a call from this girl was far from his mind.]

Hello, Haruka.

text

[salvagedsoul]

[it's clear, now, what's happened to Physis.]

Blue. How are you?

[firstroar]

I'm still awake.

text

[khajidont]

[Slightly backdated to earlier on the 26th.]
If you're getting this, you wanted to know more about the clones. I'm going to tell the network what I know soon, but here's a copy of my notes.

[Attached is this document.]

text 12/9

[crocodilesmiles]

( Once upon a time this would have been a long description of what she's going to be doing.

Then she realized she had to send this to a whole bunch of people, so she got lazy, and: )

Hey, I'm going to take up a missionary position in France! See you again in about a month. Hopefully the snow's not all gone by then!

This is actually somewhat related to the AI investigation... it's way too soon in history to be where the UE found the start of theirs, but it's something to do with the guys who made major breakthroughs in self-aware AI models. Our AI doesn't think it's changed too much with the rest of history, but we won't know for sure until we're there and trying, but, well, it's kind of convenient for me that we get to try at all. It's something I might actually be able to do, and when we know more about the actual AI... maybe it will have helped in the long road!

( That was a thing. )

[firstroar]

[HOLD THE PHONE.] "We"? Who will be with you during this?