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[highfrequency]

[Raiden is crouched, holding the communicator in one hand, and empty vials in another. He's looking at the vials, his eyes never once darting towards the screen. There is a trace amount of blood on his breastplate. When he speaks, it's with a harsh edge that barely disguises a haunted tremor.

Some of the structures around him are busted up.]

Found one of those bastards in the market place, pretending he was sick. He had these.

[He rolls the vials between his claws.]

I caught him, he didn't say much though. Just "United Earth stands strong, obey and prosper!" And that the Exiles will be punished.

[He looks up into the sky, squinting his single eye, then opens his mouth slightly as if to say something. When nothing comes out, he just sighs.]

...Yeah. Guess that's it.

[He stands up, waving the vials in a "come and get it" gesture.]

Raiden out.

[Feed cuts out]

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[voice]

[highfrequency]

Killed him.

[He sounds tired]

He bit off his own tongue so I ended it there.

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

What did you do with him? Y'know, after that.

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Nothing. He's still here.

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

Isn't leaving his body in the middle of wherever just going to anger the pricks who did this?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

We're in an alley.

Not that it matters much, I kinda doubt we can piss these guys off any more than we already have.

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

Guess they don't value one of their people, then. But you'd think it would. Them losing someone like that.

[ sending people out on suicide missions. that shit belongs in the movies for her. ]

Do you know how many of these pricks are out there?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Nope.

[Sigh]

But the AI said forty-two shipments of the virus were tracked down, right? All being sent to different people on the island...

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

[ raiden seems to know what's the go, so alisha's just going to ask him some dumb questions. ]

People who were brought here like us? Or people we can't trust?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Not sure, don't have much intel on that.

My guess, though? People we can't trust, like these agents. They get the virus and they spread it. Methodically.

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

Jesus - [ alisha looks - and sounds - slightly upset at the idea that this place isn't as safe as it should be. but she pulls herself back together quickly. ] This place just keeps getting better and better.

Does this shit happen a lot?

[voice]

[highfrequency]

Wish I could tell you it got better.

Truth is, it's been pretty rough for as long as I've been here. We're in a war, though. Guess we shouldn't expect for things to be nice and peaceful.

[voice]

[aphrodisiacs]

No. Probably stupid to think so. [ and alisha sounds resigned at that. ]

I've never really been in a war, though. I wish this place came with an instruction manual or something.