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[Video]
[Osprey sits in front of the camera, the shot zoomed in to only show his head and shoulders.]
This is an open inquiry to the Initiative, and to any transports who may have relevant information. I, and at least one other transport, have begun manifesting symptoms that are... problematic. We seem to be losing visibility in the extremities.
[He holds up a hand in front of the camera, and the fading is obvious - his fingers are almost impossible to see.]
I'd hoped to avoid having to cause issues again, but if there is no response from the Initiative within a fairly short timeframe, I will take action again. I won't be shooting anybody, but let me be clear - I'm a better digital counter-security expert than I am a physical one, and we both remember how your physical security handled me.
[He pauses for a moment.]
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that to sound threatening. But I am not in a comfortable state of mind here. A prompt response would be greatly appreciated.
This is an open inquiry to the Initiative, and to any transports who may have relevant information. I, and at least one other transport, have begun manifesting symptoms that are... problematic. We seem to be losing visibility in the extremities.
[He holds up a hand in front of the camera, and the fading is obvious - his fingers are almost impossible to see.]
I'd hoped to avoid having to cause issues again, but if there is no response from the Initiative within a fairly short timeframe, I will take action again. I won't be shooting anybody, but let me be clear - I'm a better digital counter-security expert than I am a physical one, and we both remember how your physical security handled me.
[He pauses for a moment.]
I'm sorry. I didn't mean that to sound threatening. But I am not in a comfortable state of mind here. A prompt response would be greatly appreciated.
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Please provide as much detailed information regarding this new condition as you are possible: The time you noted it first surfacing, extent of effect, any changes in habit, diet, or other factors which might have some connection. Any other persons experiencing your symptom are encouraged to do likewise in order to paint a clearer picture of the problem.
You may be contacted to see our chief medical aide for a full diagnostic in order to better provide our analysts the data needed to determine the correct course of action.
We request your patience as we investigate this situation; you will be informed of progress as headway is made.
[Video] Private
You are a fucking idiot. Not only do you threaten them, you tip our hand that we suspect this is their doing when we have no solid evidence. Did you hear that? WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE. It's highly unlikely that they didn't do it but it's possible.
Now if they did do it they're going to clam up and we'll never get anything out of them. Jesus Christ you moron. This just made any investigation five times harder than it had to be.
Did you even think before you got online and started issuing threats? Probably not or you would have WAITED for more solid irrefutable evidence before throwing it in their faces... now people just think you're a nut. Not like they didn't think that after what you did last time. But now? Now you look even worse.
Way to jump the fucking GUN!
Re: [Video] Private
Not only that, but for all you know it's just the two of us effected, two people might be a coincidence.
Jumping the FUCKING GUN.
Private voice
Obtaining useful data is no harder now than it was before my announcement, at least from where I'm standing, although I acknowledge that not everyone has my skillset and toolkit available.
Besides, what would you have done? Inquiries on the network are open game - it's not like they can't listen in on our little exchange here, they control the hardware and software platform. The clinic would be limited help - my biometrics don't see a thing wrong, which makes this being a biological problem highly unlikely. The Initiative has all the cards, and I wanted to give them at least one good faith chance before I went and picked another fight.
Private voice
Giving them an ultimatum and then threatening cyber-terrorism if they don't reply the way you like it is NOT a fucking show of trust.
Not effecting any investigation? What planet are you from? Have you done ANY undercover work at all? The key to undercover work is that they don't know that you're looking at them. Now they know.
So anything we might have heard while training, or wandering the main building, or just fucking hanging out...any tiny tidbits that someone might have slipped and said in our presence is now not going to happen. Because if they did it, they know we suspect and will be watching their fucking mouths.
So what would I have done? I don't know, arranged meetings in person between people that were affected to figure out exactly what we have in common. Otherwise known as a victimology. Then had unaffected friends keep their ears to the ground or even affected people with like gloves or something to get what intel we could.
THEN tip our hand and wave a sword at them and see how they react and if it matches up with what we've managed to figure out on our own.
That's called proper police work. Thus endeth the fucking lesson.
Private voice
[There's a pause.] I'm sorry. That wasn't called for. But irrationality comes with the meat, so you should be used to it.
Back to the topic at hand, though - digital security is not as nimble as physical or psychological security. If I can get data, I can get data. If I can't, it won't have mattered that I tipped my hand. They don't have access to my personal toolkit to tailor defenses against it.
If anything, you're the one who's blown our chances at investigational groundwork. By posting this rant, you've tipped your hand, not that it wasn't already compromised from your initial post.
Re: Private voice
Number one, I didn't blow anything. We were already blown way way way WAY blown thanks to your little rant there. And also? Meat? Unless you're a fucking computer we're both meat dumbass.
TWO, as far as we know, the Initiative IS made up of PEOPLE. So, an epidemi-whatever perspective is not going to fucking work. People are about as far from a computer as we're going to get. People are irrational, driven by emotion and sometimes just plain stupid. If you know what you're doing people being stupid is your best weapon in ANY situation.
They're acting like criminals right now, so, I don't know about you, but investigating them like criminals seems like a good idea.
Private Voice
Two, you're the one assuming the Initiative is actively responsible for this. I don't believe that's a valid assumption. I do believe the phenomenon is related to whatever they're doing to pull us here and then throw us through time, though, which means they have a knowledge base likely to provide greater insights. So unless you've got an expert on temporospatial physics hiding somewhere, we're going to have to work with their experts, and trying to work nicely beats the alternative.
Re: Private Voice
Natively digital intelligence? Isn't that just a fancy word for AI? Huh, weird. And here I thought running into Tony Stark was...
Wait a second, that's who we need to go see.He's not a temporospatial expert or anything but if the com... err, my sources are right he'll at least have SOME idea of what might be causing this.
Private Voice
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The sweep turned up no signs of tampering, and at that point, another transport had reported similar symptoms over the network. After confirming the basic nature of the two incidents was the same, I posted my request for information to you.
I have made no major changes to diet since arriving here - even during the drugging, my onboard naniotics handled the hallucinogen without a problem. My routine's been irregular - it seemed wise to stay out of sight after the incident - but the general nature of my activities hasn't changed significantly.
As to the extent of the situation, it doesn't seem to have spread past the wrist or ankles yet, although at the current rate of progression that's likely to change within the next several hours.
Attached are logs from my medical sensors for the past 72 hours, referenced against my established baseline readings. Let me know if format help is needed.
Thank you for your quick response.
permatext;
"Didn't mean to sound threatening"
You're a terrible liar.
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permatext
You're correct, that's not entirely true. Mea culpa. But threatening was not my objective here. Forgive me for panicking a bit when I seem to be disappearing.voice;
Voice
voice;
[Some shuffling, and familiar crunching starts up. Her tone of voice is lazy, almost bored.] I don't know too much about military stuff, but you're a hostage, same as us, and you already killed one of their men. I don't blame you for killing the bastard, but you're lucky not to be dead already. If you don't shut the hell up and lay low, the rest of us are gonna have to deal with it. So shut up.
Voice
Also, you may have noticed that they've responded quickly and clearly to the request. I'm not saying to fully trust them yet, but so far it looks like they're being helpful and forthcoming here.
voice;
[And she scoffs.] Yeah, they'll help you for about as long as it takes to get rid of you. You talk too much.
Voice
Also? If I suddenly disappear right now, it blows up in the Initiative's face - it would undermine their whole 'we're sorry, we're going to do better' thing if I were to be vanished. Being loud and present is my best defense.
[video]
[just a minute he'll be frantically checking his own hands. Okay, they seem to be in one piece. Okay. Cool. That's good--]
How long have you been here? -- I mean, you and the other guy it's happening to....
voice;
You're bettin' a lot on if they're gonna keep promises. They already drugged all of us -- why do you think you're so important they won't just go back on what they said and make it look like they didn't? Or that people'll even care if you bite it? It's a dumb risk to accuse 'em of something and threaten them, when you don't know what you're up against.
[video]
Okay, that's really upsetting and shit. I get that. But not being calm about it ain't gonna help much.
[An awkward pause.]
And I know how damn hard that can be. But if you can't keep your cool, maybe getting somebody else to deliver the message would be better.
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Private Voice
no subject
Just don't bother lying. If you're going to threaten, threaten.
video;
You're very good at being non-threatening.
Video
I'm much better at it normally. I can go weeks without threatening people at home. But then, I don't normally start disappearing at home either.
Video
This place keeps pushing us into corners. [She pauses.] Are you still able to touch things when you disappear?