o2. text / partially filtered

[overclocking]

[ Backdated to August SEPTEMBER (I can months) 4th / Visible to everyone but Rosette and Mary ]

[Chrono had very seriously considered doing this through video or audio, but in the end, he opts for the more cowardly way—he's less likely to give himself away when voices and faces aren't involved. So he hides behind the benefits of emotionless text, and pretends it's a question of curiosity and not terrible selfishness.]

I've heard talk about death not existing here. Or, at least, that the Initiative can bring people back to life. But so far, it's all just been talk.

I need to know for sure. Is there anyone here who's died and been brought back, or knows someone who has? I know something like this might be unpleasant to talk about. [Understatement, hah...] But, if you could... I'd really like to speak with you.

It's important.

Comments

text; private

[velveteened]

( the main reason he replies in the end is because elliot really makes no secret of — )

Yes.

[overclocking]

[He's not sure he likes seeing Oz's name attached to that answer.]

Someone you know?

[text;private]

[observingfate]

Are you alright?

[overclocking]

[The amount of lying in this response is directly correlated to how general that question is.]

Assuming the worst?

text; private

[concealingeyes]

i've been through it, yeah. what happened?

[overclocking]

Kido. [Dammit. All the people he likes.]

Nothing's happened [yet], I just- need to know. Do you mind explaining what happened?

voice;

[taijiya]

[The text-to-voice button is still Sango's favorite feature of the tablet.]

Luckily enough I haven't, but Kirara has. Why do you need to know?

voice;

[overclocking]

[He hesitates for a long moment before swapping over to audio, himself. It seems—well, rude—to intentionally use a format he knows she can't interpret without the tablet's help. He uses that moment to steel his voice into something neutral.]

It's just something I've been wondering about. [Flippant, evasive.]

What happened to Kirara...? Was she fighting with you?

text, private, early afternoon on the 6th icly;

[ringwizard]

My body died in August, and I was returned to it a few days later. What kind of details are you looking for?

[overclocking]

A few days?

[Resists the urge to shudder, just thinking about that.]

I guess... what it was like. What you experienced. It's something I always thought was impossible, so I want to learn more about how they're managing it.

video; private

[hyanaimne]

[the only reason she responds with voice at all is because she sees who the poster is. The video? Because of the subject.

At the very least, she's good at keeping her face neutral]

Is everything alright?

audio.

[overclocking]

[He doesn't quite trust himself enough to be subtle, if she can see his face. But text after she's videoed him would seem like shutting her down, all the same.

He compromises on audio only, voice carefully level.]

Everything's fine, Tempest. Don't worry.

text

[anklets]

[Has been here long enough to fathom at least one reason why questions like these might be asked across the entire network, she tries to put them all from her mind, still worn too thin from yesterday.]

what do you remember hearing about the epidemic, chrono?

[overclocking]

It was shipped to the island by the UE. It affected a large number of people, and many were quarantined. It hit the natives harder than it did us.

Unfortunately, that's all I know for certain.

[ text ]

[hostage]

Yeah what do you want to know?

[overclocking]

[It's a bit of a stretch, and he knows it. But;]

More than anything? How they do it.

Text; filtered

[wilder]

I'm dead back on my world, does that count?

[overclocking]

Yes.

[In fact, that's doubly relevant.]

Do you know for sure that you've [takes a small breath as he types,] died? You remember it?

text;

[jailbreaks]

wish i could answer that. thought that maybe i had died but seems like i didnt in my world. still, ive heard people say that theyve died in their worlds before they came here.

[overclocking]

It seems to be the case for at least a handful of people, yeah.

How did you not know for sure? About whether you died or not, I mean.

text | private;

[crocodilesmiles]

It's true.

I can't talk about coming back here, but I can talk about having people die in my arms, and having them come back, and they're fine. As fine as you can be, they're physically -- here. More than one person I know.

But not everyone can come back. It depends on how you die. If the United Earth messes something up with your home signal, or something like that, I don't exactly get it, then you're dead for good here too.

[overclocking]

That shouldn't even happen once, let alone multiple times.

But- if the UE has the power to disrupt it, that must mean that have the power to revive people as well, right? [Which also means it can be stolen, if the Initiative isn't cooperative.]

voice;

[acemedium]

[Actually serious for once]


...Yeah, it's happened before.

text.

[overclocking]

[He's surprised, more than a little.]

What happened?

[text] 1/2

[anotheryosuke]

no wait what
are you telling me THEY CAN BRING BACK DEAD PEOPLE HERE are there zombies
seriously this is really important i need to know this
well you know its important obviousy but i mean if you know anything or hear anything or

2/2 [comes a little later]

[anotheryosuke]

uh sorry about that you just scared the shit out of surprised me a lot dunno why i was surprised though. but seriously, are there zombies?

voice;

[phaseshifts]

[He doesn't sound as affable as he did when they first spoke. In fact, his tone hints at being in a bit of a Mood. It's not actually directed at Chrono, though.]

Finding anything interesting?

voice. private

[overclocking]

[He doesn't really seem to mind, and swaps to audio in kind.]

Tyki. Yes, actually.

It seems like the Initiative wasn't lying after all.

Private | Text

[astraia]

[Jean considers the video for a few long minutes. It's not something she wants to broadcast, not something she wants to think about, but if she can use to help someone else...

In the end, she compromises.]

I didn't die here, but I was dying at home, before the Initiative took me.

[overclocking]

Dying? But you hadn't died yet?

[He feels- strangely callous, even asking it like that. But he wants all the information he can get. (Makes a mental note to apologize later.)]

video;

[scienceinacan]

Important, why? ♥

text.

[overclocking]

[Haha, haa... Classified.

He's very, very glad text comes off as neutral.]

Call it curiosity?

voice;

[srslynotguy]

Chrono...?

[ You forgot to filter him out. Now he's concerned for his food eater friend. ]

voice.

[overclocking]

[Shit. He briefly contemplates keeping it text, but... It's Flynn.

He swaps over to audio, after hesitating a moment.]

Flynn. What is it? [Maybe we can play innocent.]

Anonymous Text

[itstotallyaliens]

I have, but not here.

[overclocking]

[Hesitates, fingers hovering over the keys.]

Your own world, then? Things like this happen there, too? [This is possible in multiple places?]

(video)

[braavado]

[Hey, it's the guy who shared the cookies with her!]

Where did you hear that from? Isn't that kind of suspicious, saying people can be brought back?

text.

[overclocking]

[He remembers her, in passing—the girl with the big appetite. There would have been recognition there, if she could see his face.]

Several people have mentioned it in passing since I got here, all in unrelated conversations. It was too much to be coincidental...

From what I'm hearing, though—people can, and have, been brought back. It's more a question of how...

[text]

[affectate]

I've never died here. However, an acquaintance once informed me that such was the case?

You appear rather un-dead, Sir; corpses can not type. What are you planning?