four; voice + text

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[ HELLO NETWORK Roslyn has a gift for you. that is, she is using something other than text over the network and it isn't encrypted. WHOA.

she also sounds pretty harried! what's up with that. ]

I have news.

The time equipment can't be reached. Security is too heavy even with these problems.

They knew this was coming. It's time inconsistencies, the result of our mission. Sometimes the smallest thing changes and it causes others - the butterfly effect, it's been called before. They didn't think it would be this fast, or this bad -

[ a pause, a quick intake of air. she's struggling to make sure she remembers and says everything. as she falls silent, a second voice speaks up. Tony Stark, for those who recognize his voice. ]

Their 'solution' for this problem of theirs: send us out to fix it. The ones who can be sent out, because they're not in danger of suddenly blinking out of existence due to her-mentioned butterfly effects. And that's also why all the new neighbours all the time – just to make sure there's enough people around to keep sending people out. Because the population, not growing. People coming in to replace the ones who have vanished.

[ another pause, this time filled with the noise of a hand over the mic, movement nearby and the murmur of muffled voices. then the hand lifts and she speaks again. ]

Bariyan. John. The children.

If there's a mission -

[ she lets that hang in the air and shuts off the connection.

not long afterwards, a few encrypted messages go out from Roslyn! ]

voice; encrypted to Robin Hood;

Are you all right?

voice; encrypted to Bariyan;

I asked some questions.

voice; encrypted to John;

I've heard the clinic is having some troubles. How are you doing?

voice; encrypted to Riku;

I haven't heard from you recently. Is everything all right?

Comments

[biwinning]

but not the weak?

[boughtabookstore]

I have yet to see you in action, I have no idea if you're weak or not.

But I know for certain you're whiny.

1/2

[biwinning]

[biwinning]

...
oh, no, you're thiinkiing of eriidan.

[boughtabookstore]

Not at all. Eridan is occasionally overdramatic but he hasn't been whiny.

[biwinning]

ii'm not whiiny.

[boughtabookstore]

A little bit.

[biwinning]

not even a liittle biit.

[boughtabookstore]

It's not actually up for debate.

[biwinning]

you don't even fuckiing know me you can't 2ay ii'm whiiny when you don't know me.

[boughtabookstore]

Let me rephrase: in my encounters with you you have demonstrated a certain whiny quality.

[biwinning]

liike when??
name one-
two tiime2.

[boughtabookstore]

Now.

When we initially arrived.

[biwinning]

ii'm not whiiniing riight now!

[boughtabookstore]

Your communications throughout this conversation have had a distinctly whiny quality.

[biwinning]

uh really?
yeah, no.
ii've ARGUED wiith you becau2e you're fuckiing wrong and doubtiing my abiiliitiie2.
whiich, WHOOP2, anyone would do.
or, 2orry, 2hould ii treat you liike a pathetiic 2ad2ack who can't even open a jar of grub2auce, 2o you under2tand how iit fuckiing feel2, and then call you whiiny two?

[boughtabookstore]

That's precisely how you've already been treating me.

Shockingly, it hasn't actually bothered me.

wow what was i even writing

[biwinning]

no ii haven't.
... ii thought better of you.
untiil now ii mean.

[boughtabookstore]

You have an odd way of showing it.

You may want to work on that.

[biwinning]

ii have no rea2on two now.

[boughtabookstore]

I wasn't referring to myself, but rather anyone else you may run into here.

Alienating people is not the best possible choice.

[biwinning]

well maybe that'2 ju2t how ii roll and iit'2 worked for 6 2weep2 now 2o fuck iit miight a2 well contiinue, who need2 change.

[boughtabookstore]

Clearly not you.

[biwinning]

clearly.

[No Sollux, you aren't winning this fight.]

[boughtabookstore]

[ that was sarcasm, she wants to say. but ehhh. ]

In general, learning from experience is considered a good thing.