video; on the dissapearance of an NPC...again

[lazyinlove]

[Unless you've met this kid in person, you've probably never seen him. He's not a video post kind of guy. But this is important, and it's hard to summarize in a text post. So here he is, the face to a name that's been around for 6 months now.

He's pale, maybe a little shaken. And for some reason, he's wearing a new coat.]

Uh...

Listen. I-

[He takes a breath, realizing that he's stuttering a bit, and tries again. No, really. It's important.]

If anyone here met Richard Lawson...he's gone. And I'm sure. I-

I saw it. He- I don't know. He disappeared. He just raved about us and then disappeared. Um. He used to be on the UE council, so he knew some stuff about them. And he told me that they're still out there and that-

[Stanley swallows, and glances away from the camera for a moment. It sucks, to watch someone disappear. Fade away. But he can't think about that yet. Right now, he has to pass the message along. So he looks back, right at the camera lens this time.]

He said we have to make sure they don't find us.

(OoC: Derp, forgot to give you guys the relevant link.)

Comments

[lazyinlove]

He knew what he was talking about then.

[He's not particularly verbose, sorry about that.]

[hellosailor]

If you say so. Don't think this bodes terribly well for us. You make it sound like he's the guy with the best idea of what's going on here, if he wasn't completely insane.

[lazyinlove]

He was dying. And he knew it. It's not really the same as insane.

[hellosailor]

Dyin' isn't exactly what I'd call disappearing. Unless that's what you meant to say in the first place.

[For the first time there's silence. Clearly he'd finished doing what he was doing or decided this was more important.]

He tell you anything more useful than that?

[lazyinlove]

It was both.

You don't think warning people is useful?

[hellosailor]

Warning people that the UE can kick their asses six ways to Sunday? Not particularly, I thought everyone already knew that. That's why we're here, right? Because the Initiative couldn't fight the UE on even ground, so they dragged all our asses here to sneak around in the past.

Besides, even I know what happened last time the UE found us, and I wasn't even here. When I say useful I mean something we don't know.

[lazyinlove]

Not everyone believes it. Watch the network. You'll see.

[hellosailor]

Well if they're that goddamn dense I don't see a lot of hope in them listening to you, either.

Well, sorry about your friend, kid. Whatever happened to him.

[lazyinlove]

I didn't know him.

[hellosailor]

Oh. Well, still. Doesn't sound like you had a barrel of laughs so.

[lazyinlove]

It was awful.