( 01 ) video.

[oversleeps]

[ when the feed clicks on, marduk is in what appears to be a ruined building near the edge of town. there's snow on the floor and holes in the walls, but he's not wearing a single scrap of winter clothing. more importantly, he doesn't look especially pleased to be doing this. ]

Recently, one of the locals here went missing. Don't ask me what his name was, I'm not the one who gives a shit. I'm just here to solve the mystery.

He's missing because he's dead, and he's dead because I killed him.

[ he pauses here. it looks like it's for dramatic effect, but really he's just trying to figure out how to end the announcement. ]

Most of you would call that murder, wouldn't you? Can't remember if you all figured out what to do about that, but-- if you want retribution, you can come and get it.

[ good enough. the video ends there. ]

Comments

[alittlesweptup]

[They'd all get run out of town from a mob with torches and pitchforks.]

Don't fucking kill the locals. Or a transport. Just don't fucking kill anyone for Christ's sake this is not a difficult concept

[oversleeps]

Conceptually?
No
Of course not.
But I've yet to see a good argument for it still.

[alittlesweptup]

There isn't one because we've all hamstrung ourselves when it comes to bloody course correction

But here, let's try this one: you might have killed one person but getting away with it means everyone else who wants to kill someone is going to be happy to do as much. Slippery fucking slope

[oversleeps]

One that's easily fixed, isn't it
Seeing as I've done you the favor of telling you what happened
There's not really a lot of "getting away"
Unless no one steps up to do something about it
I'm not the one setting a poor precedent here.
It isn't my problem to fix
Anymore than what's been said.

[alittlesweptup]

Obviously

[God he is so done with this shit. --Only that is literally the opposite of what he's likely to go run off and try to do.]

[oversleeps]

If you're going to complain
Do something about it.

[alittlesweptup]

How? By putting a bullet through your brain? Yeah that's going to go well for everyone

[oversleeps]

That's a bit of a
Hasty conclusion, isn't it
No need to resort to violence or anything
I'm pretty sure that's how we got here in the first place.

[alittlesweptup]

But it's what you're after, isn't it? Reeling someone in who'd be willing to do it?

[oversleeps]

If I was interested in dying
I'd take care of things myself.

[alittlesweptup]

I didn't say you were interested in dying I said you were interested in finding someone who'd try to make it happen

[Paranoia and entrapment, thy name is Charlie Cutter.]

[oversleeps]

[ this pause is totally not suspicious, alright. he's just trying to figure out if charlie is serious or not. ]

You really think that.

[ he can't actually tell. ]

[alittlesweptup]

Why else would you bother making this post?

[oversleeps]

Seriously?
There are plenty of better places to go flirt with death
Than a network largely populated by people
Who don't even believe in it as an option

[alittlesweptup]

Oh that's right. We're all peace and holding hands here. I'd nearly forgotten. Suppose all those threats of airlocking were a fever dream then

[oversleeps]

You mean
Empty threats.
I don't recall anyone getting executed proper here
Personal grudges notwithstanding
Could be that I'm forgetting something, but
A few people bullshitting on the moon hardly supports that idea

[alittlesweptup]

If you think there aren't people here more than capable of killing someone and happy to do as much then you're a bigger idiot than this nonsense would suggest

[oversleeps]

[ :| ]

That isn't what I said.

[alittlesweptup]

Just because no one got to the people they wanted to on the moon doesn't mean they won't do a better job of it here where there's even less oversight or accountability

Clearly

[oversleeps]

[ :| ... ]

You're just
Going off here
Where no one else is going to read this
Aren't you.

[alittlesweptup]

And that's different from what you've done here how

[Oh my god just tell him why you bothered doing this he is so not good at this psychoanalyzing thing and desperately wants to know.]

[oversleeps]

[ sorry friend, your answer is in another castle. ]

Mine wasn't senseless rambling.

--> disconnect

[alittlesweptup]

It might as well have been

[Hiss stamp throws a fit]