[JAUNT] About a millicycle after the second attack

[breakaleginhalf]

01001101 01101111 --tḫ̩͈̖̻̗͐͗͜e̼̬̗͎̠̦͈ͤ̾͡r-- 01100110 --uc-- 01101011 01101001 --ng so-- 01101110 --ȍ̵̘̬̝͈͎͔ͩf̮̖̺̼̭̼̒ a-- 00100000 01100010 --iͮͣͪ͌ṱ̺̣͔̺͊͋̅ͣͧ͊č͍͛͋͛h--


[The voice that comes through, hours after the second attack, extremely abruptly, is heavily tinged with panic; but also nigh incomprehensible at first.

But slowly, Gil's voice comes into focus.]

01010010 01100001 01101001 Rai R͇̳̺͕͋̍ͥ̑̇ͥ̅a̳ͦ͋͐ͧ̋͌i̡̞͉͍̭̖ͥ͆̉ Raidou I'm ȯ̹̬̌̓̓k̨̡͈̬̦̼̇͒ay͍̫̰̏ okay I promise, I just
ju̹̺̘̥̫ͧst
just got a ā̭̳̳̯̞͎͑̐͝ a̩͌̓̍͡ a bit tied up.

As in- Tho̬̝̠̣͙̦̾ͣ̇ͧͣͫr̵̰̬ͨͮͣ̋̒͆n͕͖̼̰̘ͫͦͧ̄e Thorne has me strapped to a table somewhere. Not sure whe̴̺͚̒e̯̞̻̪̒̓̒͑ͤ͆è̗͉͆ͯ-e̋̏͏͇͈̜re where.

Comments

[capital_asset]

[Strapped to a table by a Thorne in Mad Scientist Mode. No, that is not remotely reassuring, especially since Raidou is pretty sure he can guess what Gil was doing during the second attack that got him strapped to a table somewhere.]

She was supposed to be in one of the I/O towers, unless she's moved since.

[Private; Psychic Protection I]

I can be there in a few hou-millicycles, if you need me.

[breakaleginhalf]

Oh shit, I'm bac̛̩̜̉̂̋ͣk̐͂̑b̘͚͉̞̫̆̐͒a̋͊ͬ̌̄̋͌͜c̭͕̱̏̈́͑ͨ̕k͊̿̋͂̔ͨ͒͡b̯̹ͮͮͪ̄͞ack in Gemini?

[He'd gotten distracted and missed Delaunay saying it. To be fair, look at this shit.

He manages to up the privacy on his end, but he can't protect it. Hell even this much was making his headache worse.]

You'd ha̩ͪ̆ͥ̕ă̬͈͕͕̜̊̈aa̧͎̭̯̳̗̮ͅą͍̱̞̃̃̌ave to be careful - it's not just Thorne, MÄ̟̥̎͆͌T̯̤͕̤͉̫̻͌ͨ̏͋̓͟H̳̘͔̏̓̑̌-̅̀̎̌̓͗͢Ṳ͋͂̉̒̆ͮ̄ ͙̞̖͙̻̺ͦ4̩̤̟ͦ͒͗͋̈́̉ͅN͏̳̻̜͙̮ͅG͎̗̙̗̥̠̰ͦͭ̎ͨͩ́̊3̈́̋̕L͉ͪ͂̎̑̑̉͞ͅZ̞̩ͣͪ ̗͎͍͉̳͈͗̇̈́͗M̨̹̏̒ͧͬ̾ͥ̔atthew and Riddick are in the room too, everyone's infiltrated.

[capital_asset]

So it would seem.

[Private; Psychic Protection I]

I'll cope.

[Not that he particularly wants to see Riddick/R1DK; in fact, he very much wants not to. But he can't not go, either - not when Gil's stuck there.]

[breakaleginhalf]

Geeze. I must've been oo̳̗͖̦̓ͭ͊͗̂̈̚͟ụ͙̬ͬ̿̀ͦͅȍ̢̠̤̩ͮ̚̚u̘̥͈̱͐́o̳̹̖̹̾ͤ͆u̶̜̲̫̺̜̬͓̐͑͛́̉ǫ̗̳̜͙̠̪̉ͅu̫ͬ̾t͍͎͍̬̟̺̍ͨ̉ͩ̊o͑̿̿͛̀̓͒͘ut for a while.

[Private, no protection]

Al̷̼͔̟̠ͤṛ̲͔ͤ̓ͭi͉͖̥̬͟g̻̣̞̱͎̩̃̆ht. Just-- yeah. I've still got enough Ĝ͍̲̦̥̻̇l̞͕̻͂̈́ͬ͆͐̎̎a̲̯̘͉͕̙̟͒̋ͣ̑m̵̩̮͈͖̪̐̃ͅ Glamour that I can break out if you need me.

[It's not enough for much more than that, though: the Trojan had gone through a lot.]

[capital_asset]

It's been about a millicycle or so since the second wave of attacks.

[Private; Psychic Protection I]

I'll remember.

[Though Raidou's fairly formidable in his own right, even without taking the demons into account.]

You sound exhausted.

[breakaleginhalf]

...shi͔̖̝̥̗̝̮ͩ̀͂̅̏͗t. Sorry for disappearing for so long.

[Private, no protection]

[It takes him a long moment to reply. He can't exactly lie and say he's fine when he's very obviously not, but the urge is still there.]

...I have no idea why thi̪̟̟̩̩̺̣̽ͮ͟s̢̱̳̪̾t͇͋ͩ͒͊̀͊ͪḥ̪̠i̧̯̩̜̜̹̯̩͒̑̈̃s̮̹̲͚̦̭ͫ͡ͅt̟̠̥̽̒ͣ̈͋h̖̪̼̝̼̹̼ͩ̾ͪ̿ͮ̚i̬͉̠ͫ͑̇ͅs̙̹̄̒͌̾̃ͧͣt̙͍͙͊̎̍ͧ͐͟h̺͒̐ͫ̈́̌ that keeps happening. It's giving me a headache.

[capital_asset]

You didn't exactly have a choice in the matter.

[He wonders what kinds of memories this is bringing back for Gil. Probably not anything good.]

[Private; Psychic Protection I]

It might be related to how they subdued you.

[He's not going to ask about that now; for one thing, he's not sure Gil will even remember.]

[breakaleginhalf]

[The fact that he hasn't woken up with someone stitching his limbs back together is still better than he expected.]

I'm still pii̊̃͗ͪ͠i̦̙̫̪̩ͧ̑̈́ͩ͛i͈̙͉̖̻̙͋͒ͭs̄ͯ̏ͦͥ́s̙̲̺̱̣͓ͧ͛̃i̷̱̰ͬ͂̍̈͆lieve I got caught by a fucking backs͖͛̋̈́̾̆͞t̛̗̹̫̥͗abbed.

[Private, no protection]

I t̸̟̤̺̗͉̳t̬̐ͧ͐t͌̂̈hink I stas̩̩̱͕̺͑̑̍ͯ͞tͩͫ́̒̚a̒ͥ͂҉̩̮b͇̻̝̰̣̈̿ͪ̚s̴̩ͩ̽̈́̿t̢͔ͫ̌̄͂͒͆ͦa̶̬̰̹̩̼ͯb͓̟̠̏ͬͫ̍̽̑s͔̠̈́ť̷̳͈͈͔̘̠͂̏ͦͩͅa͉̝͕͇̲͎͈ͮͤ͋̃̐̅̚ did something to Matthew. But fuck if I know how that made this happ̢͈͍͒eͭ̒̎ͦ͗ǹ͍̫̩̺̖ͫ̂pen.

Private - Psychic Protection I

[capital_asset]

[There's a short but noticeable period of silence.]

I'm sorry I couldn't get to you in time.

[Yes, he's still blaming himself for that.]

It could be something intrinsic to his overlay.

Private - No protection

[breakaleginhalf]

It's not your f̘̗͍̠͈̣ͮa̙u͔̦͎ͬ̅ͭ̄ͭ͟fault, Raidou. We got outnumbered.

[He's still trying to be reassuring even when he's going through all this.]

It's probably gotta be̜̼͓͍͕̟̐ͨ̉͝ ̶̜̮̌̀b̯͖̣̹̺̫ͅe̙̠̞ͫ̈̅ͥ̓̐̀͞ ̖͇̼͈ͅb͈̩͗ͅe̊ͦ̿̇͠ ̶̼̼̭̿ḇ̷̯̱̜̩ͤ̓̌̍̀̚e̩̻͈̖̗͚̅̏̎ͅ be. When we got attacked by the greys they didn't really do anything.

Private - Psychic Protection I

[capital_asset]

I should have thought to time-freeze the damned wall before it landed.

[Never mind that he'd been a bit busy at the time.]

They did enough.

[There's a pause, and then something like a sigh.]

Sorry. I'm just... I hope we can find the source of this soon.