[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

[photonicfighter]

...oh. You're coming around? That's good! And yes, you're in one of the I/O Towers. You were part of one of the waves that attacked us.

Er... you still sound a little rough. Are you sure that you're alright?

[breakaleginhalf]

Wait what. How̋͐̓̔ͧ̓̂̚͏̡̣̼w̻͙̩͕͓̖̻̗̼̎͛ͤ̍̾̋͊͘w̦̳̣̟̽̊̾m̩̜̫͓̺̻͌ͤ̔̍́n̮͎͖̺̱̱̬͊ͣ͛ͩ͆̅͐̚͟y̨͓͈ͤͮ̈́͋́̐͗̎m̴̰̞̬̩̩ͪͦͧ́ā͓̜̗͉͍̖̙͌ͥͩ̈́n̬̜̪͉̑̿̊̄̽̉͛̃̕y̵̘͎̭̰̝̺͙͐̏̒w̢̛͕͎͔͇̘̪̻̦̉ͭ̒̿̓̈́͋̑â̡̗̮̤͚̱̼͈͙̐ͯͮ̏͘͞ẃ͎̰̙͔̃̂̃͑̀́ȧ̸͎̝̔͒̃͋̂ͯͤ̾̀͞aves were there?

Also I don't know what happened to me, so l͉̰̤̭̤͂͌ͤ͊i̭͓͍̲̣̔̔͐ͪ́ͅk̺̰̈̏eͫ͂ͫ̊̅͂̎͏͚̪͓̟̫͔̹ ̧̞͖͙͈̺ͤ͛͛l̋̅̽̔ͨȉ̇̅̎҉̮̲̲̺k̳͇̙̲ͬ͒e̵̪͙̤̰̳̭̥͎̟̾̾ͦ̽͑ͦͮ͌̉̉ͬ͂ͤ͜ͅ l̶̥͇̜̠̍̆̇i̪̗͎̯͔̍͒̈̂̅ͥ́ke.

I'm not doing great.

[photonicfighter]

There were two of them. And the second one was a lot bigger.

[She sounds very tired.]

We'll get you fixed up! ...er, well, if THORN-E doesn't manage it, there are people in liminal working on a solution, too? You'll get sorted out!

[breakaleginhalf]

[Team Tired!]

S͇̬͎͐̃ͪ̑̐͘ǒ̵͖ͬ̈́̾š̙̲͙̼͊̓̂̑̑͊͡oͤ͌ͭ̆s͕͍͍͕̪͉̀s̡̰̲̻̭̒ͪ̄̑̑̔̅š̜̞͖͚͎͖̏͢orry. Partly my fault, probably.

[And there's a pregnant pause as he looks at THORN-E again in the real world.]

You kno͎͖͓̲̣̓ͅò̯͋̆ͯo̜̝͆̉ͩ̄̑͊̌́ͅo̺̝̮͓͕͍ͬͦō̡̺̱͉͂̊̆ͧ̅ö́̃҉̜o̘͖͌̈́̑̒̍̇̚ô̞̻̰͔̭̭̄̾̓ow what, I don't think she's feeling vv̞͇̣̫ͮ̌́̾̇̀ve̚͟ŕ̫͈̯͕̂ͧy̳ ͍͂̅v̶̞́ͩ͂̿ͧ̎̑ȅ̲̳̥̑r̛͈̖̝͛͗ͩ̾͑̊̑ͅyͯ̊ charitable to me right now.

[photonicfighter]

It's alright. It's a jaunt. Things happen?

[...she can make a guess as to what that pause was about.]

If you... need someone to come distract her for a bit, I can try?