[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]

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.