[voice] IS ♞ EVEN ON THE NETWORK'S CHARACTER MAP VII: we are at jascon 5

[beknightedheroine]

Hey guys.

Betting it's a Jason month this time.

Mostly 'cuz I woke up with a note pinned to my hand with a scalpel.

So if you were planning on anything that isn't the tower being more awful, sorry, you're gonna have to put that on hold.

That's pretty much all I got to say. Peace.

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[beknightedheroine]

We haven't met, but I've heard of you! I'm Sayaka.

_{[Way to be cryptic, Sayaka.]}

Ah.. I figured it's better we know and get ready than just go on in blissful ignorance, you know...?

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[beknightedheroine]

A scalpel. Pinned into my hand. Very good. You've passed the auditory comprehension test.

[anon][text]

[morituramfides]

[Oops he still doesn't like being seen on the network but he's preeeetty sure Sayaka will know who he is.]

What did you do to deserve a scalpel in your hand?

[Voice]

[beknightedheroine]

...

<sub>[Sayaka takes a few moments to contemplate the worthiness another whale attack would be if it would wreck whatever Jason was planning on doing with them this month.

...shit, Lina's right.]</sub>

I'll give you that one. Keep practicing it, then. You're doin' good.

[voice]

[beknightedheroine]

_{[Yeaahhhh, unless this is the belated second coming of the Real OP-kun, that is definitely Jin.]}

I existed too hard at him, I think. Must've offended the guy with my very breathing.

[voice forever and ever]

[beknightedheroine]

What a lazy bum! I bet he could've made this into one of his cutesy little tests, too, but nope, he just gave us the bare minimum of effort. Not even givin' that one a gold star for trying, Jason.

_{[she's being purposefully agitating to potential interlopes at this point]}

[beknightedheroine]

Yes and yes. Mostly, I just want everyone to be on their guard.

[miseris_socios]

Yeah. Jason's one of the worst of them... he put a lot of us through four or five surgeries in a single month.

[verismo]

...

[There's a silence, and it wasn't really broken with a sigh. No. But rather.]

...Why do you have to charge at everything in front of you? Did you even stop to even consider what'd happen if your friend knows of it!?

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[pengeen]

You have? [Well perhaps it's not that surprising, he's been sticking his nose just about everywhere--]

Yeah, I agree. I'm getting pretty tired of being thrown into situations completely unprepared, so a little beforehand warning is nice.

[beknightedheroine]

My ol' pals Ken and Yu seem to have explaining why 'Jason month' is a bad deal covered already, so--

Yeah, I'm alright.

[anon][text] forever i'm too lazy for this

[morituramfides]

He does seem to be a particularly ornery fellow, doesn't he? Perhaps the collars in fact act as a warning system, to notify him as to who will offend him the most.

[YAY LAZINESS]

[forceless]

[Well, she gets a laugh out of him at least!]

Like a word puzzle or something? I don't know, he's probably too busy with other tests to bother.

[beknightedheroine]

<sub>[In contrast to her earlier explanatory babbling, Sayaka's now very quiet - what he said sinks in like a rock, and her memory gives that rock a kick to help it on its way - she'd screwed up due to being too reckless before, and Kyousuke's probably still feeling it now. Comparatively, she'd already shrugged this newest incident off enough to talk casually about it...

Her voice is tiny and cut taut by guilt, when she actually speaks up again.]</sub>

...I'm sorry.

_{[It's a sorry for that, and about fifty other, unsaid things--]}

[starofpleiades]

Right!

What did the note say?

[beknightedheroine]

One sec.

_{[She shamelessly copy & pastes Ven's write up of the note:]}


1. A side effect of bringing all of you here, as well as occasional native creatures.
2. Statistics.
3. Some information gathering works better under more stressful circumstances.
4. I'm afraid I'm the the one answering these this month.


-J

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[chainsawn]

... Are you sure you were awake..?

[ WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT, UROTSUKI. ]

[voice]

[beknightedheroine]

Best theory you guys have come up with yet, to be honest.

voice;

[beknightedheroine]

To be fair, I was sleeping when he put the thing in there.

When I woke up and took it out? That was definitely while conscious. Was like, ten minutes ago, actually.

[video]

[warriorscribe]

Good...

*Enoch relaxes a bit, at that. Now he can focus on the rest of what she said.*

Ah...you said you were given a note?

[boxingemperor]

It's a little hard to believe with what happened recently, but it sounds like this guy is the one to avoid at all costs next to the rest of them.

You should make sure it doesn't get infected.

[pitiedthefool]

To be honest, none of their actions do. But it's just as Ken said; Jason is one of the worst of those we know of.

[He nods faintly despite the slight hint of dislike at even saying Jason's name, but then realizes something.]

Don't think we've met. I'm Yu Narukami.

[boxingemperor]

[Five? You can hear the surprise in the breath he takes. That allows for little to no recovery time at all...not that Akihiko is good about allowing himself to recover, but operations of any sort are tough on the body.]

[boxingemperor]

Is there anybody 'above' us that we can trust?

Akihiko Sanada.

[pitiedthefool]

So far, Dax and the kid don't seem too bad... but I have my doubts.

[Or, in ellipses/protag-speak: How the hell is anyone in that group relatively sane?]

Nice to meet you, despite the circumstances.

[Yeah, Yu... Like meeting him back home in the circumstances you apparently meet a certain robot would be any better.]