animus_network | Second Duel (Forward dated to late Saturday morning)

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Second Duel (Forward dated to late Saturday morning)

*It's Margulis' first appearance on the network, and...well, he looks horrible. He looks like he's barely slept in days and he looks almost sickly pale, except for where he skin is inflamed red from the cold. His scar is an angry red line down the side of his face and it doesn't take a doctor to figure out that it has to be causing him pain. It's no wonder he looks somewhat annoyed, right?*

I hadn't thought you the sort of coward who would leave a message and then refuse to show his face, Jin Uzuki. Or have your scant manners finally failed you completely?

More generally, I've been indisposed for the past two days. If anything of note has happened in that time, I'm interested in hearing about it.

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[chaos nodded, thinking about whether or not he should use his powers here. It might be suspicious..but he was certain that Margulis would probably just accept that he could do this, if he had been comrades with the man in a previous Recurrence. So, he used his telepathy.]

'How about thinking it then? Ah, and please just think your answers. I'll be able to hear them. As for how I am doing this..this is just something else that I can do. It is nothing to worry about.'

*It was a little startling at first, but he had long since gotten the idea that there was something not quite normal about chaos and gotten used to surprises from him. Having his mind read was...not exactly comforting, but it was one way to get the message through.*

'We encountered a small girl during our captivity. She admitted to being the subject of successful experimentation, but wasn't familiar with Jason's name. She was also capable of influencing the cells as well as teleporting and evidently reading minds.'

[Margulis shouldn't have worried. chaos tried his best to avoid reading minds unless it was necessary. He knew it made people uncomfortable when he probed into them. In his head, chaos nodded at Margulis's statement.]

'I see. I believe I have an idea of what happened then. You may have seen a form of the Administrator named Ruana. She has been here for thousands of years and has those sorts of powers. She was also experimented on in the past, even though we don't know why, and she refuses to talk about it, as those memories are painful. She is also responsible for some of the games and tortures that go on around here.'

*It's the principal of the thing, he's not a particularly open person.*

'We were also rescued by another child, a boy who claimed that that location was particularly dangerous.'

[Another child?]

'I am sad to say that I do not know who that child could have been. Did he mention his name? How did he free you?'

'No, and we didn't see how he transported us out of the cells, either. He put us to sleep with a few words and I woke up in my bed.'

[chaos thought for a moment and then nodded.]

'I see. My best guess is that was the Administrator known as Dax. He's supposed to be a rather humane and kind person. It's possible that he's also not quite human. He and Ruana may have decided to show each other as children..if I am correct.'

'Well, they're a disjointed bunch, aren't they?'

'They do seem to have different goals and methods. I am not quite sure why they are all working together at the moment, but it is possible that Ruana has some sort of hold over all of them.'

'If that is the case, though, we may be able to use it to our advantage. The girl was quite distressed when I explained Jason's hobby to her.'

'..That's quite interesting, seeing as she also performs cruel experiments on people. However, she also sees it as just a game, so she may not understand why what she does is cruel. We may be able to turn her against Jason, if we meet her again.'

'That was my idea as well. It would certainly be useful in attempting to get rid of the worst source of rot in this place.'

'The only problem being that we'd have to wait until the Administrators showed their faces again before we tried that. However, we have time. We can wait.'

'We would do best to attempt to maintain some subtlety even then. I have no doubt that an overt tempt to sow infighting would result in far worse punishment than two days of imprisonment.'

'Indeed. Which is why, if we are planning this, we need to be subtle and plan quite a few moves ahead. The wrong word or sentence can mess up a plan like this, so we have to plan out things in advance..and what things we would say to certain Administrators.'

'It would also be prudent to determine for certain if the girl is an aspect of Ruana and if she remembers the events in the cells.'

'Ruana has mentioned that she was kept in a cell numbered thirty-three. While it is possible that the girl is a fragment of Ruana, it is impossible to determine until we meet Ruana and this girl again. I highly doubt Ruana herself will tell us. She's been rather tight-lipped about her past when she doesn't want to remember something.'

*He frowns at that.*

'The girl we encountered appeared in cell thirty-seven.'

[chaos looked puzzled at that for a moment before thinking back. Seven or three..seven or three..ah. It appeared that his memory really needed to get back in gear. He wasn't sure how he could have messed up something that small. Maybe he was more shaken up by his death than he thought..or he was just tired.]

'Ah. Forgive me. It seems that my memory is not as sharp as it usually is. You are correct. Ruana was in cell thirty-seven. I am not quite sure how I could have forgotten that..'

'Then that does support the idea that she at the very least has a connection to Ruana.'

'That it does. Whether she is a different avatar or a small fragment of her personality, she has some connection to her. We shall have to find out what that connection is.'

*He nods.*

'I'll trust your discretion with regards to who to share this information with.'

*Translation: don't tell any blabbermouths, we don't want Jason to know about this if he doesn't already.'*

'You needn't worry. I shall be careful. Would a person who contacted you via telepathy to be secretive start blabbing about those secrets?'

[Translation: Just who do you take me for, Margulis?]

'There's always the possibility that someone you decide deserves to know won't be as careful.'

*Translation: Someone who's too nice for his own good.*

'Margulius, I have dealt with situations like this before. I am good at keeping my mouth shut and only opening them when I think the person can keep theirs closed.'

[Translation: I used to hide from Wilhelm with Jesus, Mary, and the Apostles years ago. I won't make the same mistake twice and tell a Judas something important.'

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