animus_network | 004 || [video] directed at the admins but basically unlocked

[When the video turns on, it flickers to show Jin standing in front of the computer, bringing his hand down to stab something into the table in front of the computer terminal for the webcam to see. When he moves his hand, it's revealed to be a bloodied scalpel-- the blood's dried by now, but a savvy observer could tell that the blood hasn't been there for that long. In fact, it looks relatively fresh.

This is probably why Jin is looking so pissed off into the video viewer, the crack in the corner of his glasses widening since the last time anyone saw him.]

I'm not surprised that you bastards have such a shitty sense of humor. [For anyone that knew Jin, he was being...surprisingly, calm for how absolutely seething he was.]

I haven't even done anything in the last month. But if you're gonna keep rubbing this in my face--

[And here he reaches forward to pull the scalpel back out of where it was stuck as the video feed glitches slightly.] --Then I'm gonna make sure this "present" counts. Just you wait.

[He tightens his grip on the knife, and looks like he's about to stab it into the monitor like the rampant vandalism he committed the first day he came here-- but surprisingly makes a better judgment, and just turns the feed off.

He's got a scalpel with your name on it, Jason.]

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[Hi Enoch he sure is switching to text if he has to talk to you.]

I don't have much experience with gift-giving, but I'm pretty sure "presents" should be good-intentioned. But 500 yen says it's not.

*Seriously? He always thought text was a little too impersonal sometimes but this was going a bit far.*

A bloody blade...it seems like a threat to me. Do you know who might have sent it?

*Guess who has no idea you were even in the pods, much less what happened in them?*

[Too bad he's gonna act like a ten year old anyway deal with it]

Ruana. [Doesn't even skip a beat.]

She's in charge right now, right? And she's never going to let me live it down.

*Okay, recording video just to send in response to text is kind of irritating so he's going to switch to text too.*

Live it down? So this is a memento of something that happened to you.

It's likely a game to her. Everything seems to be.

Yes.[AND THAT'S ALL HE'S GONNA SAY ON THAT MATTER!]

I don't know what kind of game she's playing, but it all just seems like some sick joke to me.

Perhaps this very reaction was the intent, though that seems more something Jason might be interested in. He seems more the type to taunt than she does.

But she's the one that screwed me over. Unless he's just piggybacking over the shit she caused.

...I guess I wouldn't put it past him.

You could ask them when they next make themselves known.

If they show their faces, I got better things to know than which one has a vendetta against me. I don't really care who it is either way.

True enough, though they seem willing to answer nearly anything asked. At the very least it would give you an idea of which months to be cautious in.

Most of the guys I have an idea of talking to don't give a shit about giving a straight answer. Though I guess that's part of Ruana's game.

Building a pattern works, but it's not hard to tell when it's Dax and when it's Jason after a trip to the cafeteria.

Strange, only Ruana seemed to fail to answer in a straightforward way - rather, she was too straightforward.

I meant to be wary of the person who threatened you.

It depends on how you asked her-- she was straightforward, just not with the part you wanted. But she always answered. It was almost reliable in a way.

I'm not afraid of whatever they want to do to me next. I say bring it on.