[voice] IS ♞ EVEN ON THE NETWORK'S CHARACTER MAP XI: color coded for your convenience

[beknightedheroine]

The first voice that boisterously sails from the terminal's speakers is clearly recognizable to those who know her as Sayaka Miki, formerly erstwhile agitator back in.. what seems to be totally unaltered spirits.

"Yo, my lovely towerlies! I hate to interrupt our monthly cycles of being really really sad for a while after getting stupid things done to us, but I wanted to point out something that I thought was very fascinating, actually."

The second voice (that of Jin Shirato) cuts in quickly, unable to resist the comment.

"I don't. Everyone's whining over stupid shit anyway."

Sayaka plods onwards, despite the interjection.

"And for any of those upper - hm, lower, actually - echelons listening in, hey, don't be shy, I'm okay with you hearing this, too. Turn up the volume, put it on a couple extra screens for added effect.  Anyway. Just listen to me a for a second. You know what all this information pumping means? All these horrible things you were forced to give away? It's not just random torture, no way, I know what that looks like. They're scared. Of us. Of what we might be doing."

"Make that what we are doing. It's not like they've made habit to be preventative before, after all-- how many blows to their sanctuary do you think is too many?"

"Or maybe just one special guy in particular is the one who's afraid. After all, it was his turn to man the wheel this time. And why not? Buddy, you've got every reason to be nervous. You're the predictable one, and you've already gotten in hot water before. "

"Maybe he's just afraid of turning out like Dax."

"-Exactly. It's just going to be a matter of time until you're complicit in some great final blunder. And I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for it."

The sounds cuts.

Comments

[text]

[morituramfides]

Holy shit you're literally unintelligible, even Sayaka's standing here blubbering in confusion.

Lay off the acid-ridden prose why don't you.

[ audio ]

[hemoeroticism]

I can try being a bit more rational, but love never is.

I enjoyed this little game of Jason's. ✩

[text]

[morituramfides]

Oh boy, are you another one of those lovesick freaks that'll rip out body parts for him?

Great just another one of those we needed.

[audio]

[hemoeroticism]

Oh, no. That's not what I do. I kind of need them, myself. Or I would, if they were Deadmen limbs.

... speaking of which, have you seen Hummingbird? ✩ She might have said her name was 'Minatsuki.'

[text]

[morituramfides]

Never heard of them. Can't say I care, either.

But if you're looking for them there, you can go look at the room labels in the dorms.

[ audio ]

[hemoeroticism]

Hmm... not a bad idea...

[text]

[morituramfides]

It's the best way to know if anyone's around. There's not a handy ledger with everyone's names, unfortunately.

[ audio ]

[hemoeroticism]

Well, assuming she's not just scamming some other poor sucker in shining armor, I might just have to drop in on her. No other birds seem to be hatching at the moment, after all. ✩

[text]

[morituramfides]

I guess this is the part where I wish you good luck?

[He's not even entirely sure anymore.]

[ audio ]

[hemoeroticism]

I guess so! ✩