[text/video]

[tortileghostwriter]

[New text post on the network! Might be somewhat familiar to a number of people here.]

to our ever so gracious captors
far be it from me to appear ungrateful for such a CLEARLY magnanimous offer
but i believe i will have to pass

the answer is no
now if you would be so kind as to direct me to the exit

[this is immediately followed up by his video feed being turned on for a couple of seconds. He proceeds to flip the camera the bird, doing a particularly displeased lineface. Any doubt about this being a Dave just went out the window.]

Comments

[videp]

[floreatnoctem]

Charming.

[Have one mildly-amused lineface in return, as Chidori blinks into the camera slowly.]

As I am certain you've been told, there is no known way out. Attempts have been made, of course, but as far as I'm aware, they haven't been very successful.

[Head. Tilt.]

Therefore, none of us will be able to comply with your request, as much as I'm sure we would like to.

[video]

[tortileghostwriter]

Pity.

[video]

[floreatnoctem]

Indeed.

However I doubt you would wish to be returned. They are not lying when they say our worlds are destroyed.

[text]

[tortileghostwriter]

[switching back to text now...]

somehow i strongly doubt that all is as they say, regardless of what halftruths may or may not be present embedded deep within the mess

[video]

[floreatnoctem]

Oh, I certainly doutbt they are entirely truthful. However as I am not inclined to pry enough to get myself in more trouble than necessary... I feel as if things are better left to be discovered as they come.

[video]

[tortileghostwriter]

Oh, alas! Regrettably, such an approach has never worked well for me in the least. Lack the mindset for it, you see.

Besides. A well-behaved individual will hardly make an impact.

[video]

[floreatnoctem]

I am hardly well-behaved. Simply cautious.

Dying is no issue. Dying unnecessarily, however, is.

[video]

[tortileghostwriter]

Oh, but caution in cases such as this one is just so boring, don't you agree?

[video]

[floreatnoctem]

There is no reason to go to extremes when others may suffer for it.

[Minato would not approve, and that's what she'll abide by.]

[video]

[tortileghostwriter]

[...damn, you hit his PROTECT ping. damn you.]

... point.