RE419S | Day 3 | Night | Audio

[aluminumandash]

[ After dropping out of radio contact at the beginning of night two, Rust's voice comes crackling over the channel almost a full day later. ] Alright, I'm gonna make this quick. [ True to his word, he's speaking at a more rapid clip than usual, some of his words running together. He sounds focused, but without the intensity that tends to accompany it—he's running down a list. ]

Drones—least five altogether, though they go out in shifts—are patrolling the beach to the northeast. Jungle too, but they're more of a threat out in the open. Assume if you can hear that unauthorized transport announcement you're at risk. You hear a mechanical hum, you find cover and you stay still.

You don't know what a drone is, picture a worker bee without the queen. Or a cattle prod untethered from human conscience. They're metal, airborne, and, once they catch sight of you, very fucking fast. If they grab you, they'll electrocute you, drug you, and toss you in a tiny cell.

Animals don't like 'em either, and out here, if the animals don't like it, you don't like it.

Questions. Anyone here with medical knowledge or supplies? Anyone who knows about planes? I'll take practical or theoretical.


[ Threadjack away! Sorry this is like 3 infoposts in one! ]

Comments

audio | callsign: DI481O

[salamanca]

[ "You don't know what a drone is, picture a worker bee without the queen. Or a cattle prod untethered from human conscience."

PFFFFFT.

The sheer magnitude of the eye roll Lalo just gave reading that horseshit was almost enough for him to physically strain something. Almost.

The voice that comes over the walkie is quiet, like someone in pain. ]

I'm afraid you're too late, Detective. Too many of us know all of this by now. I...

[ He trails off. His voice shakes.

But wait. A thought occurs to him. It's too good to be true though. Has to be. ]

Where are you now? Safe, I hope...

TO994M; voice; day 4, morning

[cactusy]

Medical knowledge, yes; medical supplies, no.

audio; SH442K

[sharktrash]

I can amputate a limb and I've been on plenty of planes. Does that count?

[ How well that amputation would go afterwards is anybody's guess though. ]

BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

I know very little about planes and very much about emergency care.

Any idea what they drugged you with?

audio | callsign TN811N

[hyakuoku]

I know about both things, possibly more about planes in a theoretical sense, but it depends on the kind of medical knowledge you want.

[ SORRY he's just like this. It's probably insufferable! But his tone is matter-of-fact. He just knows a lot of stuff. ]

Did drugging you make you unconscious? Just stunned? Very sick?
The drones, was there any sort of beam of light indicating range of vision? That might be too much to hope for.

JK002N; voice

[metalicarus]

[Typing is a mess right now, but voice is fine, even if it sounds a little rough.]

The three drones here are out permanently, saw to two of them myself.

I'm an air force pilot and know about as much, practically, as a rocket mechanic. Did you find some wings on this rock?