day 005; SH442K; voice

[sharktrash]

Heeey scumbags!

[ As usual, the scratchy voice coming out of the comms is just too loud for comfort, and will probably prompt anyone listening to turn their volume down. As usual, he sounds a little too cheerful for their dire circumstances. ]

Anyone else getting shot at? Kidnapped? C'mon, I'm about to die from boredom here.

If this was really some kinda simulated Battle Royale you'd think the death matches would have started by now, right? 

But noooooo, it's just some fuckers sneakin' around and dronebombing the place.

Terrible vacation, really. Good fuckin' thing I didn't pay for it or I'd want my money back, yeah?

[ ... ]

Hey.

If you're still listening, congratulations, you might not be a fun-hating twat, so you get to hear my actual message.

Found another airplane, or part of airplane, in the mountain range. This really huge-ass fuselage, got "PacAir" printed on the side.

There might be some luggage in the compartments or salvageable electronics behind the boards, but the whole thing hanging in this really fucked up way and nothing on the inside looks sturdy enough to climb. Maybe if anyone's got some rope, someone could descend from above and check it out that way. Maybe enough people would be able to flip it, but I dunno if it's worth that kinda effort.

And there's also -- check this out -- a volcano. Doesn't look like it's been active for a while, there's a mineral water lake in the middle now, but it's weirdly warm. Don't know shit about that so I can't tell you if it could be heated from the sun or if it's coming from below, but hey, that's something to consider. 'Nd animals have been making their way here, so it's not poisonous. Probably. Smells kinda like sulfur though.

Volcanoes are usually in the middle of islands, right? Might not be the case here, but I'd say it's... in the southern part of the mountains? Can't be sure without a map, but there's more further north.

Guess that's it for now. Ya eggheads might be able to make something from this, right?

Oh but I wasn't fucking kiddin' about this place being boring, so if you've got any fun stories ya wanna share, I'm all ears. Only so much jungle noises one can take instead of a normal conversation, yeah? I'm a people person, you know. Honest.

Anyway! Headed toward some sus shit next, wish me luck.

Comments

[sharktrash]

[ Weeeeeeeelllllllllll about that. ]

Too late for that, chief. But hey, now we know it's not sulfuric acid? Tastes kinda like stale mineral water, actually.

[ Oops he touched it and tasted it. What could possibly go wrong?! ]

...think you could reprogram them?

[ Jet has supposedly smashed some drones up so they're... probably still there... he could possibly steal one? ]

[hyakuoku]

[ SQUALO PLS YOU COULD HAVE DIED ]

Hopefully none forms in any pockets nearby that water. You got good luck not dying so far, though.

[ Hehehehe the next part just sounds fun, though. ]

I bet I can, yeah. Need some tools, but there's gotta be some, or something we can make do with.

[sharktrash]

[ THAT'S FINE, VALHALLA AWAITS HIM ]

Ha, yeah. What can I say, skills.

[ It's absolutely pure dumb luck, honestly, especially given that his idea of testing for poisons is to eat some of the weird stuff he finds and wait... ]

If I see a bag-sized one, I'll grab it for you. Don't hold your breath though.

[ And also... ]

Should be heading your way tomorrow, if you're still sitting in the same place.

[ He just keeps taking detours, oops, but there's just so much STUFF around here to explore, alright? ]

[hyakuoku]

Uh-huh.

[ He knows luck when he hears it, but he also knows a few people who get by on incredible luck, so he won't knock it. ALSO DON'T PUT WEIRD SHIT IN YOUR MOUTH, are you 12??? ]

I hope you do find one. There are a lot of good uses for something like that. Or even just a power source, you know?

We're not going anywhere too far, I think. We have some things set up here like a base. I think it's a better strategy than moving around all the time, at least for now. Don't die!

[ He keeps saying this to Squalo specifically because Squalo is the most reckless person on this network, seems like. ]

[sharktrash]

[ He's 22, thank you very much. And also starving. He's still growing! Maybe! ]

Think it needs a power source, rather than provide one?

[ But yeah. Okay. This is Squalo walking right toward the creepy prison and trying to steal one of them murder drones. Surely nothing could go wrong with that? ]

Hey, good to know. [ He'll get there eventually. Probably. ] 'Nd I'm pretty hard to kill, just sayin'.

[ Unless he succumbs to poisonous berries. But. He definitely has the tendency to get into dangerous situations and almost die only to reappear a few chapters later! This is fine! ]

[hyakuoku]

I'm sure it needs one, but if it runs on something like a rechargeable battery, we could repurpose that if we need to run something else. Won't know til I see it.

You seem like the hard to kill type. Good quality in a place this dangerous.

[ IT'S FINE, Senku would never use a reckless person to purposefully do something dangerous, why would he do a thing like that. ]

[sharktrash]

Gotcha. Oh, by the way, you want some of that volcano water?

[ They probably don't have the means to do actual chemistry experiments, but maybe Senku could still figure something out. He sounds hella smart. Probably went to some fancy college or some shit. ]

[hyakuoku]

Yeah, if you can get it. And any rocks you find near there, that volcanic stuff. Do you know what sulfur looks like? It's yellow, forms on the rocks. It's ten billion percent going to come in handy.

[ It's going to be funny when Squalo sees how young Senku is. No college for him, just way too much cramming knowledge into his own brain. ]

[sharktrash]

I'll keep an eye out.

[ IT SURE WILL BE FUNNY, although Squalo isn't all that much older than him. But hey! Looks like this conversation is wrapped up, so he's going to go listen to the rest of this clusterfuck in the meantime. ]