YL078T | Voice | Night 009

[doomcame]

[Taissa has woken up in a new place much farther than ever before. It's too warm, even for night. The tropical trees growing just inland of the beach only confirm that this is considerably south of New Jersey. Her clothes are soaked through and she doesn't remember being in the water. Was there a shipwreck? There must be other boats nearby. The coast guard, or somebody, should be out there.

She picks up the only thing outside of herself that she has found on the sand so far. It looks like some sort of emergency radio. She listens to only a snippet of a message before calling out herself, but it sounds enough like military jargon to give her hope of timely rescue. She attempts to sound calm through her shock and confusion. Loud and clear.]

Hello? Who am I speaking to? This is Senator Taissa Turner. I seem to be lost and in need of assistance.

[Also in need of a quick transceiver tutorial, clearly.]

Comments

[ichoosefight]

Um. I don't think so? Crossbow hit and run doesn't strike me as military, but I never saw them.

[desperate_times_right]

Crossbow?

[Literally worse. If it's those yeti guys again she's leaving]

Are you good after that? Those things pack a punch.

[ichoosefight]

Oh, it wasn't me. It was- [ Hold on, one of the military types is gonna get mad at her... ] uh, T-O-9.

She's... okay now.

[desperate_times_right]

[Sure, okay]

You found any evidence of where they live? Are they calling themselves ‘guardians’?

[ichoosefight]

Not really.

There was contact with someone off the island, though, I think they called the drones 'guardians'. Something about scripture?

[desperate_times_right]

Drones?

[Maybe not the same guys, but not a good sign either]

Last time I saw Guardians, they used crossbows to take out a group of guys in full body armour.

[ichoosefight]

Damn. That's just impressive.

I don't think this is them, though.

[desperate_times_right]

It would be easier to know if you’d seen ‘em. If they've got black teeth, that's it. They eat this like, fucked up amber or something, I don't know.

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, you should talk to [ a pause as she once again remembers that there are military folks that like to listen to every word that's said over these things ] TO994M about it.

[desperate_times_right]

[Chloe doesn't care at all what any military people think and has already given out her own name anyway]

Sure. How come we’re all on one frequency like this, anyway? I've got all these contacts on here who won't shut up.

[ichoosefight]

That's a good question. Here's another: Who gave us these things anyway, and why?

[desperate_times_right]

You didn't have this before?

[ichoosefight]

Before waking up on the beach here? No, I didn't have a walkie talkie with me in my Psych 101 class.

[desperate_times_right]

Oh. Huh. I had one but I just got it right before this.

[ichoosefight]

I definitely didn't choose my callsign either. I'm not sure anyone did.

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, that's weird. Mine... fell off the back of a truck so I just thought it was already set.

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, no, it's much sketchier than that. Which, considering the baseline, is saying a lot.

[desperate_times_right]

Huh. A lot of people seem comfortable saying weird shit on here, considering that we don't know who might be listening.

[Yes she heard all that stuff about fursonas yesterday]

[ichoosefight]

...What do you mean?

[ They've said plenty that shouldn't be said on an open channel, but most of it is information that doesn't have to be said for the kidnappers to have it. Locations, names, landmarks... ]

[desperate_times_right]

Surprised you've got anyone on your ass about radio discipline after all that accusing people of fucking whatever that was going on yesterday.

[ichoosefight]

Oh, that.

[ She is very Not Involved. ]

I mean, that seems like a pretty good reason in itself, doesn't it?

[desperate_times_right]

Just saying! Worse crimes than not using call signs.

[ichoosefight]

Agreed.

But we *are* in a "hunted like animals by unknown parties" situation, you know?

[ The whole security deal is kind of important, actually. ]

[desperate_times_right]

Okay, yeah, but I'm just as dead if they think my name’s AP.

[ichoosefight]

It's just something to think about, you know?

Who's listening, I mean, not the callsigns.

Honestly if I was being properly careful I'd have ditched the comm as soon as I found it.