RE419S | audio | Day 7

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust's voice comes over the walkie, urgent and forceful. ] Anyone in the area between the concrete structures where Martin and me were held—that's the foothills with, ah, a river to the south and the jungle ten hours to the west of the northeast coast, check in right the fuck now.

[ He thinks to type the rest out—some semblance of a record, something for people to refer back to for the while it's around—but five minutes punching little keys and he can't take it anymore. So his voice returns, matter-of-fact. ]

Officer de Guzman's dead. [ If anyone was hoping for a eulogy, it's not fucking happening. ] Took an arrow to the shoulder then was executed, from the sound of it, likely with his own firearm. He was in the region I just described, about a kilometer away from a wood cabin with no defenses or occupants he could discern. Guessing he walked into some kind of a trap. [ He concludes, irritation seeping into his voice. ]

Much as I hate to state the obvious, circumstances compel me to say: do not seek out the cabin. Hell, I'll say it twice: do not seek out the fucking cabin. You find yourself in an area suspiciously quiet and bereft of animal activity, turn around and go back the way you came.

The individual who killed him had a message for us. It follows.

[ After a short delay: ] The next animal I find here will die a much slower death. Tell your friends for me.


OOC: Replies subject to even more robust threadjacking than usual from Lalo!

Comments

voice | HO125E

[trialbyliar]

[It's not that he's particularly upset about Ben. If he had to choose someone to sacrifice here, that's probably the best option for everyone's sakes. But the description of the event itself strikes an uncomfortable cord. He'd be happy to go the rest of his life without hearing about any executions.]

Guess we'll see whether he respawns or not, huh?

not here

[salamanca]

[ You, little demon child, Lalo is not going to respond to. Hoss can field this one! ]

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust's caught up enough in this that he doesn't modulate his tone for the kid. Clipped: ] What's that?

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Listening to this, reading the 'message,' Martin's mind flits to the forest, the feeling of being hunted, a man grabbing him, holding a knife to his neck, digging it in at the edge.

'Don't move! Don't you fucking move!' He's glad he's already away from the others, looking around for supplies. He sits heavily atop a toppled log and just shivers for a few moments before responding. Martin's managed to level out his voice by the time he clicks his radio on.]

Me, Jet, and Kokichi are okay. We made it down to a river near the holding cells. We were planning to go west, follow the river. God... I should have told him to stay.

[Martin wouldn't have liked staying around Ben, but that doesn't mean he should have died.]

I'm so sorry you-you had to listen to that happening, Cohle. I'm so, so sorry.

morning 008

[salamanca]

[ this text comes early on morning 008 ]

hey! dont worry abt it man. im ok now. even if i wasnt not your fault. guess we all owe shaw an apology, right?

[aluminumandash]

[ There's a shred of relief, hearing the kid's alright, Martin's okay. They're not marching directly into danger like so many people here. He clings to it a moment. As for the rest—he pauses over it, decides his own feelings on the matter aren't a detour that needs taking right now. ]

Doubt it would've mattered. [ He says, the words bitter at their core. ] He radioed because he wanted me to spread the word, not for a consult on his decision-making.

BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

I'm here with Cohle, in case anyone was worried.

[ "Anyone" being Martin, really, she's not sure anyone else knows or cares if she exists. ]

morning 008 | text

[salamanca]

[ Somebody cares! Lalo's always kinda liked Stephanie, even if he's privately baffled by her personal morality. But hey - it takes all kinds, right?

This text comes in the early morning hours of morning 008. ]

thats good. glad youre alright. stick with him ok? or he might wander off and get himself caught like me lol. he needs a babysitter.

action (cw: gore)

[aluminumandash]

Rust's outside when it happens, where the jungle starts to reassert itself, get dense—sunlight strangled by the canopy. He says fuck once, turns back to the building with his shoulders squared. Then he burns through a cigarette with single-minded intensity, staring into the wilderness. Thinking about the body out there, caved-in face and scattered skull fragments. Imagining the creature on the other end of the walkie stringing it up, a warning.

Other possibilities. What you'd do with an animal.

He talks into the walkie, at all of them.

Then he checks for water and heads back to the windowless building, the girl inside. His eyes take a moment to adjust; he scans the cell doors, automatic. “Thirsty?” he asks, the wrinkled plastic bag in his hands. He doesn't quite meet her eyes, but that's not so unusual for him. Perpetually on edge around her, as if uneasy to find himself occupying the same space.

TO994M; text

[cactusy]

Anyone in the area should be careful about broadcasting their exact location, just in case.

text; DI481O | morning 008

[salamanca]

⸜(ᶿ᷇ധᶿ᷆)⸝ im at sea world

private

[aluminumandash]

This doesnt change anything?

text | morning 008

[salamanca]

[ lalo is Not Doing Good this morning. however he is not interested in discussing how he is Not Doing Good, in public, especially when he's aware half the island thinks he's an idiot.

so instead, the morning after he comes back, everybody gets this shit instead. ]

hey det. look what ur babysitter showed me! \⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ hes shrugging

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VL121R | text

[meadqueen]

ヽ(　￣д￣)ノ

text | KD201D

[obeir]

So death isn't permanent here?

[ Interesting.

Also it feels like it's ascii art shitposting time. K's specialty! ]

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| _( )_   |  | / ( ` )   ',-./  )      | ,_/  \__) / ,-.|  \ _ \ |  ,  \/  ,  | / ( ` )   '        | |    \ | /   '  \  \  | ,_/  \__) | (`' ) /     
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| (_,_) \ |  ||  (_,_)___| > (_)  )  \  '_ '`)    |  _`,/ \ _/  ||  _( )_/ |  ||  (_,_)___|        |   _ _ '.    _.-`   |\  '_ '`)     | (_,_)   __  
|  |/    \|  |'  \   .---.(  .  .-'   > (_)  )  __: (  '\_/ \   ;| (_ o _) |  |'  \   .---.        |  ( ' )  \.'   _    | > (_)  )  __ |  |\ \  |  | 
|  '  /\  `  | \  `-'    / `-'`-'|___(  .  .-'_/  )\ `"/  \  ) / |  (_,_)  |  | \  `-'    /        | (_{;}_) ||  _( )_  |(  .  .-'_/  )|  | \ `'   / 
|    /  \    |  \       /   |        \`-'`-'     /  '. \_/``".'  |  |      |  |  \       /         |  (_,_)  /\ (_ o _) / `-'`-'     / |  |  \    /  
`---'    `---`   `'-..-'    `--------`  `._____.'     '-----'    '--'      '--'   `'-..-'          /_______.'  '.(_,_).'    `._____.'  `--'   `'-'   

[aluminumandash]

How much water you got?

audio; SH442K

[sharktrash]

[ Well blimey, he was just there. He's almost tempted to turn around again, but he's carrying too much shit right now to go on an adventure. Guess he'll be responsible for now. Ugh. ]

Almost sounds like an invitation.

BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

[ In a tone almost as flat and serious as Rust: ]

I'd like it to be noted for the record that I consider this a suicide note, and I respect the right of any individual to be willfully stupid.

[meadqueen]

Please bring us our materials first! Senku will be inconsolable if they're lost.

[aluminumandash]

[ Just telling you where the cliff's at, I'm not the fucking guardrail, he wants to say, but the problem with that is that Shaw's out there. This jackass could blunder into whatever she's got planned.

Sounds like Randvi's got the best approach for steering him away from certain idiocy and probable death, so he leaves it. ]

not here

[salamanca]

[ He's not gonna say anything where all of the spoilsports can see it, but Lalo takes one look at this comment and immediately perks up. He decides that, whenever they're alone together, he and SH442K need to Have a Talk. ]

un: jk002n

[metalicarus]

Sounds like a guy who knows more than most anything else we've got here.

On one hand, no probably shouldn't wander into that area. On the other, might want to plan a new attempt to get close.

BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

Absolutely not without a lot of planning and preparation, including at least two days of adequate food, water and sleep, and none of the planning can be done on the walkies.

[ Which is to say, this is a good plan, but if anyone is dumb enough to try it on their own she is going to explode. ]

[aluminumandash]

[ A snort. ] Kind of a low fucking bar.

She's right about the walkies, but I'd suggest an attempt at communication before jumping straight to home invasion. He knows we're coming. Not gonna give anything away.

text | DI481O | morning 008

[salamanca]

If anyone is getting close to that thing, whenever they go, I'm going with them.

[ That motherfucker in that cabin disrespected him!! He-she-it has to pay! ]