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

[meadqueen]

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

[sharktrash]

[ Oh, um, he's glad for your concern, Randvi? Except he's not glad you clearly only care about the loot he's carrying? What a heartbreaker-- ]

Yeah, don't worry, I'm working on that.

[meadqueen]

[Hey, she did warn him that she's not soft-hearted! Also genuinely not sure whether she could stop him]

I look forward to seeing you then.

[sharktrash]

Yeah. I'm -- carrying a bunch of stuff but 'm trying to be safe.

[ Which, unfortunately, means taking a new path around the caldera because he doesn't trust the rocky mountainscape with a whole ass drone on his back. Hopefully he doesn't encounter anything deadly there! ]

[ He'd hate to disappoint her, after all. :) ]

[ Oh, and he did kind of promise Senku he'd get him stuff too. He guesses. ]

[meadqueen]

Yes, safety matters over speed.

[Says the person who fell on day 1 trying to rush a climb]

I'm sure that whatever danger you wish to hurl yourself into will still be there regardless.

[sharktrash]

[ Good thing he doesn't know that, or he'd be side-eyeing the walkie about those double standards. ]

Probably, yeah. 'Sides, I've still got the raft thing to try out.

[meadqueen]

Ah yes, and other dangers as well. What do you anticipate will happen?

[sharktrash]

[ He makes a thoughtful noise. ]

I assume something will stop me from leaving. How exactly that will look like, I've got no guess yet.

[meadqueen]

And if nothing stops you, and you are swept to sea on a small raft?

[She’s pretty sure he's right but the thought of it is pretty funny]

[sharktrash]

Then I guess I'm paddlin' over to fuckin' Australia.

[ He does intend to have some form of an oar, at least, so if he's not immediately killed, he could probably use that to return. But who knows. ]

[meadqueen]

... is that a real country?

[sharktrash]

Depends who you ask, but yeah, it's down there.

[salamanca]

Who do you ask that would say that Australia isn't a real country?

voice-to-text;

[sharktrash]

A certain flavor of Brits, for one.

[meadqueen]

Hm. If you escape safely perhaps I'll follow.

[sharktrash]

Hey, if I find civilization, maybe I'll return for you.

[ wink wonk ]

[meadqueen]

It might be too much of a risk to sail that route three times on a raft.

Come back for me in a plane and I'll consider it.

[sharktrash]

[ damn girl did you really just ask him to get you a plane ]

[ because he will. ]

[ he would absolutely hijack a plane to impress a viking. ]

Ha! You've got a deal, then.

[meadqueen]

Lovely! I look forward to it.

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[salamanca]

Yes, but you have to take a plane to get there. ;)

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[meadqueen]

It sounds as if someone wishes to sail. ;)

Is it near enough to these Asian countries that the planes from the longhouses could have flown there?

[salamanca]

I might. ;) Sailing sounds lovely in this weather! Has anyone told you about yachts yet, my dear?

Yes. It's close enough. Planes can fly anywhere anyway. If you need to, you can take more than one plane. One plane flies you to one place, and the other plane will pick you up and take you to where you want to go. There's nowhere you can't go with a plane.

What'd the airplane say that the one guy found? "Pacrim," right? Australia is part of Pacrim Air, if I'm not mistaken. I know that sounds like nonsense to you, but it might be relevant. Maybe. We'll see.

[meadqueen]

A yacht is a type of ship?

Senku told me that a plane can cover three weeks’ distance in a day. I suppose it might still be difficult to sail there. If this ocean is truly pacific, it does not seem calm to me.

[salamanca]

Si. A big ship, for parties. With a lot of luxuries. Picture the craaaaziest feast you've ever been to. A yacht is for that, but on the sea!

[ He shakes his head and snorts amusedly at the device. "Not calm", huh? That's clever. ] My darling, I would tell you that you're adorable, but I don't think that's something a Viking wants to hear. Is it? So instead, I'll just tell you that you seem very clever. One of these days, I look forward to meeting with you. Until that day, take care. And make sure Senku stays safe, eh? He's too clever to risk losing.

[meadqueen]

Oh my. We would need a smaller ship to retrieve everyone from the water.

[The craziest feast she’s ever been to involved a Mushroom Incident]

I will defend him with my life. I hope to see you soon.