EJ003X | audio | night 011

[littlemissfutility]

Hello?

[ The voice is whispery right now, but it still sounds young and female. Enough talk, and some of the vowels might sound just a touch southern. ]

Is there anybody out there? Dawn? Is Dawn here?

[ A pause. ]

If someone's out there, I need help. And if whoever's out there doesn't wanna help - I'm armed.

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BT612L; voice

[ichoosefight]

No Dawn that I know of, I want to help but probably can't, and exactly how armed are you?

[ Does everyone on this island have a gun, because this is getting ridiculous ]

[littlemissfutility]

[ There's a pause, and then, just a little incredulous: ]

You know I'm not gonna tell you that, right?

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[metalicarus]

Yeah, last guy who was armed got himself shot with his own gun, so don't cling too tightly to that.

No Dawn that I've heard on the air here, but it's a public comm. If there is, she'll hear it. You're likely pretty far from anyone who can help, so you might need to get creative quick.

[littlemissfutility]

I'm not gonna shoot myself. [ Wow, who are you, her dad? ]

Where am I?

SS572S | voice.

[2199]

Hailing Echo-Juliett-Zero-Zero-Three-Xray. No names on open frequencies, if possible; this isn't a secure channel.

Please describe your location and the nature of your- are you injured? What help do you need?

Sierra-Sierra-Five-Two-Seven-Sierra, out.

[littlemissfutility]

[ A pause. ]

[ Like, a long one. ]

[ If pauses could sound confused, this one would. ]

Are you talking to me?

[metalicarus]

He didn't shoot himself.

[Not to be mysterious about it but-]

No clue. An island. Long days, probably close to the equator, not that it narrows anything down. If we're kidnapped or captives, no one's said anything about what they want from us. Also there's plenty of stuff that might try to kill you here that isn't people.

[ichoosefight]

It was worth a shot.

Are you in urgent trouble, or just the usual "I washed up on a weird beach and have no idea how I got here" trouble?

[littlemissfutility]

What else is new?

[ Of course there's stuff out there that might kill them. The fact that she hasn't seen any walkers doesn't mean they aren't there.

After a moment: ]

What happened to the guy with the gun?

[littlemissfutility]

The second one.

[2199]

...Yes. The callsigns. You noticed yours?

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, sorry, I can't help you with that. We're pretty much all in the same boat there.

Be really careful, though. There's at least one sniper with a crossbow wandering around, and he's the "shoot first, ask questions later" type.

[metalicarus]

[That gets a snort from him and his tone turns a little less harsh.]

Yeah, I hear that.

He got too close to a cabin that had traps around it. Sounds like someone didn't like him poking around and used his own gun, but there's others who can tell you more, I wasn't there myself.

[littlemissfutility]

[ A pause, and then, in a quick burst: ]

What's his name? What does he look like?

[littlemissfutility]

The thing that starts with "EJ"?

[littlemissfutility]

Oh.

[ See, that makes perfect sense. ]

Is it just one guy, or is he part of a group? The one with the cabin.

[ichoosefight]

No idea and no idea. Nobody got a good look at their shooter. And there might be more than one.

[littlemissfutility]

Yeah, but -

[ But nobody got a good look at him, Beth. ]

Where was he?

[2199]

That's you. "Ee" and "Jay" sound like a lot of things, especially with static interference. Does the military use NATO codes in your... [You know what, it's not her job to teach this kid shit.]

How old are you?

[littlemissfutility]

Eighteen. [ And instantly defensive about it. ] And there isn't a military anymore. Why?

[2199]

What happened to it? What... what did the world look like, before you showed up here?

Where I'm from, high priority broadcasts use certain codes for radio communication. It makes it harder to mishear someone. In that code, your callsign is Echo-Juliett-Zero-Zero-Three-Xray. Mine is Sierra-Sierra-Five-Two-Seven-Sierra. You say 'out' when you're done talking. You say 'over' when you won't be available for more communication. You never say 'repeat', and you try to be as clear and precise as possible.

[metalicarus]

Sounds like it was just one, but there might be other people somewhere on this island too, not sure. Those ones seem less hostile, at least.

[littlemissfutility]

...What if you need someone to repeat something?

[ We'll get back to the rest of it. ]

[littlemissfutility]

Where are they?

[ichoosefight]

He was in a cabin on the north side of the island. I'm not sure where the other incident was.