RE419S | audio | Day 20

[aluminumandash]

[ The walkie clicks on to a barrage of sound: crystal clear reception doesn't much matter when there's only a couple tarps between you and relentless downpour. Rust's voice—slurred slightly beyond the usual confines of a Texas accent, if you're listening for it—manages to break through the thunderclaps and drumming rain only because he's holding the transceiver right next to his mouth, gripping it tight.

His tone is urgent, and incredulous. ] Fuckin...elephant fell outta the sky.

[ Yep. ]



OOC: FOR THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW: Rust's being held hostage by Lalo and the walkie will be wrenched from his hands as soon as he sends this! Replies may come from Rust (under duress), Lalo, or both!

Also: mentions of animal death/dismemberment are extremely likely, we'll CW but let us know if there's something you want to avoid.

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AP251C | voice

[desperate_times_right]

Shit’s been falling here, too.

Is - [There is absolutely no sane way to say 'is it important']

What kind of elephant?

DI481O | audio

[salamanca]

Chloe! Mamacita! You're alive! Heyyyy, how are you?

[ Lalo has clearly been drinking too. He's bombastic and loud most of the time anyway, but it's really cranked up to 11 right now. His voice isn't slurring like Rust's is, but his volume is uneven and his Hispanic accent is thicker than usual, more noticeable. ]

It's - [ little laugh; his glee barely contained ] - it's the one in the room! [ Pause for her to appreciate his genius. ] Get it? In the room? The elephant in the room? Eh?

[ Rust hadn't found it very funny. Obi Wan Chloe, you are now his only hope for validation. ]

[desperate_times_right]

Oh, you know. It sucks here, but I can walk a bit on my own now and I'm out of the rain so, could be worse!

[She does laugh at his joke, sorry Rust]

Think you two had enough of those already.

[salamanca]

Si, si! It could always be worse. No matter how bad! Remember that.

[ ^_~ if he had a lampshade it'd be on his head right now!!

also he is EXTREMELY pleased she laughed at his joke. suck it, hostage! chloe u r his new favorite. ]

Nah, nah! We're just gettin' started. Well, we *hic* we were getting started, and then we had to finish, because we ran out! But if we had more, we'd be getting started!

TO994M; audio

[cactusy]

Are you both plastered?

[Sorry boys, you are being fucking judged.]

RE419S | audio cw: animal death

[aluminumandash]

Distressed. [ —is the first thing to come to mind, after dead.

The background noise has—incredibly—gotten worse, but Rust's voice has leveled some. ] What, like, male or female? [ Weird fucking question, but it's the kind of thing Rust's happy to go to work on: ] On the small side, no tusks I could see. But what I can see is severely fucking limited.

[ And not just by the storm. ]

[desperate_times_right]

I meant African or Indian. Might tell us something about where it got picked up.

Not here

[salamanca]

[ Hahahahaha! 😂 ]

YL078T | Voice

[doomcame]

--the fuck. Are you alright?

[Thinking elephants are falling from the sky sounds like a dangerous level of wasted to be while out in a storm.]

[aluminumandash]

Yeah. [ He says, but it's ragged. ] Yeah, ah, was in a tight spot there. Banged up my wrist.

You got a roof over y'all's heads? [ Chloe is making it sound like this isn't the case! ]

[doomcame]

We do. We're as safe as we're going to get for now.

What about you? It sounds like you're right out in it. [There's some genuine concern in her voice. Not that anything can be done, any attempted rescue in this weather would be a suicide mission.]

HE412T | text

[timaeus]

What?

[Yeah, that's batshit enough to get him to respond.]

[aluminumandash]

[ Rust's not as drunk as he could be—could pass a sobriety test by the skin of his teeth—but he is operating under a potent mixture of rum and adrenaline, so what Dirk gets in response is an abrupt: ] You okay?

[ In tones of pure, unfiltered concern. ]

[timaeus]

[Ok, wow, coming on a lil strong there sir. Dirk multitasks like a goddamn champion, so he's listening in on all the other simultaneous conversations going on to get himself up to speed on this nonsense.]

Why wouldn't I be?
I'm not the one who apparently had a fucking elephant dropped on him.

text | KD201D

[obeir]

[ Poor elephant. ]

That's apparently not unusual on this island.

[ As Chloe has already relayed, so he doesn't feel it necessary to repeat his own encounter with nearly being killed by a viking ship. ]

Anyone hurt?

text | DI481O

[salamanca]

The Detective got a little bump, but don't you worry! He's in capable hands. ;D

No serious injuries. And you? How is everyone at Martin's jail?

[obeir]

That winking emoticon lends a very suggestive tone to your text, you know.

[ And while his own tone may be hard to decipher through text, he's amused. The buddy cops sure are inseparable, aren't they... ]

Nothing serious either. [ His just looks bad because forehead wounds bleed an inordinate amount, it's fine. ] Going stir crazy. Literally bouncing off the walls in the cat's case. But we're managing. Hope the storm lets up before Squalo and Chloe have a death match.

RE419S | audio

[aluminumandash]

[ Since his other questions have been covered: ] Hear anything hit the roof?

[obeir]

Constantly. Think it's just branches and loose debris though. Nothing as heavy as the statue, at any rate.

audio | callsign TN811N

[hyakuoku]

Fell from THE SKY? Apparently you guys didn't get crushed but that's nuts.

I didn't see anything fall here, but I'm also ten billion percent not going out in this storm to double check. We'll see after it clears.

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[salamanca]

It IS nuts, ese! Woohoo! You should have been here. You would have ten billion percent loved it! You could dissect it for us. [ Pause. ] Ehhh... maybe not. Not much left to dissect!

[ You can hear the winds blowing in the background, howling, and yet Lalo sounds delighted anyway. ]

Gonna make elephant stew! I'll let you know how it tastes.

[hyakuoku]

Sounds messy. Anyway, why would I dissect something when I already know how it works?

[ His usual laugh. He does, of course, notice Ben using his catchphrase back at him but it doesn't bother him. ]

Sounds like you're set for food for like a month though. You tell me how that goes.

RE419S | audio

[aluminumandash]

Fuckin apparently. [ Rust has yet to shake the disbelief from his tone. ] Guess we know what happened with the plane, huh?

audio

[hyakuoku]

There's a thought. You think the plane came from another world?

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[salamanca]

[ This isn't said over the walkies. Lalo cuts his off for a moment. He looks thoughtfully over at Rust.

The tent is back up, and Lalo is currently examining Rust's arm, fitted with the brace, making sure it's one correctly. He sounds thoughtful. ]

Sol said it got bad last time, eh? I'm thinkin', because of something that came in like this.

[ He means, something like the splattering of elephant guts. But worse. Much worse.

Lalo can think of any manner of things even more distastrous than an elephant to have land on somebody. ]

I'd be surprised if it was even just the plane. Probably something even worse than that.