IC Contact Post

[therushingsky]

"Heyyyy, you've reached the head office of the Atlas Corporation, leave a message and your number, and one of our people will get back to you."

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[tetractys]

KID, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE SO LONG, YOUR CHANCES OF DISAPPEARING -

OKAY. DID YOU TRY TO GET YOUR FILE FROM THE ADMIRAL YET?

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

Come on, there's no way I'm gonna--


I mean, I'm not even really dead, right?

[That's what he'd told Gortys. He's not really dead, so if he vanishes he'll just pop back up at home.]

I'll message him now.

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[tetractys]

I DON'T KNOW THAT AND NEITHER DO YOU!

[this is some serious shit man]

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

I'm still arguing with him but--

I don't think I'm getting this file.

[Which only makes him more paranoid. What the fuck are you writing in there Admiral?]

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[tetractys]

HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME MINE EITHER, BUT THAT WAS WORTH A SHOT.

YOUR TEMP'S NOT GONNA HAVE LUCK EITHER, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT...

OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HATE THIS, KID, BUT I THINK YOUR BEST SHOT IS TO GRAB AN UNPAIRED WARDEN YOU TRUST. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A COMMITMENT FOR LIFE OR ANYTHING, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET A FILE. ASK THE ADMIRAL TO PAIR YOU, AND START TRYING TO GET THIS UNDONE.

IS GORTYS PAIRED?

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

Gortys can not see my file.

Quentin-- maybe. Could go either way. God, why am I not friends with more wardens?

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[tetractys]

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO, SHE CAN JUST ASK FOR IT AND HAND IT TO YOU.

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

How is that going to fix this?

I'm going to have a file with a bunch of dark but ultimately acceptable deeds in it...

audio

[tetractys]

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FILE WITH WHATEVER PERSONALITY PROBLEMS YOU'VE GOT GOING ON IN IT!

AND YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON THEM!

[bootstrap it!]

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

My personality problems are fine!

He was just looking for an excuse!

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[tetractys]

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE FINE, OR IF HE'S WRONG. YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO REDEEM YOURSELF, KID, YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE, AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS DOING SOMETHING HUMILIATING THAT YOU HATE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THROUGH.

[Projecting a little, Bill?]

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

[Pauuuuuuuse.]

There's--

[oh god.]

Bill, that is is--

[oh god he's doomed. His voice breaks, with a hoarse, horrible kind of laugh.]

Ha ha-- Bill, buddy, there's no way that's going to work. No offense, but did you just-- did you listen to yourself? No one's getting out of here by tightening the rack themselves like eventually the right bone is just gonna break. That's-- that's nuts.

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[tetractys]

NO, IT'S NOT NUTS, IT'S WORKING.

Re: audio

[therushingsky]

If I have to be psychologically tortured and publicly humiliated to get out of here, I'm just going to let someone else take the lead on that.

[another hoarse, horrible laugh.]

Make them earn the stupid deal.

[another pause. Then softer:]

You get that-- whoever this place turns you into, you have to live with being that person?

How are you ever going to get there if you just hate everything about it?

audio - animal harm mention

[tetractys]

THE KEY WORD THERE IS 'LIVE.'

ANIMALS WILL CHEW OFF LIMBS TO GET OUT OF TRAPS. SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T GET TO COME THROUGH IN ONE PIECE BUT AT LEAST YOU COME THROUGH.