un: antigoneiguess | audio

[rudelanguage]

--en it's out loud for other people? Is there like a timer? A warning? A, a sound?

[the voice is small, feminine, kind of nasally in its dubious tone.

there's a brief beat, expectant. then, uneasily:] No, really. How do I know? Just--justjust tell me when this Hope-person can hear me so I don't jaw on like some kind of idiot asshole! I already feel dumb as shit so this doesn't help nothin'--Hey. Hello?

[...]

...I'm just talkin' to nothing, aren't I. Fuckin'--

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@jaycetalis | audio

[hexcope]

[Instinct one: congratulate Antigone on using the network. Instinct two: immediately mess with her.

Instinct two wins.

He puts on an exaggerated voice:]

The number you have reached is out of service. Please try again.

[rudelanguage]

I'M NOT THE ONE WHO FUCKIN--wait. [that's not Aurora's voice.] Who--wait. Hold on, who did I get connected to, turn it off! Motherf[disconnected.]

[hexcope]

[Worth it. Now he's calling back.]

[rudelanguage]

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

WHAT?!

[hexcope]

Hey, congrats on using the communicator for the first time! I knew you had it in you.

[sophielicious]

what the fuck

[rudelanguage]

[is this audio or text.

if audio:] Oh! Are you Hope? Yes? Hello?

[if text:] What the--huh? No, don't...[exasperated:] C'mon. You know I can't...please.

i forgot to add the subject jsdfh un. @justsophie/text

[sophielicious]

can't what

use your words

it's ok it's in my eyeballs now 👀

[rudelanguage]

C'mon! Stop it! You're just being an asshole now! And it's kind of wasted if I can't even read the insult, or is that the point? Wow, great point. Thanks. Thought you were supposed to be helping people, not razzin' them...

now it's audio

[sophielicious]

(She is one, but she wasn't even trying to be one right now!! Damn.)

Honey. Use your words. What are you talking about? Do you need someone to tell Hope to talk to you?

audio; un: hope

[futuremessiah]

[She's a teenager, so her first instinct is to answer in text; however, she tries to go the easiest route and that would be to reply as the message came through. ]

What?

[Blunt, to the point, and said just as surly as possible. If nothing else, she is her father's daughter. ]

[rudelanguage]

What do you mean "what?" [the energy is met with same energy.] I'm tryin' to get a hold of this Hope-person or whatever.

[futuremessiah]

And you've reached her. What do you want?

[rudelanguage]

A--wait, really? [no trolling? they're surprised, having expected to be yanked around even longer just to piss them off.

beat.]

Okay. Well. Aurora said I'm your guardian now? For this place? Did you hear anything about that?

[futuremessiah]

I don't need a guardian. I've got a baby grandfather, a grandmother, an uncle, and my dad around here somewhere. And I know how to take care of myself.

audio; un: shades

[laserguy]

So you're watching over Hope for the time being?

[.......]

Don't fuck up.

[rudelanguage]

[Fuckin'...what, if I breathe funny on this thing, people gonna come out and give me shit?

distractedly, in a huff:] Yeah! Nice to meet you, too! Thanks!

[laserguy]

Yeah, no problem.

[...]

But seriously man, I'm the least of your problems.

[rudelanguage]

[man??? Antigone's voice pitches up a bit more.] What's that supposed to mean?

[laserguy]

[Oh that voice sounds kind of feminine? Is he talking to a girl?? Well, it doesn't change what he's about to say anyway.]

It means that a bunch of asshole mutants will get on your case if you fuck with Hope.

[Not that he's speaking from experience, but he knows that they can be A Lot. Really. They're so much. It's why he has a complicated relationship with the other mutants.]

un: plushiecatcher

[reincarnesiac]

Hey, have you managed to hear from Hope yet?

( She really feels it for this poor person (girl? woman? who knows, she can't guess when there's a mammoth in town - well, literally again she supposes, welcome to The United States, and specifically California) trying to reach someone out here. )

We're definitely hearing you, so if not, then they might be getting back to you soon.

[rudelanguage]

Yeahyeahyeahyeah, I get it, okay! I'm not gonna talk on this anymore so nobody else has to give me crap about it! [they're a Little stressed and a Lot not listening, pre-assuming more negativity.]

[reincarnesiac]

Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to distract you, and you're doing fine talking, really. Promise! No one should be giving you guff about being unfamiliar with phones like this, especially when we don't have everyone's number! I'm sorry to hear they have been!

( Truly, it has to be hard enough for her to get things figured out around here if unused to this older (to her) technology. )

May you find Hope soon!

[rudelanguage]

[wh-what. why...nice?? but why.

confusion.mp3]

I--I did? I mean--thanks? [?? ?? ? ] I mean--what? Hold on, who even is this?

[reincarnesiac]

Ah, I think my name here is Alex McCheese? Just call me Alex, that's the same here or back in Etraya.

( Sounding cheerful! For someone with a last name of... cheese. )