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𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 ([personal profile] hexcope) wrote in [community profile] etraya2025-09-16 11:29 pm

un: jaycetalis | video

[In a rare moment of using video on purpose, there's Jayce. To those who know him, he looks the same as he always does. To those who don't- he's an early 30's man with seemingly a permanent five-o-clock shadow, bright golden eyes, and perfectly coiffed hair. The background is out of focus, but to those who know it, it's clearly a part of S.T.A.R. labs. Normally a little more jovial or at least less serious sounding, Jayce looks into the camera like he's giving a press release.]

We’ve got about forty-eight hours or less until Aurora allows that toxin into Etraya. Which means if you haven’t started taking precautions already; start now. Get easily carried food, medical supplies, whatever you think you'd need. Better to be over-prepared than under.

Considering what Aurora's told us about the "mission"... If you’re someone prone to having weapons, do us all a favor and throw them into one of our many, lovely lakes, before you wind up using it on someone else. Or, if you’re going to be touchy about it, let me know, I’ll talk with Harold about how we can get them locked up somewhere for the mission’s duration.

As a reminder to those who don’t want to think about it, and maybe new information to those who are new: if you die here, for whatever reason, you lose something. I don’t know what, you won’t know what, and you might not even know what it is you’ve lost even after you’ve lost it. Maybe it’s an eye, maybe it’s the memory of your best friend. Either way, whatever you're afraid of by not having your weapons on you isn’t worth what you’ll be making someone else lose because of your bad decisions.

If you have any special concerns, worries about any specific denizens in this upcoming mission, now's also the time to voice it.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I-- [the voice hitches, choked up by a bit of impulse frustration. Bitch, you think I can tell this or that at a glance! All these -ology and -mancy words!!

after that's gulped on.]
Ye, yeah, whatever, I dunno. I guess I'm just. Trying to look at this on all possible sides? Since none of this is just. Laid out. It's just people's word, your ability... [what's a pretend-girl supposed to do with that!]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, let me put it this way:

I can measure a bunch of scientific shit about my body. Electrical, biochemical, that kind of thing. I do it regularly, so I have the structure of my body memorized. After I died all I did was compare that older data with the newer data, and it all seemed the same to me.

If magic was involved I'm a lot more limited in what I can do, since I'm still new to it.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Damn dude sounds both freaky and exhausting.]

Right. Okay.

[...,...]


So like. Like if someone can scan for magical stuff, say... [Me?? But like not me.] I mean, if they could--
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If they wanted to scan me and it wouldn't be a gigantic waste of time they're free to. I don't really care.

[He's spent most of his like being a guinea pig so he's used to it, and at least this would be for a good cause.]
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh nice. Cool. I mean--

[..,]

I mean I guess after everyone's done being frickin' poisoned or whatever, then, I dunno-- I can probably. Do that.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah? As long as that doesn't require me casting any magic, that'd be fine.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, no, no. You just kinda. Stand there. And I look atcha. That's it.

[really, they could just do this today but like...........]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh, okay. That's less invasive than most of the experiments back home.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't really do the whole...experiment-on-people thing. I just look. So I can know and...and stay alive better. Y'know?
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I get it. If you gain any data from this, I want it.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[What, like I'd scry for magic and NOT say shit about it stinkin' on you? I'm not THAT much of a bastard.

I mean, unless you're a bastard first, I guess. But whatever. Whatever!!


...

wait--]


Uh...How do I...find you? Later? You're just talking words in my ear, so I don't really...y'know...
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Talking words in her ear? Accelerator squints at that.]

Just message me on the earpiece after the mission and we can meet up wherever. I'm not going to be busy, so any time is going to work.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, okay. How do I ask? Like...who do I ask the ghost to let me talk to?
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ghost?? Does she know how the earpiece works???]

Accelerator. Same as my username.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[sure. that. that thing.] Okay, that's-- wait. [HANG ON. ROLLING A HISTORY CHECK.]

Oh, yeah! [19 (16+3)] Fucknnnrhhhhfrickin' Shadow said to talk to you! That was, uh--

[...]

Uh, a while ago. Damn.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait, that guy that looked like a kid's mascot? He's been gone for months. Also, what?]

Why did he say that?
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
He was tryina' make me do all his recon work for him! Like, Antigone, do this, Antigone, study that, Antigone, go learn what they know, Antigone brush my teeth for me-- [okay maybe not THAT much, but like. y'get the idea.]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Recon work?

[Hold up —]

He wanted you to fucking stalk me? Am I getting that right?

[Because that sure sounds like stalking to him.]
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
What the--why would I have to stalk you? Do you like, run away when non-humans try to up and talk to you or somethin'? [you some kinda furry racist, dude?]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[What the hell is this conversation turning into.]

What? No. But isn't recon work usually supposed to be covert or something? Like you're spying on people instead of having conversations with them?
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[this is Normal Knife interactions welcome to the show]

It's recon because he's pulling it from me second-hand, yeah? Instead of helping me out since I'MMMM not the one who could fly and shoot lasers out my butt!

Honestly, I was just being exploited.

[honestly? this is kind of bait. Antigone quietly hopes Shadow explodes out of the ground to sass back because she wants to be sure he's not fucking dead or in a necromancy jar or whatever.]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hmm, well. From what he remembers about Shadow all of that seems to tracks]

Either that or he was just being a lazy shit.

Doesn't really matter, anyways. Since he's gone you don't have to worry about doing that anymore.
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Gone for sure? Like--how is anyone sure? Of anything? Here? Like is there anyone's word besides the ghosts?
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-17 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
First off, what the hell do you mean by ghosts? Aurora?
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[personal profile] rudelanguage 2025-09-17 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeahyeahyeahyeah, whatever! No body, haunts me, it's ghost enough, okay! Yes!

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