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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] levelshift 2025-09-17 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. There isn't a good solution, is there? Other people can at least fight back if they have to, but I can't even fucking stand up on my own without my crutch.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-20 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, goddamnit.]

Who told you? Finch? Reese?

[The guy that attacked him? That seems unlikely, though.]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-21 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Goddamnit, Harold.

He sighs. Assuming Grimnir is SleepNear, then he isn't about to argue with whatever he has told Jayce.]


Well, I did some pretty upsetting things to him.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-22 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
A part of me enjoys violence. I'd be lying if I said otherwise.

[It feels utterly disgusting to type out, but it's the truth and Jayce deserves that much.]
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-22 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[There were points in time when he was younger when it only scared him, like when his reflection first fully manifested. Accidentally hurting so many people (and the resulting military response) had been utterly terrifying. None of it had felt good like it does these days.

That's confirmation to him that he wasn't born like this, and he tries giving Jayce's question some more thought.]


I guess I've been around it for so long that the natural thing to do is enjoy it.
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[personal profile] levelshift 2025-09-24 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[That question makes him sound so fucking weak it's ridiculous, even just reading it makes him bristle defensively. It reminds him of when Yomikawa called him over being afraid of what could happen if he showed Last Order any kindness. She had been right on the mark back then, and Jayce is right now.

That's the worst part. It'd be a lot easier to deal with if he could just tell Jayce off.]


I don't know. It's possible. It's not like I can go back to being the person I was when I was a little kid before all of this. I don't know what I'd be like.