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[nos_servabit]

[When the video turns on, you will not find Jacob like he usually is.]

[Because usually he always has that benevolently calm smile on, but this time, it's not evident. In fact, he looks incredibly sad, his blue eyes not meeting the camera. He looks like a little kid who's been caught doing something bad and is feeling very guilty about it.]

...I'm

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[ninthserenade]

I dunno what I did but I kinda feel sick thinking about the whole thing.

[He rubs at his arms as if he has a terrible chill, drawing his old roommate's coat around his shoulders even if it doesn't help at all.]

I'm kinda scared, too. Why'd they pick only a handful of us 'n why can't we really remember anything? All I can remember is a white room 'n the name 'Carol'.

[nos_servabit]

Yes, I remember that vaguely too...but whoever is in charge does not want us to understand what occurred to make us act that way.

[ninthserenade]

...I don't even know who is in charge anymore. I haven't seen Alpha since he said we'd be working on the elevator for the surface. This kinda confirms all the suspicions about this place being one big experimental place, y'know?

[Except he wouldn't leave it for the worlds. Not now.]

[nos_servabit]

You never know, actually. I looked over a place which had experiments done on it...but in the end, it was far more than just a group of scientists trying to figure out the impossible.

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[ultrafangtastic]

Someone told me that they're doing experiments on all of us, I didn't believe it at first but after all those people went missing...

[A pause before she tries to offer a helpful smile.]

You didn't mean to do anything bad and you said sorry, I'm sure people will understand!

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[nos_servabit]

Yes, that seems like the most logical explanation, what with the numbers on the bands...

[A weak smile in return.] I hope they do. I think I said some very cruel things...

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[ultrafangtastic]

And you said them to your friends?

[Ever so curious, she swears she has a point.]

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[nos_servabit]

Yes, yes I did. To the ones who trusted me the most...

[fishncustard]

So that's what happened to the missing ones.

I'm sorry that yourself and the others had to go through such an ordeal, and I would love to say I have an answer...

It is best not to blame yourself for what has happened, it is quite obvious that you never meant to act out the way you had.

Although, if I were to take a guess as to the goal... This was an experiment to test how strong the dark side of any one person could be. Because no matter how you look at it, we all have some darkness hidden within us, most just choose not to act on it.

[nos_servabit]

Yes, we all were taken, I believe, right after the Halloween party.

[He nods.] I understand that. But it is better to give an explanation for what you did and hope the other person understands.

Oh, I know that, I've seen it with my own eyes. There is always dark to counteract the goodness.

[fishncustard]

Given that it was not an isolated incident, I am sure that others will understand your actions. There may still be a sting, depending on the severity of actions, but everything takes some amount of time.

You--

[There was that lean into the screen before pulling back]

You're a curious one, aren't you? Imagine that... perhaps they really are trying to test not only our own limits, but theirs as well.

[nos_servabit]

Yes, I guess it's to be expected...some people are not so quick to forgive.

[He smiles at that] As are you. And it's likely...I knew a group of people who tried to do just that where I come from.

[contemptibility]

Is it really such a surprise-that people would do things like that? Toy with others' lives?

[Tiir's not even bothering with the smug smiles right now-he's furious.]

[nos_servabit]

Not really, but it takes planning for something like this to happen. I know many people who play with other people's lives, so I'm not surprised on that. I'm mostly curious as to how this was planned out. Did they have our names on a list before we came here, or did they choose us at random when we came to the island?

For the latter, I think not.

[contemptibility]

Then what would be your guess for all this?

[nos_servabit]

There is something larger at play. Of course, it may seem like there is an organization of people behind this, but even they have to answer to somebody. Whether that somebody is even human or not is one more question we have to ask ourselves. But I think the truth is far more complex than it lets on.

[sometimes_boe]

From how I understand it, it wasn't your choice. Don't blame yourself for your actions, it wasn't really you making them.

[nos_servabit]

...

[He glances downwards.] Yes, but at the same time, it was me, in a way. My other side. The dark side that people always have. And it took over me, like a sort of Jekyll and Hyde scenario...

[sometimes_boe]

You're right, everyone has a darker side. Yours just got exploited....you're fretting too much. I'm sure those who encountered you don't blame you.

[He certainly didn't blame Ianto for anything.]

[nos_servabit]

I hope not. I've just never been in such a situation before. Usually I can see everything coming. And this time I didn't.