Ninety-Second Mission [Audio]

[shadesofeco]

So that's it.  Everything goes back to normal, and we don't get any answers?

Who the hell was Jennifer?  And why did it come down to us to take care of her?  I thought the captain was some "great man".

[There's a long pause.

Jak's tone is flat when he finally speaks again.  He might as well be remarking on the weather.]

Keira's gone.

So's Torn

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[psychoticracer]

Torn was a coward.

Shame about Keira, though.

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

You say that like you care.

[Audio]

[psychoticracer]

Well, you know.

It was nice having her tinker around with my zoomer.

Even if it wasn't a real one.

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

If you laid a hand on her ...

[ntjstapwn]

Do we ever get answers?

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

Not often enough.

[Audio]

[ntjstapwn]

Figures.

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

They're just toying with us.

[does_everything]

I was wonderin' why they'd been so quiet.

[shadesofeco]

[Grunt.

Jak's used up his verbosity quota for a few weeks.]

Had to happen sooner or later.

[does_everything]

[Obviously Jak is not shitting sunshine right now. Topic change: get.]

Why're you so shocked that the captain didn't do nothin'? You really expect him to?

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

[When is he ever?]

He's done it before.

Either he chooses when to help us, or he's not as powerful as he makes us believe.

[heavyweaponsbot]

... The one who went to the theatre with us?

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

Yeah.

[Audio]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He grunts.]

Sorry. Seemed like a good one.

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

He was.

[He shrugs slightly, not that it can be seen.]

It's not the first time.

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix stiffens in the shock of Jak's words.]

What? What do you mean, they're gone?

[He knows what Jak means, he just doesn't want that to be the answer.]

[shadesofeco]

They're gone.

[Jak's tone is one of numbed flatness.]

Their rooms are empty. They're gone.

Again.

[ecopiracy]

[There are several long moments of silence from Phoenix. He did not care much for Torn, but Keira... Even despite the awkwardness that had been between them, to have her suddenly not there feels like a blow to his gut.

Then what Jak said fully registers and he lifts an eyebrow.]

Again?

[Audio]

[shadesofeco]

Torn's been here and vanished before.

I guess this is the third time.

[Jak might not sound like he cares, but he's working his way through a bottle right now.]