joint; audio/video; filtered from zone 7 residents, 100%; escape
[ The audio feed clicks on. Dave is palpably exhausted - in every word, you can hear just how tired he is. Still, he's doing his best to keep his cool, as you can tell from the first word. ]
Thup.
[ ...is he lisping? Yes, there's no question as he continues: ]
Gonna keep my beat quick - gotta keep these rhymeth thick-
[ He just trails off there. Like hell he's going to make an idiot of himself, lisping with his new fangs. ]
...anyway. Th- Zone Theven. Thtay the fuck away, unleth you've got a mutation fetish or thomething equally retarded. If you do go in, get thomeone to watch your back, and watch out for anything thpitting wormth. Think that'th all there ith to thay on the matter-
[ Sollux's voice chimes in, from behind him. ]
Here, lemme have that, moron.
[ There’s some shifting around, and then Sollux turns the video feed on. The changes to him and to Dave will be a shock to anyone who knows them. Sollux is covered in mechanical plating and still bleeding a little where metal meets flesh; he has little metal tubes plugged into his neck, chest and side, all connected to his heart; and one of his hands is gone completely, instead taking the form of a skeletal mechanical construct. Dave, in the background, can clearly be seen with a single troll horn, gills and fangs, bleeding a little from his forehead and mouth in addition to all the scraping visible under his nearly demolished shirt. Sollux smiles, but there’s a hard, cynical twist to it. ]
Yeah, tho there’th a bunch of crazy computerth running loothe in Zone Theven. Thith ith what they’re doing with the mithing people. Don’t get cocky.
[ Dave looks up to the camera, finally realizing the video's rolling with him in it. There's no perceptible reaction, until he speaks- ]
Fuck, man, didn't even thay 'cheethe' or anything. Tell me next time you turn that shit on tho I can at least get drethed.
[ He tries a smirk. It comes out kind of weak, especially since he starts hacking less than a second later. ]
[ Sollux smiles, sadly this time. ] Yeah, whatever, I bet all the ladieth are getting a treat theeing you with your thirt off. Athhole. [ He turns back to the camera, sobering again. ] I turned the incoming teleportation thignalth back on while we were on the way out. Don’t be thtupid about it if you’re going in there. You’ll get picked off quick. You wanna get out of there, you're on your own.
Anyone hath any quethtionth, I’ll anthwer them when I’m feeling a little more thane.
[ Click. The feed turns off. ]
[[ Dave and Sollux have just escaped. Feel free to note if you'd rather have one respond than the other (or both/not both), IC or OOC! Tags will pick up in frequency sometme in the next hour, from both of the players. ]]
Thup.
[ ...is he lisping? Yes, there's no question as he continues: ]
Gonna keep my beat quick - gotta keep these rhymeth thick-
[ He just trails off there. Like hell he's going to make an idiot of himself, lisping with his new fangs. ]
...anyway. Th- Zone Theven. Thtay the fuck away, unleth you've got a mutation fetish or thomething equally retarded. If you do go in, get thomeone to watch your back, and watch out for anything thpitting wormth. Think that'th all there ith to thay on the matter-
[ Sollux's voice chimes in, from behind him. ]
Here, lemme have that, moron.
[ There’s some shifting around, and then Sollux turns the video feed on. The changes to him and to Dave will be a shock to anyone who knows them. Sollux is covered in mechanical plating and still bleeding a little where metal meets flesh; he has little metal tubes plugged into his neck, chest and side, all connected to his heart; and one of his hands is gone completely, instead taking the form of a skeletal mechanical construct. Dave, in the background, can clearly be seen with a single troll horn, gills and fangs, bleeding a little from his forehead and mouth in addition to all the scraping visible under his nearly demolished shirt. Sollux smiles, but there’s a hard, cynical twist to it. ]
Yeah, tho there’th a bunch of crazy computerth running loothe in Zone Theven. Thith ith what they’re doing with the mithing people. Don’t get cocky.
[ Dave looks up to the camera, finally realizing the video's rolling with him in it. There's no perceptible reaction, until he speaks- ]
Fuck, man, didn't even thay 'cheethe' or anything. Tell me next time you turn that shit on tho I can at least get drethed.
[ He tries a smirk. It comes out kind of weak, especially since he starts hacking less than a second later. ]
[ Sollux smiles, sadly this time. ] Yeah, whatever, I bet all the ladieth are getting a treat theeing you with your thirt off. Athhole. [ He turns back to the camera, sobering again. ] I turned the incoming teleportation thignalth back on while we were on the way out. Don’t be thtupid about it if you’re going in there. You’ll get picked off quick. You wanna get out of there, you're on your own.
Anyone hath any quethtionth, I’ll anthwer them when I’m feeling a little more thane.
[ Click. The feed turns off. ]
[[ Dave and Sollux have just escaped. Feel free to note if you'd rather have one respond than the other (or both/not both), IC or OOC! Tags will pick up in frequency sometme in the next hour, from both of the players. ]]