[ second → video ]

[mingus]

[ heeeeey network, have a video of auggie! he's at his desk in the communications office and his headphones are around his neck. the communicator is in his hand and he's looking off to the side, in a sort of spaced out way. which is probably because he's blind. ]

Heeeello, network. Your friendly neighborhood communications team with a tiiiiny bit of an update. As you all know, this ship is ... [ a wave of his hand as he tries to come up with a word before he snaps his fingers ] insane and you're probably all dealing with the repercussions of that at the moment so I wish you the best of luck!

Juuusst, to anyone actively using the network at the moment, please do not be alarmed if you hear something, uh, out of ordinary, so to speak? We picked up a bit of a disturbance and the source seems to be from the ship itself, not anyone on the network. If you do happen to hear it, you will probably be a bit alarmed at the sudden noise. Please please, do not panic and try not to go looking for the source because like I said, it's from the ship. Stay in your groups, stay in your camps, don't do anything stupid.

[ or at least, they think it's from the ship. There's not actually much of a source but he's at least sure that the screaming isn't coming from anyone on the ship. ]

Anyway, yeah, there's your warning. We'll be watching the channels from here to keep track of ... whatever it is. Good luck!

[ AUGGIE'S SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE ENCRYPTION 100%; FILTERED TO COMMUNICATIONS DEPT + EVERYONE NATHAN SENT A MESSAGE TO ]

So. Screams, huh?

[ hey, at least it's to the point ]

Comments

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[suddenlycaptain]

The screams aren't new. Assuming you're not doing so already, if you can find the audio from Stark's recording a few jumps back, you might be able to check and see how similar they sound. Something tells me we're not going to be lucky enough for it to be a recording, but maybe we can match some voices.

[ Pause. ]

And you're aware everyone is going to be trying to hear them now, right? Or they'll end up thinking the hull is falling apart and it's the screech of metal.

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[ex_sorted385]

Shouldn't be hard for us to run an analysis of two and see if there are similarities.

[ Yes! Data to analyze and compare, finally! ]

perma-snowflaked

[mingus]

Then they get their eardrums blown out! [ a shrug ] Stupidity ain't my problem. Only making sure people know what they're doing is stupid first.

what she said

[cargojet]

That was the same jump Isaac died. So do me a favor and make sure you keep the doors closed to all but the flight personnel from now on.

[ Pause. ]

Kid did his best with a lousy situation. We're between a rock and a hard place here same as everyone else, and I believe in my team.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

You should simply say what the noise is rather than trying to speak around it.

voice;

[mingus]

Yeah, you know what? No thanks.

[voice; snowflakes etc.]

[cargojet]

Well, you certainly know how to make friends, don't you?

[voice]

[signatures]

It's a noise.

Do you want to know what key it's in?

video; 80% encryption

[learnedtosmile]

[Blake looks exhausted, and vaguely annoyed - and it probably comes through in his voice, too. He's heard enough doublespeak to know it immediately. "Gotham won't be forgotten", anyone?]

What do you mean?

voice; encrypted 100%

[mingus]

[ he'll bump it up a bit because sheesh, at least try and go all the way, brah ]

You're on SEC, right?

[behind you, hiding his frown in a coffee cup]

[cargojet]

[ Close Auggie, but you might have mentioned that your friendly neighbourhood spiderman section chiefs/Captain Kirk are already working on protecting everyone. And that it's important to stay warm and not interfere with their investigations. Basically anything but the whole message being about listening to their comms for spooky messages.

But oh well, he tried. This is what you get when you delegate. ]

[ in front of you, UNABLE TO SEE BECAUSE HE'S BLIND, THANKS ]

[mingus]

[ oh well. he's totally going to be PR manager from now on, that was fun as hell. ]

[behind you, grinning into her coffee cup]

[ex_sorted385]

[ Don't listen to Nathan, Auggie, that was A+. Tosh nominates you to do all of Comms' announcements from now on. ]

[behind you, spitting muted insults into the creamer]

[cargojet]

[ You turncoat. Only if he does them without his tongue. He could do with a good laugh after this. ]

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[thenormalsquint]

They're going to hear them eventually. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing at this point. We have to figure out what we're going to tell people. There's no hiding this.

snowflake'd

[mingus]

That's not really our department, at least. I'd leave that more up to SEC.

TRYING TO HACK INTO YOUR SNOWFLAKE ENCRYPTION

[logicals]

_{[ and failing. This is really fucking annoying. ]}

WHOOPS BRO

[mingus]

[ THREE BLIND MICE. THREE BLIND MICE.
SEE HOW THEY RUN. SEE HOW THEY RUN.
THEY ALL RAN AFTER THE FARMER'S WIFE,
WHO CUT OFF THEIR TAILS WITH A CARVING KNIFE,
DID YOU EVER SEE SUCH A SIGHT IN YOUR LIFE,
AS THREE BLIND MICE? ]

not here;

[altercate]

[ wow this is great.......... ]

not here;

[mingus]

[ SORRY BRO ]

SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE

[puppydogeyes]

Update if find source.
Request information lockdown maintained.

SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE

[signatures]

I don't think all of us will be on the same ship, so to speak, but it's an attempt.

voice;

[northerner]

And you are certain we musn't seek out the source? Does it bear us harm?

voice;

[mingus]

There is a larger chance you won't find anything and the ship is just messing with us, than anything else. We don't want anyone getting hurt and losing sight of people or freezing to death because of something that isn't even there. Do you understand?

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[anomalies]

[ he can't hack into your fancypants snowflake encryption, but he can hack into the network itself to see what all the fuss is abouDLKJGSHDLFK NOT THIS AGAIN. 8| ]

Disturbance? That's a bit like calling a tsunami a wave, isn't it?

[ . . . ah, yes, the screams are back, that's nice. that's real nice. ]

I've heard this before.

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[cargojet]

They do sound similar. We got rigorous testing going on down here to see how similar. You got much experience with this sort of tech?

» voice

[tarheel]

[ guess who has two thumbs and is holed up in the science department wearing about four sweaters at once? this guy. ]

Don't take this the wrong way, because I know y'all are trying to help—but I'm pretty sure this announcement is like telling people in B-movies not to go into the woods. It's just gonna make people go explore faster, someone's gonna end up getting eaten... you know. Bad decisions all around.

» voice

[cargojet]

No offense, but if you've even seen one B movie you know going into the woods isn't such a great plan. Besides, the sound's not going to eat anyone. It's a sound. And I near as guarantee everyone on the ship will know what it is by the time we change shifts anyway.

Hah. As though we're still working on shifts.

voice | locked

[unparental]

...out of the ordinary.

text; encrypted 100% - locked to anyone but jenna and auggie!

[mingus]

Heeeey, Jenna.

[ oh wow he's totally going to blab to you because you're his friieeend. wow auggie, priorities. totally pretending to work here, nbd. ]

I'll probably tell you and Isaac when I get back down to camp. I know he's going to be nosy about it regardless.

video | stark encryption 100% | visible to axvengers plus topher, chapel and connor

[starked]

When it rains, it pours.

[ just internal dino noises everything sucks. ]

We're keeping this secret from everyone? For how long, I mean really, you say this and every person able to hack the network is going to find those screams, and you know what, there was a reason I released them the last time. I get that we don't want any more panic, but at this point, that is, I think the least of our worries.

» video | THAT ENCRYPTION

[tarheel]

[ chapel was all set to say "see, someone else agrees with me", but— ]

... oh, of course it's screams again. Why did I think it'd be anything else?

[ shut up he still can't hack what do you want from him ]

text; completely public and very much on purpose

[sexting]

[ whoops, seems like one particular technopath has just realised that his brand new bastard of a migraine isn't just any ordinary headache; it's a hammer to his unconscious mind straight from the depths of the network. Screaming. Nice one, Tq.]

You have five minutes to crawl out from behind your cowardly little encryptions and tell the passengers exactly what the broadcasts are or I bloody well will. And if there's anything else that you lot have been keeping hidden away from the rest of us that we should damn well know you can tell us that while you're at it.

text; encrypted 95%

[puppydogeyes]

Who the fuck are you?

( VOICE + TEXT : FILTERED )

[abrahamic]

"Stay in your camps"

Why aren't you here, then.

text; encrypted 100%

[mingus]

I'm trying to look for the best moment to bail.

supah speshul encryption powahs

[signatures]

Well, that went nicely.

HAHA yes that

[mingus]

Peachy, really. Let's never have that experience again.

anonymous voice; placeholder-ish

[inebriety]

[This is only anonymous because he has no body and communicator of his own to use. A whimper and then a child whispering.]

How do you make them stop?