3rd Cut -- [Audio | Cellphone]

[twopercent]

I know I've heard new voices, seen new messages, from people who are just starting to connect to whatever the hell this network is. I'm sure you got the warning already but in case you didn't... don't tell anyone else about it, or anything strange you've been seeing. And don't get caught. I can't really say I recommend it.

[Jack's tone is pretty low-key, concerned, when he adds:]

I guess it'd be too much to hope any of you know your way around technical gear?... security cameras, that kind of thing. Some way to keep an eye on things without anyone being put in any danger. We just... don't know enough. About anything. Not yet.

Even how we got these numbers in the first place. Someone has to have set this up. Why haven't we heard anything yet about how. Why. And who...

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[reckless_fire]

You really think somebody set all this up? I mean, yeah I get that it had to come from somewhere, but who could even set something like this up?

[twopercent]

I don't know. But if you've got a better explanation for how we all somehow got these numbers in our heads, I'm all ears.

[reckless_fire]

Not really. I'm pretty much as clueless as everybody else. But as for why we haven't heard from whoever, maybe they can't get on here? That's the only reason I can think of--unless whoever set this up is just an asshole or something.

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[icy_heavens]

[He'd used the voice function on this network once. He considers it a mistake, so he's absolutely defaulting to text now. Too many people will freak at him if they know his age, and he's not up to dealing with all that right now.]

Do we even know how many people are on this thing?

[Text]

[twopercent]

No.

...

I don't know... maybe it's better that way, if General Miller and his collaborators are wanting to track us down.

[Text]

[icy_heavens]

Maybe.

And I guess we can only hope that anyone else who got a number, but hasn't been on here has the sense to keep their mouths shut.

[He sure as hell wouldn't have told anyone; it's too weird just on its own. And now? No way. He's looked at earlier posts. He's seen what happened to Paul. Not sharing this network's existence ever.]

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[comparative_insanity]

I ki~ind of told someone. Or, well, asked them if they'd had those numbers in their head too. Luckily, they had.

[He's sounding so very cheerful and offhand about it too.]

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[twopercent]

...What? Why?

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[comparative_insanity]

Because... You know how most of us've had memories about something that don't fit into our lives? Well, this guy... I feel like I know him, even though I've never met him before. And he feels the same about me. So I- I just guessed.

[Audio]

[scramasax]

...For the "invasion"? [Whatever exactly kind of invasion that's supposed to be. These questions are just what he's been thinking about!]

[Audio]

[twopercent]

Yeah... [Jack remembers this hesitant voice, and tries to keep it cool, calm, good-natured.] Unfortunately it's the only explanation. Someone who wants to fight off whatever it is. It'd be nice if they'd given us a heads-up on what we're getting into first, huh?

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

You can find some pretty easy to set up nanny cams. They aren't the best for detail or anything like that, but they're decent enough, depending what you want them for.

[Text]

[twopercent]

Not quite what I was thinking of, but I guess it might be better than nothing.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Anything else would likely cost too much and make people wonder what the heck you were getting it all for. Nanny cams you can get in Walmart and just say that you think your brother's stealing your stuff and the guys there will just think it's funny.

[dorkytracksuit]

What kind of tech help are you looking for?

[twopercent]

Remote security cameras.

[dorkytracksuit]

For what building?

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[withregret]

[ A neat, slanted, yet pretty handwriting appears. ]

So everyone really has been connecting to this network at different, random times?

[Text]

[twopercent]

Seems like it.

Urgh... I'm guessing you dont have anything to type on, huh?

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[iaijutsu]

Even setting up surveillance could be enough to put someone in danger, if they have the sense to watch the same places we want to keep an eye on.

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[twopercent]

Yeah... that's the only problem.

[And though he's not that confident about it at all...]

Let me worry about that part.

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[secondcomingof]

This face. This face forever, Jack. Forever the glance of silent, wary, absolute judgment. ]

That gun you swiped was expensive.

[ Yeah. He found out about that, asshole. ]

[Audio]

[twopercent]

[Jack is 100% done after staying with you as long as he did, Casval. He just calmly replies:]

I'll bring it back later. Knife too.

[Texted]

[espigeonage]

Yeah, it hardly seems natural. Awful rude of them to not explain anything, though. Maybe that comes later.

[Texted]

[twopercent]

It's a bit late for 'later' already.