iv - [text]

[caosgo]

i almost have all the information compiled im very sorry for the delay

long week and earplugs dont work

i thought maybe a clue iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[there's a nearly half-minute pause here before it continues, for those watching in real time.]

cant turn it off but the statues. maybe a clue maybe nothing



[Well, that was...informative. This message only decipherable thanks to autocorrect. Hooray for technology.]


julien its good to hear you and everyone are alright


[yeah, it's even hard for him to concentrate enough to remember how to send that privately. Ah, well.]

Comments

[espigeonage]

Whoah, are you okay?

[...]

[he just puts in Emmanuel's number and goes with voice.]

Talk to me, man. What happened? Did your hearing change or something?

text

[part_time_overlord]

You alright dude?

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

You all right?

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

[ Let's be a parrot and repeat what everyone said. ]

Is everything all right?

[enrages]

holy shit you're on drugs aren't you?

[caosgo]

[there's a delay, because he has to sort Julien's voice out from about four music stations, the news, and some other background chatter.]

text please. sorry.

i was at the library, timing towers

[another pause]

tuning tower. noise got worse. now like I'm in a tv with a broken antenna

text

[caosgo]

no sorry. since yesterday. dont know what changed but its not good.

dont worry ill finish it. info is important for the new people

[Text]

[caosgo]

headache. cant sleep. at home, not dying, those parts are good. maybe it'll go away soon

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

How long?

[espigeonage]

Okay. Sorry.

Sorry, I think that reference predates me. Do you mean static? Sounds like another nasty pulse. Is it better indoors? Maybe in a basement?

[Handwritten]

[caosgo]

yes and no

not in danger. please dont worry

lmfaooo

[caosgo]

no it was

there was a memory but something else too

[Text]

[caosgo]

yesterday,. tuning towers. noise is worse just for me i think

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

How long since you've slept, I meant. Unless it's the same.

How much worse?

[caosgo]

static and like feedback. high pitched dunno why my eardrums still work

sometimes some words but cant understand them

[there's a pause. It had gotten slightly better indoors, but not by much--still unbearable. But the basement? He takes some time getting out of bed and trying to remember where the key was. The next challenge is not falling down the uneven wooden stairs, but he makes it. Now that he's surrounded by concrete, the noise actually does fade a little, and he leans against a wall in relief.]

yes. basement is better. thanks

[enrages]

????

[Text]

[caosgo]

just last night. because its too loud

like a bad [hah, how does he even describe it?]

like a bad car radio connection times twenty

[espigeonage]

That sounds... really messy. But you can still hear normal things?

[And, after the pause]

So maybe it's not really sound. Do you want me to come over? I'm better now, and I don't mind errand-boying.

[caosgo]

sorry. headache. hard to cone citrate

[autocorrect tho]

pule. echo. memory whatever

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Bad static?

[caosgo]

yes but they;'re hard to separate


dont want to bother you maybe uit will go away

[Text]

[caosgo]

[there's a delay as he tries out Julien's suggestion to move to his basement. Thankfully it's less intense there.]

yes and high pitched. that awful screeching

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

That sucks! Nothing blocks it out?

[espigeonage]

Sorry... Maybe it will, but...

Look, these things are upsetting, let me come over. Do you keep a key outside anywhere?

[Text]

[caosgo]

in the basement its duller. maybe not the same noise then