[text, cellphone; backdated to shortly after Proud's death]

[healspec]

[Jan 25, shortly after the meeting and the accidental death of David Proud.]

[Ravi just feels numb, but he realizes it's important to inform the network how things turned out, so here he is. everything is still kind of sinking in, so he doesn't have much to say about it beyond the bare facts.]

Snakes are gone. Proud is dead.

[pause. he considers adding in a 'sorry,' but ultimately decides it's too much effort in his current emotional state and doesn't.]

Comments

[text]

[epimethean]

What, that's it? Proud's dead? You can't just post something like that and leave it there, mate.

[text]

[healspec]

[doesn't...care...] What else do you want?

text; icly the morning after this post

[detectivetroll]

Are you okay?

[text]

[healspec]

[response doesn't come until late afternoon because thank you graveyard shift sleep cycle]

[he is not okay. there are a lot of reasons he is not okay, and they are only tangentially related to the fact that he inadvertently got Proud killed.]

I'll be fine.

[not_good_not_wicked]

It wasn't my fault.

Was it?

I mean I did blow up the snakes, but...

Fuck.

[Quietly freaking out here DID SHE JUST INDIRECTLY KILL SOMEONE!?]

[text]

[healspec]

[oh wow he didn't even think about how those girls might feel about this. he didn't think it was possible to feel even more awful but there it is]

No.

text/audio;

[drama8om8]

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[ Too many eights. Time to take a deep breath and calm down. ]

Th8s 88tt8r 88 8 r88ll8 unf8nn8 j8k8

[ OKAY NO TYPING IS NOT WORKING HERE. She switches to audio. ]

Are you sure, what happened, and who did it.

[ If her voice sounds off, it's because it's having to make its way past the giant lump of horror and grief that got lodged in her throat on the way to her brain. No biggie. ]

[text]

[healspec]

[oh god he can already tell he doesn't want to have this conversation. he takes a little more care with this reply than he has in others]

We took him somewhere to lead the snakes away, so we could destroy them safely.

Danny tried to protect him but he was caught in the explosion.

text;

[reapsthewind]

No great loss. He was insane, a loose canon, and a danger to us all. Not to mention entirely unhelpful.

[Text]

[healspec]

[WOW RUDE THIS WAS A DUDE'S LIFE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. don't say that shit to someone who feels personally culpable!!]

Don't.

text

[testsonseashells]

Unfair. Moderately helpful. Provided useful information. Could potentially have crafted allied snake statues.

[Voice]

[dododo]

[ Oh no ... ]

Do you need anything?

[text]

[healspec]

I'll be fine.

[he needs to never have gotten involved in this whole network mess is what he needs. fuck echoes, man.]

[centurian]

[ So... he didn't know the guy, apart from the fact that he apparently sent killer snakes to attack them. But, here people go, taking way too much justice into their own hands. ]

What.

[ He has more to say, but seriously... just "what". ]

[text]

[healspec]

[what, what? what more do you expect him to say, man?]

If you want an answer, ask a real question. [HE'S A LITTLE IRRITATED sorry]

text;

[wirsinddiejager]

well. fuck.

[healspec]

[I'M SORRY ALAN he has nothing to say to this. because, you know what, it's pretty much the only appropriate response.]

text

[testsonseashells]

Good. Shame about Proud; could still have been useful. No other casualties?

[text]

[healspec]

[...sigh, leave it to Mordin to think in terms of pure functionality and pragmatism. that's not a sentiment Ravi wants to hear right now, because thinking of Proud in terms of pragmatism instead of as a person is kind of what got him into this mess.]

As far as I know.

text

[tenaciousc]

I'm guessing there's a connection here?

[Text]

[healspec]

He died in the explosion when the snakes were destroyed.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Snake explosion get him?


Everyone else okay?

[Text]

[healspec]

Yes. [tho that's debatable tbh. but he's just going to say yes because he doesn't want Marisa or Reimu feeling personally responsible.] To both.

[somesayinfire]

That's good, I guess. The first part.

Are you okay?

[text; private]

[healspec]

[oh thank god, someone he can actually talk to. DID YOU KNOW BOTH OF HIS OTHER FRIENDS ARE CURRENTLY SUPER PISSED AT HIM? he feels like there is literally no one who doesn't hate him right now. he knows it's not true (probably), but Brooke's appearance lets him actually believe that for a minute.]

No.

[follow-up message, because it bears clarifying: ] But physically, yes.

[Handwritten]

[originaloddcouple]

...Well, that's not great.

What happened?

[text]

[healspec]

[he's getting really sick of repeating this uuugh why can't he just edit the OP]

Lured the snakes away from the meeting, Proud was caught in the explosion.

Voice

[icy_heavens]

[Okay, his night hasn't exactly been a picnic either. Nobody's has, if they'd been at the meeting. But this kind of trumps that. Even so, only a hint of bitterness makes it through the weariness in his voice.] Well, crap. The explosions?

[Text]

[healspec]

Yes.

[he doesn't want to volunteer elaboration, so to get it Toushirou is either gonna have to ask or read up]

[Text]

[paradiseshrinemaiden]

[Reimu's response is a bit different than Marisa's, she is pretty upset never the less.]

What the hell do you mean he's dead? Weren't you guys supposed to making sure no one got hurt down there?

[Text]

[healspec]

[oh no is this the other girl who provided the aerial strike? he feels so bad for both of them. HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO TELL HER. face in hands foreverrrr]

We tried. He broke away at the last second.

[video]

[amajin]

[Jin's looking the worse for wear, with his eye and honestly most of his face purple and livid red and swelling. He probably shouldn't have his phone out, because he's in the hospital, but technically it's on airline mode because MYSTICAL NETWORK]

Well, I guess that happened. Anybody else die? He made the things or whatever, right? Did he die when they did or the other way around? Or both. Aw who cares.

[Text]

[healspec]

[oh wow. Jin's injuries get a sympathetic wince, though it's not visible through text. As an ER worker, Ravi's certainly seen worse, but he's wondering if those are snake-inflicted and that just makes it doubly uncomfortable to see.]

It is hard to say. It all kind of happened at once.

As far as other deaths, I don't know. [he's not anywhere near where the bulk of the fighting took place, so he can't exactly do a headcount or anything atm]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Wait what.]

How?!

[Text]

[healspec]

The snakes exploded. We tried to protect him but he would not let us.

voice;

[alilyinthemoonslight]

...[Just a bit of silence at first, she thought she knew what she was going to say when she opened this up, but... She'd seen them as they exited that house. She'd known what they were PLANNING to do, just... not that it would lead a man to his death. For however unstable Proud may have been, something like that... Between her mother and memories of Cologne, death is not a new experience for her, but this is different.]

...I know you must have gotten a lot of this, so I won't pile more onto you. Just... I didn't expect this...

[Text]

[healspec]

[thanks Lily, he appreciates that. he really doesn't need any extra guilt thrown on at this point.]

It isn't what was supposed to happen. [because he can't tell if she thinks so or not. he really should have been clearer in the OP, cursing his choices now]

[Audio]

[hawaiianheir]

Kokami.

[While probably a bit less easy to parse than jesus fucking christ, he's trying to keep a cool head. Deep breaths. Don't let them see you sweat.]

...I've read it all, I know it didn't mean to happen that way... but still. Fuck, man.

[healspec]

[Ravi might not know what that means, but the sentiment's pretty clear nonetheless. Unfortunately he is feeling pretty Done with this whole post and he doesn't have much to add to that. It...pretty much sums up how he feels, tbh.]