[Video/Computer]

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[The video flips on to a slightly confused face, that blinks once, then gives a smile.]]

Hello, Mother, can you hear me? I think it's connected now. Can you see me?

[[a slight pause]] ...this was working last week... That update didn't break it again, did it? [[a soft sigh]] Hello, Mother? Call if you can hear me, I can't see or hear you.

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1/? [Not here]

[chalicejoker]

[That face. That face. Hajime remembers that face.]

2/? [Still not here]

[chalicejoker]

[That looks exactly like the guy who transformed into the red armored jerk with the gun...]

3/? [Still not here]

[chalicejoker]

[But maybe it's not the same guy. Maybe it's just a horrible coincidence. Maybe he shouldn't freak out.]

4/4 [Video, okay, I'm done]

[chalicejoker]

[So he will just try to play it as cool as possible and flip on that video feed.]

I'm pretty sure you're not reaching your mom.

[Video] Alas, I have but a small icon selection and cannot return the favor :)

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[When the video turns on, he startles just a touch, not expecting it. The start of a smile of "finally, it's working!" is swiftly replace by utter confusion that there's an entirely different face on his screen...

and then his eyes widen in shock and he leans back, hand pressed over his heart as if it can stop the horrible feeling that's suddenly overwhelming him.

This face... he knows this face. This face he's sure he's never seen before, he knows it.

His mouth opens to say something, then closes silently.

Joker. A threat. Someone who's going to destroy everything...

How does he know this?

...Does/ he even know it? There's no way something like that could be possible.

There's a moment more before he shakes his head slightly]]


I- I must have dialed the wrong number. My apologies...


[[hang up hang up where's the hang up button... It should be right there, where was it?!]]

[Video]

[fusionjack]

[Another new person? This one seems even more confused than the rest of them. He'd feel bad for the man if his helplessness wasn't somehow... grating on his nerves.

On goes the feed.]

I think you've dialed the wrong number. Did you use the one that's been running through your head?

[He's trying for a neutral expression. What Jack is actually presenting is a tinge judgmental.]

[Video]

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[There's a clear hesitation because not only did he get a wrong number, he got multiple people on it and the first person who answered... he's not going to go into that right now, but this one knowing about something that's been bugging him...?

This was strange and he didn't like it. At all.]]

I must have, very sorry about that. I'll just hang up now, sorry to have been any trouble!



[[Where was the hang up button, it was normally right there...]]

[Video]

[fusionjack]

No trouble... hey. Hey! Wait, wait, don't cut the feed. [Jack leans in, jabbing a finger admonishingly towards the camera.]

You're not going to learn anything if you just back away. Sit down and stay. Trust me on this.

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[testsonseashells]

FAQ.

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[triggerhappytraitor]

[[Side eyeing that link. He may not be the most computer savvy person in his office, but after the first 3 viruss he got...

He's just... going to attempt to close that window.]]


Pop ups too... [[half muttered to himself]] I'll have to make sure to scan everything later...

[testsonseashells]

Not a popup. Have accidentally posted video to a network rather than contacting your mother. Am advising you to read FAQ.

If unwilling, suggest you write number that connected you to this network on piece of paper. Will understand afterwards.

( video. )

[disenchant]

[ he's just very, very confused at this point. ]

I don't think I look very much like your mother.

( video. )

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[He's not the only one]]

No, you really don't. Her hair is brown...

[[All the befuddlement in his voice. A wrong number, he could understand. A wrong number that reached multiple people talking about strange things? Not so much...]]

I'm sorry, I really have no idea what's happening....

( video. )

[disenchant]

It's fine. There's a guide somewhere.

[ he stares off to the side. ]

It said this was a network. ... I think.

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[dead_black_eyes]

...decaf? No cream or sugar?

[Not that L doesn't judge people with fancy drink orders too, but god are you boring, man.]

[Video]

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[...and now his computer is asking him about coffee. He didn't click the link, he shouldn't have gotten a virus just from being sent the link, right? Right?

...he should run a scan. Just in case.]]

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[dead_black_eyes]

Are you just going to stare like an idiot? I can see you, you know.

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[ursoreckless]

[he can see others have been trying to help him and he notices that the poor guy was getting even more confused and not looking at the FAQs so shou was going to try a different approach. so this rather pretty Japanese guy appears, his accent a little odd in that it can't decide if it wants to be upper crust or gutter trash.]

Welcome to the Secret Numbers Club. This is not an internet connection, a work group or a computer virus. What this is... well, think of it as a support group for people who possess either strange memories or strange objects that shouldn't make sense in the world as you knew it. The earthquake, the strange reports of terrorists, the urban legends springing up over a race of Bugmen, all of it is connected to this place.

If you have a hard time believing it, I suggest you write the number that you used to get here on a piece of paper. I'm not talking about your mother's number, the real number that came up when you started the call.

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[triggerhappytraitor]

[[There's a moment of hesitation. Because something strange did happen with that earthquake. Something that has been bugging him despite all attempt not to dwell on it.

He glances over to the side of his computer where there's a pad of paper and pen in easy reach...

and then looks back at the screen.]]

Why would I need to write it down? I'm really not interested in urban legends.

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[ursoreckless]

To prove that this is more than just a virus or an ad or a wrong number. If you write the number down and nothing happens, well then all of this will go away. But if you write the number down and you see something weird, well... that will prove to you that you don't need to get a computer person to reformat your computer.

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[seishindairingun]

You don't look like my father, either.

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[triggerhappytraitor]

[[A very faint smile]]

And you're a bit too old to be my daughter.

Sorry to have bothered you.

[seishindairingun]

I don't see anything if I don't log on, so it wasn't a bother. Did you use the wrong number?

[video]

[loveyoubaby]

[NOPE not your mom]

Shit, you're way too formal. Who the hell straight up calls their old lady "mother" in this day and age?

[video]

[triggerhappytraitor]

[[Might be looking a tiny bit affronted at that.]]

It's respectful.