6th Cut -- [Audio | Cellphone] -- [Backdated to Wednesday]

[twopercent]

[Jack's voice is a little rougher than usual in his brief message to the Network in general:]

Heh heh. Dead District's cleared out again for the time being. No problem.

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[Audio, private]

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime almost tried for a video reply, but he's pretty sure he still looks like a mess. He's trying to sound as calm as possible, but he's still breathing kind of heavily, and there's flat-out no masking the fact that he's sounding pretty shaken.]

You...you said we were just going to scare them off...

[At least the accusatory tone made it through.]

[Audio, private]

[twopercent]

[Jack doesn't sound at all sorry.]

Things change. Besides, they got what was coming to them, don't you think? Working for the wrong crowd can turn out to be messy business...

[Audio, private]

[chalicejoker]

Yeah, I'm starting to see that...

[Wrong crowd? Hajime is reasonably sure that's exactly what happened to him tonight. He tried to go with the wrong crowd, and those guys paid the price.]

But they were--they would have left if...if you hadn't...

[No, he really doesn't want to discuss what just happened in any great detail, thanks.]

[Video | Smartphone]

[thepiisatruth]

Cleared outta what?

[Audio | Cellphone]

[twopercent]

The enemy's thugs. They never saw it coming.

[thepiisatruth]

"Enemy's thugs"?

So that's what that was all about.

Well, hey, thanks, I guess.

Voice | Cellphone

[icy_heavens]

... What did you do? [Yeah, he's got a bad feeling about this, and you can hear it. More guarded than outright terrified, though.]

Voice | Cellphone

[twopercent]

[Ironically, considering how Jack was going on about 'fun' relative to the werewolf hunt back when he was drunk...]

Just having a little fun. Can't wait to see what the enemy responds with next time, heh heh.

Voice | Cellphone

[icy_heavens]

[Damn it. When the adults aren't being overprotective morons, they're being complete psychos.]

The idea that any of this should be "fun" is news to me. [Tad less confrontational-sounding than their previous conversations. Because psycho.]

[ video; cellphone ALSO PRIVATE oops ]

[secondcomingof]

Jack.

I can see you hiding behind the building.

We're going home.

[ Calm words on the surface, not so much underneath. His eyes are still shimmering with that awful, disturbed shadow, his breaths are still heavy and he still looks ready to slaughter the nearest thing that comes his way that isn't named Jack Sears.

And maybe he will slaughter Jack Sears if he doesn't haul his ass back around you're right around the corner from him, douchebag don't forget your promise now. ]

To liquor and fuckall else, I don't know. Sure we got the rest of those bloody shits?

[Audio only | Private]

[twopercent]

I don't see any more. Too bad, huh? They went down too easy, too fast...

switch to audio, still private

[secondcomingof]

[ Yeah, he's trotting towards your location. While chatting on his cellphone. Deal with it. ]

Too bad, indeed. Scotch, or Schnapps?

[testsonseashells]

Killed them, yes? Hope it doesn't draw too much attention.

[twopercent]

Yeah. Guess we'll just have to wait and see, huh?

[testsonseashells]

Notified someone beforehand, I hope.

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[abidan]

D'you really think provoking them is such a good idea?

voice

[twopercent]

'Provoking' them? They're the invaders... and their conspirators, remember? When a dozen guys start shoving more of the homeless out of the Dead District... who do you think is provoking who?

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[abidan]

Right now I'd say it goes both ways, actually.

[ A pause. ]

Did you at least take someone with you? You shouldn't be doing that kind of thing alone.

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[kingside]

You have no sense of self-preservation at all, do you?

audio

[twopercent]

So many people calling up to tell me I shoulda been more careful... where the thanks for putting down the latest offshoot of the enemy's activities, huh?

audio

[kingside]

[Oh, to hell with it. He's met you in person already, Jack, so surely this won't hurt. He switches on his microphone, then responds.]

Am I grateful? Yes. Do I think you're a fool regardless? Yes. You're more of a help to us alive than dead, Jack.

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[twopercent]

[Jack doesn't even care, completely nonchalant about it. Satisfied, even.]

Every last one, between me and Cap.

[private audio thing]

[unfearing]

...Jack? What's happened?

You didn't-- You killed people? And Casval was involved? Jack, what on earth--

[ Hunting werewolves who turned into men was horrifying enough for her. For something like this--

She doesn't even have the words. ]

[audio]

[twopercent]

They were trying to push more people out of the Dead District. We put a stop to it when they came back. Simple enough.