[Network | Audio | DAY 141] @estibien, those pesky chain letters [open]

[dravanicide]

[Ordinarily, Estinien wouldn't make a network post. Ordinarily, he'd keep to himself and not bother with talking to anyone. However, thanks to this, he's making this post just a few minutes after receiving the ridiculous chain letter.]

Has there ever been record of one of us turning into an anomaly?

[That's it. Such a chatterbox, this guy.]

Comments

@determination

[despiteeverything]

No.

[Frisk's almost baffled at the question.]

I woulda put it in the Anomaly Guide if there was... [Wait a second...] Why? Did someone...

@estibien

[dravanicide]

Nay, not that I know of.

[A beat.]

I had received a warning of such, and decided to check its validity ere anything else.

@Mnemosyne; text

[bookofnope]

Not as such, no. I would note, however, that the anomalies do seem to be turning more and more like us.

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

I suppose I would much rather that, than this more worrying alternative.

text, @jphawkins

[rattlingthestars]

Not that we know of.

[ This seems like a worryingly specific question. ]

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

'Twould seem this is becoming the general consensus.

@guardian; audio;

[phaseshifter]

Dumpy might have, kind of. If he did, he got better.

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

[He's unsure if he wants to take anything she says to be truth, but he doesn't wanna chance being wrong either...]

Who is Dumpy, and what happened?

@zachtastic; text

[majorlazer]

[Zach sighs. Oh, Nathan, you chose your victims well.]

did you receive something in your personal inbox?

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

Aye. Know aught of it?

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ Royce reads through the responses Estinien gets before responding himself. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't... a little worried. ]

You got one too.

[dravanicide]

So 'twas not only I who received it? What are your thoughts regarding it?

[He's unsure what to think of it, but if it is true, he does seem to be spending what precious little time he has...]

@gravedigger; voice

[harlequinofhate]

Hmm... Dunno.

Never heard of that happening but it probably could.

[dravanicide]

Aught could probably happen, I wish to know definitives.

Nevertheless, what makes you thing it a possibility?

@lockhart; audio

[powersouls]

Oh, um... Don't worry about that message you got. It's just Nathan. He tries to mess with people.

[dravanicide]

You are the second I have heard this from, so I am wagering this is typical of him?

[Estinien is gonna throw Nathan, he swears to Halone...]

@dreadnought; Text

[bloodbrine]

What a curious question. Contemplating mass murder already, Dragoon?

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

You mistake concern for bloodthirstiness, Admiral. I would hope you more perceptive than that.

@quark; audio

[averytinyparticle]

To us? No, not yet...but that's not to say that there hasn't been evidence of it happening before.

[THANKS QUARK THIS IS HELPING CALM DOWN THE FRIGHTENED ELF MAN.]

[dravanicide]

What evidence do you have?

[Estinien isn't exactly frightened, he just wants to know what he's up against.]

@snailfan98, text

[inruins]

You've received that odd letter as well? I wouldn't worry about it, dear. I think it is a joke.

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

'Tis a poor taste in jest if so. However, seeing as you are not the first to say as such, I am inclined to believe it.

[Nathan is gonna get a boot in his ass if Estinien ever runs into him.]

@captaininvincible; audio

[notaquaman]

Whoa--just hold on--everyone calm down a second, I didn't send anything!

[If he's lying...which he is, he's doing an impressive job of sounding shocked and appalled. Clearly, he has some experience.]

This is bullshit, I'm being framed or something--what the fuck! I even got one in my inbox from someone else!

[Okay, that part's true, but only because he sent it first.]

[dravanicide]

Whom do you think you are fooling, boy?

[Estinien doesn't sound the SLIGHTEST BIT AMUSED.]

[action, but he's audible from Estinien's tablet]

[heiresy]

[Aymeric is residing in the same house at the moment, so he decides to check in on Estinien... Especially hearing the annoyance in his voice.]

What has you so vexed this time, Estinien? Are you speaking with the machine people again?

[He turns a corner into the room, holding a pillow case and a bottle of champagne.]

[action]

[dravanicide]

[He shuts off the feed momentarily, seeing as he doesn't want all of Norfinbury to hear their conversation]

'Twould seem some boy thought it a sound idea to send out a prank message claiming to be some sort of curse which could turn those who read its message into anomalies.

[He lets out a frustrated sigh. But motions for him to bring that champagne over. He needs it.]

Which, as many have assured me, has never happened, and that he is full of shite.

@ketximq; video

[mightyratslayer]

SHIT MAN, DID YOU GET ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES TOO? DID YOU SEND IT AROUND IN TIME? WHAT IF LIKE A BUNCH OF US JUST UP AND TURN INTO ANOMALIES, MAN? WE'RE FUCKED.

[Hi Estinien. Charlie is yelly. Enjoy a close-up of his panicky face.]

@estibien; audio

[dravanicide]

[Wow...

Uh. Hm.

Estinien does not know how to handle you, Charlie.]

From what I have been told, 'twould seem 'twas a hoax. Though, I suppose better safe than sorry.

[He hasn't sent a single one out, however...]

@donner; audio

[imgonnatouchit]

Hmm, so I guess you got one of those messages, too. As a scientist, I'm not quick to accept claims of the supernatural, but then again...

Anything supposedly "supernatural" usually winds up having a scientific explanation, right? So I won't completely discount the possibility that it could be true. But there's only one way to find out.

... We need a control group.

[A completely serious, if slightly excited, suggestion.]

[dravanicide]

I know not much when it comes to science, and I will not pretend it isn't beyond my ken. However, curses and suchlike are very real in Eorzea, and some have spelled the ruin of great nations.

For what it may be worth, I have not followed the instructions. However, I have been told the whole thing is a hoax, but I will not rain on your parade if you wish to put this to the proof.

@ASolomons; audio

[devoutish]

The way it's written, right, makes me think joke.

[A very bad joke, mind.]

Whoever started it, they're lucky I'm not around them in person.

[dravanicide]

Aye... I have heard from others 'twas meant to be a prank.

[He sounds... yeah he sounds like he could break the idiot's nose or more for this type of "joke".]

Likewise, such is in ill taste, and tries my patience.

[Which are more thin than tissue paper on good days.]

@nvcr; audio

[staytunednext]

[He doesn't even realise this is about the chain letter yet, of which he has also received one.]

Are we not all anomalies already?

[dravanicide]

...No.

[What the fuck]