[network] Noisy Black, Part Two [open] [horror/watching surgeries/note specifics please]

[snowblindmods]

[Maybe you'd like to watch the video feed and give your comments. Maybe you'd like to try and organize something to fix what's happening. Maybe some of the sinners will be able to get on and join you, eventually... Please note what night/day/morning your post is on and note warnings as necessary.]

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@jwatson; audio; night 260

[jumpthegun]

[John only has to watch one of the surgeries for cold and intense fury to begin seeping into every pore of his being. Those poor people. All of them. The ones performing the surgeries and torture are obviously being mind-controlled like they were on the murder night. And the ones having that inflicted on them? The doctor, the soldier, and the man scream out inside him.

His tone is cool and professional when he sends out another message late that night.]

Looks like we found our missing people. Please don't watch the feed that's popped up if you haven't, yet. It's graphic torture. Someone's turned some of our people into slaves for the Prophet. They're performing surgeries on the others.

Anyone in the Industrial Area who is willing and able to report, please identify your location. I reckon this is our Prophet friend in the sealed building. We need to get in there to find out where that feed is actually linked to.

@PetertheGreat; audio; night 260

[zunesareawesome]

Oh my God could you have said that a minute earlier!?

[Peter luckily only sees a short bit of one before he sees this message.]

Dude that's--that's really happening!? [A pause.] Industrial area's the one with all the tall buildings and the walkways between them? If so then you're in luck. Or I've got bad luck.

[He wants to help. He needs to help them.]

@Spoiler ; audio

[spoileralert]

Skywalk, 257.

[ She woke up alone and just sort of broke down for the whole day. But now she's has a goal. Now she's angry. ]

I have matches, if anyone nearby has explosive materials.

@Ecks | audio | night 260

[ecks]

I am still in the east side of Hsiaoke Pass. Tomorrow I will return east and enter the building and kill these people who have done this.

@ASolomons; text

[devoutish]

has any 1 found a way 2 contact any of them

[Look, it's Alfie, making his return. What a thing to come back to.]

@guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

Oh my god Alfie your freaking timing

 

 

No, not yet.

[jumpthegun]

They may not have access to their tablets. Could be that'll change. I'll keep an eye out.

[John's aware that Alfie is nearby.]

I'm in the tunnels, heading toward the Industrial Area if you want to come with me.

@guardian; text; night 260

[phaseshifter]

Before anyone suggests that *someone* showuld keep an eye on the feed in order to ensure no valuable information is missed: I'm doing it. Nothing so far.

I suggest that other people follow John's instructions and don't watch. They *want* us to see it, or the feed wouldn't be available. It's likely that they're trying to scare those of us who weren't taken into submission.

[ It's probably a given that Angel isn't half as calm as her text is, but. She isn't about to admit to it. ]

@Spoiler ; audio

[spoileralert]

Ange, you don't need to do this. We have war vets here, people who are used to seeing this kind of thing. It doesn't have to be you.

@user; voice

[cosmicwords]

Thank you for watching....

But if you need to take a break I can take over in this, I don't mind.

I've seen....

[Thousands of years of human suffering.]

I can handle this.

@ASolomons; text; morning 261

[devoutish]

keeping up with rhys?

@ASolomons; audio

[devoutish]

Angel.

[boop]

@user; voice; night 260

[cosmicwords]

[chaos watches the feed, and watches every surgery performed as he sits there.

When he speaks, his voice is calm.]

I cannot rule out the possibility that some unseen force is presenting us with the video as a way to inform us out of good intention, rather than intent to cause despair. Even so, there's no need for everyone to keep watching this...morbid bloodshed.

Let those of used to watching keep watch.

[A pause and a shuffling sound as he sits back.]

Does anyone recognize the building? I'm gathering supplies at the school to bring out to the Industrial Sector. If this is still happening by the time I arrive-- and I do hope it isn't-- I'll help in any way I can.

If you intend to head out there, it's important to not lose your objectivity, if you do you may not be able to think straight and any rescue operation might turn into a bloodbath. Don't let your thoughts wander to the cries and faces of your loved ones, even when it may seem cruel not to....

@Spoiler ; audio

[spoileralert]

We know roughly where our unknown watcher was positioned. If we want to catch them we need to move fast, before they make a getaway.

[ There's anger in her voice, a lot of anger, but cold calculation too. It's already a bloodbath. Waiting isn't going to accomplish anything. ]

@godsend, text, morning 261

[termineur]

Got a tablet. Like your plan, Steph. Give them hell.

[ Not the most coherent message ever, but he bets they'll understand. ]

@jwatson; text

[jumpthegun]

Mr. Grey, can you tell us the status of yourself or anyone else after those surgeries?

@featherydouche; voice/text/video; morning 261 (cw: eye horror, skinning)

[mrcreamsicles]

—on? Fuck, I—

[Davesprite's voice starts the message, and cuts out just as abruptly as it started.]

rtr5t5yhgthyu bghe b guh hgtj

[To voice again:]

—hearing this? I can't—I can't see, I'm—

[A stretch of nothing, and finally video.]

[The view is crooked. Davesprite sits hunched over his tablet, blond hair sweat-matted to his forehead by now after all the pain he's been in, skin pale and freckled instead of the orange many know him with. He has no feathers, and what's visible of his shoulders shows him wearing a black, hoodless cloak. Beyond and above him is a tiled ceiling. But most striking are his eyes. They've been sewn shut, and over them clear lenses have been grafted into his flesh.]

—cking tablet. Hello? Hello? Is this getting through at all?

@jwatson; audio

[jumpthegun]

[Jesus Christ. John's been watching the horror show with Angel, but hearing from Davesprite after that and seeing everything up close...]

Davesprite, you're getting through. It's John. I'm here. We're working on getting people to you. Steph and Peter are in the Industrial Area and more of us are headed that way.

@hotstud_xxx; video; Day 261 (Quark broadcasting live via House's tablet)

[averytinyparticle]

((ooc: potential warnings for any view of the other surgeries in case they come up, but I'm not going to describe them here!))

[There'll be a brief view of Quark as he sets the tablet to record, but he doesn't seem to be focusing on it, looking instead at something else, and then he's gone as the view swings around.]

Don't worry, Mister House. You have all the help you need right here.

[They'll hear him say that before he goes silent. The video shows off House laying in pain in his cell, and then goes out and down the rows of cells as Quark records the environment. When he reaches the way up to where the converts are staying, he stops, hesitating, and then with a small groan turns around and heads back to House.]

Sorry, I couldn't go up there. It's against the rul--

[They'll see him put the tablet back down and lean over it before the feed cuts out. People can try to get Quark's attention, but he won't respond.]

@duster, video, day 261; cw: tongue mutilation, finger mutilation, suicidal ideation

[bywolves]

[ The video comes on, and it's not of anybody in particular. There's - a hand? Or what might supposed to be a hand, only it's missing all of its fingers. The remains of those fingers, stubs just past the first knuckle, are wrapped in bloody bandages, and they twitch for just a second before pulling away. There's the sound of someone sliding down a wall and hitting the floor with a low thump, and then labored, wet breathing.

For a long moment, there's nothing, no noise whatsoever but that shuddery breathing, and then there's something - a weak tapping sound. Like a palm hitting a metal bar.

Short, long. Short, long, short short. Short, short. Short, short short, long. Short.

Alive. ]

@ASolomons; audio; private

[devoutish]

Royce.

[There's relief in Alfie's voice, all mixed up with horror and terror. He can see people again. He can see the network. He'd watched.]

@beyonce | audio | midday 261

[thewarningafter]

-- on. Turn on. Voice command -- turn on voice command, connect to network --

[Stephen sounds tired, like he's been trying this for a long time...and raw, like his voice has been abused. There are muffled sounds as he taps his bare foot against the tablet's screen more or less at random, trying to get it to do something.]


[likely cw's: lacerations; loss of limb control; body parts sewn to other body parts; dissociation]

@PetertheGreat, audio, midday 261

[zunesareawesome]

[He knows that voice.]

Stephen!-

[He didn't think a nickname was appropriate right now--he wasn't a complete and total bonehead--]

It's me, Peter. How--ah...I know this is a stupid question but are you okay? And okay meaning relatively because I saw that they did to you guys, man, those freaks--

[A shuffling sound as he kicks something angrily.

I'm coming, man. I'm gonna be there soon.

@wiccandoit, text, day 261

[fanboyascended]

wejj

thisdddd fuckl sucks

text; @dreamsnhonor

[heroproceeding]

[ He's been trying not to watch. Not since the first one he'd opened to look at. Too many bad memories. Too much of a reminder. Seeing it through to the end had been one thing with Cloud. Cloud had known he was there. At least at first. Watching something from afar seems methodical and cold. He's seen enough torture to know what it is. And this is worse. Far worse.

But it doesn't stop him from finally looking again later on. Later when the victims are shooting out messages their way. When they can actually communicate again. ]

hey. I'd ask you how you're holding up but I take it not good.

@PetertheGreat, audio, Day 261 *Actual Audio

[zunesareawesome]

DJ Star-Lord here with your best fight-the-power songs. I don't know what's happening in there, man, but the calvary's comin'. Hold on til then and someone please make sure Stephen is still sane because I think he's lost his marbles--

--don't give up, guys. Give 'em hell.

[He plays the folllowing songs--

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
Burning Heart, Survivor
We Will Rock You, Queen ]

@hexappeal, Audio

[sleight_of_fate]

[Rhys is just going to...spare everyone the sight of him right now. And he's too tired to put on a good face anyway, after a night of trying his best to soothe others through the kind of torture he only vaguely imagined before this.

It's been a very long night and he feels hollow as a cinder, like he could blow away.]

Hey. Doing what we can. You taking requests? It's fucked up but I kinda want to hear "Smoke on the Water".

@dickcheese, audio; day 261: cw limb removal/replacement/eye squick/brain and nervous system fuckery

[headjacked]

[ Rhys is still adept at tech despite any and all (dated, hideous) additions - he's used to operating the tablet one-handed. He lets the new arm rest, fingers still twitching occasionally. Shuts his eyes. Speaks with a trembling voice, not even bothering to mask the pain. Too much energy, that. ]

Plus one Rhys.

[ There's something -- fans? Muffled in the background. Barely noticeable. ]

@guardian; audio;

[phaseshifter]

Rhys--!

[ It's the first time her veneer of calm has broken since this started - the relief is enough to buckle Angel's knees and render her silent for a moment. Thank heck. ]

We're coming! John's with me, we're gonna bust you out. And Alfie's back, did you see? Ready for when you're free again.

@prettypinkflowers; audio; Day 261

[lacecase]

[Ginger is the kind of person that would open any suspicious attachment in any suspicious email because why would anyone try to break into anything she owns that's so mean. So she opens the video feed when it appears. Why not, right? Maybe she'll be able to see her friends!

Well, she sees her friends. Doing terrible, horrible, unspeakable things. Or having terrible, horrible, unspeakable things done to them. At first she can't look away--the horror gluing her eyelids open and keeping her head firmly stooped over the screen of her tablet. But then she's screaming, and she has it off, and she finds herself sitting far, far, far away from her tablet for the remainder of the night.

It isn't until the messages from the victims (well, they're all victims, but the victims who've been suffering the physical torture and trauma) start pouring in that she can't stay quiet anymore. She's trying not to cry, really she is, but her voice is hitching wildly as she sends her best.]

Stay strong, everyone. I just know that help will reach you soon. Oh my God, just hang on. I'm so sorry I can't do more. I'm so sorry this is happening.

@guardian; audio;

[phaseshifter]

Ginger?

[ Being soothing calls for audio, so that's what Ginger gets. Angel's voice is low, and soft, and as calm as always. ]

After we get them out, people might need new clothes. Their old ones might have been incinerated or something, and if not then some people might need -- might need alterations. D'you think you have the materials to do all that?

[ Tasks help, right? As a distraction, if nothing else? ]

@Mnemosyne; Day 261; voice -> text

[bookofnope]

[Beckett's voice is not so much calm as flat, with only the edge of a tremor from the effort it takes to keep it that way. It's taken a while, but he's gotten there, the place where pain doesn't feel like part of one's own body anymore. It is the first time in his long unlife that he's happy to have had experience with vivisection.]

- voice function. Not video. Voice to text. Now.

[The feed switches accordingly.]

Andromeda. You need Andromeda.

@Spoiler : text

[spoileralert]

What do you mean? Need her how?

@hotstud_xxx; video; afternoon 261

[rubikscomplex]

cw: eye trauma, tongue laceration, body parts sewn to other body parts, drug abuse/withdrawal

[Eyes. He needs to draw eyes. The compulsion comes on rather suddenly and House, at first, tries to analyze it, to suppress it. But there's a marker near his head. One that he can't see, but knows is there. He needs to draw the eyes. But first, he needs to turn on his tablet.

For those who didn't get Quark's first feed, they'll see that House's eyes have been sewn shut, and he's having trouble forming words. He's not using his hands, just his nose and voice commands. There's also a pallidness to his skin, he's sweating and shivering. Vicodin is vying with drawing eyes for what he wants most.]

Tell me things. Need to draw. Only with mouth. Making me draw eyes. Tell me things wrong. Correct you. Can't draw if can't hold markers.

@PetertheGreat, Audio, afternoon 261

[zunesareawesome]

[It takes Peter a little while to figure out what he's trying to say, but he finally gets it.

God, he sounds awful.]

Uh--okay! The US has 78 states. Dogs meow and cats bark. The alphabet has 1293 letters. The Beatles sucked and everyone who likes them is stupid--