[network] @duster, audio; day 350

[bywolves]

[ There's a soft voice that comes on the network during the evening, after lockdown - it's mild, but there's an undertone in that calm that's almost unsettling. ]

Well. This place is awful, not that I need to tell any of you that. [ A beat. ] And because most of you don't bother to have private conversations, it's easy to see that there are a couple of people who seem rel-bent on making things just a little more awful.

If you've a person in mind and something worth my time to trade, I can fix any sort of issue you might have. I'm not picky, and I'm very good at problem-solving. I imagine you all can figure out how to contact me if you'd like to discuss solutions further.

[ And the feed ends. ]

Comments

[not here]

[devoutish]

[Royce Melborn this is nOT THE TIME]

[not here]

[bywolves]

[ YOU'RE NOT HIS REAL MOM ALFIE SOLOMONS ]

@totheark: text

[0thingsonmymind]

itwill
not
work


the d e a d live

*Royce should know this...but he died lately, so who knows.*

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

Yes, and?

text

[0thingsonmymind]

they donot
learn
ei ther

*House doesn't, at least. He doubts Joker would either. A lot of the others think they're doing whats right.*

[jmencalisse]

Rel-bent on making things a little more awful yourself, huh?

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

No, no. You must have misheard - I aim to make things better.

@jemesouviens, audio btw whoops

[jmencalisse]

Oui, I heard.

But I also think you are full of shit so scuse for not buying your ohhh I am so mysterious and problem-solving.

@Enoch, audio

[warriorscribe]

[Enoch sounds very, very tired. This is nothing new. There's something else tonight, though, a sort of thoroughly flat done tone.]

Please don't cause any more unnecessary deaths.

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

I don't think I said anything about unnecessary deaths. Or death at all, in fact.

[warriorscribe]

[Nice semantics.]

Not directly, but that's...usually what one offering to "solve problems" of the sort you describe means.

@Technicalities; audio

[tadashiwashere]

[There's a beat of silence before Tadashi begins speaking, tone cautious. He's coming into whatever this is blind, but he can't afford to stand off on the sidelines and remain clueless. He's lost too many days already.]

The biggest issue we're all facing is getting home safely. What exactly do you have in mind?

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

You don't need to tell me twice. I'm just as focused on getting out as the rest of you. But I do perform a service and I do it well. I solve problems. What I'm solving is up to you.

[tadashiwashere]

A lot of people seem to think your solutions cause more problems. I haven't exactly been up and about lately, so if I'm under the wrong impression, let me know.

@starspangledhero; audio

[fifty]

Oh my god, can we all stop killing each other?

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ A tsk-tsk sound. ]

I didn't say anything about killing anybody. What does it say about you that you assumed that's what I meant?

[fifty]

It's all about what you said, dude, who cares about you trying to turn it around on people?

@jwatson; voice

[jumpthegun]

[John's voice is mostly frustrated, like a father chiding a precocious child.]

Royce... everyone here knows you're an assasin. If that's not the service you're offering, then be clear about it. And please don't. Did you miss that the Joker killed Tess because she was suggesting people kill each other. This isn't going to end well for you or anyone.

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ could all of you stop shoving his private information in his face!!! ]

Hmm... I don't recall asking anybody to try scolding me like a child. That's funny. You must have misheard my message.

[jumpthegun]

When you're acting like a child, I'll treat you like one. [Young man.] I'm asking you to think about this logically. You have other skills to offer that aren't going to be liable to get you killed again.

@carcinoGeneticist; text

[quadrangle]

[Okay, he really, really, really wants to yell at Royce too, but since this is a stupid death loss, other people have done it already, and he already knows it isn't going to work...]

OK JUST SO YOU KNOW
IF THIS WERE ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT POINTLESS MURDER, CONGRATULATIONS ON DELIVERING THE MOST AWKWARD ASHEN SOLICITATION AT *THE ENTIRE NORFINBURY POPULATION* THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. I'M MAKING FUN OF YOU FOR THIS AS SOON AS YOUR MEMORIES COME BACK.

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ He's going to ignore "ashen" because he has no idea what it is and therefore it isn't worth his time at the moment. Considering poor Karkat's the fourth or fifth person to pick at this, Royce's patience is running thin. ]

What I don't understand is why any of you think that I want to hear about how morally superior you all are. Were you looking to secure my service?

I doubt it, considering you seem to be the type that faints at the sight of any sort of blood, including your own.

[ And that's almost said as a threat. He knows things from the conversations he's listened to, read back on - and he doesn't have the memories right now to remember why he shouldn't blackmail the people here that he cares about. ]

text

[quadrangle]

[He's about to roll his eyes and type something sarcastic back, he's not sure what, but then Royce says—it isn't even necessarily what he says (Karkat would bristle instead if it was just that), but the way he says it? That's... he doesn't actually mean it as a threat, does he? Royce?]

[There's a lengthy pause, then—]

WASN'T AIMING FOR MORAL SUPERIORITY, BUT OK.
WHATEVER, JUST DO YOUR THING. BYE.

[And he's just... going to leave now. Yeah.]

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

what would you consider "worth my time"
for problem-solving alfie solomons for me?

[He can't not, just to sow a little discord, even if House knows nothing is going to come of it.]

@duster, audio

[bywolves]

[ Huh. He's surprised anybody is even remotely taking him seriously after the group of people scolding him for doing a job, so he's skeptical and cautious. ]

Useful supplies. [ Sniff. ] What do you have?