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[ Frickin' hell. ]

Eve is working on getting a trace on you guys.
Just give us time, okay?
We'll get you out of there.

We don't have much choice in the department of giving time.

[ The events of this video appear to have happened before the event in the initial video, as Will's hands are intact.

He appears to be being force fed soaked wads of toilet paper. Blood is the most noticeable substance, but there is also water and something shiny, like soap. What is truly odd about the scene is that while he is being held down and forced, the way the wads are put in his mouth is almost like feeding him. ]

Edited (html faaaaaiiilll) 2018-04-29 00:17 (UTC)

[ WHAT THE FUCK

Like he almost drops the tablet at that. He can feel his stomach lurch at that and a selfish part of him starts worrying over what Jim has gone through.

Steadying his fingers as he types a response. ]

Sorry that happened to you.
There any around there that you trust?

[ SO he has someone there for him physically. ]

[ No worries Zell, he would understand the priorities. ]

It's like I said. Everyone down here is a victim.

[ Perhaps not an answer to the 'trust' question, but it would hopefully suffice.

This time there is no horrific, gorish video. In fact the video is kind of anticlimactic, showing nothing of interest. What it does contain is a conversation. The voices can be recognized as Dr. Gregory House and Will Graham.

House: "Sorry, we're rationing our barbeque allowance. Cook-out Sundays you can get your allotted two teaspoons to use as you wish.
House: "If you're thinking of substituting with that crap, can't recommend it. Last time they had us locked up in cages, the food was drugged. Not that they can't just static drug us, but don't make it easier for 'em."

Will: "Better save my caloric intake for Sunday. It takes discipline to keep this girlish figure."
Will: "Two points of immediate interest. Those of us with the red lines, are still restrained in their cells, but not people like you and I. Additionally, while we seem to have memories of what happened ... so far no one I talked too with red, reports no awareness of what happened."

House: "Probably Miller screwing with us. They injected us with something. Might've been more nanomachines... but if he's not working with Evie... where's he getting those out from under her nose? Didn't seem like he'd shut her out the same way he did when they were doing emergency repairs. But he's clearly got the ability to lock her system.

Until he doesn't. And then he's just some lowly IT schmuck doing her bidding. What if he's got the virus? Who's the mole in Norfinbury? It's one of the trivia questions he asked us. Asshole. It's him. Miller's the mole!

Will: "Mole for who or what? If I remember my reading correctly, isn't Miller supposed to have been a contact for the company in charge of this town?"
Will: "It's not here. My 'little friend'? This is the first time, since I acquired it that I haven't sensed it. It was with me, even down in the Pit, but not here."

House: "The cult, maybe. Or whoever introduced the virus that made the cult. Interesting about the passenger. Especially when you had 'em down in the pit room. Thought the static meant the cult. Could be we got the static that was chanting 'kill the Prophet' a while back. But if it's not cult-y, that undercuts the idea of Miller being a mole." ]

[OOC: Conversation taken from here with House player's permission. ]

[ That's not answering it.

But he sees that convo... and it's with House. ]

Not saying people aren't victims
but it's hard if you don't have someone you can trust to have your back.
It looks like you have someone though.
I'm glad. He's a cranky asshole but he means well.
I agree with him about Miller.
He's definitely sketchy as hell
Or maybe paranoia got to him

[ House is a good bean, just an asshole. Also sorry, Will. He's getting off topic a bit. It's easier to launch on the other topic even if it wasn't for him. ]

[ It was something of a change of pace, to come across someone who saw House the way Will did. A cranky asshole, but someone who genuinely meant well. ]

A couple of people. And I'd take these two above an army.

[ He'd reached the limit of what he could type, so it was going to have to be voice from here forward. His hands were just too painful. ]

Miller seems to be at the center of whatever is happening here.

[ Shh don't tell House. ]

I'm glad.
Miller he
When he pulled shit the first time
He said he had orders from up top.
It felt like he picked how to motivate us and it was pretty effed up.
So there's definitely something not right with him
I'm going to punch him when I meet him.

[ Punch him and his space heater ]

[ House would hit both of them with his mallet, just to prove the point. ]

I'm starting to get the impression there is quite a bit more than one thing not right with him.

I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but I had reason to remember what I read about Miller when I arrived here. He had something to do with the company that set up Norfinbury, right?

[ Or you know try to push buttons to drive them away ]

Yeah he was a systems administrator that worked for town hall.
Apparently he's been sleeping for a frickin long time.
He's been sleeping even before the bombs went off.
At least thats what he says.
I don't buy it.

[ And now Will was back to one of his theories about the A.I.s in this town.

He was quiet for a long moment, before shaking his head -not that Zell could see it- and speaking. ]

How the hell does that fit into all this.

[ It wasn't a question, more like an out loud musing. ]

We're still missing pieces.
It's been pissing me off.
And just why would anyone need to be put on ice BEFORE the bombing?
There was whatever that crazy outbreak was.
Sure
But why just him.
There has to be something more.
Like maybe he was put to sleep because he did something bad or couldn't be trusted.
It just doesn't make sense that it's some IT guy, you know?

[ Will was quiet for a moment for a couple of reasons.

First, he was thinking through what Zell was saying and developing a few more questions of his own. Second, he'd noticed the videos now and was inwardly facepalming at what had been shared of the exchange between himself and House.

That horse had bolted, but something weird was going on and Will was thinking about the state he'd initially found Hannibal in. Definitely not something he wanted to share with the network, but he didn't seem to have any control over what videos got released.

In the end, he couldn't help himself. ]

Do you know if there is record of any other representatives from the company that founded Norfinbury here in the town?

[ Will gets a little lucky this time. The video that displays shows him collapsed on the ground of a moldy cell. He is battered, beaten, hands wrecked and surrounded by wads of the filthy toilet paper that had been jammed down his throat.

But at the moment he's alone.

It seems to just be video of a man panting, but after a few seconds of that image, there comes a disembodied voice that Zell might recognize as Miller's.

Miller: "Well, THAT didn't work." ]

[ Fuck Miller with a rusted spoon. Or moldy one.

Though all the mold is interesting. ]

Shelley. I think she did a lot of coding.
Might have worked with him so she might know about him.
I could try messaging her.
Hey, can you tell me more in details about where you're at?

[ Ow. Though there does seem to be a rising movement to practice new and unusual torture methods on Miller, as slowly as possible. ]

It would be good if you can get a response from Shelley about her involvement with the company. It's speculation, but in my experience anytime a private corporate with their eye on the bottom line gets involved; things can get weird.

[ Details? Err... ]

Seems to be an old cell block, lots of mold and damp. Those of us with red lines don't appear to be able to leave their cells, though I have no problem moving in and out of them. Just can't leave the cell block itself.

I've been hearing that we're not all having the same experience, outside being able to interact with one another.

More perception bullshit.
Why is it always
Thanks
I'll pass that along to Eve.
Might help with her locating you guys.

I think she designed the system
Or at least had a huge part in building it.
Steph would know more.

[ Will honestly wasn't sure if a response was required from him here, or not. Given the videos that kept leaking out, he was going to wait to see if there was actually a question coming before he risked ~~amusing Zell further~~ more video. ]

You know, according to the Collective, Norfinbury didn't have the tech for cryogenic freezing when the bombs went off. So that part's probably a huge lie.

[ Just saying. ]

Thank you! Awesome.
I totally missed that.

[ Good job Gabriel. Gold star for you. ]

[ Yay, gold stars! ]

Yeah, we got a ton of info then. It's hard to keep track of everything.

[ 'You are welcome,' he means. ]

Yeah! It can be a lot.
I can't really sit still long enough to read through it all either.
I have TONS of admiration for anyone who can.

[ Like Steph! ]

You doing alright?
Are any of your friends missing?

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