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[This post begins with an off-putting series of electronic screeches and hisses, like someone is trying to send a fax over the wrong line.]

Consolidation Theory Part Five OOC Post

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[swatsflies]

[ Wow. Poor Flynn :< That's crazy. ]

What the hell was Miller even

[ That message is sent off and he takes a deep breath and then sends a second one quickly after. ]

Sorry.
Not a blank one. You can tell me no.
It's Jim.
He's there.
He can take care of himself, but I would feel a little better if I know someone has his back in there.

[cahooted]

[There's a pause on the line.]

Hey, I-- yeah. Yeah of course. I'll see if I can find him. Promise.

[The follow-up is worse because now the red people are not just tearing at themselves and each other but at Flynn, too. He thrashes about wildly in an attempt to throw them off but it's no use, he can't move; still the panic is stronger and he strains against the collar with stifled screams.]

[swatsflies]

[ That's freaky. He sees those chains. ]

Thanks, man. It means a lot.
He's pretty much everything to me.

Are you still chained up?

[cahooted]

I understand. I'll let him know about the tablet, see if he can contact you.

[Wait.]

How did you know I was chained up?

[The next video is quieter. The screaming has stopped, the red figures vanished. Instead there's Flynn sitting in the middle of the room, bloodied and bruised and quietly crying to himself.]

[swatsflies]

[ Whoops, hopefully he's not making him paranoid this time. ]

Every time you respond, a video gets sent about your time in there.
I don't know who's doing it or why.
But someone wants us to know what's going on.

[cahooted]

[There's a pause on the line.]

What? [He checks the tablet, his pulse suddenly spiking.] Wh-what kind of videos?

[Videos like the next one. At least he's calmed down somewhat, experimenting with one of the barrier doors. Sticking his arm and leg through, testing if he can just pass through unhindered.]

[swatsflies]

What happened to you in there.
Newest one has you sticking your arms and legs through something.
The rest aren't so nice.

[cahooted]

I... I don't mean to send these.

[He doesn't want to send these!

But he does, and here he is again, this time with Peter who is angry for some reason, yelling and banging his fists against the unseen barrier while Flynn backs away in fear.]

[swatsflies]

Yeah, I know.
I won't watch them if you don't want me to.

[ He learned after England. ]

[cahooted]

[There's a pause.]

Please don't. What... else did I send?

[swatsflies]

There's a few of the red people attacking you and themselves.
There's another one of you alone after it happens.
Oh and Peter yelling while you look pretty shaken up.

[ Not going to bring up the blood thing or him crying. ]

[cahooted]

Oh. Oh, that's...

[A relief. You chose wisely, Zell, and it shows on his face. The attacks may be uncomfortable but that he can deal with.]

Yes, that happened. The ones with the red lines don't remember. They went into some kind of frenzy but none of them remember doing it. Miller must have done something to them.

[swatsflies]

WOW. That's seriously MESSED UP.
And they don't even remember?
What the hell is Miller even doing?

[cahooted]

Tell me about it.

[He sighs.]

I think he's trying to 'fix' them. Or at least that's what he's pretending to do.

[swatsflies]

So it's like when we all thought we could do something about it
but he actually can do something really terrible
I mean like REALLY really bad.

[ Cause stealing secrets, hair, and other things were bad too. But it seems like nothing compared to Miller's shit. ]

[cahooted]

[Not one of his favorite memories.]

It... yeah. It's kind of like that, isn't it? Taking samples or... making people tear at each other.

[Could it be something that they did? They took something from the others, now they were trying to get it back?]

[swatsflies]

[ It's cool, dude. He did the thing too. ]

Yeah, maybe.
Maybe the amount taken actually effected the damage they gave back.
Those that had a lot taken from them then did a lot of damage in turn.

[ In a way, this logic makes him feel better. Zack only had hair taken and a couple of things. So maybe he wasn't part of those who did the worst and fucked up parts?

On the flip side... it still means someone did. And they still had no control over it. ]

[cahooted]

That might be it. The more that was taken the less lucid...

[His voice trails off. God, he took so many things from so many people.]

... I really hate this town.