[network] Day 409; @dickcheese, text

[headjacked]

If you've been hanging around the bunker lately you've probably/maybe noticed me glued to one of the computers for like, days, before running off to do something unrelated and ultimately stupid BUT IGNORING THAT:

Turns out the mystery file was really three files, sealed up with some super-encryption. So far I've got two cracked open, and guess who is the star of this particular info dump? Yeah. Our favorite assbag. We've got a bunch of ID numbers in the first, can't really recognize anything there but sure enough there's one name.

"Robert Miller - ENTERED."

Aaaand nothing about him leaving. So. There's one.

Numero dos is a little meatier.

"Robert Miller reached the bunker today--civilian government official, familiar with the computer workings. Quarantined for two weeks in the infirmary. Shows signs of stress and exhaustion, mild radiation poisoning. Treatment administered."

Sooooooo... nothing mindblowing. Third file is pending. Feel free to speculate, I am going crosseyed from looking at this tablet screen.





Oh and if you care about my personal drama I think the Jack AI died or something so. Yay?

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@hexappeal, text

[sleight_of_fate]

Hoorah for dead Jack. I don't even know what the guy looks like and I still think he looks punchable.

You know that makes me wonder... House told me in the cells after the pit that we were in a warehouse full of mold. Could there be a level under this one?

[headjacked]

Punchable? Try staplerable. Which I something I did. I stapled Handsome Jack in the face. It was as awesome as it sounds.

But. Anyway, I could believe anything at this point. And we are supposed to dig deep.

[sleight_of_fate]

I knew I liked you for a reason. ;)

And yeah. Follow the spiral down, right? Find town hall.

I may have to go back to searching the corpses unless I can come up with an excuse to do something else useful but less gross. Maybe another supply run, or searching some of the nearby houses?

@Enoch, text

[warriorscribe]

It contained nothing but toilets.

We haven't seen any toilets in the bunker yet, but they had to be there.

You might be right. But why didn't the mold there kill us? Miller's use of town resources?

[sleight_of_fate]

Maybe a different kind of mold? An earlier version that's less deadly? I'm not sure. It's just a guess but I'm curious.

There's other places in the town we haven't unlocked so who knows, but if Miller is in here and that was where the "experiment" was? Maybe. Just a thought.

Might be time to start digging through bodies for more clues. Ugh.

[Fishing around inside corpses isn't new to Rhys, but it never really gets to be FUN.]

@zd; text

[swatsflies]

HUH HE DIED?
how
how do you feel about that?

[headjacked]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I should be feeling SOMETHING, shouldn't I.

[swatsflies]

Feel whatever the hell you want to.
I mean he was a jerk and all
I just thought maybe you would feel lonely or something

@whatisthis, text

[godsspeed]

The third file was a video, depicting Robert Miller being ordered to leave the infirmary as the nurses brought in another, much more severely ill-seeming patient.

Enoch is attempting to upload it to the public record now.

@Enoch, text

[warriorscribe]

In the meantime, here it is. The data app doesn't seem to know it's here the way it recognizes the other videos we find. Thank you for teaching us, Rhys.

[He attaches a video file.]

Is that Miller? I don't recall if we've seen him before. I suppose since the other files concern him too, it must be.

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

looks like a total dweeb
gotta be him
hey @robertmiller
we know what you look like

[headjacked]

This reveal feels awfully anticlimactic. He's just so... aggressively BORING-looking.

@guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

AIs! Don't! Just! Die!!!!

 

 

Do you really think he's gone, though? How sure are you, percentage-wise? Just asking. For no reason in particular.

[headjacked]

Whatever, I don’t use technical terms with the plebs but:




Whyyyyyyyyyyy.

@hotstud_xxx; text (cw: mention of vomit)

[rubikscomplex]

since it seems like the sharing hour
i checked the corpses in room 3 in the bunker with graham cracker
all of the stiffs seem to have died of natural or accidental deaths
for the ones that weren't accidents
i found vomit in some of their lungs
ancient vomit that contained mold spores
different ones from what's in the bunker now
could be a less evolved form of the mold
or could be an entirely different species
if you're around any of the corpses in there, tho
i'd recommend wearing something over your nose and mouth

@Enoch, text

[warriorscribe]

Somewhat too late, I spent the night before last saying prayers for them all. I don't feel any worse than I usually do.

@beyonce | audio | cw more mention of vomit; coughing; minor gore

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen's voice is raw and quiet, but voice still works better than the alternative.]

Same for the ones in room eighteen. Patients on the bed -- looks like aspiration for most. The doctor, though...her name was Mary Williams. Fell on a scalpel and bled out. Doesn't make sense; she was young. Should've --

[He fights down a brief but painful coughing fit.]

Should have been physically capable.

@superbia; text

[sharktrash]

So the call's coming from inside the house.

[ IT'S NOT REALLY FUNNY, BUT ALSO IT IS. HE CHOOSES TO SEE IT THIS WAY INSTEAD OF BEING UTTERLY CREEPED OUT RIGHT NOW WHICH IS FRANKLY TEMPTING. ]

[ also: return to bunker to slaughter Rober Miller is imminent. ]

When did you find out?

[ BECAUSE IF YOU WERE THERE WITH THEM AND JUST DIDN'T MENTION IT HE SWEARS TO GOD ]

[headjacked]

I only just got wind of the last file getting cracked. Great timing on my end, I guess.

[ so: yes

that's exactly what happened ]

@quark, text

[averytinyparticle]

thanks for working so hard
dunno that we could get so far without you

[Playing! Nice!]

[headjacked]

A little appreciation is, uh. Appreciated.

Thanks for being thankful. And stuff. And things.

@Summoner | text

[ninjainviolet]

So, the room with all the beds is the infirmary and the room across from it was turned into a morgue?

Could that have been the other room Miller was told to run to?

[ Meaning, there might be something there. ]

[headjacked]

It's worth checking out, just like any other vague sort-of-lead. We're scrubbing every room we can get in.

@LELRIC; audio

[armoured]

Well, I'm glad there's been a reason you've been staring at that thing for a few days, I was starting to get worried every time I passed by.

[It's only half a joke.]

Did you get a copy of the ID numbers?

audio;

[headjacked]

[ He gives Al a forced HA, but there's a smile behind it. He missed this kid. ]

Sure did!! Dunno if it'll come in handy anywhere but I don't NOT know if it won't. I think. That was too many negatives. You know what I mean!!