text | username: xXx_trueblue_xXx & redlion

[competing]

[With all the information coming out, it's apparent to Keith and Lance that one big elephant in the room has been ignored: the infection among the recruits themselves. Keith is tired and on edge, as he needs nothing to do with the infection to be cranky. Lance is jittery, too. But they have to talk about that elephant before it gets too late.

And for some of them, it might be. That's what Keith is really afraid of right now.]

Hey. It's Keith.

and ya boy, lance! [Because things are already pretty doom and gloom as it stands, and maybe things could use a little lightening up? Or something...

It’s a little more difficult to differentiate between people in a group message like this, but it’s a better idea to get something down on text in case they need to refer to it later, and anyone who knows either of the boys can probably tell them apart pretty easily through diction alone.]

we know your mind-phones have been pretty busy lately, but theres something keith and i wanted to talk to you guys about.

Before we get a move on in attacking Zymandis' agent, we need to look at our own numbers. A lot of us are sick. Maybe less than I thought. Or maybe more. Either way, we have to know who's sick and make a plan to help our own. And I'm serious about HELPING. Not putting someone out of their misery or any of the other stupid stuff I've heard from some of this team. We need to stop this disease. We need to help our own. Once everyone's BETTER, we'll make a plan for what to do next as a team.

[It's harsher than necessary but likely less harsh than how it might be normally, given Keith's frequently frustrated tone of voice. Text mitigates some of it, even if his frustration definitely does become CAPITAL LETTERS.

Lance, meanwhile, is quite eager to gloss over that sharp reprimand because seriously guys — kumbaya.]

yeeeeeah, so — helping! getting a head count is definitely ideal. we cant afford to be silent on this and we definitely CANT be alone right now, cuz every one of us affected and on our own can be a huge risk to everyone here. so we were thinking… since the city shut it down, we can use the middle school. those of us infected can stay there while we wait for our people to find that cure. like a quarantine safe house.. i know its not ideal, but its something. especially for those who dont have any other contingency plans.

[A pause. Well. May as well get the ball rolling, right?]

ill be there.

( ooc; p.s. there is an information plotting post for the quarantine space! )

Comments

text; un: shitpost king

[hedonistic]

soooo what happens when u all start trying to chomp down on each other lmao
this seems like a great way for all of u to end up dead

text; un: xXx_trueblue_xXx

[competing]

[ well with a username like that, this kind of thing probably isn't too surprising... still, lance can't help but frown at the brazen callousness. ]

there are classrooms we can lock ourselves in
and no ones forcing anyone to do this, anyway [ though with nothing else, it is one of their best bets at this point ]
this is just a safety precaution

[hedonistic]

for a safety precaution, it's sounding pretty unsafe tbh
look i'm not actually saying this just to be a dick
japan pretty much wrote the book on locking up ~dangers to society~
pro-tip: lock them up separately, or suddenly u got a whole mob of dangerous people all in one place ready to fuck shit up
except in this case shit's gonna be each other

[competing]

its the best we can do right now with what weve got
and we thought about that, obviously, thats why i mentioned all the separate classrooms in the first place
but were not gonna lock people up until they get to a point they cant control themselves

[hedonistic]

[Ha ha ha...wait until people go from being a potential threat to when they cause actual harm? What a radical fucking idea. He laughs bitterly on his side of the magitek.]

and what happens if too many of u lose ur minds at the same time, and the sane ones get eaten?
or u guys like, fuckin trigger each other or something, we don't know how this shit works
at least have some of the immune fuckers like the robots come by and play prison guard

[competing]

some of those people have offered

[ the more he listens to this guy, the less he's believing that "not trying to be a dick" argument. ]

we have precautions
we have time
i dunno what you were doing while all this was going down, but some people were actually paying attention to how this virus goes down

[hedonistic]

[Kagari's thresholds for "intentionally trying to be a dick for the sake of being a dick" and "being a dick" are pretty different, unfortunately, and the latter is much, much lower. Like resting bitch face, but with his attitude.]

yes ok i'm sure u all are aware of exactly the time u got infected and there won't be any unforeseen complications when a virus meant for humans gets a bunch of other species too

there's absolutely no way any of this could backfire and unleash a whole goddamn swarm of zombies with superpowers on the city at the same time

congrats on ur guards tho
maybe that will be enough
if ur lucky

[competing]

people with powers are already infected
so i dunno why youre talking like this safe house is gonna make that any worse than it already is
taking those of us who can spread the virus away from the others is one way to make sure it doesnt continue to spread
so do you actually have anything useful to say
or are you just gonna continue to be as unhelpful as possible
because if so no one told you to respond to this dude

[secondnature]

Lance it's pretty clear that he's one of the many people who doesn't actually care about what's going on with our team.

If we're lucky, maybe he'll be transferred out before long.

He seems like the type of guy no one would miss.

[competing]

[ omg keith that's so savage ]

i think hes just scared

[secondnature]

Where are you even getting that?

[competing]

most people who lash out are

[hedonistic]

yeah people with powers are already infected
but the problem is ur putting them all in one place
so when u guys start going full zombie if ur not already locked up its not just gonna be one zombie that gets out
its gonna be ALL of u
u can outrun one zombie, sure, but ten? twenty?

this wouldn't be a bad idea if u did the classroom thing from the start
it's the part where ur like no we can't do that until they lose control!!! that's going to fuck everything up

[competing]

if people volunteer themselves to do that early on, then yes obviously well do that
but im not gonna force anyone anywhere either
its not supposed to be a prison
its not about being reckless
its about trusting people who are infected to make the right decision and do what they can

[hedonistic]

why the fuck not!
it's the motherfucking zombie apocalypse, dude
you literally fucking know, you KNOW it's fucking inevitable that you're all gonna start to try murdering each other soon
if there was ever a fucking time to force people to do shit against their will, it's when they're about to L I T E R A L L Y lose their ability to make decisions for themselves!

[competing]

but they havent yet
thats the POINT

text; un: redlion

[secondnature]

Yeah, we don't need your input, either.

[hedonistic]

ur right
who needs human flesh when u can feed on ur own ego instead
im sure ur righteous indignation will keep u all sane and off each other's literal dicks

[secondnature]

What does this have to do with ego? YOU'RE the one talking like you know better than everyone.

[hedonistic]

says the guy who gets all gtfo over the first reply that's not "oh that's such a good idea!!"
a quarantine isn't a bad plan in theory, but the way u guys're doing it just seems like it's gonna end up in a bigger mess to me

but whatever, that's not my problem i guess

[The irony of it is, he actually was trying to help. Kagari just happens to have...negative tact.....]

[secondnature]

No, I told you to leave because what you said included laughing at what our teammates are going through.

But sure, I can disagree with that.

1/2

[hedonistic]

oh my god dude
are you seriously gonna get on my ass about my tone
is that really what we're doing right now

[hedonistic]

ps since u apparently missed the memo
literally nobody actually laughs when typing things like lol/lmao
i'll ask lloyd about inventing a sarcasm font specifically for u tho
since u like it when people are helpful and all

[secondnature]

It's not the tone that's the problem.

It's you.

I'm done with you.

[hedonistic]

bye felicia