text; un: deathweaver

[respired]

[ Someone's having a good time in solitary. ]

I can feel it calling to me. Byfrost. I must find it. I must have it again, soon.

The cell is quiet but it is loud it is too loud

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text; un: hound

[ofobedience]

Still in there, are you? You know, you really ought to consider playing along. You must be terribly bored by now.

[Or you know...half-mad...]

[respired]

What would change if I were in or out

It is loud all the same

[ofobedience]

Some level of grounding, for a start. Things begin to seem a little strange, when one is cut off from everything.

Although I do agree-- it's always loud. But that's the same wherever we are.

text, @TARANTO

[heavyhitter]

want me to sing at you? i can be really fucking loud

[respired]

Would that not arouse suspicions

[heavyhitter]

play it in your head
and on my end, everyone's used to me being fucking obnoxious so no worries there

text | username: olivia

[winces]

[ even with thick metal walls between them, she can feel her heart ache in empathy. ]

Koltira...
Shall I tell you a story to pass the time?

[respired]

Yes

please

tell me anything.

text; un: shitpost king | i hope this is ok to assume from context/roll calls etc!

[hedonistic]

[This post hits Kagari in a very old, vulnerable place. Isolation is a soulcrushingly painful experience, he knows. He can guess at the depths of desperation this man might have reached before taking the risk to use his magitek under the increased scrutiny of solitary. So this message holds quite a bit more sincerity than might be expected from him.]

having something to focus on helps
do you want to play a game?

np np!

[respired]

What kind of game

[hedonistic]

[He thinks that over, briefly. Back in the facility, for a short time he'd been able to play chess with the kid in the opposite cell verbally, by learning how to read lips, but it's probably more difficult to play a strategy game over the magitek when it projects thoughts directly.

Instead, he goes for something simpler:]

you ever heard of "would you rather"?

[It's a party game, typically. Meant for much lighter circumstances than this. But it's all he has to offer.]

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

Hey, honey.

It's me. I can talk your nice, long ears off, if you want.

[respired]

It is risky to talk

don't endanger yourself

[fateality]

It'll be fine. Trust me on this, all right?

Now then. What kinda story can I tell you? Or do you want a song? I'm all yours.

[voice; un: METTATON]

[ex_mettacrusher33]

[It's a good thing the guards are used to hearing Mettaton singing in his cell, because he has the same idea as Ramir. There's no asking on his end, however. He just leans into it the moment the call goes through, voice calm and somber.

It's a very nice song. Maybe once they're out of here, he'll learn what year it came from.]

[respired]

[ It's a soulful rendition, and Koltira listens attentively, ears folded back against either side of his head. He's listening not just to the melody--which is soothing--but the lyrics, too. ]

I wish I could promise such a thing

[ On some level, he knows it's just a song, but on every other level, he's barely stable--so the chorus is sinking in, anyway. ]

text | un; sieglindesullivan

[grunehexe]

Reclaiming our possessions is a top priority.

[Because otherwise, if Koltira falls into bloodlust again... who and what is going to stop him? And more than that-]

Is there anything that can be done in the meantime?

[respired]

Byfrost demands a wielder

If it is found and I do not reach it

I cannot say what will happen

[ A pause. ]

If something could be done

I would not be in here

[grunehexe]

[Another terrible possibility...]

I mean... to distract.

text; un: steelsamayarai

[feytality]

hey

hey

we should watch Tekflex together

[help...ing...?]

tekflex & helping you chill!!

[respired]

What is tekflex

[ Koltira doesn't pay much attention to the magitek upgrades, since most of the services describe things unfamiliar--and therefore, obviously, useless--to him. ]

[feytality]

it's the movie app thingy on your magitek! you can watch all sorts of stuff!

and bonus: we can pick a really bad show, so I'll suffer and make you feel better;)

[she's... helping...]

text; loki.2

[mistruths]

[ that's interesting. ]

Tell me of this "Byfrost" you speak of.

[respired]

My runeblade. A weapon of devastating power.

[mistruths]

Your weapon, it is sentient? You say that it calls to you, but can you call it in return, summon it to your hand?