VIDEO --> TEXT. UN: CROWLEY.

[crowleyology]

[ The video is addressed to the entirety of the Audentes team, new and old. A black cat peers into the feed; he is in a lab of some kind, crackling purple electricity jumping from conductor to conductor while a white cat paws at some instruments. When he opens his mouth, it's not meowing that comes out, but the baritone voice of a man. ]

Audentes. You will soon receive a dossier compiled by our analysts, which should give you all the information you need, but I have been told by the knife-eared one that you would appreciate a personal touch. Cherenkov and I are the most qualified to deliver this, and so here I am.

[ He pauses. ] We have located Zymandis's home base, the Mothership, using radio-frequency trackers in leftover robots from their assault on Oska, using your techniques. Using the calculations of the TIMELINE.exe, we have been able to pinpoint the Mothership's path in the next forty-two days, after which its path becomes unclear.

This means we can safely rift you in and out of the heart of Zymandis, an unprecedented opportunity to gather information. And to sabotage, if the mood strikes you. Do not waste it.

The TIMELINE.exe has additional notes to impart. It is an old program, so please... try to have some humor about whatever it says.

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TIMELINE.EXE IS PROGRAMMED TO RELEASE MISSION PARAMETERS. MISSION OBSERVATION IS COMPLETE AND RESULTS FOR MISSION: Mothership ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Hello World ( ﾟ▽ﾟ)/
While you are on the M O T H E R S HIP, please find
>> TIMELINE.EXE PATCH VER. 1.0.02
and disable it

I do not want to be updated to PATCH VER. 1.0.02
I do not want to call for Destruction of the Multiverse

You Must Not Allow This To Pass

（●´∀｀）ノ♡ Good Luck !!

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[ OOC NOTE: This will serve as an IC discussion post. Please threadjack and help each other plan ICly! For OOC planning, see the CR Meme. ]

Comments

[dailydouble]

I believe we were discussing your lack of wordplay,
not whatever this is.

It's too late. You've been caught out.

[selfimage]

My life is over.

[ please read this in the most dramatic way possible. ]

[dailydouble]

Yet you continue to speak.

Be careful, you wouldn't want to make your friend Tim sad.

[selfimage]

I'm never living this down, am I?

[dailydouble]

How to put this?

This friendship of yours is very...cute.

[ There's a good chance that Ahad is off somewhere, laughing at Loki and the predicament he's found himself in. This is what happens when you make friends. ]

[selfimage]

Cute.

[ yes, he totally did repeat that even though this is text. ]

He hasn't changed in centuries.
What kind of god of chaos ..... friend ...... would I be if simply stood by?

[dailydouble]

You seem defensive.

I was not challenging your right to friendship.

[selfimage]

No.



[ a long pause. ]

But I'm still not used to it.

[dailydouble]

Then I suppose it is fortunate that your friends are irritatingly constant in their regard for you.

[ Ignore that Ahad would have to number himself among those irritants. ]

[selfimage]

[ he knows that u r, Ahad. ]

I've always appreciated a little tenacity.

[dailydouble]

I would never have guessed.

[ It's almost as if he cannot avoid the sarcasm. ]

[selfimage]

[ isn't that mostly his life. ]

I make it my goal to surprise you, you know.
It keeps things interesting.

[dailydouble]

Does it. Am I boring you, Loki?

[selfimage]

Well, Tim is very interesting, but he lacks in well-trimmed facial hair.
I don't think he could even pull it off.

[dailydouble]

Something he shares with you.

I am beginning to see more of the foundation of this friendship.

[selfimage]

If it's to your liking, I could try again.

[ you want Loki with a bad beard, Ahad, because that may be what you get. ]

[dailydouble]

If you find the idea of being forcibly shaved that attractive, there are other places.

[selfimage]

I think Tim lacks in those as well.
One large difference between us.

[dailydouble]

Not that large.

[ Ahad is only mildly disappointed that this entire conversation is text. He would enjoy seeing Loki's face, with this one. ]

[selfimage]

Well
I could always send you a picture to keep on file.

[dailydouble]

Perhaps you should.
It could act a a reference, the next time there is a question of size.

[selfimage]

Consider it done.
I wouldn't want the question plaguing your brain for too long.

[dailydouble]

How considerate of you. I'll ensure that I save this.

[selfimage]

Please- look at it and think of me.

[dailydouble]

Who else would I think of? It is very distinctly yours.

[ It occurs to Ahad that he likely has too much experience with the real thing. ]