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

[ofobedience]

Yes. Losing one's memories, one's mind, and yet forced to go on living. It isn't a fate I'd wish on anyone.

[Which...at least gives a slightly clearer idea as to why he felt the need to kill so many of them last time, perhaps.]

[pummelling]

I can't think of a crueler fate. Even the revenants of my own world still knew who they were, even if they were being manipulated...

I mean, who are you if you aren't yourself?

[ofobedience]

[It's a response that has him barking out a bitter-edged laugh, unheard by Jin. It strikes so close to him, like a dagger between the ribs, and he's glad he's utilising text, isn't sure he'd be able to keep his voice quite level as he responds.]

Quite. Death would be preferable. A mercy. Without one's own mind and memories, one becomes nothing at all.

But as you say, there's a chance those infected can be saved. I'm willing to focus my efforts on that, before resorting to other measures.

[Don't misunderstand-- he'll kill them rather than leave them to this fate. But first and foremost, he's prepared to give getting them back to Oska for safe treatment a try.]