network - voice

[semilethal]

Who: Donatello Hamato
Username: OthelloVonRyann
Warnings: n/a (so far, will update as needed)

[Behold, a very typical 'nerd' voice. Canonically mistaken for a fake nerd voice, because it is so nerdy.]

For those of you who are capable of following the scientific theory, I hope you engaged thoughtfully in the observation step when you arrived. For those of you who cannot or will not, may Feynman have mercy on your particles.

My query: when you arrived here, where was it? With whom? In what physical state? I need data. No matter how mundane or unremarkable your experiences or their retelling may be, I must hear them. Scientific advancement demands it.



As an aside, how does an echo 'hear' something? Please explain.

Comments

[semilethal]

What is that line of work? [Being worked over by professional killers and all, "blood mages" crushing throats and such.]

[bloodalwaystells]

[Lots of occupations come with hazards. Being an enforcer for a secret blood cult just happens to be one of them.]

Investigation and personal protection services for a private security firm.

My employers were not good people, and did not take it well when I tried to leave.

[semilethal]

That doesn't sound like a very professional workplace. [Not that Donnie has any experience with a professional workplace.] I take it that means you'd rather stay here than be returned to your home dimension?

[bloodalwaystells]

Unfortunately, Human Resources didn't have anything to offer on the topic.

[He's perfectly capable of humor, it's just dry as the desert. But his next words are more thoughtful, more measured.]

There are things I miss at home. And not being able to use my magic here is difficult. I think if I had the chance, I would go back to my own world, but I'd make some changes. In my own life, in the way I approached things.

This world has been difficult, but I've learned a lot here, too.

[semilethal]

Ha! [Donnie gets that joke and actually, that is quite funny. Imagine reporting your own bosses slapping you around to HR! So silly lmao]

Well, if that's how you see it, that's how it's seen. Hopefully once we figure out how to send people back, we can alter time and place rather than just returning individuals right back to where they left off.

[bloodalwaystells]

[Okay, science people are just weird. He's figured that out a long time ago, and still stands by it.]

I wish you all the luck in making sense of it. If there's a way back. Some here think that those who disappear go back to their own worlds...others aren't so sure. And ADI doesn't tell us much, but that's expected.

[He has his doubts and only a very small share of trust in their employers.]

[semilethal]

Regardless of whether they don't tell us much because they're hiding something or because they don't know, I'll figure it out. I've got nothing but time.

[bloodalwaystells]

Fair. If we're going to be here, we can learn as much as we can and try to better our situation as much as possible.

And I expect the truth is somewhere in the middle. I think it's a good cause, but I have questions about how much they know, and just how much trust *they're* putting into *us*.

[Answer: not much, in Jaeger's mind. But on the other hand, they are a bunch of powerful and less-than-stable refugees from lost worlds. That's bound to raise caution in anyone's mind.]

[semilethal]

Your level of caution is to be expected considering your circumstances, I suppose.

What's your name, so that I can follow up with you in the event of a username change or network inaccessibility?

[bloodalwaystells]

A little skepticism is a healthy thing, I find. Then again, that might just be the investigator in me speaking.

Apologies. I'm Andrew Jaeger. Most people just call me Jaeger.

[semilethal]

I'm fairly certain the 'worked for employers who tried to have me killed for trying to quit' plays a part in that skepticism.

[bloodalwaystells]

This is true, yes. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

But a lot of us have our questions. I think under the circumstances of "abducted to another world and put to work by a mysterious corporation", it's fairly reasonable for that alone.

[semilethal]

[Rrm. Glowers to self at that first part.]

Fair enough.

I'll update you later, Jaeger.

[bloodalwaystells]

I appreciate it...Mr...Von Ryann, is it?

[semilethal]

That's just a username. Donnie is fine.

[bloodalwaystells]

Donnie, then.

I'll be seeing you around, I'm sure.

[semilethal]

Undoubtedly.