[AUDIO]

[hubris]

[A voice by turns confident and wavering with a Germanic accent. There’s intermittent interference and crackling, as well as a low humming in the background.]

How funny, to be pulled into a different world by a government, but not your government.

Even when they do that sort of thing.

Often.

At least I would’ve had something to fight for as a—

[Loud interference screech, a pause.]

Has anyone seen any monsters? We need to talk.

I would [..] appreciate any other information.

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[heavyhitter]

wow ur comm is shitty
so whatre u, like a professional monster hunter or something

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[hubris]

is it? What do you hear?

You could say that. So there are a kind of them, here?

[heavyhitter]

just a buncha crap. try handing it in for a new one, it sucks

nope not really, fresh outta luck on that front. hope that wasnt ur only life skill

[Video]

[halfcow]

So, what's the definition of monster?

[Video]

[hubris]

[The video turns on automatically, so that a glitched face is visible for only a few seconds.]

AUDIO

[hubris]

What's your usual?

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[halfcow]

[ Ryoki doesn't seem too phased, in all honestly. Though he won't be aproaching her any time soon. ]

Ehe- they say my kind is monstrous, but I think it's just humans throwing that word around as they please.

text; comm tag is "Hiro"

[microbrobotics]

dude what is wrong with your comm

also why do you want to know about monsters?

[hubris]

Maybe it doesn't like me.

With everything else going on, who knows what might be around? Wouldn't you want to know?

[microbrobotics]

well that's weird.

guess it depends on if they're gonna hurt anyone. i like not getting hurt.

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[zodbob]

[The hum makes him curious, thinking it's just background noise, but then the screech rings through and his mind shuts down her feed (via technopathy) to cut off the sound. After a moment he turns it back on, just in time to catch her asking about monsters.]

I haven't seen any monsters here.
What kind are you looking for exactly?
Also why was there such a loud screech?

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[hubris]

It must be the [...] signal.

I just thought there might be something odd in this place. Odder than me.

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[zodbob]

[A signal interference. Strange, but reasonable to happen he thinks.]

This whole place is odd.
At least to me it is.
I doubt you are the oddest person here miss.

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[abduxel]

Depends what you qualify as 'monsters.' So far I've met two people who claim to be from Mars, one of which is green, someone who can steal information from inside technology by hacking it apart, someone created by science instead of nature, and a whole bunch of do-gooders.

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[hubris]

None of those seem like monsters. All normal, more or less. Maybe I was hoping for more excitement.

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[sophos]

What kind of monsters?

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[hubris]

Sometimes in my world you find little monsters after a battle, clinging to a knife or gun, and they attack with it blindly.

[slightlyoffchilt]

With or without people suits?

[hubris]

I know those are around.

[capriciousrevolt]

Boooring, isn't it? The least the American government could have done was manufacture a huge crisis or battle royale or whatever for us to have something to do.

[hubris]

Well, no need to be impatient. I'm sure it's coming. This is too much money for anything else.

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[hoboagogo]

[ jesus christ that noise. It makes his teeth grit and hair all bristle on end- leaving him staring at the feed the whole duration. And then having to replay it because he missed what she had been saying. What a lovely start.]

...No monsters, surprisingly. For as many've us come from worlds with 'em, they stick to either people or tech here.

What d'you mean, something to fight for?

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[hubris]

Doesn't look like there's any point lying too much here. I was training for combat in my own world, but my country doesn't exist here.

[voice]

[fledgeling]

I think a lot of governments do that sort of thing. Or similar sorts of things.

[guess who's cynical about politics]

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[hubris]

On this scale?