[The sound opens with a cheerful location ping. It's followed by an asshole talking.]

To the ones in possession of the shield, the book, and the sword, I'm sure you're tired of toying helplessly with them by now ( Read more... )

... I can only assume there was something in that water.

[A lot of wet splashing around and heavy, sickly wheezing. Hojo's teeth are obviously chattering hard. He's an old man, damn it. He's not built for this channel-crossing Olympic swimming horseshit.]

Irritating. I s-suppose the one advantage worth noting is that these devices are waterproofed.

[There's more splashing and rambling while Hojo beats ( Read more... )

Then.

I wonder what's to come.

( Filtered to Reno and Sasuke // Unhackable. )

[The sound clicks on. There's a considerable amount of noise over the line, but it's nowhere near enough to eliminate the excitable edge of Hojo's voice. Distantly, it sounds like he's pacing.]

WEAPONs, now? This is an interesting, if foreseeable turn of events ( Read more... )

It would appear that priorities amongst the current residents are vastly skewed.

A pity. I hardly expect to see any of you leaving, at the present rate.

( Private // Unhackable. )

... There appears to be an affliction of prepubescents.

An unusual ability to possess. Clearly this is a matter of reversing the aging process of the cells, but how...

( Private // Unhackable. )

Well.

One can only wonder what this little revelation will entail.

It's starting to feel cramped, isn't it?

( Private // Unhackable. )

[The sound clicks on to atmospheric noise, but it takes a long, long time before a voice filters through.]

Interesting.... I first assumed I was somewhere off the Gaia map, but I recall no mention of such a place in my reading, and it hardly explains this device. Curious ( Read more... )