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[xun_long]

[Welcome to the land of Chinese cursing. Someone is less than pleased at the Porter]

sāobī! chòu biǎozi-

[the muttering becomes briefly inaudible, but no less vitriolic. Apparently someone tried ripping into the porter earlier, got a nice strong shock for his trouble, and is still pissed about it.]

cào nǐ zǔzōng shíbā dài!

[Someone has just

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[Encrypted to 04/03]

[xun_long]

Quatre. What in the hell is going on here?!

[DO NOT TEST ME, WINNER.]

[xun_long]

Suppossed to be-

[Twenty-first say what.]

What. Why?

voice;

[pacifisted]

[Why hello there, Wufei. You might almost recognize this voice, though it's dropped a little bit. And has a touch more humor to it at the moment than you're probably used to.]

More than a hundred people.

I'm number three.

[Encrypted to 04/03]

[xun_long]

[aaand....more cussing. He gets around to encrypting the feed after he's don controlling the urge to throw the comm into a window.]

You are aware that- what is going on here?

[Encrypted to 05/04 I can read subj. titles]

[pacifisted]

[My, my. How colorful of you, Wufei. He is definitely keeping this conversation recorded for later research regarding what you've been saying.]

Christmas, at the moment.

[He can see Quatre giving you the rundown. No point in repeating any of it twice, after all.]

...It's been a while.

[Read: WUFEI. WE MISSED YOU. HI.]

[Encrypted to 03/04 ]

[xun_long]

[Mostly things about the porter's sexual habits and parentage, actually.]

Been a- not more than three hours, Barton. What's wrong with you?

[still miss him?]

[voice]

[ofthedream]

[Ysera has been taking Chinese lessons. She's a quick study, but not yet fluent, but she caught some of that, Wufei...]

Many people, Five. I am Ysera.

...I do not know if I understood correctly, but I do not think that is possible for a construct.

[voice]

[xun_long]

[cbjafvnflnv- people are talking to him?! It's been so long since Wufei's engaged in this kind of public forum that he's momentarily horrified into silence.

Calm. Must be calm.]

I am aware of that.

Re: [voice]

[ofthedream]

Ah. I did not catch all of what you said in Chinese. I am still learning.

All those on this network of devices were brought here by the construct, Lachesis, as you were.

[voice]

[xun_long]

Is that so?

Just how long have you all been trapped here?

[voice; 21st century Mandarin, good accent]

[deadredbird]

I'd put the estimate as closer to at least 200. Probably more. Both combatants and civilians. Vigilantes, "superheroes", psychotic murderers, general scum. But it's a useful place, if you ignore all the drama.

Personally, I find it entertaining.

[voice; Mandarin, L5 accent]

[xun_long]

Another war?

[deadredbird]

In a sense, but on the scale of a city only.

text;

[reasontoexist]

[oh hello fellow numbuh five pilot]

05?

text;

[xun_long]

...

[Oh hi.]

Yes.

[reasontoexist]

What does your number pertain to?

[xun_long]

It is- was a military designation.