4th Wall Event!

[electronichound]

A sudden spike on population. Fascinating. I've never seen this before.

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[honestcop]

...Yeah, it's fascinating.

Now will you tell me what's going on?

[electronichound]

Togusa!

[honestcop]

What?

[electronichound]

I haven't seen you in months.

[honestcop]

I know you're bored with our current assignment, but that's a little dramatic.

[electronichound]

Look out a window, Togusa.

[honestcop]

Yeah, okay.

[That is his "you are crazy but I give up" voice.

There's a pause while he finds a window.]

...The hell?

[electronichound]

Welcome aboard, Togusa.

[Batou's voice is wry.]

[honestcop]

Aboard what? A minute ago I was at HQ.

Did I get hacked?

[He sounds resigned.]

[electronichound]

The MS Elegante. As far as the Major and I have been able to tell, this isn't a hack, but actual reality.

[His voice is grim.]

Let's rendez-vous and synch.

[honestcop]

The Major's here, too?

[He sounds...reassured, actually.]

Yeah, sure. Where?

[electronichound]

Deck Four, the buffet.

[Batou's already on his way.]

The Major's busy right now. I'll synch with you.

[And he's busy creating a folder of his memories that does not include the ridiculous amount of sex he and the Major have been having.]

[honestcop]

Roger.

[Togusa takes the elevators. Batou can bitch him out about them being deathtraps later.

Being a clever fellow, he finds the buffet easily and enters, looking around him in curiosity. He's dressed in his usual stylish tan suit/black turtleneck/mullet ensemble. When he spots Batou, his stride becomes more purposeful.]

Hey, Big Guy.

[electronichound]

Togusa.

[Batou is all business, because he's not sure just where Togusa has arrived from. He pops his neckplate and withdraws a cable, extending it out so that the smaller man can take it.]

If you can sense any viruses or trojans in it that the Major and I can't...

[Well, that's just not possible.]

Here, synch up.

[honestcop]

Like that'll happen.

[Togusa is under no illusions about his competence as a hacker. He sets up the connection and waits for Batou to transmit.]

// You okay? //

[Batou sounds...off. Too serious, too cold, even if there's trouble.]

[electronichound]

// If you told me that we were being hacked, I'd be relieved. //

[Batou starts to stream the package of memories and information to Togusa, starting from his earliest memory and up to the present day. His 'tone' is terse, under pressure.]

// Has anyone else from Section 9 vanished? //