❝first yell❞ | video | just before nightfall on oct3

[hatestoswim]

[There is a video out broadcasting to the world right now. It appears that the PORTAL device is face down in a pile of .. underwear? In any case, you can hear shuffling in the background as though someone is pacing rapidly and breathing rather hard. Which Taiga totally is, because she's kind of freaking out. She'd gone to sleep in her apartment,

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[text]

[notglitching]

Observation constant over network.

[Actually, he's pretty sure observation was more pervasive than that, but no reason to share his suspicions with every noisy user.]

[text]

[hatestoswim]

[It takes her a moment, but she understands how to reply quickly enough!]

what is that supposed to mean?!?!?!

[text]

[notglitching]

[He's beginning to seriously doubt this user's cognitive functioning.]

Communicator. 'PORTAL'. All transmissions observed.

Encryption unreliable. [He's not bitter.]

Re: [text]

[hatestoswim]

[She's beginning to think this person is insane. So, right back at you!]

... it's a cell phone. but you have one? called PORTAL?
[Woooo, she got that part!]
.. and these people are stalking us through this too

[text]

[notglitching]

Confirmed.

[He doubts she means the same thing by 'these people' he does, though.]

[text]

[hatestoswim]

why do you talk funny?

[Priorities. She has them.]

[text]

[notglitching]

[There is NOTHING WRONG WITH... B| (why do users keep asking that?) ]

Communication normal.

[text]

[hatestoswim]

[If everyone is saying it, maybe he should look at himself~]

riiiiiight
b-but wait how do i know that you didn't do this?! that you're not a stalker?!!

[text]

[notglitching]

[Well, he is following her network transmissions... and all the other ones he can find or hack into.]

Activity 'stalking' restricted to transmissions. Not responsible for relocation.

[text]

[hatestoswim]

[She thinks she's starting to understand him now!]

so i just have your word that this isnt your fault
even if you are creeping around all over my stuff on this internet thing

.. i dont think i should believe you

[text]

[notglitching]

[Have an invisible Rinzler-shrug. Your opinion is...]

Not relevant.

[text]

[hatestoswim]

you dont care that i think you're lying?

[text]

[notglitching]

[He's reasonably sure this user poses no threat.]

Correct.

[text]

[hatestoswim]

[He'd be correct to assume that.]

who are you??

[text]

[notglitching]

[He's tempted to withhold the data, but there's no real purpose to it. It's not like he hasn't identified himself a half-dozen times on open channels here.]

Designation: Rinzler.

Identify. [Her turn.]

[text]

[hatestoswim]

rinzler-san
huh
weird

aisaka taiga