[The device turns on, audio only, but for a long moment there is silence, as if the person on the other end is rethinking the wisdom of sending any message at all
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AUDIO ▒ CYBERNETICS 1oo% Encrypted ▒terminatenomoreSeptember 15 2010, 01:29:46 UTC
[ Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Voice scanning...one-hundred percent positive match to filed recordings. Sarah Connor was here. She was not with John, she was here in some alternate time continuum where Skynet supposedly never was. No no no no no no. This was good and bad and everything in between.
It didn't know what to say, oh fuck, it should be dead. It should be dead for the sake of Sarah and her son's safety. Now she's going to see it and think it's one of the enemy units. What should it say? What does one normally say when another is distressed? Wait, John once told him to say- ]
....chill out, dickwad.
[ Yeah, that's probably what John would want it to say. ]
She can't be hearing this. She can't. If there are Terminators here - and of course there are, because she's still convinced she's been transported to Earth's future, the place is probably crawling with them and she's expecting one to find her at any moment - there is no way any of them would say something like that.
Except one.
But it can't be that one. Because he's - it's - gone. She just fucking terminated it, and the only thing that she can think of is that now she's hallucinating, on top of everything else.
Audio to videohows_the_kneeSeptember 15 2010, 02:12:29 UTC
[Oh fuck.
This can't be happening.]
Relatively.
[Apart from the hallucinating.
If she's interpreting this display right, it looks like he it whoever has managed to set up a secure line. Is there video on this thing? She fumbles the buttons.]
Re: VIDEOhows_the_kneeSeptember 15 2010, 02:45:41 UTC
[Her mind is racing. Could this be a trap? But Skynet didn't even know what she looked like when they sent the first one back - there's no way a different Terminator would recognize her voice.
And the language. Did that come from John? Jesus, he's going to be so grounded -
She's starting to get a massive headache. But it'll be worse if some rock materializes and smashes into her. Which is more and more likely the longer she stays here.
She picks her way across the debris toward the chemical showers.
When she emerges, she has her gun out. If this is a trap, she can at least try to slow him down.]
Re: ACTIONhows_the_kneeSeptember 15 2010, 03:20:29 UTC
[It's a little late to try to deny it. She still isn't 100% sure about this, but she also has no access to significant weaponry and she doesn't know the terrain.
If it wants to kill her, it will.]
Yes.
[Lowers the gun slightly, but doesn't holster it yet.]
[ It's "mood" changed, shifting visibly from stone-faced apathy to something a little darker, like shame. ]
I've spent the last two hundred hours searching all accessible areas of the station. John Connor is nowhere on this station, and there is no mention of him or anything regarding Skynet on the network.
Re: ACTIONhows_the_kneeSeptember 17 2010, 02:56:33 UTC
[Sarah is silent, caught halfway between disappointment and relief. And too caught up in her own emotions to notice the change in his.
She doesn't question his statement. If the Terminator couldn't find John, then John is not here. End of story.
This is a good thing. This is good, because John should not be here. She makes a conscious effort and straightens up slightly. Pushes it back. Now is not the time.]
Okay.
Then do you know -
[And then the second part of what he was saying registers.]
Hold on a minute. What do you mean, no mention of Skynet?
It didn't know what to say, oh fuck, it should be dead. It should be dead for the sake of Sarah and her son's safety. Now she's going to see it and think it's one of the enemy units. What should it say? What does one normally say when another is distressed? Wait, John once told him to say- ]
....chill out, dickwad.
[ Yeah, that's probably what John would want it to say. ]
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She can't be hearing this. She can't. If there are Terminators here - and of course there are, because she's still convinced she's been transported to Earth's future, the place is probably crawling with them and she's expecting one to find her at any moment - there is no way any of them would say something like that.
Except one.
But it can't be that one. Because he's - it's - gone. She just fucking terminated it, and the only thing that she can think of is that now she's hallucinating, on top of everything else.
Shit.]
...What?
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Sarah Connor, are you unharmed?
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This can't be happening.]
Relatively.
[Apart from the hallucinating.
If she's interpreting this display right, it looks like he it whoever has managed to set up a secure line. Is there video on this thing? She fumbles the buttons.]
...Oh my God.
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And the language. Did that come from John? Jesus, he's going to be so grounded -
...Except John isn't here.
Long silence.]
I'm heading toward the chemical showers.
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[ The feed disconnects as it leaves to go wait patiently out near the junkyard zone. ]
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She's starting to get a massive headache. But it'll be worse if some rock materializes and smashes into her. Which is more and more likely the longer she stays here.
She picks her way across the debris toward the chemical showers.
When she emerges, she has her gun out. If this is a trap, she can at least try to slow him down.]
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Sarah Connor.
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If it wants to kill her, it will.]
Yes.
[Lowers the gun slightly, but doesn't holster it yet.]
...How are you...here?
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Bullshit.
I saw you...melt.
[He's not going to tell her he survived that?]
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No data available regarding my subsequent return.
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[It's said more to herself than to him. He's just acknowledged that it's impossible - but it's true, all the same.
She takes a deep breath and holsters her gun. Whatever the actual explanation is, this is clearly - for lack of a better term - her Terminator. No.
Their Terminator.
And if the Terminator's here, and she's here, then -]
Is John...?
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[ It's "mood" changed, shifting visibly from stone-faced apathy to something a little darker, like shame. ]
I've spent the last two hundred hours searching all accessible areas of the station. John Connor is nowhere on this station, and there is no mention of him or anything regarding Skynet on the network.
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She doesn't question his statement. If the Terminator couldn't find John, then John is not here. End of story.
This is a good thing. This is good, because John should not be here. She makes a conscious effort and straightens up slightly. Pushes it back. Now is not the time.]
Okay.
Then do you know -
[And then the second part of what he was saying registers.]
Hold on a minute. What do you mean, no mention of Skynet?
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