AUDIO || 50% ENCRYPTION

[dimidiate]

[ 50% ENCYPTED FROM EKO ]

[ His broadcast starts with a long sigh, and then when he speaks Nue sounds a little more tired/strained compared to his usual nonchalance. ]

Ahhh...

This is going to sound a little weird, but is there a blood bank anywhere on this station? I... [ Pause. Breathe. ]

I'm not too great at navigating the local yellowpages.

Comments

hologram;

[eternalritual]

[ Greetings and concern from a flickering hologram girl! She's speaking with one of the station's default female voices. ]

You need to get to a hospital? Are you hurt?

audio;

[dimidiate]

[ A-ah shit, little kid. Nue very stubbornly sticks to transmitting audio-only on his end. ]

I'm not... hurt. Not in any way a hospital could help, anyways.

[eternalritual]

[ Confused blinking. That doesn't make much sense to her. ]

Are you sure? Maybe the doctors will know what's wrong.

[dimidiate]

[ She can't see it, but he smiles somewhat bitterly. ]

Pretty sure there aren't any doctors here who can help me. What's wrong is a... [ He drifts off for a moment, although it's not clear if it's to gather his thoughts or his strength. Either way, he sounds slightly pained when he speaks again. ]

It's a personal problem.

audio | NOT FILTERED AT ALL

[temerate]

[ Soft, amused laughter and NOTHING ELSE ]

audio | oh fuck your lack of filter

[dimidiate]

[ You can almost hear him tense up, and his voice is strained, tight and curt. ]

Go fuck yourself, Eko.

audio | :>>>

[temerate]

And miss this grand farce? I think not.

Hast thou taken a vow of denial, in penitence for thy appetites as my once devoted protege? I do remember thou wert quite difficult to satisfy.

Though I greatly enjoyed the endeavor.

audio | do you have to do this in public jesus

[dimidiate]

Don't you have anything better to do..?

[ Slight growl, but it dies off quickly. Ah fuck, he's too out of it to even properly get pissed off.

Goddammit. ]

Yeah, well, that was a long time ago. Appetites change.

[audio]

[puppetfetishist]

Yeah, there's a few, actually. [location!]

They take donations 'n all that.

[is he gonna bother to ask why...? Nah. Not his business]

[audio]

[dimidiate]

Appreciate it. [ There's some slow, heavy shifting sounds from Nue's feed--that'd be him trying to get his ass up and moving. ]

Not really lookin' to donate, though.

[audio]

[puppetfetishist]

Eh, whatever. Thought you might wanna know, s'all.

[audio]

[dimidiate]

[ Sort of a weird half-laugh, half-sigh. ]

Like I said, appreciate it.

[ Audio ]

[azulescarabajo]

. . .You okay? You're not hurt, are you?

[ Audio ]

[dimidiate]

Well, m'not dead yet. [ A rather bitter laugh. ]

Sorry, it's ah... Complicated.

[ Audio ]

[azulescarabajo]

You need some help?

[ Audio ]

[dimidiate]

Like I said, I'm looking for the blood banks. That's... all I need right now.

video;

[screeee]

Blood? [Red pans over to the dead deer in front of her. She just assumes Nue is another elite like Junior.] Want?

audio;

[dimidiate]

[ Oh, fuck. It's not the right source, obviously, but his gut still tightens and there's a sharp inhale of breath from his end of things. ]

N... No that's. That's not the right k-kind, but thanks.

video;

[screeee]

[Red cocks her head. There are not different kinds of blood.... are there? Junior never complained...] If you say so...

[She's just gonna crouch down and bury her face in that open wound and pull out some dripping bloody meat bits.]

audio;

[dimidiate]

[ Fuck. Fuck. It's the wrong thing, obviously, but it's far too easy for his imagination to place a human body in the same position and to substitute Red with himself. If he closes his eyes he can remember how it feels, how it tastes--

He knows he should be hanging up on her but he isn't, can't make himself do it, and it just makes his self-disgust all the worse. ]