DAY :027

[onemind]

[A day after the new arrivals show up and before anyone has really had a chance to settle in, every member of the nest gets an Extranet message at the exact same time from an untraceable source. It doesn't show up in your inbox; instead it opens in another window - don’t mistake it for a pop-up because if you close it, then you won’t be able to respond in line. The chat window's cursor blinks at you as the words scroll across, line by line; the message is accompanied by an unblinking blue eyeball avatar:]

XSome kind of brain trust you areX.

XWe've seen you sticking your noses where they don't belongX.

XOf course, they're not really your noses, are theyX?

XRemind us again: what it is that you think you’re trying to doX?



((ooc: feel free to use this post to respond in-line to EXTRAAA, as well as chat with other hosts via the mental-link or personal interactions. please be aware that this post has a time limit and all responses from extraaa will cease end of day 8/19; this doesn't mean you can't continue to tag this post afterward, just that extraaa will likely have gone silent by that point))

Comments

[vocalis]

[ That boils him a little more. If he didn't know better, he'd think it's Noiz himself on the other end of the screen.

Even if it's a waste, he keeps the tracer running in the background. Maybe it would turn up something... anything. ]

I haven't known you long enough to.

[ He's not good at this, his temper is too easily worked up. He's better over phones, like when he worked customer service. There's an idea too - if he could just talk, perhaps then he could make them give up answers. ]

Maybe I would know if I heard your voice.

[onemind]

XWe don't have a voiceX.

XYou're trying too hardX.

XAre you going to answer the question or notX?

[vocalis]

[ No voice. Well, not physically anyway. That makes calling impossible... and if whoever this is isn't human, Scrap might not even work.

But he'll keep trying. ]

Everyone has a voice. You should hear mine.

Maybe I'll tell you if you listen.

[onemind]

XYou're a weird oneX.

[vocalis]

LISTEN TO MY VOICE AND BE DESTROYED.

[onemind]

XThat's not very friendlyX.

[vocalis]

[ There's a significant pause as Aoba stares at the screen, blinking, bewildered. Where did that come from? Did he type that? He doesn't remember his fingers moving, yet it's right there in blue text.

Weird. ]

Sorry, that's not

That wasn't me

[ Maybe they were right in calling him a weird one. Whatever. Maybe he can still figure this out. ]

Can we start over?

I'm Hayato. Who are you?

[onemind]

XSome of your friends have it figured outX.

[vocalis]

EXTRAAA?

I guess the X's give that away

But it still doesn't tell me who you are

[onemind]

XYes it doesX.

XYou haven't answered our questionX.

[vocalis]

You haven't answered mine.

[onemind]

XBetter luck next timeX.

[And the text window bwips closed. Later, nerd.]