station72 | mental link, day 32

[ Sam crashed hard after the vigil, because between all the lies making him feel like he was going to puke and trying to pick them apart giving him one mother of a headache, staying awake felt like something you only do if you really hate yourself.

Do all newfound psychic powers suck this bad? He was fine with just flying and blowing things up, thanks. ]

( By the way, just figured everybody should know: Seong-Hye Ngazi is full of crap, the Public Safety Commission isn't half as gung-ho about bringing the bomber to justice as she makes it sound, and I'm like ninety percent she actually knows who did it, but that part I'm not quite positive about.

So, you know. In case anybody wanted to break into her office or stalk her or something. I hear some of you guys are actually good at the cloak and dagger stuff.

You're welcome. )

[ He can be found in the common area of the Bearings, scrolling through news reports and radiating pure frustration, if anyone would rather comment to his face instead of over the link. ]

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( It's fucking easy, I just tell her to forget it happened, too. Done. What are we whining about anymore. )

( We're not. I'm glad to know it's as simple as I thought. )

( Course it's simple. Everybody's got something I can use against them. )

( I wouldn't assume it's everyone. We can't get ahead of ourselves. )

( What, are we talking to machines all of a sudden. )

( No, it's more that I doubt you. )

( Bitch, please. You can doubt yourself instead. )

( Like you, I don't make a habit of that. )

( No wonder we get along so well. )

( Now you admit it. )

( Sure. We're buddies. )

[ this is all unsettling, but in the interest of avoiding another incident like ven diagram: ]

( How close do you need to get to her to do this? )

( As long as she's hearing my voice. My actual voice, not like a phone or anything. )

[ Voice powers? Having been listening to the general chatter of the network in the background, Aoba's interest piques enough to join- ]

You can control others with the sound of your voice too, Petre?

( Well, yeah. I've always been able to do that. )

[ By always he means ever since he became a demon. ]

Really? Me too! Though I didn't always know I could.

[ By agreeing, he means he's also always been able to effect others with his voice. It explained a lot of weird things that kept happening to him over the years once he realized, which was... well, only a short while before he woke up as a Host. ]

You probably have more experience with it than I do. How do you plan on using it on Ngazi?

[ Well. He can't say he likes all these people being able to control each other. Ew, he wanted to be the only one. ]

( What does that even mean? Just tell me what you want her to do, I'll make her do it. )

No no, it's not about what I want her to do. The overall goal is to find out what she's lying about. So can you just... ask her?

[ Like he mentioned, Petre probably has more experience with this sort of ability. It can't be that simple, can it? ]

Will she remember giving sensitive information away? Can you wipe that from her too, with your voice?

( ... yeah. I just order her to tell us the truth, then I tell her to forget everything. )

Hmm...

[ There's a pause where his frequency fizzles, not unlike a radio crackling and searching for the right channel. ]

Isn't there a better way to use this kind of power, though? Without it feeling like... I don't know... like you're bossing her around against her will?

( Oh, that is such bullshit. We either get what we want or we don't. Don't try to sugarcoat it, idiot. )

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( Then so long as we can get you in there safely, it should be easy to handle her. Alright. )

( 'Course. What would you guys do without me. )

[ Aside from living much happier lives. ]

[ the mental equivalent of an eye roll ]

[ how dare you. can you mentally smack someone? petre is gonna try to do that. ]