27 Souls [Voice Post]

[soul_dissonance]

All right. Though I am going to keep fighting the fierce temptation of asking who happened to jinx things for the rest of us, I'm sincerely having my doubts over things being that convenient for anyone in this place.

Instead, I wouldn't mind having the facts laid out for the rest of us. Especially seeing as how the conversations going on over this network are all over the place.

All right. So what can anyone tell me about what was going on with the sky the other day? I thought that I was just seeing things before, but does it coincide with when things started to go buggy with everyone's chips at all?

Second, it's becoming painfully obvious that this is a case of the "haves" versus the "have nots." It sounds like most of the ones who are chipped here are pretty harmless, but it's still the unchipped ones that we might need to worry about more.
My powers still aren't working. Is it the same for everyone else? If so, then we might be able to rest a little easier. But... a person doesn't need any special powers to be able to do some damage, if they care enough to do so.

I'm just saying that we've got no reason to let up just yet. Plenty of reasons to stay on our toes for at least a little awhile longer.

Oi, Dr. Stein... You're still yourself, aren't you? How many of the other doctors are still unaffected by all this? It might be good to know.

Anyway, I think that's all I've got for now. Patty, if you're still out there, then Kid and I are waiting over by the Northern Lights. Maka, Chrona, it might be best if you guys just sit this one out for now. Trust me on this one, okay?

Comments

[johnnygarland.livejournal.com]

I didn't see the sky flicker, so I can't help with that. But my powers are still gone.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it. I just barely caught it myself.

All right. That confirms that the power block is still working, at any rate.

[johnnygarland.livejournal.com]

I was inside most of yesterday. ...still am, actually, except for getting food. I'm just worried something else'll happen to Grace and Hilda.

Don't know if that's for better or worse, but at least we know that.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Aah. I can sympathize with you there. Thankfully, there are two people back at the apartment that I trust. They are unchipped and watching over the others who have been affected by all this.

I'll be hoping for the best for you and yours as well.

Yeah. Well... Nothing like this has ever happened before, right? With our powers being blocked, I mean.

[johnnygarland.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm hoping everyone gets through this okay.

Powers haven't disappeared before that I know of--not since I got here.

...it's almost been four months. Feels like forever right now.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

I am too. That's why I want to be able to get my facts straight. I want to try to do what I can for the rest of them, if there is a chance.

So the only time this whole thing started is when that whole "bargaining chip" came into play, huh?

I bet it does. I know that I've lost track.

[johnnygarland.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Heh, I guess that's what a real detective would do.

The "bargaining chip"...yeah. That's definitely the start of all this.

[keepyou-safe.livejournal.com]

The sky appeared oddly artificial that morning, but I do not know anything more. It was also when I first noticed there was a change.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

So there is a connection...

[notpanties.livejournal.com]

They sky is fake.

There's something blocking the real sky. A barrier or shield. Or, that's what I think.

It doesn't really matter, though.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

It might be.

I think the theory of it being a barrier or shield counts for something though.

Uh... Yeah, I know it doesn't. It will later though, Bulma.

[theforceoncrack.livejournal.com]

M'powers're gone too.

...Soul, what if...I don't know. What if we're in some sort of...game, or cage or something? Maybe nothing in this place is real. It's all some kinda - messed up maze for us to get out of, only there's no way out.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Don't even start that shit, Jackie.

It's not that one-sided, and I at least refuse to stoop to that line of thinking. We've been able to pull the punches against the scientists the same way that they've been able to pull them on us. That has to count for something.

Sure, we might be some lab rats caught in some twisted game, but even stupid animals can learn.

So come on. Keep it together. You're starting to sound like everyone else who has lost their emotions and caring right now.

[theforceoncrack.livejournal.com]

When've we been able to do anything to them?

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

When have they stuck around long enough to let us do anything to them, Jackie?

If we're the experiments, then why the hell don't they want to check up on us more often? Why the hell would they even bother feeling sorry for us?

Snap out of this! If you let go, then who is going to be left to try, eh?! Some one-man army out to kill themselves?

emo emo emo

[theforceoncrack.livejournal.com]

I - don't know! Maybe they've gone wacko from being here too long! Why would they bring us here but not tell us what to do?!

L -

Like I'm doing any good, Soul. Jesus, all I can do is sit here and scream and do nothing. How's my involvement with anything gonna help?

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

...

Then you're going to just let something happen to Jenny again?

You want someone who was brought from another world to come and kill her? Or to let the scientists take away the people who you give a damn about without some kind of warning?

You just want that to continue until you rot?

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

Hm. You guys can come in, if you want. Since you're waiting..

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

It's fine. I don't mind the cold, and I told Kid that he could go inside if he wants to.

Stop pretending that you care, Shinji. Just work on your menus.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

That's fine then.

I don't care. But if you're at my place, I don't mind.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't, then I'd be inside now, wouldn't I? Use your head.

I thought so. ...Yeah, okay.

[prodigal-axe.livejournal.com]

That would be wasting it. I've got menus.

If you say so.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't think I could feel even more like chopped liver, but being compared with the menus... That's rough.

Aah? Isn't the point that you're saying so?

[dizzypirate.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was nothing, maybe the sky turns gray here. Oh well.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Call me curious, at any rate.

[dizzypirate.livejournal.com]

It feels like a waste of effort. It'll just be the same.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

You'll never know until you try.

Hell. Even if it's a waste, that effort still has to go somewhere, Dizzy.
It'll keep me from feeling too bored like this.

[Voice]

[asymmetriphobic.livejournal.com]

Why do we bother waiting?

No one is coming. No one is going.

[Voice]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

You don't have to wait out here. Shinji said that he wouldn't mind either way.

Because I don't mind waiting.

It's a nice night. You just don't have the brains to notice it yet, Kid.

[Voice]

[asymmetriphobic.livejournal.com]

Waiting inside, waiting outside. It doesn't matter. It's rather pointless.

I have brains to notice whatever. The night is not worth noticing.

[Voice]

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Except that it is colder out here.

Suit yourself.

[Voice]

[asymmetriphobic.livejournal.com]

Is it... it is a bit chilly.

I see no reason to head inside... Nobody is coming. Nobody is going. Perhaps we should just head back.

[adventlead.livejournal.com]

You disagreed with Shinji's idea.

You seem upset.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I guess that I shouldn't be surprised that he talked to you about it as well.

It's been a long weekend.

[adventlead.livejournal.com]

I told him that it would have the same amount of logic as me killing myself. Without emotions, we only have logic. If we lose that, then we truly are nothing.

I believe the weekends hours and minutes have been just as long as any other.

[nummeh-souls.livejournal.com]

...

That sounds like a pretty drastic example to use in front of someone like Shinji, Kadaj.

It's a figure of speech.