text; anonymous (backdated to may 25)

[upshore]

Daseng.

Attacking the innocent and helpless as a demonstration of might is the province of the cowardly and craven. Only those who know their ideas and beliefs are built on shaky ground resort to such tactics rather than discussing their truths in the cold light of day.

Y᷆o᷅ů h̓a͘v᷾e͑ m̗a᷈d̳e͒ mͫȧn̻y̦ p͚o᷾w̻e᷁r᷁f̛ùlͮ eͨn͉e̓m͌i̔e̓s̼ t̴oͩd̔a͘y᷂.̗


Pͦ᷉̾e͚ͮͅr͐͌᷀h̴᷿ͧa̩̼ͅp̣̜᷀s̴͖͠ t̫̯ͫhͥ̄ͥe̸̶᷂ o̘̦ͥn̲᷁͜e͎᷉᷀ y͙̾͛o̪͓ͤu̘͚̙ s̟̋ͣh̠͙͡o̞᷆͊u̇ͥ͜l̼ͩ͋d̊̐͝ f͈̲̕ę̷᷄a̠͐͟r̯̱̍ t͖̥͢h᷾̓͜e̐̐̐ m̳̱̀o̴̗̅s̫̄̈́t̹͖̆ ȋ̦᷁s̡̾͆ m͂ͥ͠e͇ͣ͐.̸̦̏

[And Miles will not be responding to anything, because the nanite interference from his anger-summoning of the Walrider Swarm while he wrote this has hecked up his radio so badly that it's basically a brick now.]

[Three-quarters of an hour later, private video to Pepper from a console in the Hotel:]

...I think I broke my phone.

[He looks tired and drawn, but there's still a spark of anger deep in his eyes.]

Comments

audio;

[wintershepherd]

Not like I don't get the sentiment, but I really don't think this is going to help...

private; video

[lasergrenades]

[Pepper looks him over for a moment before replying, concerned.]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you didn't throw it at the wall. What happened?

[She's not just asking about the phone; given his... status or condition or whatever, the likelihood of nanites being involved here is pretty high. How far that went, though, is a different story.]

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[commandandcontrol]

Jeez, do we have a second crazy cult forming to fight the first one now?