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[insensate]

Noisy. |

[ ...

If you're searching for more, there's nothing that follows or precedes it. Nothing that gives any indication whatsoever that this individual wants to share more the community -- if they even want to share at all. There's no deep insights or surface observations. Just the one word.

Does it even have to do anything at all with this place? Who knows. For all you know, it could have been an intercepted text. Could have been anything.

Almost. ]

Comments

[vanessessary]

Sometimes.

dated to after the viruses

[losesbest]

You're gonna have to be a little more specific.

[insensate]

It talks back. |

[ if she can imagine that in the least surprised and most flatly observational voice, that's the kind of tone he's using. either way, he's getting the hang of this thing. if it won't bother to let him go right now, he'll reluctantly share his voice with it. ]

More than.

[insensate]

This place. |

[ so gloriously insightful. ]

[vanessessary]

More than what?

[losesbest]

Congratulations, you've noticed the completely obvious. Bet you wish that made you special.

[insensate]

Than sometimes.

[ a small beat. should he even bother specifying? ]

Its been calling more and more often.

[vanessessary]

It gets worse around viruses. That's going on right now, so yeah.

[insensate]

No.

[ ... ]

[insensate]

I don't use computers.

[ so to the point.

a small beat. well, he's using a phone. it isn't even his phone. even so, he knows his way around things like this, if only because he's seen yukimi use it a little. so, this must be different. this "virus". ]

Is that what it's called or what it is?

[ ... he really means is that what they're called as an overall personal affliction or is that actually a virus, but yoite doesn't bother to specify so nicely like I do. /sadcatonside ]

[starblaze]

It has been, recently.

[losesbest]

Oh, jolly good! We can skip the bit where you find out you're not. Always gets so old.

[insensate]

... |

[ what is a verbal reaction. i don't have one. ]

[insensate]

Yeah. |

[ so very talkative, yoite. ]

It's been calling more often.

[losesbest]

Well, you're awfully chatty.

[awful at being chatty, he means. but he can twists words around however he likes.]

[starblaze]

Sometimes it's hard to ignore, like that.

[vanessessary]

You mean virus, right?

[insensate]

I don't want to talk to it. |

[ ... /sadcatonside ]

[insensate]

It doesn't get tired. |

[ ... that's actually a fairly accurate way of placing it. whether he means he's ignored it for a long, long while? well, that's up to interpretation. ]

[insensate]

That's correct. |

[starblaze]

I think ignoring it tends to encourage it.

[vanessessary]

Virus is what we call the things that happen to members of the community sometimes. It can change people physically, mentally, or both.

[losesbest]

Wanting's got so very little to do with it. But! Oh, I'm sure you know that already, don't you?

[insensate]

Annoying. |

[ he figured that, unfortunately. even so, he'll complain a little about it. he doesn't want to leave any pieces of himself behind. this is just a nuisance. ]

I still don't want to talk to it.

[starblaze]

It won't go away unless you do.