voice;

[thxforthememories]

I don't understand it.

[Wow someone sounds upset. Again. Just when things were kind-of-sort-of looking up, too.]

We have a police force. We have a place to lock criminals away.

So what good is it if they just go free, and nothing's done to put them back! It's useless, isn't it!

[He's really upset right now, wow. Possibly with good reason... since there's a private message incoming.]


[PRIVATE MESSAGE TO: BRAVE POLICE UNITS]
There's another Ratchet here. He's... he's wrong. And he's interested in us.

Please. Tell me you're all right.

[Because he screwed up and attracted the crazy bot's attention. Oops.]

Comments

[Audio; Private]

[kungfugeek]

Agh, you always make things complicated...


I'm at Solus's, happy?

locked | text

[raceme]

Incapable of what?

Everyone makes mistakes, absolutely everyone. But more often than not we learn from them when someone else points out what we did wrong. I'm not saying you can't make mistakes, I'm trying to explain you how certain ones can't be avoided if we have better communication.

Re: audio

[primest]

It's not something that should be kept a secret if they do.

[off screen, he's clutching pearls like crazy.]

Hopefully if they're gone they won't be able to let anyone else out. That's all we can really hope for at the moment.

[0perator]

Congrats, then. You're not a sociopath.

[She snorts.]

If a single setback is going to send you to be all emo on the public network? Maybe you can't. Ain't like there aren't a million more where that came from.

[Audio; Private]

[thxforthememories]

Yes. That's better.

[Wow he even sounds calmer now.]

Wrong in that he's insane. He hurt Deckerd and McCrane, and now he wants to do worse to the rest of us.

[thxforthememories]

It's not a single setback! It's a pattern!

[Audio; Private]

[kungfugeek]

Wait...HE'S responsible for McCrane?

locked | text

[thxforthememories]

Of doing this! Being part of your team!

[The threats have just made him panic. And said panic isn't helping him think clearly.]

[0perator]

And?

At least they don't keep coming back from getting killed around here.

Or do they?

audio

[thxforthememories]

Hopefully. Yes.

Unless they come back, and do the same thing.

[thxforthememories]

They do. They all do.

[Audio; Private]

[thxforthememories]

Yes.

[Well, no, not really. But Kagerou's convinced of it.]

[0perator]

[There's a great deal of smothered laughter on the other end of the line.]

Well never mind. This calls for alcohol. Do you guys get happy from alcohol? We should find something that works.

Re: audio

[primest]

[another sigh. this is a shitty conversation.]

There's no point pretending they won't.

[thxforthememories]

What's so funny?

[Her question can wait, he has to know if he needs to be offended or not.]

audio

[thxforthememories]

Then maybe the jail needs to be stronger. Somehow.

Re: audio

[primest]

It does, but we lack the resources and mechpower.

I'll- look through the database and see what we can do. Just... be careful if you're going to be out alone.

Re: locked | text

[raceme]

I never said that, Kaerou.

We don't always catch the criminals immediately but you don't always look that stressed over because of it. Did something happen?

[Perhaps he shoudl tell Blurr about those threads.]

[Video | Private]

[thankyou4myheart]

You mean the one who tried to put me in the medbay? Or do we have another "wrong" Ratchet running around?

[Yep, sarcasm. He's actually capable of it on rare occasion. Right now, he's more than a little upset himself, thanks. Over a small number of things.]

Something is being done, Kagerou. We are trying to find and arrest him! And the jail is built as strongly as was possible, but from what I've been told, it was cobbled together from whatever building materials could be found. It's not like the fortified prisons we have back home.

["You're a member of the police force, and you're the one with the spy systems, why haven't YOU found him yet?" - he's thinking it, but...he won't say it. DAMN does he wish Shadowmaru were here right now, though!]

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

If you think nothing's being done, get out more, Earth bot.

[That fragged-up excuse for a medic hurt McCrane . . . not to mention the talk about Seeker wings and threatening his firelizards. That glitch had better hope Thundercracker /doesn't/ find him before anyone else.]

[0perator]

Proof the universe hates you is always funny.

[audio]

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

Perhaps the law is more in the hands of the police force now that the Firstforged are gone. Or at least their representatives. I'm not sure.

[Ye of little faith, too.]

[thxforthememories]

I'm not trying to be funny.

locked | text

[thxforthememories]

He...

He wants to hurt the others! Like he did to Deckerd and McCrane.

audio

[thxforthememories]

The what-power?

I'm fine.