UN: fuckthis

[pawnish]

[Have an extremely exhausted sounding British man with more than a little edge of bitter sarcasm in his tone.]

Well, I suppose I should be grateful that it's not a goddamn tape recorder.

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un: archivist

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

… Tim?

[yeah, guess who.]

[pawnish]

[You have got to be fucking kidding him. ]

Great the only thing worse than a tape recorder.

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

Tim … you’re …

[alive, and yes, not happy to hear from jon but that’s not what’s important. jon can hardly believe it’s true. he lightly clears his throat.]

How - how are you?

[pawnish]

Well, I was doing pretty great to be away from that bullshit place but then you showed up so now I’m not doing so hot.

[Butttttttt…]

So I die then. Cause you seem pretty surprised to see me alive.

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[tim why are you like this ]

I’ve been here for quite some time, actually.

[seven months in cryo, several more on either side of that. more than a year now, for certain. but more importantly:]

I, erm … I don’t know. [he assumes so, however, and he knows it’s his fault.] Honestly, I’d be surprised to see any of you here. You’re the first person I’ve recognized since I arrived.

[and despite their problems, jon is undeniable glad to hear tim’s voice.]

You don’t remember what happened?

[pawnish]

Obviously I don't know what happened. But given what Elias said it's not exactly a shock that I didn't make it out.

[And you know, how suicidal he was, but he's not saying that.]

How long is a long time?

UN: presage

[albatrossomen]

You hate them as well? I wondered if I was the only one.

[pawnish]

Of course they're here. Of course they are.

[albatrossomen]

They make a satisfying sound when they explode.

[pawnish]

Exploded many have you?

[albatrossomen]

A fair few. You should try it, it's very cathartic.

un: mentalist

[fun_thementalist]

Should I be suspicious of old-fashioned cassette players now, my friend?

[pawnish]

Depends on if they start recording all on their own, I suppose.

[fun_thementalist]

Is that all they might do? Record?

Seems easily dealt with, unless I'm missing a trick.

[pawnish]

You'd think right?

[There's a frantic, manic sort of anger in his voice, but it's well worn as if it's the same rant that he's given again and again, because frankly, he has.]

Only you can't bloody stop it, can't actually destroy them and I don't even think they run on batteries. They just pop up as creepy as you like you record all sorts of conversations especially the ones that you normally don't want them to.

[fun_thementalist]

So the recorder itself tends to get into places it shouldn't, to have access to things it shouldn't hear.

[ His tone is light and conversational - curious - and not letting on that ... given this man's tone of voice, he should probably change the subject at any moment. Gen wouldn't learn anything if he stepped around neuroses ... and if this individual was erratic, better to discover that before they were face to face. ]

UN: cyborgterminator

[anewhero]

Oh.. those things that Connor carries around mostly?"

[pawnish]

I have no idea who Connor is, mate, so I'm going to need to take your word on that?

un: panoptes

[sisterswitch]

But tapes are cool again, didn’t you hear?

[pawnish]

Not when they record themselves.

[sisterswitch]

That actually sounds EXTRA cool. You're not one of those anti-physical media tech bro types, are you?

[pawnish]

[Yeah. Yeeeah Tim feels like he's losing his fucking mind. Maybe he doesn't end the Unknowing actually and this is some whole messed up thing that he's trapped in. At least he feels more annoyed af rather than scared. One good thing.]

Christ no I'm not. How do you feel about massive violations of privacy on behalf of an evil fear entity that feeds of knowledge and pain? Does that sound fucking extra cool to you?

[sisterswitch]

[“an evil fear entity that feeds of knowledge and pain.” that sounds familiar.]

OK, guess #2: are you from that Magnus place?

un: biologyislife

[10billionpercent]

Kind of an archaic method of recording things.

[Right up his alley really.] Haven't seen any on board, so you're probably safe.

[pawnish]

Yeah, but they are on board so I wouldn't be so sure of being safe if I were you.

[He's not maliciously outing Jon, it's just literally here on the same post from Mur.]