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[threatmewted]

For phonecalls, etc.

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[insinning]

[Fuck it, he's calling. She'll see the number - he has nothing to hide. He's not afraid anymore]

[threatmewted]

[Picking up!]

Hey, pointy.

1/2

[insinning]

[Ah. That's a confirmation then]

'Pointy'? Still?

2/2

[insinning]

Never mind that. [Cutting to the chase] Are you able to answer my questions?

[threatmewted]

Yeah.

...He said that if you die while you get the log out error, you'll die for real. And then he threatened me and Fandaniel to make sure we kept our mouths shut about it. Namedropped our real names, too.

[insinning]

[Well, shit]

...he would have access to that. As Head Administrator. Our headsets are keyed into our identities after all. None of my co-workers could log in under my headset.

[If Sinclair sounds eerily calm...it's only before the storm]

Then Mithrun...he wouldn't have noticed if he had a log out error.

[threatmewted]

Wait- coworkers? You tried to let other people play?

[insinning]

I didn't really have a choice.

[And he's not the only one who let someone else try to access his headset]

The company I work for isn't really--it's a tech company as well.

[Fill in the gaps please]

... did he say something about that too?

[threatmewted]

Nope, this is the first I'm hearing about it. But geeze... guess that explains why you're risking your neck on such a dangerous game.

...But yeah, you're right. When I found out what happened, I wondered if Mithrun got that error but didn't realize it.

[insinning]

Yeah, I couldn't explain it before... sorry.

[ He's thinking and exhales slowly]

Then...the log out error creates this dissonance between our minds and our bodies. As if our minds are being uploaded to the server...

[ But is that crazy talk??]

[threatmewted]

[She goes silent on her end for a moment.]

That's... super creepy. But the game is super real - maybe it's because of whatever they're doing to make it so we can experience things with our senses even though it's just data?

[insinning]

However they're accessing our brains, they know exactly what's going on with our lives...you know those voices I was hearing that day? It was word for word my family too. Private things no one could have known but me. [That murderer's whistle, especially]

[threatmewted]

Yeah, I know. The house of mirrors showcased memories from one person so whoever was in there with them could see, too.

[insinning]

[He wanted to forget about those mirrors. What he saw on Mithrun's sword]

...and Hien said that wasn't on purpose. That no one could record or stream any of what had been shown that week in the mirrors.

[threatmewted]

Then what were they trying to do? And why was it even possible in the first place?

[insinning]

...Mithrun said there were corporate uses for it. Reading and writing information from people's minds.

[pause]

...it was enough to drive some of us close to the edge.

[As Shoka had seen quite clearly]

[threatmewted]

...Wow, I hated every single word of that.

Is your company interested in making the exact same tech?

[insinning]

I don't know. There are a lot of things I'm not allowed to know. But their mission has always been "face the future, reach for a new identity." They're confused though. Something like this shouldn't be possible, with the level of technology that exists now.

But I think any company would want to get their hands on it.

[threatmewted]

...I really don't want this to be the future of all tech companies.

[insinning]

Me neither.

[threatmewted]

And you can't just bail and find a different job?

[insinning]

I have a contract...it's pretty iron tight.

[threatmewted]

Fake your death and move to another country?

[Her tone is so dry this can't be a serious suggestion.]

[insinning]

...I feel like one of the managers would figure that immediately and drag me back kicking and screaming.

[Is this a joke? Who knows]

[threatmewted]

Just what kind of messed up company did you get involved with?