10-15-2014, 08:07 AM
Before now, it had all been word of mouth and Chinese whispers. To start with, the existence of Ginger had been kept hidden from him. It’s a felony, they explained. Then? He didn’t want anything to do with it, with them. He just didn’t care.
And now? He cares. And after carrying around a cheap, essentially disposable phone for a while, he’s finally bumped into Grace to get everyone’s favourite Awakened sex line set up. He calls and almost rolls his eyes as the line rings for a moment before the computerised voice answers. “Hello, Ginger.”
He doesn’t take his time surfing through the message, digging up the Awakened history that the system holds. Doesn’t worry about the SCREW THE POLEEECE messages between Hawksley and Pan. There’s one Kalen told him about that he’s trying to find. Turns out it was posted by Sera. He follows up on the original message about the attack they stopped.
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“I bumped into one of their victims this morning, although he used to be part of them. He’d been severely beaten, had ‘weak’ carved into him, and had his teeth smashed out. His spirit was still hanging around, so I managed to get a bit more information about what’s going on.
This guy’s name was Oliver. I’m going to try to nudge the investigation so that his family can find out that he won’t be coming home. Anyway, these guys? They eat people, looking for the strong. That’s why they hunt down the young, fit and healthy. I don’t know how many of them there are, but he made it sound like some kind of addiction. He wasn’t able to control it, so the others tore him apart. It almost sounded like a pack, or something like that. They thought he was a risk to them, so they killed him. Made sure he couldn’t feed any more.
Just to top it off, there’s someone behind it. A woman, or at least something female. I don’t know any more than she’s doing something to these guys, making them stronger somehow. But, apparently, she’s going to find us. Or me, I’m not entirely sure what he meant by ‘you’. I’m hoping that it was just empty threats he was making, but guys? If you find a feeling of cold, ravenous hunger? Be very careful.
And now? He cares. And after carrying around a cheap, essentially disposable phone for a while, he’s finally bumped into Grace to get everyone’s favourite Awakened sex line set up. He calls and almost rolls his eyes as the line rings for a moment before the computerised voice answers. “Hello, Ginger.”
He doesn’t take his time surfing through the message, digging up the Awakened history that the system holds. Doesn’t worry about the SCREW THE POLEEECE messages between Hawksley and Pan. There’s one Kalen told him about that he’s trying to find. Turns out it was posted by Sera. He follows up on the original message about the attack they stopped.
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“I bumped into one of their victims this morning, although he used to be part of them. He’d been severely beaten, had ‘weak’ carved into him, and had his teeth smashed out. His spirit was still hanging around, so I managed to get a bit more information about what’s going on.
This guy’s name was Oliver. I’m going to try to nudge the investigation so that his family can find out that he won’t be coming home. Anyway, these guys? They eat people, looking for the strong. That’s why they hunt down the young, fit and healthy. I don’t know how many of them there are, but he made it sound like some kind of addiction. He wasn’t able to control it, so the others tore him apart. It almost sounded like a pack, or something like that. They thought he was a risk to them, so they killed him. Made sure he couldn’t feed any more.
Just to top it off, there’s someone behind it. A woman, or at least something female. I don’t know any more than she’s doing something to these guys, making them stronger somehow. But, apparently, she’s going to find us. Or me, I’m not entirely sure what he meant by ‘you’. I’m hoping that it was just empty threats he was making, but guys? If you find a feeling of cold, ravenous hunger? Be very careful.