[voice]

[scoutsniper]

[It's been four days since the Carnival. Four days. Not five. Four. So here's a casual question, Wonderland.... ]

I'm going to make this quick.

How sure are we on the goddam intel that each death means a full day to come back?

[Yeah, that's pretty much it. He said quick, right?]

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[choosetruth]

Pretty damn sure. Unless it's one of the events where deaths don't count for some reason. Why?

voice

[scoutsniper]

When the fuck does death not count?

[He may need to punch a wall, because this place makes him fucking nuts.]

No reason. [And if she believes that, she's a shitty journalist because Frank is godawful at lying.]

voice

[choosetruth]

[LOL NOPE she sure doesn't believe that.]

Try that again without the lying.

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[scoutsniper]

[GodDAMMIT. He's torn between telling her to shove it, and the fact that he doesn't like her, but that she's smart, and can figure shit out. And is not emotionally compromised.

Okay, fine, but he's going to lock this. ]

Someone's come back a day earlier than they 'should'.

voice/locked forever

[choosetruth]

[....ah. She can make an educated guess as to who. There are only so many people who have died often enough that it would even be significant. Even fewer that she's sure Frank of all people would know about. And to her knowledge only one that dying would be a big deal, big enough that Frank might want to hide it.

Of course, she can't rule out the possibility that this is someone else. For one thing, Frank's mind is a strange and terrifying place she doesn't want to spend too much time trying to figure out. For another, she doesn't actually know most peoples' death counts.]

If it just happened now, it's unlikely one of the ones that didn't count. Those only happen in events with extremely high death tolls, and it's not a day earlier, it's all at once when the event ends.

Doesn't rule out the possibility that one of their earlier deaths wasn't real. How many had there been?

voice;

[spycurious]

[Ben just starts off strong with--]

What the HELL were you thinking?! Were you even thinking at all?! I understand your need for answers and security, God help me, I do, but-- fuck's sake.

[He breathes, look Frank, he's TRYING.]

We are very certain, to answer your question.

Re: voice;

[scoutsniper]

You got a problem?

voice;

[spycurious]

Ah, now he's asking questions. If he could use his brain, it might help things along.

Re: voice;

[scoutsniper]

If you don't got anything useful to say, get off the damn comm.

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[spycurious]

I'll keep it simple: I know what you did with Evelyn. Abducting a corpse and holding a woman against her will was entirely unnecessary.

voice; private;

[ofletters]

Who?

[ That's all that matters. Right? ]

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[scoutsniper]

Evelyn.

Someone's got bad intel somewhere. [And it better not be him. ]

voice; private;

[ofletters]

[ Evelyn. Her fifth death. An early resurrection.

His blood feels suddenly - chilled. ]

What're you talking about, "bad intel?"

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[scoutsniper]

Bad intel. If it was her fifth death, it'd be five days.

She's back, after four.

What do you make of that? [It probably comes out more hostilely than Frank intends. It's been a rough couple of days.]

voice; private;

[ofletters]

[ Had Philip done the same? Come back after four, despite it having been his fifth death?

Sam can't remember. ]

... I dunno. [ It's honest, at least. ] ... I'd be more likely to think she'd turned if she'd come back after the expected five, honestly.

[ Why put them high alert for someone who'd been made a spy? It doesn't make tactical sense. ]

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[wriggedywrecked]

Why the fuck do you ask.

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[scoutsniper]

Because I'm goddam bored and want to get yelled at by assholes.

[He ain't telling you. At least, not so easily. ]

video

[wriggedywrecked]

Who died? What the fuck did you do?

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[scoutsniper]

I didn't do shit. You think I'm gonna kill someone here?

[How dare you!]

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[wriggedywrecked]

Why the fuck wouldn't you?

[voice, locked] shows up late lmao

[normandysbest]

Very. Always been precise to me in the past.

What happened?

[She just locks it right off the bat, because knowing Frank, this is serious and not something he wants to jabber about anyway.]

Re: [voice, locked] never late when you're the boss! :D

[scoutsniper]

Someone came back a day early.

[voice, locked] awww, thanks bb u3u

[normandysbest]

That… makes no fuckin’ sense.

[Shit. No wonder he’s asking around to the network for this.]

To everything we have, those day counts are accurate. Hell, some of my data from Hearts confirms it takes her longer to drag back higher death counts.

… Gonna guess this wasn’t an inconsequential person, either.

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[scoutsniper]

You could say that. [Not inconsequential. Who the fuck even talks like that? ]

Something's wrong. Or they lied to us.


Or they're fucking with us.

[voice, locked]

[normandysbest]

[Someone who's in panic mode, that's who.]

Wouldn't be surprised if they're fucking with us. But this is-- a constant. Observed hundreds of times. Why change it now? Other people have died with this same rule. Is it just-- just this once?