IC CONTACT POST

[alaspooryork]

Hello. You have reached Delta's voicemail. Please leave a message and I will return your communication as quickly as possible.

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[ghostthatlingers]

What are you doing tonight, D?

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[alaspooryork]

I will consume dinner at approximately 1800 hours. Given an average 45 minute dinner conversation with York, I am free for the rest of the evening after that.

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[ghostthatlingers]

Meet Church and I at the bar after.

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[alaspooryork]

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Acknowledged. Shall I bring anything?

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[ghostthatlingers]

Just yourself. The bar has everything else we need in stock.

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[alaspooryork]

Understood. I will be there at approximately 1900 hours.

Thank you for the invitation.

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[ghostthatlingers]

We'll see you there, D.

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[testgasm]

yes hello is this delta

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[alaspooryork]

Yes, this is Delta. How may I be of assistance?

[testgasm]

oh just wanted to introduce myself

touch base as it were

york's told me a lot about you

[alaspooryork]

I trust he did not say anything untoward.

May I ask to whom am I speaking?

[testgasm]

no he only had good things to say

name's wheatley i'm one of the ai on board

the first one incidentally

[alaspooryork]

Then it is a pleasure to meet you. I take it you have not found a way to reverse the humanization process?

[testgasm]

haven't unfortunately

but not for lack of trying

[alaspooryork]

Understood. You will be certain to let the rest of us know if you find success?

[testgasm]

oh yes of course

if i can get it to work the option will be there

not liking it so much are you

Action!

[logicunlocked]

York had hardly any idea of what had happened, finding himself crouching on the floor, gasping and grasping at his face with his hands. He had caught the sight of AM rushing away out of the corner of his vision, and that glance away was enough to allow the creature that stood before them to incapacitate him. Worse, it seemed it may have stolen his vision. It was unlike him to react to things with panic, but this was more than extreme. First was his foremost concern, D's safety, ahead even of his own.

"D!" he said, flattening his hands on the floor and trying with all his might to see beyond the blackness that had obscured everything. "D, are you okay?"

[alaspooryork]

"I am here, York."

Delta kept his voice as calm as possible under the circumstances, though the adrenaline was still causing his blood to pound in his ears. The possibly-deafening sound of a firearm discharged was followed by some skittering.

He reached down to place a hand on York's.

"Come. It is not safe here. You are injured."

Okay, maybe he sounded a little panicked.

[logicunlocked]

He gripped D's hand and rubbed his face with the other. "Can't see a damn thing," he muttered, rising to stand.

[alaspooryork]

"I will be your eyes," he said, still sounding a little urgent. "York, can you describe the sensation you are experiencing?"

Pitch-blackness was different than points of light or a feeling of light sensitivity. Whatever that attack was, though, it wasn't anything Delta was used to, which was a concern.

He described concisely the hallscape and tugged York along by the hand.

[logicunlocked]

Considering the fact that the monster that had grabbed him had been drooling everywhere, it wasn't a very nice feeling. "Just, motherfucking..." He was still righting himself from his fall, and he managed to trip over the floor then. He came to a stop, setting a flattened hand out to the side to see if he could contact a wall. "Give me a sec D, can we afford that? Is there anything around?"

[alaspooryork]

He stopped his advance and rounded back to York, keeping one hand on him at all time to reassure York of his presence. "For the moment it is clear. Please remember to breathe."

It's advice he was taking himself, as seeing York like this was not reassuring in the slightest.

[logicunlocked]

He wasn't going to panic, not here, not now, but he did have to fight down the feeling. He swallowed and felt his way up Delta's arm until he could manage to get his arm around D's shoulders. "D?" His grip was a tad too hard, he knew, but he was fighting back that feeling. This was stuff that came out of his worst nightmares. He'd already lost enough of his vision before this. "D, Christ, I know you won't leave me alone, but don't leave me alone."

[alaspooryork]

"I am here." His response was immediate, and he reached around with a hand to support York's waist. "York, are you remembering to breathe?"

The sight loss had to be bad if York was panicking this much.

[logicunlocked]

"Yeah yeah yeah," he muttered, almost as one word, and paused to take a deeper breath. "Let's get out of here before something gets you, too."