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username: REAPER

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[doxing]

Look what the cat dragged in ... What's your location?

TEXT, UN: REAPER

[hellshot]

There weren't any Cats involved. But I'll spare you the details, as I'm sure you were pulled in the same way.

Medical ship. Second floor. They're not letting me leave for a day until they figure out what's 'wrong' with me. Can't accept that they pulled a corpse in.

[doxing]

Can't scare em into letting you go? You're losing touch

But I might be able to fit a breakout into my busy schedule for you

[hellshot]

Hard to put the fear of death into men who can vent you into space at the drop of a hat.

[Which gives Sombra two pieces of information here: That he did try to intimidate his way out, and that they had him under 'Quarantine'. They weren't sure if his black emission was contagious or not.]

Oh, please. At your leisure, Sombra.

[Read: get your ass down here.]

un: just.marco; text; I am so sorry

[brightline]

MARCO'S THOUGHTS TO PONDER

1. superpowers vs. high tech gadgets...what wins?
2. which of my ex-girlfriends was the hottest?
3. would I say basketball is objectively a better sport than baseball or vice versa?
4. will the two leads of my favorite supernatural investigation show ever hook up???
5. reaper: actual badass or retired goth??
6. if I had to choose whether to give up my fame or my millions of dollars, which would I pick?
7. superstrength or superspeed?
8. do I add a delorean to my garage as soon as I get home?

reaper approved? y/n?

im laughing so hard please dont apologise

[hellshot]

I recall telling you I didn't want junk like this showing up in my inbox.

[A pause in text. Because for just one moment, you might think he's not going to address anything on this stupid list.]

...And I cannot even answer half of these anyway, they're mostly nonsensical. [And by that, he means that he'd have to know more about you and being social is Not Reaper's strong point.] I'm not a retired goth.

I'm so glad someone appreciates my shitposting.

[brightline]

so you obviously weren't expecting this. can I just say how much I LOVE exceeding expectations?

anyway, I'm not really asking for answers to the questions, just wanted your stamped seal of approval on whether or not it was pointless or pointful to ponder these thoughts in the long moments before I fall asleep tonight.

though I welcome any input, I mean, I love hearing about myself.

[Did you think he was done? No. Here comes another text.]

not retired? so you're a young goth, not an old one. is that even possible?

Marco's my favourite animorph, how could I not appreciate.

[hellshot]

Of course I wasn't expecting clutter in my inbox. This line is usually reserved for items of importance. Having it available to anyone in this damn network is annoying, to say the very least.

[Honestly, it was like having a young Jesse talking at him again. Nostalgic in a few ways--not all of them pleasant.]

They're pointless. I'm not going to sit here and write off an answer to your neatly itemized list of nonsense. And no, that's not what I meant when I said I wasn't a retired--
This isn't a sensible conversation. I'm not a goth. And my age isn't any of your business, either.

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[doxing]

Guess who's back?

I can't believe you couldn't watch the fireworks with me ... But I guess lowering the entire planet's defence array for a genocidal third party, causing the possible extinction of two species, is something only an expert like me can accomplish

(this is not what she wanted. this was not how things were supposed to go.)

[hellshot]

[Seeing other Talon members going off onto their own missions and then return is, by every meaning of the word, common. He's a mercenary, he doesn't go on every mission Talon sends out to their operatives. So getting a message like this from Sombra isn't too out of the ordinary.

But what is entirely unusual is the message that follows the harmless 'guess who'. It's concerning, to say the least, and he has to read it twice to be absolutely sure what he's seeing.]

Hard to read your tone over text sometimes. You know that.

All the same. Going to hazard a guess and say that letting a 'genocidal third party' through wasn't part of the plan here.

Are you under inquiry?

[ Read: Are you in trouble, and do you need me to bail you out? ]

[doxing]

(she leans against the wall, dry blood flaking off of her uniform. some of it's hers. most of it's not.)

The opposite ... They gave me a present like all of that was exactly what they wanted

I don't know what it is. I need a drink

[hellshot]

'A present'.

[Honestly, he doesn't know what to think of that, either. Especially if it was 'the opposite'.]

I'd be wary of it if I were you. Don't trust shit like that far as I can throw it.

If you're back, meet up with me somewhere. I might even feel nice enough to get you that drink.

Tell me what happened.

text | un: white rose

[finethanks]

Hello, Reaper! Your username makes it so convenient to find you, you know? Fufu, but of course you must be wondering why I'm messaging you. I want to invite you to tea time. ♪

[hellshot]

[Yeah, he didn't think that one through at all. He realises that now, as Eichi is the second one to text him just by looking for his username. He'll chalk it up to being old and set in his ways.]

It's practical to have a username that is recogniseable to who you are. That's what I would assume, but after seeing how everyone else is either nonsensical or flowery with their own, I'm starting to see I'm the odd one out.

...

You actually want to have tea with me. Here I thought you were making a joke at my expense.

[finethanks]

It's another way to express yourself, isn't it? Much like your bold and threatening font that sends chills down my spine. I was almost expecting something like "XxheartlessxX" or "grave mistake" or something along those lines. But I suppose in this way it was simply a dead giveaway!

But enough of my jokes. I do want to have tea with you, of course. Would you prefer the atrium or one of our rooms?

[No isn't an option??]

1/3

[hellshot]

...

2/3

[hellshot]

...[Fuck, 'grave mistake' would have been a great username, HE'S A FOOL.

Also Eichi is the first one to comment on his font and it actually gives him a small sense of smugness.]

[hellshot]

Chills down your spine? You could almost say I killed it, username issues aside.

Anyway.

I guess I could fit you into my schedule. [It's a great excuse to get away from his quarters and AVOID Suigetsu banging on his door for the third time today.] My quarters are a mess of growbeds and soil. Might be a better idea to go somewhere else. Even if the atrium is out in the open.

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[doxing]

Gabe, status .

[hellshot]

[A weird text to get in the middle of the day, but it's not like Sombra ever needed a reason to text him. Just the suddenness of the demand was... uncharacteristic.]

Still stuck in space.

Did something happen?

ANNND POST-CONFESSION

[doxing]

Check the network ... Everything's coming together

Stay cautious, don't trust the alien liaisons for now

[hellshot]

Just finished reading it over. You've been busy. I'd comment on the actual post, but I think that'd be a waste of both our time as we're already on speaking terms about it here.


[Look at that he doesn't even make a quip about you doing your job for once either. Small miracles.]

Didn't trust them since day one. Already killed one a while back, too. Looks like I didn't have such a wrong idea after all.

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[eyeforaneye]

Three things.

How do you know Sombra specifically, did you buy a mask here, and do you know anything about the recent deaths?

[hellshot]

You still using that username?

You're lucky I'm in a good mood. Else I wouldn't have any patience for an interrogation that's come out of nowhere.

Sombra is an associate from back home. We work for the same group of people.
I made this mask myself. You can't buy shit like this with the limited resources they have here, don't make me laugh.

And I have theories. And knowledge of each death, and how they seem to be less 'murders' and more a 'show' of something to everyone still living.

[eyeforaneye]

Don't open with that question unless you want me to ask you some about your life choices too.

Are you able to be more specific, regarding both your work and the bodies? I'll let the mask thing go for now.