2nd Jelly - Video

[firewalled]

[When Rich appears on the screen, he doesn't look... all that great. He hasn't slept, and his eyes are a little red. As much as he's trying to keep his tone casual, he's not super convincing. He's obviously rattled.]

Yo. Rich Goranski here. Saw we got some more newcomers, and... well, something got my attention.

[Yes, something. Jack certainly doesn't deserve to be referred to as a someone.]

For those of you who haven't gotten saddled with my baggage yet: I come from a world with some pretty dangerous technology. I didn't want to talk about it much, because it sounded like it was something that I could deal with on my own. Didn't see anything that was dangerous around here related to my shit, so.

But now there's a certain robot asshole on this train, and in case he tries anything again, I thought it would be best to get everyone some info.

I left a document on the computer for people to look at. If you wanna talk about it, or if it gets deleted before you can see it, just come talk to me.

[He sighs and runs a hand through his messy hair.]

I know I'm probably being paranoid, but... all I got is information. If this helps anyone, it'll be worth it. Thanks for listening.

((Rich has made a document with his findings and a small warning on Handsome Jack. It's obvious that he's got trauma from robots, so feel free to have your character ignore this warning.

Also, he has not realized yet that he's giving the person he hates information on all his trauma. Whoopsie.

Threads here may have a higher chance of getting into triggering territory regarding mind control and Rich's mental health, so please use my opt out post if you need!))

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[blue_ice]

[ With his natural paranoia well in place, Kaiba is quick to snap his head up at this message. He doesn't say much, instead hurrying toward the computer---but with a quick whisper into the ICP. ]

Do you have time to talk later? Won't be long, but I'd rather do it in person.

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[firewalled]

I have time whenever you do. I'm just in my car, you'll know where to find me.

[Why is he whispering? Should Rich be whispering too? He keeps his voice low, just in case.]

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[blue_ice]

Your room. Got it. I'll be by in a few minutes.

[ After a quick stop to jot down notes from the document, he hurries to Rich's room and knocks. ]

Kaiba here. Is anyone else there?

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[hashtagparkerluck]

Thanks for letting us know. I'll keep an eye on things.

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[firewalled]

That's a big help. Thanks. I know this probably sounds crazy, but...

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[hashtagparkerluck]

Not as crazy as you might think. A few years back a sentient AI tried to wipe out all humans by forcing a natural disaster. Which would make it un-natural but that's not... that important.

I'm Peter, by the way. Peter Parker.

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[10billionpercent]

[ Slight delay, because he has to read the information first because, well curiosity mainly. ]

I have a lot of questions, sometime, if you want to entertain them.

[ If Rich doesn't, that's fine too. ]

If not, I might be able to order what you want. Well, I could try at least, sometimes the store arbitrarily decides we can't have things.

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[firewalled]

I don't mind questions. I'd kind of be expecting them from you, honestly.

[Senku's into all sorts of machines. Even dangerous ones are naturally going to pique his interest. And Rich is prepared to talk about it so long as it'll help someone.

Even if recounting all his trauma can't exactly be good for him either.]

You really don't have to do that, though. I mean, like I said, it's not causing trouble now.

[10billionpercent]

Sounds like the kind of thing you would need in case of an emergency and I happen to keep points for those kinds of items.

[ He's just willing to use his points for others, if it's at all possible. ]

If you want to do it in person we can. I'm just baking bread.

[ See? he's got a flour smudge on his shirt. ]

Just have to walk back to the kitchen.

[Video] I’m sorry about him.

[bakegarasu]

Should I just kill him?

[... What? It’s an efficient solution.]

[Video] I'm already crying

[firewalled]

Uh! I don't know if we should rally go that far just to stop a guy who's kind of an asshole. Not unless he really does try brainwashing someone...

Thanks for the offer? I guess? [IS IT COOL TO THANK HIM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?]

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[bakegarasu]

Mm. Just let me know know. It’s what I’m good at.

... Not... computer stuff.

video bc audio's literally not an option lmao

[runsfast_rollsfar]

[ Prisoner read the information available and has a rather important question. It's not long before a video starts and he holds his journal up with a question written on the page. ]

𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒮𝒬𝒰𝐼𝒫𝓅𝑒𝒹?

(Text reads:
Can someone without a head be SQUIPped?)

video because rich is too surprised to really understand wtf he's looking at

[firewalled]

[Uh. Is that dude made of fire? Or have a fire head? It looks like fire, but he's not sure if he's somehow hallucinating it.

He politely does not comment on it (trauma? Definitely just trauma. He's talking about what led to the fire after all), and responds with a shrug.]

That's... a tough one. Depends on if you have a brain, I guess? Or how you eat food.

[runsfast_rollsfar]

𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓃 - 𝓃𝑜 𝒹𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓈𝓀.

𝒜𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹...
𝟣. 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝒷 𝐹𝑜𝑜𝒹
𝟤. 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝑒
𝟥. ???
𝟦. 𝒫𝓇𝑜𝒻𝒾𝓉

(Text reads:
I am not sure if I have a brain - no doctors left at home that I could ask.

As for food...
1. Grab Food
2. Apply food to fire
3. ???
4. Profit)

Cabin 2:B

[light_of_willpower]

[At least Rich is somewhere...relatively private? Aka Cabin 2:B according to the ICP. With this post though, Trunks stops what he's doing, and heads straight back to the room. Being his room-mate comes in handy right now.

Still, this is serious.]

When's the last time you ate and drank, and do you want me to find this asshole and turn him into dust?

[A pause]

He'll probably come back if we just kill him though, so I'm not sure it'll work.

[firewalled]

[Rich looks up from his pillow, still looking just as miserable as he had before. Sorry, Trunks. He's been on an anxiety bender since last night.]

I... don't remember. I don't know. Could be bad. Would make it worse, probably.

[Which questions is he answering? All of them? None of them?]

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[gentle_jim]

Heeeeey kiddo! Handsome Jack here. I gotta say, you are quite the little artist.

[It's Jack of course, but instead of his usual face, his hologram is projecting...Rich's drawing. It's creepy as all hell to see the doodle sticking out of a realistic torso.]

Like my new face? Figured this was even better than putting it up on the fridge. Anyhow- I read your little pamphlet thing. Explains a lot about your total freak out earlier.

Nice tragic back story, by the way. [Jack finger guns the screen and winks. The winking of the little dot eye is very animated.]

So, that's what's going on inside your crispy little noggin. Good to know! Pretty cool too actually. No surgery required to get that bugger in, huh? Super nice.

Anyway. Want me to answer any of those questions at the bottom for you, cupcake?

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[firewalled]

[Oh fuck. Ohhhh fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck this is the worst possible scenario and Rich is not prepared.

He manages to fumble and turn off his video feed before Jack can see him scream at the creepiness of it all, but there's still obvious strain in his voice.]

What the fuck are you doing. Turn that shit off. Like right now.

[He does not like it winking. Or that mouth moving. Or anything about this scenario.]

It's not a fucking tragedy, and I don't need your crocodile tears. I don't need your answers either. Just leave me the fuck alone and stop calling me cupcake.

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[alchemists]

Thank you for the warning, this is something to keep in mind if there's more robots and tech involved.

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[firewalled]

Yeah... I mean, I don't want to be... species-ist or something, but it's just a warning that not all of it is really helpful to humanity.

[action okay?]

[subcircuits]

[So Devero missed Rich's actual broadcast, busy with something or another that kept him away from an ICP. But he does not miss the circulating murmurs about it, or the document that Rich has left behind on the public computer in the standard car. The very first thing he does is upload it from that computer to his Interface to read.

The next thing he does is go looking for the kid.

He knows he shouldn't. The last time it had come up, Rich had set a very clear boundary regarding Devero trying to help him with his issues. On his own world, he would have left it at that and wait for Rich to make an overture that he wanted to talk.

Buuut Rich isn't from his world, and he has enough of A Concern that he goes looking even though he knows he shouldn't.

Come out come out wherever you are, kid, the big guy's worried about you.]

[action!]

[firewalled]

[Rich has been in something akin to hiding for the last little while. He tried to just rest in his room, but in between Trunks' concern and the flood of responses from the ICP, he hadn't really gotten much rest. He had at least been content to try, though... until Handsome Jack actually dug into him a little and his righteous panic felt a little less justified.

He's gone to one of the quiet cars to think, and if Devero wasn't actively looking for him, he wouldn't have been blamed for missing him. Rich is neatly pressed into a corner, leaning his forehead against the window to watch scenery go by, while hugging his knees so tightly against his chest that it feels difficult to breathe.

Occasionally, there's the smallest sniffle as he fails to keep a clamp on his frustration, guilt, and fear. But otherwise, he's quiet. At least until he hears movement and looks over towards the larger man. For a moment, he presses even tighter in on himself, before he recognizes who it is.]

...Dev? [He hastily scrubs a hand over his eyes.] What, what are you doing here?

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[nutkrusher]

Thanks for coming out with this. There's a lot of people on this train who'll pay this creep a visit if he keeps bothering you. So here's at least one more.

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[firewalled]

I'm not as worried as me as I am other people, really. I know I have the most experience with it [read: trauma], but I think it's dangerous for anyone.