>> @SWORDARTONLINE | @ALL

[prizeneck]

[At the equivalent of 03:45 AM, you're getting a voice message because fuck your text feature. ]

Right, question.

Actually two.



First: Imagine you're being chased for a long time. You're unarmed, and yer injured. About to keel over. You can only carry one thing as you're running: a cell phone [a pause, and a rustle - he's waving his hand] or whatever you people use to communicate; or some food.

Which one do you take, and why?



Second question: who here can deal with high tech gadgets? I got a thing that needs checking before we head to the next mission.

Comments

@COWBOYBEEPBOOP | text

[crownless]

food

u need energy to keep moving, and probably yr phone wont even have bars or whatever knowing how this kinda monkeys paw bullshit works

Why are you even asking??/

voice

[prizeneck]

heh
call it a social experiment

[crownless]

Yeah
Bullshit
don’t pull this out against me later, weirdo

@PERSONALSTAFF | text

[garbagepilot]

Food.

So you don't die.

[How is that not super obvious holy shit.]

I can take a look at it. Where are you now?

He’s going to permavoice like crazy here

[prizeneck]

Even if it doesn’t mean you’re not captured?

[this is all about the first instinctive answer though]

I’ll head to the rec room now. [some rustling! He’s on the move.]

poor dude, all these rude texters

[garbagepilot]

What is the person you contact going to do for you, talk you through your capture? At least if you have food you're more likely to make it.

I'll be there soon. Tell me who I'm looking for.

@CRUELLA | text.

[reillumination]

[ The voice message doesn't faze him. Ryo's sleep schedule had been poor before arriving here and was even poorer now. At his age, the last thing he'd wanted to worry about was a war. Never mind two. ]

Food. [ That's the obvious choice. ] Some people have grown up without the convenience of long distance communication devices. [ He certainly did. And he's certainly lived through similar scenarios without one. He was still in the brick era, where cellphones couldn't fit in anything and lasted about an hour if you were lucky. ] Depending on the kind of chase, your line could be tapped and too much movement draws attention anyway.

voooooice

[prizeneck]

[while the reply is not very different from the rest... ]

Huh, you actually gave some thought to the answer.

[reillumination]

It's natural for people to answer on instinct alone. [ Of course others would want to call for help; that's what people did. Most people leaned on other people to survive. But, Ryo wasn't one of those people. Everyone, to him, looked like a enemy besides — ] It's difficult for most to make a real choice when you've never seen or experienced a scenario.

[ Not that he'd know that firsthand or anything. And not like he's waving off the sort of comment as something he shouldn't be given credit for. It should be something all people do. ]

@GOTTAGUN

[goodandtrue]

The only means of communication were ravens and scrolls.

I'd do better with food.

Why the strange question?

[prizeneck]

Ravens and scrolls? Like you use courrier pigeons?

What if you had the chance to use one of those?

I’m just curious.

[goodandtrue]

I suppose? Ravens are more reliable and smarter. They can even be trained to speak, if you have the patience.

It might take too long to write out a message with quill and ink, attach to the raven and send it where you want the message to go.

It's an interesting question.

@AEGONNER

[northerndragon]

That depends on where you're running to or from, and who's chasing you, and why.

I've been in the situation you're describing, with three arrows in me.

[prizeneck]

Huh. Where did they hit you?

[northerndragon]

Two in the back. One in the leg.

Why do you ask?

@PETTYOFFICER

[neutronium]

communication.

Communication items can be taken apart, made into other things if necessary.

Food? Food can spoil, go bad, make you ill--it won't always sustain you. Water would be a better option, but you didn't make it one.

And I deal well with high tech things.

[prizeneck]

[Interesting. This guy is the first replying with a starker difference.]

Even if that means ya gotta sit and wait for the others?

[neutronium]

Why would I have to sit and wait for anyone?

You didn't say where I was. Food can be found everywhere.

Also, hiding sometimes is a better tactic to throw someone off your trail.

Alphas often find it beneath them, thinking standing to fight is best.

But to be smart, to sit, calculate, wait, form a plan--that is the way to win.

@DIEDHARD; voice

[mylawn]

Depends entirely on who or what is chasing me.

[prizeneck]

[If he had the ears for it, they'd be perking up. Is it that guy?]

Let's make it something we both know, yeah? The masked guys we met at Gallipoli.

[mylawn]

Oh. I can take those guys.

@LOUISLAMOUR, voice

[omniavincit]

I can do it, uh, is it urgent? [ GUESS WHO SOUNDS HALF-AWAKE. His voice is a little creaky. ]

And that's very specific.

[prizeneck]

[He honestly hadn't looked at the watch when he decided to broadcast this. Not that it would change much if he had, really. His sleeping schedule is just off the charts.] No, it's not urgent.

Huh, interesting. You're the first one to call it specific and not vague.

@ENTERTHEDRAGON | voice

[ryuji]

My cell phone. 'Cuz if I'm gonna die at least I'll go out playing a mobile game.

[prizeneck]

Damn, someone has their priorities all figured out.