IC Inbox

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

"This is Intensity. Leave a message."

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Stares at phone for a long time. Who is Jigsaw? Why would he nickname someone Jigsaw?

There is a delay while he looks up the profile and:]

CEO: The fuck?
CEO: No seriously.
CEO: When the fuck is my helpless looking stunt double going to show up?
CEO: THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS!

[puzzlers]

[ instant regret. ]

i'm not helpless!
just confused.
[ there's a difference. ]
this seems like the worst time to wake up here.
with all of *this* going on.
but to answer your question,
if the trend continues... eventually.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: Has anyone filled you in on what "this" is?

[puzzlers]

i have heard a couple of different theories.
no one seems to really know what's going on though.
just that a strange set of symptoms inevitably lead to...
a disappearance or a death.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO : Everyone being fucking melodramatic as usual.
CEO : You won't die from this.
CEO : Just turn into a faceless, featureless creature who exists to watch the suffering of other idols.
CEO : While bemoaning their own suffering.
CEO : You'll become the cursed, the damned, the lost, the faceless.
CEO : Want pictures?

[puzzlers]

nine-nine said something similar:
a member of the audience.
but how do you know for sure?
ah! no, i think i've got the idea.
no need for pictures.

[ jigsaw is typing... ]

[ jigsaw is still typing... ]

aren't you affected?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO : Yes.
CEO : And how do I know?
CEO : Because I'm comparing myself to the fucking pictures.

[Laughter would go here if this were not text.

So please imagine him laughing in his dorm k thanks]

[puzzlers]

[ intensity plz. he's going to hurt himself if he keeps laughing that hard. ]

and what about the sky?
is this their way of shutting us down?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: 《You shouldn't blame backstage when the actors are forgettable.》
CEO: 《The problem isn't me, you know. I can't tell you if the audience will like what they see or not! That's the province of time and prophets.》

[puzzlers]

but we can blame the producers.
isn't it their job to manage content?
we have some say, sure,
though lives and games,
but if it didn't meet their *standards* then...
this shouldn't have been their immediate reaction!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO : Do you like puzzles, Jigsaw?

[puzzlers]

i do.
yeah.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: So solve the one I just gave you.
CEO: How do you appease a bored audience?

[puzzlers]

by nixing people?
making it *interesting*?
all that's subjective!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: I never told you I had the answer.

[puzzlers]

...
true.

[ jigsaw is typing... ]

what happens if you die outside a game?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO : Ask Anubis or Nine-Nine.
CEO: Or Cobalt.

[puzzlers]

[ makes a mental note to do that following the end of this conversation. ]

alright.
thanks.
if...
if you need anything feel free to let me know.
i know i can't do much,
but i've been told we're from the same home, so i think we should look out for each other.

[ he braces himself to have his sentimentality thrown right back in his face. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Intensity would hate to disappoint]

CEO :Please.
CEO :Just because I was chem lab partners with your timeshare doesn't mean a goddamn thing here.

[puzzlers]

[ he stares at the message for some time before... ]

jigsaw; of course it doesn't
jigsaw; you don't have to care
jigsaw; ever
jigsaw; but i will
jigsaw; dumb as that may be

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO :Don't forget about your future.
CEO :As you keep chasing your fucking past.
CEO :You don't even know what kind of relationship we had back then.

[One of the few memories he has involves smacking Corona in the face with a brief case]

[puzzlers]

jigsaw; our past relationship doesn't have to matter
jigsaw; i'm still interested in making something right here- right now-

[ that's just how assholes say hello. clearly. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: Shouldn't you be worried about establishing yourself in your unit first?
Especially with all this fucking bullshit going around.

[puzzlers]

jigsaw; i'm working on it
jigsaw; i can multi-task
jigsaw; but, fine, later
jigsaw; until then unity