SWITCHBOARD

[transmittable]

If you'd like to ask the Transmitter something over the phone, go right ahead! The Transmitter will answer the phone as soon as she's available. Leaving messages is impossible, given how old these phones are, but you should be able to reach her at almost all hours.

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first night

[armamenta]

[It's very late on the first night and Krauser has Questions. Sure, some of them were already answered during the Q&A that he totally attended (and did nothing but hold up the walls while everyone else actually talked to the Transmitter) but that doesn't mean he's going to accept them without being a pain in the ass and asking again. Maybe he'll get a different answer in private, who knows.

Anyway, it's probably after midnight and he's here to pester the Transmitter.]

I've got some questions for you. This shouldn't take long.

[But it's definitely not an apology if he's woken you up.]

[transmittable]

[ If the Transmitter is annoyed, she doesn't sound it. She sounds just as full of feedback and distortion as over the PA, but there's little that can be done about that. ]

Mercenary, good evening. Ask away.

[armamenta]

[Ah great. As long as he doesn't get an earful of static...]

You said you hadn't done anything to us. Care to explain how I got these scars?

[He's got a follow-up question to that too, but he's still not entirely sure how to word it.]

[transmittable]

We can't. ...We actually literally can't, you had them when we received you.

[armamenta]

[That's definitely not good, but he does have one more question following this train of thought.]

And Las Plagas? You aren't responsible for that?

[no because he injected the parasites into himself because he's a crazy person]

[transmittable]

No.

[armamenta]

Are we the only people you've taken?

[He's asking because he's kind of wondering what happened to Leon. Not like he really cares, but he's curious.]

[transmittable]

Hmm. There was...another set, before you. But none after.

[armamenta]

[Huh. Weird.]

I'd ask how you managed to take all of us, but I doubt I'll get an answer for it.

[Or the answer will be something like "literal magic" and he'll hate everything.]

[transmittable]

You're catching on pretty fast!

[ That's a no. ]

[armamenta]

[wow r u d e]

I'll get in touch with you if I have any other questions.

[But anything else he has to ask probably won't get an answer anyway, so why bother? Anyway, the line goes dead after a moment since he doesn't need to wait for a response.]