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[headjacked]

Heyyyyyyyy, kiddo, you've reached me. Me who is Rhys. Anyway, not sure why you're trying to get in contact with the king of the dweebs, but I'm sure you've got your reasons. Reasons you should probably re-examine. I'm just sayin'.

Last chance to back out.

No?

Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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Day 53, afternoon | hjack69; voice

[youarethebandits]

Hey, dickcheese. I'm back.

[Yes, he had to open like that. Don't judge.]

voice

[headjacked]

[ Rhys feels annoyance, deja vu, and a bizarre sense of relief. All at once. It's very confusing. ]

That's, um. That's great.

[ He doesn't even sound sarcastic. Mostly just... surprised? We'll go with that. ]

How... do you feel?

[ Very cautious surprise. ]

voice

[youarethebandits]

That's the weird thing here, actually. I feel just great for the most part, but, uh...

[He pauses before continuing, and by now it should be noticeable how different his voice sounds. There's something about his tone that doesn't quite match up to the Jack familiar to Rhys.]

I'm kinda missing a bunch of memories. And by "a bunch" I mean something like several years.

voice

[headjacked]

Years??

Oh, wow, I didn't -- I didn't know it could get that bad.

[ He pauses, considering the implications of this while taking in Jack's weird tone. ]

Soooo... do you know anything about me? Aside from my, uh. Creative network ID.

voice

[youarethebandits]

I know what I've seen on the network. Including the private chats we had a while back.

So, you know, not much. But not nothing, either.

voice

[headjacked]

Mmmmm, so you know about the -- in my -- him.

But you don't remember the -- the monster. The thing you did for u- for Angel.

[ Then he mumbles something that vaguely sounds like 'the wrench'. ]

Because I'd... I'd thank you, but it feels kind of weird to.

voice

[youarethebandits]

...Yeah, it'd be pretty weird to get thanked for something I don't remember. Do that once I get my memories back, I guess.

Which is probably gonna happen soon, so. Not really even an issue! Probably wouldn't have even needed to tell you about this, but. You know. Figured it'd be better to have everyone on Team Hyperion up to date on things.

voice

[headjacked]

Team?

[ Just that tiny bit of recognition -- camaraderie -- bowls over most of the defenses he's erected. The ones that have remained up, anyway. ]

Heh. Well -- thanks for including me. It's co-- appreciated. Really, actually appreciated.

voice

[youarethebandits]

[Huh, that's definitely an interesting reaction. If Jack had all his memories, he'd jump straight in to exploit it. As is, he simply notices the possibility without really deciding to do anything about it.]

No problem. I didn't even think it was that big of a deal, honestly, but glad to know it means so much to you.