ic contact;

[psycholawgy]

You've reached Athena Cykes. I'm currently unavailable, but leave a message and I'll get back to you pronto. Danke! (voice/call → text → video → action)

Comments

[psycholawgy]

[ Each of the first few messages get a "thanks for the update, Myriam! I'm fine back here, and xxx (her own status goes here; nothing bad, mostly mundane things)" text. But Athena only responds with a "You're welcome. :)" come the twelfth voice mail.

She was anticipating more messages come the next day, but she gets nothing, and is consequently worried.

Myriam will have received a ton of "where are you?" texts, each getting progressively violent-sounding until she replies. ]

audio

[cardboard_journalism]

[the reply would come soon after phase four]

Athenaaaaaaaaaaa...!!

[she was clearly frightened out of her wits]

This... this isn't fun anymore! I just saw... I don't know what! Kahk kahk kahk kahk!

[psycholawgy]

Don't tell me you saw it too?!

[cardboard_journalism]

The weird robot strangling another woman...?

[psycholawgy]

Yeah. . .

That was-- [ That was LILITH. . . ] No, nevermind. Are you alright? Did anything else happen aside from that?

[cardboard_journalism]

I don't know! I don't think so... I'm at home right now...

You?

[psycholawgy]

Well. I don't really want to go out of my room right now... it's scary.

[cardboard_journalism]

Likewise!

...

...

[cardboard_journalism]

Is Ryuko with you?

[psycholawgy]

She's in her bedroom.

[cardboard_journalism]

Oh...

[still, at least Athena was... probably... safe, with Ryuko there too]

[psycholawgy]

I don't really want to bother her over this, so I. . . I guess I'll just read a book or something, until I fall asleep again.