[text | @SCARAMOUCHE] backdated to the day of the earthquake

[numerouno]

[Grainy photographs are being uploaded to the network with an uncharacteristic lack of commentary. Some shots are slightly oversaturated, overlit by the steady beam of a flashlight.

The first lot depicts a few of the many glowing crystals, both big and small, that can be found inside the caverns that the sinkhole uncovered. The next set shows an oddity found in the deeper sections of the underground tunnels: boiling ponds of something or other. A little later, a third series appears: the cave walls have become unnaturally smooth.

Finally, one last upload rolls in: a curved, artificial wall has been captured from a number of angles. These shots come with a brief caption:]

look what i found

[Scaramouche knows the devastating potential of loud noises better than most; the vibrations of his voice alone could cause a newly exposed cave system like this to collapse, not to mention disturb all of the creatures living in it. He is not taking chances.]

Comments

text @ Yamamoto

[tsuyoi_ame]

[Yamamoto recognizes the place even in grainy images. He and Poison had made a trip there the day it appeared.]

Be careful. There's no use messing with it, it's indestructible I think.

text @SCARAMOUCHE

[numerouno]

how do you know that

[Scaramouche thought he was the first person to make it down here. Could he be wrong?]

text @SCARAMOUCHE

[tsuyoi_ame]

I went out with Poison as soon as it appeared.


[Blame teenage impatience, he has been deciding with Hayato what they should do about it of course and figures others are checking it too as this post proves.]

[numerouno]

[Get a load of this guy, staying ahead of the curve.]

OK, tell me what you tried on it

[He hasn't tried anything on it himself, and he doesn't plan to use his preferred method, but Scaramouche knows for a fact that nothing is indestructible. Not even Aku!]

[tsuyoi_ame]

[He never stays still, except when Hayato slows him down.]

I used Shigure Kintoki and my dying will flames, neither had any effect. I didn't want to risk using Kojirou or Jirou with the radiation risk but even my strongest attack did nothing. It's not coming out or cracking open unless you got something stronger than dying will flames.


[And his strongest attack is pretty damn strong, if he went any harder he and Poison may have been buried alive. So he stayed within reason.]

[numerouno]

[Somebody scorched it? There isn't a burn mark to be seen!]

what were you expecting from an attack called "dying will flames"

[Scaramouche will never understand why anyone in their right mind would think naming their attacks is a good idea.]

[tsuyoi_ame]

[That's what he has been saying, he could not damage it. Also, he did not name his dying will flames; his sword and sword style yes and he has stances and forms and he can argue one day that it is flawless should it pointed out that people think it's a bad idea to name an attack]

It's not an attack, I use the flow of dying will flames in my body to make my attacks stronger. They should have been able to get through that easy but I couldn't make a mark.

[numerouno]

yeah tell me something i don't know babe

[tsuyoi_ame]

I just did and I'm not a baby.

[Pardon him, the term babe confused him. It is not a term of endearment in his culture so he assumes the other is calling him an actually baby.]

[numerouno]

what are you then

[tsuyoi_ame]

A young man. Plus it's rude to use baby as an insult, I know some really strong babies.

[numerouno]

you must be one of them

[tsuyoi_ame]

I'd probably be able to make a mark on that thing if I was. They are crazy strong. But really small, I'm too tall to be one!

Text@ Smoking.Bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

You find out what might have been in that pond, or get any samples of it?

Voice to Text @SCARAMOUCHE

[numerouno]

[Scaramouche reads the text and hits 'voice-to-text' without thinking; it's a habit. The function picks up what he mutters to himself and sends it before he can type anything else:]

Do I look like a walking lab to you...?

Text @ Smoking.Bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

no one does. You could have just said no.

[asshole.]

Text @SCARAMOUCHE

[numerouno]

[Scaramouche's end of the conversation is switched back to text.]

if it's samples they want it's samples they'll get OK babe

['They' meaning the scientists--Peter and Qubit--in this case. He'll come back to collect samples later if that's what they want. Any excuse to get away from the colony for a while.]

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[bakudan_bambino]

Who is ‘they’? Also, don’t call me babe.

[numerouno]

the lab rats. who else?

[bakudan_bambino]

Who are the lab rats and how should I know?

[numerouno]

you must be new

[bakudan_bambino]

Two months new. You must be vague.

[numerouno]

ever been to the labs

[bakudan_bambino]

The R and D labs to see the King

[numerouno]

[The King??]

and who might that be?