VOICE ; forward dated to the 23rd, late evening

[itsnotaonesie]

Hey everyone, this is Peter. I'm, uh... Just lemmie-- Okay, I'm gonna preface this with "I'm fine", which... probably still sounds concerning to anyone who knows me. Uh, with good reason, but I promise that I really am fine.

Okay? Okay.

So... okay, you know those freaky tentacle snails that attacked those guys a little while ago? Yeah, they're still around. I ran into a few of them outside the city, and by 'ran into' I mean 'was totally ambushed by'. Like, I was just minding my own business and they jumped out all "Blahhhhgh!" and I was like "oh snap!!", so yeah, we fought a little and I got bit and, y'know, it hurt. And I know the one guy was all "hey call for back up if you see any" and I totally would have if I'd had a chance, but I didn't? I mean, not because I didn't want to, it's just like, in the moment I was a little distracted by trying to get away from the things, and I didn't have my web shooters on me because they're possessed by demons right now? So I wasn't gonna even try to catch one of those guys without my gear, so I left. My toothbrush tried to stab me this morning, I'm not dealin' with this on top of that today. I'm done, I'm tapping out!

Anyway, if anyone else ends up fighting these guys, go for the eyes if you can. They're kind of hard to hit because of all the tentacles, but if you can take their eyes out it slows them down. They're still dangerous, though, like, they will absolutely still try to fight you, so just like, don't stick around if you can help it. In fact, just don't go outside the city by yourself. Don't go anywhere by yourself. Y'know, buddy system up if you can. I don't know how many of these dudes are still out there, but I have a feeling that they're not going away any time soon.

Oh right, I did manage to break a chunk off one of their shells. I don't know how helpful that's gonna be? But I've got it at the lab if anyone wants to see it, assuming you can pry it away from Newt. I also got a photo! It's... not a very good one, but uh, I'll put this somewhere, I guess.

[attached photo: A City Boy Seconds Before Being Chomped By A Tentacle Monster.]

Comments

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[itsnotaonesie]

I sure do. Maybe not uh, right this second. Kinda in the middle of snail stuff, but I'll definitely put it on my to-do list.

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[unphase]

Okay, good. Well, not the snail part, that's not good, no one actually wants to run into those guys, but the other stuff.

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[itsnotaonesie]

Well I mean the scientific aspect is kind of fun? But maybe that's just me.

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[unphase]

What have you learned about it so far?

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[itsnotaonesie]

...That their shells break when I punch them?

[He hasn't had a lot of time to science this bad boy yet, he's on the phone with a thousand people]

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[unphase]

Okay. Not sure how useful that's gonna be, because most people can't hit like you. But it's a start?

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[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, it's a start. We know they aren't completely indestructible, at the very least.

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[unphase]

[a long pause]

You don't think it's gonna come down to us versus them, do you?

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[itsnotaonesie]

I don't know, really. I think it's too soon to make that call, but I really hope that it doesn't.

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[unphase]

[she sighs] So do I. It just--it's against everything I've ever been taught, to end a sentient species. There's got to be a middle ground, some way of coexistence.