TEXT. — id: paladin

[bayarm]

[ shiro had been napping in acedia, but the time for naps and relaxation is clearly over. he's back on the ship. and after this conversation, it's time for another network post. ]

I assume by now you've read this network post. This is not the time to point fingers or assign blame, it's the time to get all our information together, to figure this out.

I'd like to ask everyone who was piloting ships to and from Oros to let me know if they noticed anything unusual while doing so. It doesn't have to be a black and murdering mass, it could be anything. I was one of the pilots, so I know how cramped the ships were and how chaotic it got near the end. If you didn't notice anything, that might be useful information as well.

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[text: un: k]

[k_2so]

From one tight mess to another.

I was with you on evac, but my time before that? Nothing but fearful beings wanting to get off that rock.

How many of us from the original mission are still alive? Awake. Here. How many rescue pilots are still here.

[bayarm]

That was my impression as well.

I'm hoping to find out. Do you know of any that have disappeared? I went down to Oros in the first place with Bodhi Rook. [ he knows the man is dead, he doesn't know he was from the same universe as k or that they knew each other. ]

[k_2so]

Bodhi Rook was one of ours. I say ours as in... my original crew. Captain Cassian Andor, my programmer, was on the mission with me. He has gone missing. Jyn Erso has also gone missing, though she was not part of the teams. These are just the people I know personally and are all gone.

From Alpha team, I have not heard from: April O'Neil and Sam Anders. From Beta, I have not noticed anything from Lee Adama, the Leader of that team. I did not have contact with everyone however, and I was not scanning the network for them.

[bayarm]

I'm sorry to hear that. [ k might not be human, but after their rescue runs together, shiro is pretty sure he has feelings. that kind of loss is never pleasant. ]

You've been paying closer attention than I have. Do you think you could scan the network for last activity, if people gave you names? I don't have anyone in mind, but if you're faster than someone going through the network manually and reading everything, that might come in handy.

[k_2so]

[he would deny feelings. Droids do not have feelings, he would say, but he is hurting, badly. He has feelings, and he's been far too... out of it to be around others, only recently 'waking up' from a mild shut down enough to be around others.]

I would say they are in a better place, but finding Bodhi dead does not give me hope for the other two. And 'better place' would be a return to home, which they are dead in, so... there is no good outcome here.

A name or 'username' can be scanned with ease. If something is encrypted, I have a lower chance of scanning it, but the chance is high enough to try. If it will be helpful to the cause, I will attempt to be of assistance.

[bayarm]

[ none of that would do anything to convince shiro that droids don't have feelings. in particular this droid. ]

I'm sorry. How are you holding up? [ once again, shiro wishes there was more he could do. more about the murders, more about people getting stuck here, more about everything, really. ]

Like I said, I don't have anyone specific in mind, but it's something that might be useful. If nothing else, maybe for the reconstruction of a timeline.

[ a beat, before he adds: ] I'm not much of a detective. I just want this solved.

[k_2so]

I have reactivated myself and am mobile. Some repairs are needed, but nothing that will hold me down or fall apart, so I assume I am 'holding up' well.

My services are offered to those of us looking. I will do what I can to assist.

I am not one for detective work either, though I am programmed to solve puzzles. My captain was much more tuned in to organics and their ways. He would have been useful in this case.

[bayarm]

What happened to make those repairs necessary?

[k_2so]

My captain went missing shortly after the Oros mission. Damage from the mission was never fixed.

...

I also found the Ira District on this planet to be interesting.

[He got pulled into a few Arena fights... and won a few rounds. It was 'interesting'.]

[bayarm]

I'm not much of a mechanic, but I know someone who might be able to help, if anything still needs fixing.

[ hunk. he's talking about hunk. ]

[k_2so]

I have heard of a few people who might be able to help. I just haven't bothered to ask. I may have to soon though. It could not hurt to look into it.

[Of course it's Hunk. He's very handy at these things. But he has to refuse! No, no, he wouldn't refuse... in truth he'd tackle it, with Pidge's help. But it's the same mun, and so I have to laugh.]

[bayarm]

[ hunk is very handy at these things and such an interaction could always be handwaved despite the same mun-thing. ]

I think it's better if all of us are in the best condition we can be in. Just in case.

[k_2so]

[It's not a bad idea, and Hunk would be thrilled.]

I suppose you make a good point. I will look into repairs and upgrades soon.

[After he's done playing in Ira, since no one has bothered to stop him. It's been interesting to be self destructive.]

[bayarm]

Please do.

[ shiro has no authority over k and wouldn't presume he does, but—he'd rather not see anyone fall apart figuratively or literally if it can be helped. ]

audio; user: katsuki

[yokunaru]

[He sounds shaken when he replies, not really knowing how to process the information from the other post just yet. Responding to Shiro's is easier for now.]

Princess Allura, Karamatsu-san, and I were in one of the cargo ships together. We ferried both Trilk and Fek back, but we didn't notice anything unusual with the ones we brought in.

[A pause, and then more quietly--] Do you really think whatever's been killing the other passengers came back with one of the rescue groups?

[bayarm]

[ shiro is very good at putting aside being shaken or worried and acting in a way he thinks will help. that's what this post is: another attempt at somehow figuring this out, at fixing something before it gets worse. ]

I don't know. The timing suggests that it was, but I didn't hear anything about a distress call. I want to get this information together as much to figure out if anyone knows anything as to exclude possibilities.

text; un: greenmememachine

[sweatysometimes]

I didn't realize things were so... crazy before I got here.

private ∞

[bayarm]

Between a planet blowing up, people disappearing and body parts turning up, the last few weeks have been the most quiet I've experienced here.

[ he now regrets napping as much as he did. he could have and should have been dealing with this instead. ]

Re: private ∞

[sweatysometimes]

People are blowing up planets here, too? Great.

[At least they'd had a nice nap.]

I liked spending time with you, though.

[bayarm]

We don't know who blew up the planet, but a team from the Eluvio disabled the defence grid, and that made blowing it up possible in the first place.

So yes.

[ they did. ]

Same here, Pidge. I'm back on the ship now, but that doesn't mean we can't spend time together. [ he knows she misses her family. he misses the holts, too, even if that's an entirely different thing. ]