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CHARACTER NAME Dearka Elthman

CIVILIAN NAME Derick Eichmann

TEAM Revelation

HOUSING NUMBER 001

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She's better now.

But keep that in mind if you're over there planning to do the same!

And if you so much as smile at me about this once we're out of here, you're going to regret it!

There's got to be a way to break as many of those skulls as we can with as little side-effects as possible.

We'll figure it out.

And I know you will, too.

I've been told that the "hex" that I have is a fever.

This is a fever!? How in the hell did this happen!? I shouldn't get something like this!

I feel as bad as I did when we fell through the Earth's atmosphere for heaven's sake! This is miserable! I'm sweating, my head is pounding. I feel like I can't focus properly...!

[ And then, muttered SO low. ]

Was this really how Athrun felt back then, at the academy? And he still placed second in marksmanship ... amazing.

WAIT I DON'T WANT TO SEND THAT ONE.

FUCK!

THAT BETTER NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH!

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, DON'T ASK!

I rescind my statement! This fever is nothing! You've got to be a weakling to let something like this wear you down!

It sounds like I wasn't the only one here who had a dream connected to this place.

We're gathering shortly to discuss that, as well as what others have found while searching the castle.

Maybe we'll finally get some leads on what the hell's going on.

I trust that you're making progress out there, regardless of if these messages are reaching you.

And I trust that you're okay.

You better be.

Well we figured it out!

I knew the whole "Chosen" thing was going to be something fucked up!

[ A deep breath through his nose. And now there's a dark urgency in Yzak's voice. It's a tone he's taken when speaking to Dearka in private before he addresses his team about something heavy and potentially so bad that it even unsettles him. Because when he does take it to the team later, he wants to do his best to ensure any fear or uncertainty doesn't seep through his words and rattle them. Raw emotion that he doesn't like exposing to many people but trusts Dearka implicitly with. ]

They're planning on killing us. Sacrificing us to their oh-so benevolent god.

That's what the dreams were. Memories of past Chosen who realized they didn't want to die, so they tried to escape.

They didn't. But they didn't end up as sacrifices, either.

They were the ones who sent out the signal we picked up, from a radio they found. We discovered pieces of it hidden here.

Obviously their plans for us aren't happening!

We may not have our weapons or our powers, but these sons of bitches are going to be in for a surprise if they think they've got us cornered!

Things aren't going well.

We were able to take some of these bastards out, but there are too god damned many of them...!

[ A stray text message within the chain. Because he can't speak when he's gagged. ]

They took us below ground level, so don't bother with the rest of the castle.

[ And then back to voice, because truly, not much can shut Yzak Jule up. They thought he didn't have skill enough to slip a gag once he was left alone? He's an elite soldier! Though ZAFT training didn't exactly cover how to get out of something like a pillory...

Not that he mentions either of those things. He opts to spare the details here, on the off chance these messages were going through and still are. He doesn't want to throw Dearka and the others off by making them needlessly rush and panic if they hear that they're downstairs and in cells being tortured.

But there's still a telltale suppression in Yzak's voice like he's biting back pain as best as he can. And he speaks quickly, statements short and to the point like he's giving out orders when he knows there isn't a moment to waste. ]

If you guys are getting a plan together out there ... you better make it quick.

They're starting to take action.

[ Back to temporary text. ]

We did what we could from here. Smashed as many of those skulls as possible in hopes that you were able to visually confirm our location.

I hope it was enough.

[ Now, like a dam beginning to crack and leak, the pain and exhaustion in his voice can't be hidden. The more time that passes, the more injuries get inflicted onto him, the more he bleeds and the less he's able to tolerate it. Even the brief stretches of time where Yzak is left alone in his cell aren't enough to rest. One can't really settle, much less sleep, in a pillory, after all. ]

You're usually ... on time ... when you've got somewhere to meet me.

Don't make this the first time you're not.

I'll allow a ... grace period, just this once. So ... hurry it up.

I'm waiting.

[ Yzak's voice comes low, now. Not quite the tone of someone given up (because that is one thing he'll never do until that final darkness overtakes him), but someone past that threshold of pain where the only thing they seem to have the strength to do is breathe, and even that sounds labored. Despite the attempt to keep his tone neutral and lucid, it's clear that it's taking nearly all of what little energy he has to not sound in dire straits, and he's failing miserably at even that. ]

To think ... I just gave you so much shit ... for nearly dying...

[ Is that short exhale just another result of his pain, or a wry huff at the irony of it all? ]

And now I'm not ... sure how this is ... going to end.

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