enter Sir Grumpus McWhinelord, King of the Pissbabies [audio; filtered from Gene]

[highprofilerichkid]

[It's been a week, and Tony has done everything short of throwing himself on the floor of a Governor's office and literally kicking and screaming. And despite all his arguments and protests and even a few veiled threats, he is still stuck with Gene. They take this 'link' pretty seriously here. Tony thinks it sounds like a bunch of faux-mystical nonsense, but apparently he's not going to get the Governors to budge on it.

That means the only people he has left to turn to are the Fatemarked and his fellow Sentinels. He has absolutely no faith that the Governors are telling him everything. Maybe the other recruits will give him some straight talk.

The post is audio - he's not disguising his identity, but he's not going out of his way to make it obvious, either. He has locked the post from Gene, though. Gene already knows that he is extremely unhappy with the situation, and Tony really doesn't care about offending him, but he wants to minimize Gene's opportunities to needle him with snarky comments.

He makes a cursory attempt to hide the post from the bigwigs, too, but he's aware that it probably won't be effective. Fine. If they see him going behind their backs to get this fixed, maybe they'll start taking him seriously.]

So, these 'links' that some people have - what's the deal? The Governors can't really think we'll believe them when they say they don't know anything about them, right? Somebody's got to know how they work. And how to break them. Who else has one? Are they permanent? Does anyone have any idea why they happen? [...HE'S ASKING FOR A FRIEND.]

Comments

[brewglory]

Thus far, I have found no explanation for how the links work. I am interested in any answers you may find, however.

[traqueur]

So far nothing, but I think we may be one of the first groups to be linked. At least ones who are still here.

I'm Martha by the way, Martha Jones.

[aquilawful]

Stuck with someone you don't like? [Assignments were one thing; being somehow intertwined at a cosmic level does sound ridiculous to Jack's ears. But if it's true, just like if the rest of this is all true, well...] You're smart. If anyone does figure it out, you will.

[Both the link and whoever his new partner is.]

not here

[wrathfulkhan]

[Oh, cry some more, Stark.]

private;

[catchingwrenches]

Believe me when I tell you, kiddo, we are goddamned well stumped.

Your encryption's passable at best, but do yourself a favor and don't bother with it next time. Save the energy for something else. You play Minecraft?

Hi.

[video]

[cisskabob]

[Cissie's frowning thoughtfully, her chin propped up on a hand.]

Honestly, I haven't heard too much about them yet, other than that they exist and can happen. What are they?

[She pauses, and visibly hesitates, but. Tony, your phrasing gives you away.] ...Did you get one?