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[She looks a bit groggy when the video turns on, though her voice doesn't seem to be bothered by it all.]

This is to the people running this place. I know you watch us, I know you have eyes on us somewhere. This collar, the stuff it does, you're only getting away with it because nobody outside of here knows but they will. You can't keep it a secret, people will find out and I'll make sure of it.

And about the nap? You can't keep me... chloroformed or whatever forever.

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Who's to say they'll keep failing if they keep trying? Somebody has to, the world has to know about this place. Work for us or die? This is the 21st century, slavery's been pretty much gone from most places since forever.

[She reaches up to touch the collar.] With this. Who knows what's in it.

Your ambition is to be admired, though it may be misplaced. How will you accomplish what you set out to do?

[ Of course. The collar. ]

If you continue to cause trouble they could likely injected you indefinitely.

I have ideas but it's not something I can say over an open network. Chances are, they're monitoring these, too.

See...[Skye settles back, as if reading to explain.] The thing about these collars? They're symbols, too. They're meant to scare us, to keep us down. It works as long as we're afraid.

[So, she'll keep the fact she's afraid to herself.]

I have no doubt they keep very close tabs on what we discuss.

[ Loki put his hand to his chin as she spoke. Much of what she said did make sense. ]

So one must incapacitate their fear?

They can't let their fear incapacitate them.

Garbage food, clothes that wouldn't look good on anybody, that's part of a prison. These mind games, these guys are lunatics. We play, they win.

Thus my point. You must incapacitate your fears before they incapacitates you.

I see little alternative. Rebellion would be nothing short of suicide.

Not if we're smart about it. What happens to the people that die here? They have families, people'll question. They can't just kill us as easy as they pretend to, we don't exist in a void.

So, it'll be a smart rebellion. We'll be James Bond instead.

I take it you've yet to hear that death is not an issue here.

[ He smiles a bit at the James Bond reference, though it is quick to fade. ]

The difference between us and Bond is he has writers to pull the strings in his favor. What have we got?

Not an issue? Almost everybody is telling me I should start digging.

[Her hand comes up as she begins to tick it off, holding up a finger for every one she counted.] We have more people. We can make our own strings. I'm crazy good with computers. [She stops to think, mumbling to herself.] I was really hoping to use all my fingers there.

What I mean to say is that we can't die. Not permanently. At the first event two men were shot in the head and yet they awoke in their beds the next morning. It will never come to families questioning the death of those who are here because that death is only temporary. You say we are not in a void, but the truth is that we are and it is endless.

[ Sorry to rain on your parade, Skye. ]

Will those people agree with you? Will they be willing to risk themselves based on what you think may work? You seem to think this much simpler than it is.

[She almost bounds off the bed. Rather than rain on her parade, you may have just brought the biggest float.]

You're serious? You've seen this? Like, with your own two eyes?

[ Loki was slightly taken aback by her reaction, but it was hardly a surprise. It seemed little could deter her ambition. ]

I have. One of the dead brought to life is an acquaintance of mine. He speaks little, but enough for me to know that the experience left him with naught but the occasional muscle ache.

Do you get what this means? [Don't worry, if you don't, she's about to tell you. If you do, she's about to tell you anyway.] THAT is what they're using to control us, this whole thing works on use singing and dancing for this medicine.

[Now that she's started, she doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon.] If we don't stay dead, they don't have anything. They can threaten to hurt us but they do that anyway. That's not even thinking about what this could do if it got outside. This could save lives and they're keeping it to make sure we do show tricks.

[She finally calms down, looking through the screen at him.]

[ Loki squints as she rattles on, though he is genuinely interested in what she has to say. her plan as it was would never work, but having someone around with such strong ambitions could be worth something. ]

Alas, you forget one thing. They don't have to bring us back. If by one faulty move they deem us more of a detriment than an an asset to their game we would be knocked off the board for good.

[ He paused. ]

Is it wise to be discussing this on an open connection?

If they do, I have people'll ask questions. Smart people.

[She goes to sit back down, crossing her legs beneath her.]

I'm not making plans here but I want them to know, I want them to know they're not getting away with it just like that. I'm going to make sure of it.

Let us hope it doesn't come to that extreme.

It sounds as though you've done this sort of thing before.

[She leans her head to the side, seemingly to convey that she doesn't want to brag but...]

Getting truth out there is kind of what I do, it's my thing. I usually don't do it like this but that doesn't mean we can't.

What about you? Are you up for it?

Skilled with computers and a champion of the truth. An activist, are we?

[ Interesting, interesting. ]

Me? I don't know what role I could ever play.

Hactivist. We have our own fancy word now.

Everybody can do something, trust me. More people working together can do a lot more than one person working alone.

I should have guessed you would have advanced terminology for it.

[ If she truly had a plan in the works, it would be foolish to not investigate it. ]

Consider me tentatively interested.

[Happily, she shifts around on the bed.]

Then we'll talk details, when we're face to face. I have some ideas.

I'm Skye.

I look forward to hearing them. Where is it you want to meet?

[ If Skye was a hactivist as she claimed, he almost hesitated to give his name. He had committed enough crime to put himself on the radar, and even with the false identities he had crafted there was always risk of someone knowing too much. Still, lying wasn't in the realm of possibilities. Too many people already knew him by his true name. ]

Loki.

Whoa, slow down there, Cowboy. I'm all for meeting to mingle but I have to be careful with them right now, until I can figure out where their eyes are. Once I know, I'll clue you in.

[ "Cowboy"? There was a new one. ]

Of course. Pardon my brashness.

You truly have the capabilities required to figure that out? Be that the case, your skill set must be rather impressive.

No problem. I just can't blow this.

I told you, I'm insanely good at this hacking stuff.

[She moves around, as if settling in.] Think of it this way. There's enough people in here that there's gotta be other skills we can use, everybody can bring something to the table.

What about you?

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