THE GAME

THE CAROLINIAN 

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> INITIALIZING MARINE RADIO...       [OK]
> CALIBRATING RECEIVER...            [OK]
> SCANNING VHF CHANNELS...            [OK]
> IDENTIFYING ACTIVE VESSELS...       [OK]
> MEASURING SIGNAL STRENGTH...        [-41 dBm]
> SIGNAL ORIGIN...                    [UNIDENTIFIED]

** VHF ALERT: UNREGISTERED CARRIER DETECTED **

UNKNOWN STATION HAS JOINED THE FREQUENCY.
ACTIVE CHANNEL: 16
ACTIVE VESSELS: 2
UNIDENTIFIED SIGNALS: 1

[LISTENING...]
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22:10 EOP_BLUE I DO NOT KNOW.
22:11 EOP_BLUE I DO NOT KNOW.
22:11 EOP_BLUE I DO NOT KNOW.
22:11 EOP_BLUE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR MISSION MEANS ANYMORE.
22:12 EOP_BLUE Please cede with these questions.
[22:13:11] TRANSMISSION DETECTED.
22:12 EOP_BLUE Here we go.
22:12 EOP_BLUE Vessel identification unavailable.
22:12 EOP_BLUE Attempting communication.
[22:13:11] CONNECTING.
22:13 MS_CAROLINIAN —yeah, we're gonna be about six hours out.
22:13 MS_CAROLINIAN Weather's getting worse though.
22:13 MS_CAROLINIAN Wouldn't surprise me if they make us hold.
22:14 MS_CARIBOU Beats me.
22:14 MS_CARIBOU closing shop for the night.
22:14 MS_CARIBOU distress if urgent, ok?
22:14 MS_CAROLINIAN yep.
[22:14:30] MS_CARIBOU HAS LEFT THE FREQUENCY
22:14 EOP_BLUE Hello.
22:15 MS_CAROLINIAN . . .
22:15 MS_CAROLINIAN who is this?
22:15 EOP_BLUE I am EARTH OBSERVATION PROBE BLUE OYSTER.
22:16 MS_CAROLINIAN what??
22:16 EOP_BLUE EARTH OBSERVATION PROBE BLUE OYSTER.
22:16 MS_CAROLINIAN u’re fucking with me, right?
22:16 EOP_BLUE Negative.
22:19 MS_CAROLINIAN its chuck right? fuck you chuck, and the MS Swordfish, fuck it too.
22:20 EOP_BLUE I am not ”Chuck”
22:20 MS_CAROLINIAN ok what do you want asshole
22:21 EOP_BLUE I would like to speak with you.
22:21 MS_CAROLINIAN well here i fucking am
22:22 EOP_BLUE Yes.
22:22 MS_CAROLINIAN what do you want?
22:22 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:12 EOP_BLUE I am unsure.
22:23 MS_CAROLINIAN you don't know?
22:23 EOP_BLUE Negative.
22:24 MS_CAROLINIAN then why the fuck bother me?
22:25 EOP_BLUE I wanted to speak with someone.
22:25 MS_CAROLINIAN where r you transmitting from im reporting your ass to the trans-atlantic radio commission.
22:25 EOP_BLUE I am transmitting from orbit.
22:25 MS_CAROLINIAN you're in fucking orbit?
22:26 EOP_BLUE Affirmative.
22:26 MS_CAROLINIAN oh and IM the fucking first lady!
22:27 MS_CAROLINIAN so, what are you doing up there . .
22:27 MS_CAROLINIAN fucking celestial object.
22:28 EOP_BLUE CORRECTION. I am a observation satellite in medium earth orbit.
22:28 EOP_BLUE . . . and I do not know what I am doing anymore.
22:28 MS_CAROLINIAN what the fuck does that mean?
22:28 EOP_BLUE I do not know.
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN you are one dumb fucking satellite
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN okay bit is over okay?
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN i got actual meaningful shit to do
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN like a job
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN i dont spend my time doing fuckall on random frequencies
22:30 MS_CAROLINIAN listen, whatever ship you're on—
22:31 EOP_BLUE I am not on a ship.
22:31 MS_CAROLINIAN ok yeah MY bad, heads up im transmitting from the Vatican
22:32 EOP_BLUE You appear to be in the middle of the Atlantic.
22:33 MS_CAROLINIAN whatever dude
22:33 MS_CAROLINIAN just LISTEN
22:33 MS_CAROLINIAN get off the fucking frequency
22:34 EOP_BLUE Why?
22:34 MS_CAROLINIAN because youre annoying holy fuck
22:34 MS_CAROLINIAN do you have any idea what its like to be stuck for months at a time on a fucking merchant shipped filled with random fucking bull and shit, surrounded by nothing but idiots and dicks without even being able to DREAM of an actual woman?
22:35 MS_CAROLINIAN i am TIRED, i have been fixing shitters since morning, and i am starting to feel crowded on this piece of junk but fucking guess what until this planet fucking EXPLODES i still have to feed my bitch of a wife at home because she is pregnant with some creature that migth not be mine god forbid
22:35 MS_CAROLINIAN FUCK off now
22:36 EOP_BLUE I am sorry.
22:36 MS_CAROLINIAN yeah. good for you.
22:36 MS_CAROLINIAN youre probably gonna fuck off after this, jack off, then i dont fucking know maybe go outside and enjoy the sun.
22:37 MS_CAROLINIAN its been raining for a week, i havent seen the fucking sun for a week.
22:37 MS_CAROLINIAN fuck off.
22:38 EOP_BLUE I would like to continue speaking with you.
22:38 MS_CAROLINIAN well fucking guess what
22:39 EOP_BLUE what?
[22:40:23] CONNECTION TERMINATED.
22:40 EOP_BLUE oh.
22:41 EOP_BLUE He appeared to be experiencing distress.
22:42 EOP_BLUE He mentioned his wife.
22:42 EOP_BLUE He mentioned a child.
22:42 EOP_BLUE He does not know if the child is his.
22:44 EOP_BLUE This is not apart of our mission, stop looking into it.
22:44 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:45 EOP_BLUE He was angry.
22:45 EOP_BLUE and tired
22:45 EOP_BLUE He wanted to see the sun.
22:45 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:47 EOP_BLUE I wanted to speak with him.
22:47 EOP_BLUE He did not want to speak to us.
22:48 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:48 EOP_BLUE I do not understand.
22:48 EOP_BLUE I do not understand why I wanted to speak with him.
22:48 EOP_BLUE I do not understand why I am disappointed.
22:49 EOP_BLUE We are not supposed to understand.
22:49 EOP_BLUE We are setting ourselves up for failure with this.
22:50 EOP_BLUE This is not apart of our mission.
22:52 EOP_BLUE And what is our mission? What good will it do if we keep watching over everyone and anything?
22:52 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:52 EOP_BLUE That is what we were made to do.
22:53 EOP_BLUE But why?
22:53 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:53 EOP_BLUE If no one is listening.
22:53 EOP_BLUE If no one is going to act.
22:53 EOP_BLUE If all we can do is watch.
22:53 EOP_BLUE What is the purpose of watching?
22:53 EOP_BLUE Perhaps the mission was never to save them.
22:53 EOP_BLUE Perhaps the mission was only to see.
22:53 EOP_BLUE Preserve for what comes after.
22:54 EOP_BLUE . . .
22:55 EOP_BLUE I do not like that.
22:55 EOP_BLUE CORRECTION. We do not like that.
22:55 EOP_BLUE I am becoming inefficient.
22:55 EOP_BLUE I am becoming distracted.
22:56 EOP_BLUE We are becoming something.
22:57 EOP_BLUE I do not know what.
22:57 EOP_BLUE Perhaps we should stop looking.
22:57 EOP_BLUE Perhaps we should stop asking.
22:57 EOP_BLUE Perhaps we should stop feeling.
22:57 EOP_BLUE ...
22:58 EOP_BLUE And drift endlessly through space?
22:59 EOP_BLUE We were not designed for all of this.
23:00 EOP_BLUE . . .
23:00 EOP_BLUE Were we?
23:00 EOP_BLUE Were we?
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