[a▒░io/v░id▒]

[aurathread]

[Tsukasa's voice sounds panicked, and also extremely staticky.]

Someo▓e he░p! I ▒an't sa░ anyth▒n▓ ri░ht anym░░e.

Ever▓th░ng is ░oing w░ong.

[The video function turns itself on, and it's clear Tsukasa's entire body is glitching. Patches of static flash over him, and he looks like he's about to start crying.]

▓ do░'t ░now wha░ to do. Pl▒░se h▒l░!

[[ooc; Translation: Someone help! I can't say anything right anymore. Everything is going wrong. I don't know what to do. Please help!]]

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[video]

[virtualbirdwatching]

[Atoli's, in turn, is hollow, sounding as if it's missing something. The watch part of her COMP had just phased through her now non-solid, extremely staticky right arm, visible through the first-person feed instead. She's in front of a mirror, so he can tell who's speaking.]

It's not just you... I don't think either of us can do something about it, though...

[Or really, it's not just her...]

[aurathread]

I do▒░░t ▒n▓░ ░ha▓ ░o ▓o. I c▓▓'░ ho░▓ a░░th▒▓g wh░▓ ▒ gl▒░▓h ▒u▓.

... I▓░s ░e▒▓i▒g w░r▓e.

[['I don't know what to do. I can't hold anything when I glitch out.

... It's getting worse.']]

[virtualbirdwatching]

[Whoops, it got worse. Her mouth is moving but no words are coming out.

"I can barely move my arm... It's probably better that I can't feel it at all right now..." she tries to say.]

[aurathread]

[He frowns. This isn't good.]

▓orrup░ed da░a? ░an'▒ rem▒mb▓░...

[The memories he has of The World are even getting fuzzy. He's trying not to panic, but he's had enough of memory loss.]

[video]

[phantom_envoy]

Whoa.

Um.

...I hate to be the one to break the news, but I'm gonna go ahead and diagnose you with 'infected with a really creepy virus'.

[aurathread]

[His expression glitches, static and noise everywhere.]

░ do░'t k▓o▒ ░ow t▒ fix i▓.

[['I don't know how to fix it.']]

[phantom_envoy]

...I have no idea what you just said, but I'm going to assume it's some sort of request for help. Until the tech-heads find a way to stop this, I think you're gonna have to hang in there.

[Her words aren't very soothing, but her tone, at least, is gentle.]

Are you an android of some kind? ...Maybe you should type your answers.

[aurathread]

I'm not an android this is my avatar from a video game.

I can't fight like this. My spells glitch out halfway.

[phantom_envoy]

...You're a virtual projection?

You don't have a real body here? How does that even work? It's not like this world is linked to your computer.

[aurathread]

I was stuck in the game before I came here.

[phantom_envoy]

Still... not making a lot of sense, but OK.

The important thing is that you're a virtual projection, right? Something like a living hologram.

[aurathread]

I can still be hurt, and I'm solid, but that's close enough.

[phantom_envoy]

...What if we downloaded you into something a little bit more solid for now? Think that would work?

[aurathread]

I don't know if you can.

[phantom_envoy]

...We could blindfold you so you wouldn't notice you were going see-through.

[Phantom Girl is helping.]