[TEXT] [LOCKED TO NEW HIRES ONLY]

[bringinghopewithme]

[After doing everything he can to verify he's locked this correctly, i.e. asking Stacia to check if he did it right, Bunny presses forth with testing Lonestar's claims.]

Well I haven't been interrogated or tortured any more than usual. Do we trust this thing or not?

[EDITED The next day comes an additional video message -]

I realized two things. Some of you rightly guessed I lied about stealing keys from Jorgmund. Some of you pointed out Jorgmund might somehow be smart enough not to take obvious bait. Well -

[He holds up one paw, and twirls a keyring around one digit.]

It's not a lie anymore.

It got me into a closet and now we have - [He re-angles the camera to show: a metal hammer, multi-bit screwdrivers with a wide range of interchangeable bits, an adjustable wrench, a tiny screwdriver set for delicate work, and a small soldering iron.]

Anyone thinks they can do something useful with any of this, come see me. I'm keeping them hidden and I'm not telling any of you where until I know for sure who talks too much and who doesn't.

Comments

[bringinghopewithme]

I don't have a compulsive tail-risking problem.

I have a real strong urge to see this done as fast as possible, and more time than anyone here of going up against people who think enslaving anyone is a good idea.

[he might not remember . . . However much of it happened more than a century ago, but enough people got bright ideas in the last century about things like "child soldiers" that he can at least reference that.]

Don't you worry about me. I wouldn't have survived being a rabbit this long without survival instincts.

[pathkin]

I will worry about you but if you need it in terms other than self-preservation fine: also don't forget how demoralizing it would be for some people here to see you die.

Despair is just as much an enemy as our enemy. And a weapon Jorgmund will likely not hesitate on wielding. There's testing your reality to see what's safe or not and there's becoming an unnecessary sacrificial lamb. Don't conflate the two.

[bringinghopewithme]

I have no intention of dying. Ever.

I realize that's gonna be a fine line here, but I bring hope, not despair.

anon text: Quaestor

[wheyoftheadept]

Bunny isn't pushing it any more than anyone else posting here is, anon or not. We need intel and this is life or death to be blunt; slaves aren't really people, they're tools, and sometimes tools break which is sad but you just get a new one.

If the operators here want to risk themselves, let us. This is what we're good at.

[bringinghopewithme]

See? You get it.

anon text: Quaestor

[wheyoftheadept]

And quite aside from that, I know that my actual world is at stake - me and my friends, we got caught up in some apocalyptic shit and I can't be the only person here needing to get home as a matter of just like, having a home to go back to. Or something equally dire.

Safe, yes. Smart, always. But fast matters too. That's why Lonestar put up this network right away, they say right above.