it's too late to win, but we can't afford to lose

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Hello, hello, hello? Please...

please...

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Is there anyone else on this frequency? Callsign: fireworks. Is there anyone else on this frequency? This is all that’s left.

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hey hey! im not doubting you, im just. double checking. you wont believe the things that call themselves alive these days.

double-checking is the very thing you do when you doubt somebody. yes i have bones and i am solid and i am not one of those oilslick things.

sometimes it feels like they're just toying with me.

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iiiis it living? like youre alive? and living?

yes. currently alive. living. very much living right now. even took my pulse, it's a bit rapid but otherwise it's fine.

you aren't going to make me doubt myself. listen. i know i am living.

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an interested third party, lets say. ok? very interesting that youre still kicking.

well, that isn't suspicious. clearly.

let's just say that when the going gets tough... some people become desperate enough to survive what's being thrown at them.

it isn't pretty, regrettably. but it is living.

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didnt expect for this signal to still be up! hello hello in there.

just turned it back on. the network's intact but most of its operators are...

anyway. who is still out there? sound off.

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... this thing on?

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So long, boys. Toppats 4 life.

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[NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS.]

[THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO HEAR THEM.]

[THERE IS NO ONE LEFT TO SEND THEM.]

[IT IS OVER IT IS ALL OVER.]

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... I don’t know exactly what to do now. I refuse to lay down and die! But what else is there for me to even focus on?!

This is just getting worse and worse. I’ve lost the ability to make any contact with my clan. And I keep seeing more of these bastards. I can only run so much until I can’t run anymore!

I just want this to go away and for things to go back to normal!! God dammit!!!   ~CR

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My face is... it’s lost what color it had. It’s greyed out now, as well as my hair... I’m glad I escaped with my life, but I wish I’d gotten away unscathed.

... I’m trying very hard not to dwell on what happened. It’s... it’s getting to me. It’s very much getting to me no matter how hard I try not to think about it.  ~CR