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Human After All//Drabble

The photos are stark, developed in black and white for greater impact. It makes many seem like old war photos, if more horrifying because of the obviously modern setting and features.

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ATTN ALL PERSONNEL

    The photographer Saiga Tatsumi is to be ignored.      All men are ordered to stand down from the subject.     He will be dealt with by the proper authorities.

-LtGen Thomas Zehntner

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERCEPTED COMM

[CLICK, THUMP OF RECORDER BEING SET DOWN]

TATSUMI: Do you mind if I record this?

'SMITH': N-no… I don’t think I do.

TATSUMI: Tatsumi Saiga, interviewing…

'SMITH': Private-

TATSUMI: Private Smith.

'SMITH': …What-

TATSUMI: Date not important. Location not important. Alright, Private Smith. What have you got to say?

'SMITH': That’s not my real name.

TATSUMI: I know. It’s for your protection.

'SMITH': Oh…

TATSUMI: You said you wanted to say some things. About your work.

'SMITH': Yes…

TATSUMI: Go ahead.

'SMITH': …It’s funny, now that I can talk… I don’t know where to start… It’s all so surreal.

TATSUMI: Take your time.

'SMITH': …People call us Nazis, you know. Because of what we do. What we have to do. They just don’t fucking understand-!

TATSUMI: It’s okay. Take a breath, Private.

'SMITH': I’m sorry. I’m sorry. This just-… We have to look into the eyes of civilians you know. We have orders. Shoot if you think there’s reasonable doubt, if you even suspect they could be carrying it… And they’ll beg. They’ll cry. They’ll look up at us and ask to let their kids go or to get them out because there’s no way they’re infected… And we still have to pull the trigger…

TATSUMI: Go on.

'SMITH': We have to pull the fucking trigger on unarmed civies because they might spread it. We have to burn entire blocks down because if we don’t, the hive that’s cooking up in it will spit out a hundred monsters at a time regardless of who’s still living next door to it… We have to because no one else can! Because no one else should have to! And they call us fucking Nazis!…

TATSUMI: Private, do you need some time?

'SMITH': I… I think…

TATSUMI: Stopping recording. Interview will resume when Private Smith is more composed.

TATSUMI: Interview with Private Smith resuming. Sorry about the formality.

'SMITH': It’s okay. I get it. Your job. My job. No one really likes either of us for it, huh.

TATSUMI: They really don’t sometimes. You’re ready to continue?

'SMITH': Yea. I’m… I can do it.

TATSUMI: Any time.

'SMITH': …Being in Blackwatch, you just catch so much shit… And you can’t say sweet fuck all about it. You make yourself into a monster so that no one else has to be, so no one else has to make the hard choices and follow the worst set of orders delivered since some poor bastard had to get behind a set of gas chamber controls… But we have to do it, because no cure in the world is gonna make those monsters into people again…

TATSUMI: Sounds very lonely.

'SMITH': Yea… But we do it. For our families, for everyone who shouldn’t have to know what it’s like. If we don’t, who fucking will you know? Not the Marines, definitely not the Army…

TATSUMI: Blackwatch acts monstrous, makes the hard calls. You know anyone who actually enjoys it?

'SMITH': One or two, but you find those everywhere you know? In every branch. It’s just…

TATSUMI: Statistics?

'SMITH': Yea. Someone’s always gonna be the asshole y’know? Even we’re gonna get a couple, but most of us… The rest of us, we gotta laugh. If we don’t…

TATSUMI: You’re going to end up the way I found you.

'SMITH': …Yea. I’ve… I’ve been having a hard time laughing… We can’t even say this to each other y’know? Like we admit it and suddenly we’ll realize how bad it really is. Like we can’t pretend anymore. I thought… I thought I wouldn’t be able to say this at all but… I think I feel better now.

TATSUMI: I’m glad I could help. Really. You have anything else you need to say or…

'SMITH': No, no, I think… I think I’ve said what I need to. Thanks. For letting me, I mean. I know I could get in trouble for this but… Someone needs to fucking say it you know? Someone needs to say we’re human, that we hate our job as much as everyone else does. You’re gonna do that, right?

TATSUMI: Yea. I am. I promise.

'SMITH': Then… we’re done here.

TATSUMI: We are. Interview with Private Smith concluded.

[END OF TRANSCRIPT]

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▓▓▓: Send it.

▓▓▓▓▓: It's being encoded.

▓▓▓▓▓: Do you want the audio too?

▓▓▓: Yes. I want all of it.

▓▓▓: And I want to know who did it.

▓▓▓▓▓: One of our own spoke to a reporter as far as I can gather.

▓▓▓:That Japanese man?

▓▓▓▓▓: Yes. Saiga.... Tat-...Tatsumi.

▓▓▓: ...Keep this between us. Send me the files and tell no one else. That's an order.

▓▓▓▓▓: Yes Sir.

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    This is ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ reporting an intercepted communication from ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓.  Be prepared for transcript.

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BLACKWATCH PERSONNEL!     It's well known by us all by now that the public eye is upon us.  They cannot be asked to understand why this is how it must be.  You may be tempted to justify yourselves to their eyes, but allow us to make our stance abundantly clear on this!     We are not here to make friends!  We are not here to coddle civilians!  We are here to stop this outbreak, and that is all we are here to do!  The civilians don't have to understand that.  They can't.       We do what we must, because are the only ones who can.     We will burn our own to hold the Red Line, and that is how it must be.     DO NOT ENGAGE CIVILIANS UNLESS NECESSARY.     DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.     DO NOT ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.     DO NOT ENGAGE.     That cannot be stressed enough.     Do your job.  Do what we were put here to do.     That is final.

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ATTN GENTEK PERSONNEL     Please turn in your reports today. The deadline is 21:00 EDT, tonight.  All reports must be turned in by that time, any personnel not complying will face disciplinary action.

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ATTN BLACKWATCH     Please be sure to keep an eye on BlackNetX for news, reports, and missions.  The Database is going through some maintenance and will be intermittently offline.  Carry on as normal.     And remember!  Hold that Red Line!     The world is depending on you, you are all that stands between humanity and a viral apocalypse.

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(james heller reporting!)

So we have finally picked up your trail...  Welcome to the Database.

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// dkslj, i'm up for it. wonderful work!

The eye in the sky sees you, ZEUS...

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((one nosey photojournalist in a permanent crossover reporting!))

You are already under surveillance, Mr. Tatsumi...

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"Sure, why not..."

You are already under surveillance, Codename Zeus...

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((*throws in the paranoid scientist.*))

You have been added to the Database, Doctor Mercer...

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ATTENTION BLACKWATCH PERSONNEL!

It's time to update the network!  Please send in your updates, name, rank, and other such pertinent information, via the mail system!

[This is a request for all [PROTOTYPE] roleplayers to send in their usernames and such to be added to a database on BlackNetX, all [PROTOTYPE] rpers, not just those affiliated with Blackwatch.  It is in an effort to get them all together and make a place for us to find each other.  If you want to be included, send an ask or submission to this account or captrobertcross.  Again, this is for all [PROTOTYPE] rpers.  There's no pressure, no one has to join if they don't want to, but it could be a fun thing to do.]

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"When we hunt, we kill! No one is safe! Nothing is sacred! We are Blackwatch! We are the last line of defense! We will burn our own to hold the red line; it is the last line to ever hold!"

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Capt. Robert Cross and the Wisemen

Most of the men and women pictured here are no longer with us.  This is the price we pay to hold that Red Line.