Project Nightengale

_Darteridge 1:20 am

Checking in

Hey

Dart here. Anyone receiving?

_Darteridge 1:34

Hey anyone

Stupid thing probably doesnt even work anymore haha

_Yule 1:55

Dart

This is Yule receiving u there?

Anyone there?

O?

Typical

_Darteridge 1:57

Hey

HEY YULE

_Yule 1:57

No way

_Darteridge 1:58

We had the same idea thats hilarious

Where you at

_Yule 1:59

Bro no clue

Hold on

_Darteridge 1:59

Lol

_Darteridge 2:10

Yule you still there

_Yule 2:11

Yeah I have no clue

I landed on some sort of ice shelf on the shore, moved island and climbed a hill but still see nothing besides trees and stuff

*inland

_Darteridge 2:14

Ice shelf?

What on earth, how far apart did we land

I havent seen anything like ice dude its like tropical over here

_Yule 2:14

Tropical??

_Darteridge 2:15

Or you know

Temperate

_Yule 2:15

Like hot?

_Darteridge 2:15

Hotter than ice

_Yule 2:15

Huh

Any word from the others

_Darteridge 2:15

No

But I bet 10 O will check nightengale eventually

_Yule 2:16

No bet

_Darteridge 2:17

Come on wheres your sense of adventure

_Yule 2:17

It left when we left the plane

_Darteridge 2:17

Fair

Im gonna keep moving. mission is still good right

_Yule 2:17

Sure

_O’Massus 2:48

If anyone is recieving this is O’Massus checking in.

_Darteridge 2:48

YES

I knew it

_O’Massus 2:48

Is that you Dart?

_Darteridge 2:48

Nightengale LIVES

_O’Massus 2:49

What’s going on? I got separated on the way down. something is wrong with my dropsuit readout

_Darteridge 2:50

Yeah we all got scattered

Everythi was wacky for me too, and now nohin works obvs besides this

I bet we dropped through a storm or someyjng

something

_O’Massus 2:52

Electromagnetic storm almost makes sense but the pilot would have seen that on radar before we dropped?

_Darteridge 2:53

Who knows maybe radar was busted too

Everything breaks

Amazed this thing is even working

_O’Massus 2:55

Nightingale doesn’t use the same power source as the other comms

_Yule 2:55

Hey O

_O’Massus 2:55

Yule?

_Yule 2:55

Yeah its me, you ok?

_O’Massus 2:56

For now. parachute got stuck in a tree but i climbed down and i found a cluster of rocks to stay put

_Yule 2:56

Any ice

_O’Massus 2:56

Ice?

_Darteridge 2:56

So wait, Nightingale is working but our comms dont?

_O’Massus 2:57

Yes. It’s static charged unlike the suit comms. Obviously only does text though, which is why its obsolete

_Yule 2:58

Nice to hear we’re in good hands

_Darteridge 3:00

Hilarity. So were stuck on this island and our only useful form of communication is this old texting system that the military rejected years ago

_O’Massus 3:00

The mission isn’t to talk to eachother

_Yule 3:00

Pretty much haha

_O’Massus 3:01

Anyone seen Japp?

_Darteridge 3:02

Negativo

_Yule 3:02

Not me

That’s probably bad

_O’Massus 3:03

He wouldn’t have Nightengale in his suit since it’s newer

_Darteridge 3:03

Right. Rookie problems haha

_Yule 3:03

We gotta find him pronto

_O’Massus 3:04

I’m gonna keep moving. Message if you find him

_Darteridge 3:06

I’m sure he’ll be fine. If this island was really dangerous they woulve sent actual military instead of us bozos haha

_Yule 3:09

Should we be keeping a log or something? In case this gets received by home base?

_Yule 3:20

Dart

Did either of you get that

Ok well I’m going to anyway

_Darteridge 3:22

Sry I’m on the move too now. That’s a good ida

idea*

_Yule 3:26

This is 2nd Class Corporal Irving Yule reporting on the Nightengale texting system. Day is September 3rd, current time of message is 3:25am. Operation Safekeep is ongoing, we dropped on schedule but hit something in the air on the way down. O’Massus postulates an electromagnetic storm but current info is entirely unclear.

All four of us got scattered mid-air and have landed on vastly different sections of the island. Myself, O’Massus, and Darteridge have made contact through Nightengale but Jappit has not.

We plan to continue mission objective

If anyone receives send assistance, as we have no way to contact extraction

Island terrain is standard, but strange temperature readings are being recorded

Will report further info on finding

_Yule 3:50

Dart

_Darteridge 3:50

Sup

_Yule 3:50

I’m on north shore

_Darteridge 3:52

I think Im east half but i dont know my stars

_O’Massus 3:52

I’m south but heading north

We should be going to the middle

For objective

_Yule 3:53

Yes

_Yule 4:14

Guys

Theres no animals

_Darteridge 4:14

Woah

I did not even notice

_Yule 4:14

No bugs or anything

_O’Massus 4:14

Same here

Definitely unusual even for night

You should report that officially

_Yule 4:16

Corporal Yule reporting. No animal life sighted on island since landing. Plant life still abundant.

Time is 4:16am

_Darteridge 4:17

Super weird. O any ideas?

O

_O’Massus 4:22

Makes no sense. Any climate that has plant life should hold animal life too, but there’s no signs of human interference

_Yule 4:22

Besides us

And the crash

_Darteridge 4:22

lol yeah we’re humans interfering actively

_O’Massus 4:22

We didn’t do this.

_Darteridge 4:23

Oh I forgot to mention that I landed an hour before you guys did and I went around and shot ALL the animals

_Yule 4:23

Dart

_Darteridge 4:23

Report to home base that I was kidding

_O’Massus 4:24

Whatever the reason, be careful

_Darteridge 4:24

Yeah we have guns

_Yule 4:24

We should get going on objective before sun up

_O’Massus 4:28

Guys

There’s a parachute here

One of yours?

_Darteridge 4:28

Got mine

_Yule 4:28

Mine’s in the ocean

_O’Massus 4:29

Has to be Japp

_Yule 4:29

Maybe rookie got lucky

Keep looking

_Darteridge 4:29

10 says Japp shot all the animals

_Yule 4:30

No bet

_O’Massus 4:39

Guys I can see the crash site.

It’s still a ways. I’m on a hill and can see pretty far inland

_Darteridge 4:40

Dude nice! We could be out of here as soon as someone picks us up

_Yule 4:40

Good

It’s been nearly 5 hours

No doubt home base is sending something by now

_Darteridge 4:40

They’ll have to find all three of us

Which might be tricky since we can’t even find all three of us

_O’Massus 4:41

Four of us.

_Darteridge 4:41

Right

_Yule 4:42

Check crash site for a flare

_Darteridge 4:42

Oh yes do that

Because I’m still dead lost

_Yule 4:43

I meant so home base can find us

But that too

_O’Massus 4:44

I’ll let you know when i get there

_Yule 4:46

Its warmer where i am now

Relatively

Still cold but no ice

_Darteridge 4:46

So only the north side was icy?

_Yule 4:46

Yeah

_Darteridge 4:46

O?

_O’Massus 4:47

No idea.

Actually it has to be related to the storm

Somehow. It still doesn’t add up but we obviously dont know much from here

_Yule 4:48

Agreed

To the storm part

_Darteridge 4:48

Can an EM storm effect temp that much?

_O’Massus 4:48

Affect

_Darteridge 4:48

What

_O’Massus 4:48

Gramatically correct is affect if its a verb

_Darteridge 4:49

I will slap you

Fine can a storm AFFECT temperature that much?

O you there

_O’Massus 4:57

Guys I see movement

I think its Japp

Unless its one of you

_Yule 4:57

Probably not me, I’m surrounded by bushes rn

_Darteridge 4:58

I’m doing jumping jacks

_O’Massus 4:58

Yeah definitely Japp then

_Yule 4:58

Good to hear

_Darteridge 4:58

Your loneliness is over haha

_O’Massus 4:59

I’m gonna run to catch him

I’ll respond in 5m with his status

_Yule 4:59

Right since he can’t respond

_Darteridge 4:59

Rookies pff

_Darteridge 5:11

O you there

O

_Yule 5:12

OMass

You find him?

_Darteridge 5:13

Bro dont leave us hangin

_Yule 5:13

Is Japp alright

_Darteridge 5:16

Yule are you anywhere near him

_Yule 5:16

I’ve been moving for a while maybe

This is weird

_Darteridge 5:16

We need to get to him

I have no sense of direction

_Yule 5:16

Agreed

Corporal Yule reporting again. OMassus text claims that he saw the crash site and then Private Jappit in a subsequent message. Havent heard from him since. Time is 5:17am Omassus text time for seeing crash was 4:40

Dart I’m upping my pace

_Darteridge 5:17

K Let me know

_Darteridge 5:27

There’s light

Should be easier to move without needing these awful night goggles

Still no bugs though

Yule anything

_Yule 5:28

Bad news

I fell down a hill

Twisted my leg

_Darteridge 5:28

How bad

_Yule 5:29

Could be worse

I can walk

Hurts though

_Darteridge 5:31

Well dang

Youll have to just push through that

One of us need to find O and i dont expect it will be me

_Yule 5:34

Im certainly near the middle now from my calculations

But with the low light its hard to m

Did you hear that

_Darteridge 5:34

What was that

Was that a gunshot?

Yule

_Yule 5:35

That was an explosive

Napalm explosive

We didn’t have that on inbentoy

_Darteridge 5:35

What

_Yule 5:35

*Inventory

_Darteridge 5:35

What are you saying

_Yule 5:36

Not sure

_Darteridge 5:36

Yule if you know whats in that payload i need to know

Not a time to keep secrets

_Yule 5:36

Head in the direction from where you heard it

_Darteridge 5:36

Yule

Tell me

Rank doesnt mean anything right now

_Yule 5:38

Yeah ok

The drone was carrying explosives

Dirty bomb components

Radioactive, napalm, nerve

You name it

_Darteridge 5:39

What?

Yule this is not cool

Home base wanted us to collect illegal weaponry for them?

_Yule 5:40

No

They wanted us to destroy it

_Darteridge 5:41

Destroying evidence?

_Yule 5:41

Yes

_Darteridge 5:43

Fine

I dont blame you

Ill talk to home base when we get back

_Yule 5:43

I had to follow orders

Big picture its the right thing

_Darteridge 5:44

This is not cool

Wait so did it explode just now?

_Yule 5:44

I doubt it

Probably just part of it, all of it would have been a lot louder

_Darteridge 5:44

We can discuss more when we both get there

_Yule 5:45

Dart I see it

I see fire

_Darteridge 5:45

The crash?

_Yule 5:45

Im getting to a better vantage

Yeah thats it

_Darteridge 5:45

I’m pretty sure I’m heading the right direction

Let me know if you find anythi

It did not need to start raining

This mission man

_Yule 5:46

Its just rain well be fine

Dart

My leg

_Darteridge 5:46

Whats wrong

_Yule 5:46

Bad landing

I need to wrap it with something

I’ll be ok

_Darteridge 5:47

I see the crash

Holy moly

Its close im heading for it and then ill find you

_Yule 5:48

Yeah go for the crash first

_Darteridge 5:56

I’m here

I expected the drone to be a whole lot bigger

Chemicals and stuff everywhere

_Yule 5:56

Any flares

_Darteridge 5:58

Yeah I got one

Bro this is sweet

Cant wait to get off this island

The sweet smell of napalm and victory

_Yule 5:58

Just light it

_Darteridge 5:58

Oh right hold on

See it?

_Yule 5:59

Yeah I see it

I can try to make my way

_Darteridge 5:59

Not if you cant walk

Can you hear this?

_Yule 5:59

Nice

_Darteridge 6:00

Now we just gotta wait

_Yule 6:00

If I told you to blow it all up you still wouldnt would you

_Darteridge 6:00

Yeah not doing that

Sorry dude, morals

_Yule 6:00

Come to me and we can discuss

_Darteridge 6:02

Dude

Yule we got trouble

_Yule 6:02

Whats up

_Darteridge 6:03

OMassus

He’s dead

I just found his body

_Yule 6:03

How bad

_Darteridge 6:05

Dead dead

_Yule 6:05

Wild animal?

_Darteridge 6:05

No animals

_Yule 6:05

Oh not good

Any sign of Japp

Dart

Dart you there

_Darteridge 6:12

Japps helmet is here

Dude

They were fighting

_Yule 6:12

Why

_Darteridge 6:15

I see him

Yule he’s

Somethings wrong with him

_Yule 6:15

What do you mean

_Darteridge 6:16

Not acting human

10 says he ate napalm

_Yule 6:16

Dart get away from him

I hear the helicopter

Dart you hear that too

Get away from him

Darteridge

No bet

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