ECHO DIARY ENTRY #8: TWENTY-FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE FALL OF HELIOS
I fucking hate Pandora.
[ when the screen turns on, rhys is in a brand new setting. it's an office, sleek and modern, pretty similar to jack's office on helios but... smaller -- or at least it would be if the video showed anything behind rhys desk except for his chair and wall. instead of windows on the wall, there's just a simple branding of atlas's logo instead.
then, there's the other noticeable thing -- rhys is covered in blood. he's also dressed in a pretty nice suit, underneath all that blood.
he's sprawled in his chair, slumped down a little and the camera is able to pick up the yellow thing clutched in one of rhys' hands -- a hyperion pistol. he lets out an exhausted sigh and places the pistol down on the desk before dragging both his hands over his eyes with a groan. this, of course, just makes the blood that's soaking through his hair and hands and all over, spread more across him and he grimaces. ]
This planet is a sack of shit. I don't know why I came back? What was the point? It's been a six months since Helios but nothing changes on this god damn planet. It's always just bodies and corpses and Psychos and I am so sick of it.
[ another sigh and he pinches the bridge of his nose before counting slowly, under his breath, back from ten. when he has himself under control, his arms cross over his chest and he bites his bottom lip for a moment. ]
... 'Kay, so. Been a few weeks since my last video. Got back to Pandora. Got back to Old Haven. Hired Zer0 to help me out a bit which has been... nice. I really like the guy -- is he even a guy? It? I don't know. He's pretty cute though, right? Really cool too. [ oh my god, rhys. ] Aaaanyway, he also taught me how to shoot people because, well, I guess he was tired of me screaming and running away? I am not really good at it. I, uh, I rather just use my baton, if I'm honest? I think I'm going to just sort of "forget" [ he does the air quotes ] where I put the gun and find my baton again. All of my bullets missed!
... Well, not all of them. But most. Aren't Hyperion guns supposed to be, I dunno, accurate?
[ all of the cool he opened this video with is gone now. he's still rhys, an ultimate failure. ]
Still, the old Gortys building seems to go deeper than either of us thought. I set up a kind of makeshift office down here for now and that's... helping. Lots of stuff to do, to get back in order. I... kind of wish I was back on Eden-5 because well, one, it was safer there and two, Pandora's just too crazy to do anything sensible with it. Seriously, it'd be so much easier if -- if we could just push a reset button on this entire planet, you know? There's so many nice things here and even some decent people but then the rest of it just wants to kill you. All the time! It's ridiculous!
[ this is his pandora sucks vlog, thanks for watching. ]
Anyway, here's something I was thinking of earlier so note to self -- Atlas used to run on like, military chain of command, right? So, does this make me the General now? General Rhys. Haha, sick.
[ he smiles to himself then, looking pretty giddy before reaching forward and shutting off the video. well, at least he's in a better mood now? ]
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I fucking hate Pandora.
[ when the screen turns on, rhys is in a brand new setting. it's an office, sleek and modern, pretty similar to jack's office on helios but... smaller -- or at least it would be if the video showed anything behind rhys desk except for his chair and wall. instead of windows on the wall, there's just a simple branding of atlas's logo instead.
then, there's the other noticeable thing -- rhys is covered in blood. he's also dressed in a pretty nice suit, underneath all that blood.
he's sprawled in his chair, slumped down a little and the camera is able to pick up the yellow thing clutched in one of rhys' hands -- a hyperion pistol. he lets out an exhausted sigh and places the pistol down on the desk before dragging both his hands over his eyes with a groan. this, of course, just makes the blood that's soaking through his hair and hands and all over, spread more across him and he grimaces. ]
This planet is a sack of shit. I don't know why I came back? What was the point? It's been a six months since Helios but nothing changes on this god damn planet. It's always just bodies and corpses and Psychos and I am so sick of it.
[ another sigh and he pinches the bridge of his nose before counting slowly, under his breath, back from ten. when he has himself under control, his arms cross over his chest and he bites his bottom lip for a moment. ]
... 'Kay, so. Been a few weeks since my last video. Got back to Pandora. Got back to Old Haven. Hired Zer0 to help me out a bit which has been... nice. I really like the guy -- is he even a guy? It? I don't know. He's pretty cute though, right? Really cool too. [ oh my god, rhys. ] Aaaanyway, he also taught me how to shoot people because, well, I guess he was tired of me screaming and running away? I am not really good at it. I, uh, I rather just use my baton, if I'm honest? I think I'm going to just sort of "forget" [ he does the air quotes ] where I put the gun and find my baton again. All of my bullets missed!
... Well, not all of them. But most. Aren't Hyperion guns supposed to be, I dunno, accurate?
[ all of the cool he opened this video with is gone now. he's still rhys, an ultimate failure. ]
Still, the old Gortys building seems to go deeper than either of us thought. I set up a kind of makeshift office down here for now and that's... helping. Lots of stuff to do, to get back in order. I... kind of wish I was back on Eden-5 because well, one, it was safer there and two, Pandora's just too crazy to do anything sensible with it. Seriously, it'd be so much easier if -- if we could just push a reset button on this entire planet, you know? There's so many nice things here and even some decent people but then the rest of it just wants to kill you. All the time! It's ridiculous!
[ this is his pandora sucks vlog, thanks for watching. ]
Anyway, here's something I was thinking of earlier so note to self -- Atlas used to run on like, military chain of command, right? So, does this make me the General now? General Rhys. Haha, sick.
[ he smiles to himself then, looking pretty giddy before reaching forward and shutting off the video. well, at least he's in a better mood now? ]