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poly_chromatic2013-10-09 03:04 pm
prosopopoeia) wrote in poly_chromatic2013-10-09 03:04 pm
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038 :: voice
[ She is... definitely drunk. And this is definitely not a tale of fantasy, the bitterness in her voice should make that clear, despite the faintest slurring. I am so sorry about her bad French accent, it is honestly this corny in the game too, I don't know what else to do.]
Once upon a time, zhere was an ingenue starship called zhe Von Braun. She was accompanied out into zhe stars by a military vessel, zhe Rickenbacker. Zhe first few months of zheir journey was moderately successful.... zhe Von Braun was a prototype and not quite ready for zhis.
Travelling by light years, zhey made zheir way to Tau Ceti V, where a distress signal called zhem to investigate. A military man and a corrupt scientist went to zhe surface first, intent to hoard any discoveries and zheir credits to zhemselves.
What zhey found were zhe eggs and zhe annelids. And their hunger for power blinded zhem as zheir minds were overtaken. Zhey brought zhe infection onto zhe ship, and zhey left Tau Ceti V with nowhere to run from what zhey had done.
Infested, zhe ship began to tear itself apart. Zhose infected with the parasites, zheir bodies overtaken, began to attack others. More eggs were laid, and in need of midwifes, zhey began to take young women from zhe Hydroponics sector and refit zhem as cyborgs with no purpose but to protect zhe young ones.
Zhe biomass spread everywhere, impossible to exterminate.
Zhe remaining security force began to mow down zhe infected, some of who begged for release even as zheir body was driven forward into zhe spray of bullets.
Zhe security for was eventually ended as well. The halls going quiet except for faint sounds of suicide, one gunshot and done, and zhe infernal hypnotic singing of zhe annelids, which tempted zhose very few which still resisted.
Zhey hid in corners, stalked by annelid larva at every turn, screaming things which stank of contamination.
And zhen the biomass consumed zhem and zhey met zheir 'orrible fate.
The end.
[Kind of anti-climactic Marie...............]
Once upon a time, zhere was an ingenue starship called zhe Von Braun. She was accompanied out into zhe stars by a military vessel, zhe Rickenbacker. Zhe first few months of zheir journey was moderately successful.... zhe Von Braun was a prototype and not quite ready for zhis.
Travelling by light years, zhey made zheir way to Tau Ceti V, where a distress signal called zhem to investigate. A military man and a corrupt scientist went to zhe surface first, intent to hoard any discoveries and zheir credits to zhemselves.
What zhey found were zhe eggs and zhe annelids. And their hunger for power blinded zhem as zheir minds were overtaken. Zhey brought zhe infection onto zhe ship, and zhey left Tau Ceti V with nowhere to run from what zhey had done.
Infested, zhe ship began to tear itself apart. Zhose infected with the parasites, zheir bodies overtaken, began to attack others. More eggs were laid, and in need of midwifes, zhey began to take young women from zhe Hydroponics sector and refit zhem as cyborgs with no purpose but to protect zhe young ones.
Zhe biomass spread everywhere, impossible to exterminate.
Zhe remaining security force began to mow down zhe infected, some of who begged for release even as zheir body was driven forward into zhe spray of bullets.
Zhe security for was eventually ended as well. The halls going quiet except for faint sounds of suicide, one gunshot and done, and zhe infernal hypnotic singing of zhe annelids, which tempted zhose very few which still resisted.
Zhey hid in corners, stalked by annelid larva at every turn, screaming things which stank of contamination.
And zhen the biomass consumed zhem and zhey met zheir 'orrible fate.
The end.
[Kind of anti-climactic Marie...............]
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[Not a question, just... he'd really like it to not be.]
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Yes, it is true, to a degree of detail.
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What degree of detail is not true?
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I am sorry that this happened.
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[She takes a slow, pensive drink. She hasn't forgotten what Chekov's suggested for her, but for today the wine bottles are her only comfort.]
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[Obvious shorthand for "have you seen anyone about your craziness."]
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[And reticent, apparently.]
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[Don't mistake honesty for an insult.]
This has been a difficult month.
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[Which irritates her.]
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[Apparently the workings of the multiverse were just complicated for her. Something she doesn't believe in the slgihtest.]
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[He's been hanging out with Tristero a little. Oops.]
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[She wants to solve their problem for them, in short. She wants the challenge to keep her busy and to keep her motivated.]
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[They don't even know what their problems are--or that's Chekov's impression.]
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Not the end, if someone survived to relay the tale. Such as it is.
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[Not that she knows of. 'Rebecca Siddons' had appeared in the City, but something had been wrong with her. Marie is not yet willing to put her in the category.]
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But death will happen, especially in such circumstances. The hard part for any survivor would be dealing with the aftermath.
[ It's a dry aspersion. But Hei remembers, in the wake of Heaven's War, his entire team and half a continent obliterated, that his survival had been called a miracle. It hadn't felt that way to him. No victory bells, no triumphant march; rather, he'd been hollowed-out, shell-shocked, baffled by his continued existence. ]
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The worst ones are unquantifiable.
[ Neither of them may ever get into quite the same jam as Marie's ordeal aboard the Van Braun or Hei's years in South America, but every survival situation is the same in its essence, and there are lessons to be learned from every mistake, every triumph, before they're washed away by the desultory repetitions of life. The most pivotal lesson is to never get complacent, never get swallowed by inertia. ]
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[Did you just become an Absurdist, Marie?]
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Life in general has little use for logic. [ No matter what Contractors might assert. ] There are always things you can't rationalize or control. But you'd better know how you're going to react to them. For that, it's necessary to perceive things clearly.
[ The golden rule: face reality -- whether in extremis, or during the aftermath. Don't pretend you're immune to fear. Don't go into denial about what happened afterward -- but don't let it define every aspect of yourself either. Let your life become a question of what you do next. ]
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I do not consider my perceptions clouded.
[Yeah whatever, lady.]
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I'm told it's a 'human condition' thing.
[ The urge to believe in your own worldview is a pivotal psychological imperative. Rationalization, denial, self-deception -- whatever allows you to twist facts and slot them neatly into existing suppositions. It's the only way to justify an idea or decision. Often the only way to justify your entire lifestyle. ]
[ Hei's been as guilty of it as anyone. ]
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[She had fought so hard in the name of humanity, but her breed's endless greed is what unleashed their doom upon them, so what had been the point. What had she fought for.]
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[ The only perfect people are dead ones. Hei's too well-acquainted with the festering underbelly of humanity to play its advocate. There are exceptions to every rule, true. But those exceptions aren't enough to reverse his worldview as a whole. He's also aware that the more devotion you give to any organization or cause or country, the more it hollows you out when you realize your loyalty will always be unrequited. The more you'll feel betrayed. ]
[ It's convenient, in a way, that Hei has seldom been tied to anything larger than Pai -- or to those in his pragmatic periphery. ]
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I expect nothing.
[Not any longer.]