R1 DEADLAND

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[starswink]

Oh, sure. [Yoosung will definitely be cooking a lot more of these before he stops to eat some himself, so he's grateful for the little sample - and Yoosung lives in the moment enough that he just leans over and takes the bite straight off the fork in his hand.]

Mmm - good! [He backs off then, placing a hand on his cheek happily after he gets it down. He thinks the taste is fine too... Although, there are tears in his heart when he remembers that sharing food in quite this way is totally more what he'd imagined happening with his girlfriend than in the afterlife with his younger guy friend.... but this is not the time to make things weird, so he's just going to sweep that thought under the rug and retreat back behind the counter. More importantly, he's let the crepe linger on his palate and he should think about it.]

Hmm. Still, I wonder if it would help if I whipped the cream more...

[He can just try whisking this until someone else comes in or Mishima wants a strawberry one. Then again, maybe he just wants to stay busy.]

[coagmentatio]

[ He's hesitant, but he does flip it over enough to show it's the start of something: a poem. Emphasis on start, since it will most likely require his explanation to know what it is. ]

It's never anything special, but I write a variety of poetry.

[ There's a tilt of his head. ]

Even natural-born talent demands practice.

[photomode]

No. Unless you wanted to?

[she considers that.]

... You don't want to, right?

[photomode]

[she nods at that one, and then folds her hands in front of her.]

Very well.

[photomode]

Of course. I was programmed to be accommodating, and to ease the transition as much as possible. Given what being here means, of course.

[starswink]

[Eve why are you like this.]

Noooo, not really... I think your intention of keeping everything close to human perception is still good! But, I could probably deal with seeing things like that in something like a window... like in a game. I am the gamer after all!

[photomode]

Then I could make it like a game.

[replete with all the gamer imagery]

Would that be closer to what you want?

[supportrole]

It's weird because the information kind of comes in all at once, you know? But it feels really familiar now, like I've been using it for a long time.

[ He looks at his hand -- which is empty, definitely not holding a phone. But if he did have access to one with that app right now, he's sure he wouldn't have any trouble at all navigating it efficiently. ]

It's cool to actually get to see what they all look like and everything too! From the way I was picturing that Jumin guy before, I didn't expect him to have such cute cat-themed stickers, haha.

[ He... saw Rika, too, but he's not sure if he should talk about that. ]

[foo_bar]

[let him stare long and hard at those posters-- even as he glitches in and out. so that's H?]

[starswink]

Closer than 1s and 0s anyway...

[Would it actually be good for his mental state to make his entire reality seem like a game, though? PROBABLY NOT. Is he thinking about that in this moment? It is a mystery.]

Listen, Eve, I just want to be able to see this when I need to. To make sure that everyone's codes are safe and not being tampered with. If you can do that for me, I think it's fine...

[coagmentatio]

[ He gives a dim kind of smirk. ]

... I guess learning did always come easily. But being smart in a textbook sense isn't all there is to it.

[ There's a very slight tilt of his head. ]

Vacation houses? [ a soft frown - that feels like mockery ] I'm guessing you guys weren't able to explore, at all.

[coagmentatio]

[ He frowns a little... and then glances to the side for a moment. ]

Maybe he just- genuinely doesn't see you as a threat.

[ But, then he's tilting his head to the side a little. ]

Who are you, really, then...?

[coagmentatio]

Someone who was part of the first group.

[ There's a shake of his head. ]

I haven't seen any hats like that, but I'll keep my eyes open. [ a beat ] Should I bother asking about the floating part?

[foo_bar]

[Han is actually pretty stationary throughout most of the day. He eschews the typical human routines-- though whether it's because he's ignoring his human feelings, or because they've been completely damaged in his code transfer, it's not entirely certain.

But he's on the field. In the morning, he has nothing around him, and he's sitting on the ground, glitching in and out of existence-- sometimes extremely hardcore.

In the afternoon, he has a tent behind him, and he's focused on his glasses, which obviously have lines of code rolling past them. He disappears temporarily for the AI class, and then comes back.

Once he's back, he's focused intently on that code-- the glitching calmer than it was before at the beginning of the day. He's available for chatting, but will not speak to anyone unless spoken to.]

[photomode]

So, you would like it to only be active in cases where my programming could be unstable?

[she considers that.]

Mm... That would make you like ChiChi.

[starswink]

Well, I'd probably feel better if I could just check whenever I wanted... sorry, I don't really know exactly how this works.

But, ChiChi can do that? [Wow he has to be careful here, what if he almost got himself turned into a cat]

[coagmentatio]

[ He gives a small shrug... ]

It is what it is.

[ Which isn't to say he doesn't care... but there's nothing he can do from here. Even if he wasn't stuck here, he'd be more likely to die anyway, than to make a difference anywhere, or for anyone. ]

Actually, androids exist there, too. Granted, they're more commonly seen with wealthy folks.

[photomode]

[she doesn't understand. he said when he needed to, and then he said when he wanted to. those are two different scenarios in her head, and it shows for a moment, while she puzzles it out.]

ChiChi keeps me safe and acts as an... An alarm?

[coagmentatio]

Well, it's pretty obvious the relationship headed in that direction...

[ Nevermind his dry tone. . . ]

[preconstruction]

I don't know. But I'm afraid I would hurt him just bringing it up.

[starswink]

Alarm in case something suspicious is happening?

[donotlick]

I mean, that's fair. If he showed up here, we'd all be in some pretty deep shit.

[photomode]

Yes!

Though, I am offline now. So we should be extra, triple safe.

[starswink]

Does that mean ChiChi's alarm is offline too? Then... me doing it manually would probably help us?

[He wishes he understood this!! He will understand this when he commits to this, but Eve is kind of coming off like some kind of genie here, understanding NOW would help him to not heck it up...]

[supportrole]

[ Mishima has kind of been watching this from off to the side, and while he kinds of gets what Yoosung is wanting here, thissssss seems like maybe something no one should be rushing into??

Gently tugging on his sleeve... ]

Hey, maybe we can think about the pros and cons of the options you're asking about and make a decision later? There's no reason you need to commit to something right now, right?

[ Especially when you don't even understand what she's talking about... ]