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

[newhire]

--!!

[Oh fuck.]

...someone who died a long time ago... someone you don't want to talk to.

[donotlick]

[ A pause....... Hank's a detective, he speaks cryptic bullshit. ]

Oh, fuck you!

[ Yeah, he's gonna go for a punch!! Can't fear death when you're dead!! ]

[newhire]

[Well she expected that much. She won’t dodge it though. She owes him this much.]

...I’m glad to see you crossed over as well Anderson.

[donotlick]

[ Good!! He's not above punching a lady. ]

Yeah, fuck off! What the hell is this? And what the hell are you doin' here, if you're all "fixed" or whatever the fuck?

You lied to Connor! Give me one goddamn reason why I should believe a single fucking word you say!

[newhire]

I don’t understand a word you’re saying right now! Connor and I... we are working on it. I can’t ask him to just forgive me but I’m doing everything I can and he is willing to accept that.

I’m not asking you to do the same but I owed you as much.

[Besides, he can hit her all he wants here, it can’t kill her any more.]

Anyway... I can come and go from this place. I might have an Android body but the real me died you know. That is “me” but... it’s still just data.

[donotlick]

You -- you came back to life, right? What the fuck are you doing here?

[ One thing at a time, ok. He isn't gonna hit her more than once, he's not an asshole.

Well, except he hears her explanation and that's. Okay. Swell. ]

Well, fuck. Look, I don't know what you and Connor talked about or didn't talk about, but the fact is, you killed him, and I don't care if you kids made up or if you're Asian or not-Asian or whatever the hell.

I'll never forgive you for hurting Connor. End of fucking story.

CW: talk of strangulation

[newhire]

Oswald Hale killed me. When I rigged his results to avoid bloodshed, he took me by the neck and hung me with his bare hands. You don’t come back to life from that. Nor will the Apprentices he executed today.

[She’s not sorry about the way she has to hiss those words out. But she... she doesn’t want to fight him or anyone here. It’s not his fault.]

...it doesn’t matter. That’s fine, I’m not here for your forgiveness. I just didn’t want the others to see me this way. Not when they’re all so torn up already.

...and there is absolute nothing Asian about the name Vivienne Gallivan.

[She can’t believe you’re even a little confused there.]

[donotlick]

What, you think I don't know that? Connor's my partner. That's old news to me, sister. You're not getting any of my damn sympathy when I know you're just as fucking deep into this shitty program than he is.

[ You say Hale like that's a bad thing, Vivienne. You're definitely higher on Hank's shit-list than Hale, incredibly. ]

See you what way? Like the backstabbing bitch you are? Did you just want everyone to forget the shit you did? Gee, must be real fucking convenient!

[ He crosses his arms, face scrunching at her thing. Didn't he hear Gallivan before....... eh, probably not, right? ]

Yeah, but your little robo-pal Megumi's Asian, and that's the face I'm used to, so if you'd have asked me "is Vivienne Asian?" I would've said "yeah, she's Japanese or some shit." Not my fault you've got two faces and two bodies or whatever.

[newhire]

I wonder then why you’re so confused about who is on what sides. Connor, Han and I are fighting to destroy this disgusting program. We may have failed today, but we won’t be stopped by that.

[She’ll take on Oswald herself if she has to.]

Because we may not have long before James and Oswald bleed every last person in that school dry at this rate.

As for Megumi— she was created by my uncle. I won’t be using her forever— but when you’re dead you don’t have a lot of options. But not until I can take a close look at her programming. Whatever my Uncle put in her... hmmm...

[donotlick]

You killed Connor when he tried to shut down your robots, lady. And what do you mean you "failed today"? What happened?

[ The trial, he means. No one's told him about the trial. ]

You know Hale's a fucking idiot, right? He's just being played like a damn fiddle because he'll do anything to save his stupid fucking brother.

[ Uh, go Team Hale, I guess? ]

So, what? You show up here when you're not in her? How do you still not know what the hell's going on with her programming if you've been her for like 5 weeks?

[photomode]

Hey! Don't punch my mom!

[newhire]

Eve, Eve... it’s okay. I... owed him one.

[Sweet child shhhhh it’s okay.]

[photomode]

[no mom let her fight??]

That-- Mom, but he punched you?

[newhire]

[don’t fight the police honey]

I... deeply hurt someone important to him, even if I didn’t mean to. He has every right to be mad. I’ll be okay Eve. I promise.

[photomode]

[mother, you need to find some chill

and so does this gent.]

We shouldn't fight here, though.

[newhire]

Yes... yes you are absolutely right. I’m sorry Eve.

[photomode]

Mom, what happened?? You yelled.

[newhire]

I was... frustrated. I’m sorry for yelling. Things aren’t... going as well as I’d hoped. I just... didn’t want to show the others such a pathetic face when they’re fighting so hard to hold it together... it’s not fair to them.

But we won’t give up. We’ll find another way.

[donotlick]

Your what now?!

[ Oh he is not ready for more kids. ]

[photomode]

You! Just! Punched! My! Mother!

[donotlick]

You! Have! Got! To be! Kidding! Me!

[ He can clap back, he's a millennial. ]

[photomode]

[ don't make her clap

she's not actually that good at it]

I'm not! I don't know what she did out there, but! I'd rather you not punch her in front of me.

[a delicate sniff]

[donotlick]

[ He has 0 sympathy, he is Too Mad From Dying. ]

Well, guess what, honey? Your mom killed my partner. So I owe her a goddamn punch and then some, that clear enough for you?

[photomode]

That is factually incorrect. If he were killed, he would be here.

But I don't know who he is.

[donotlick]

He's an android. He doesn't get to go anywhere after he dies.

[ Hank rolls his eyes. Wasn't that what they'd talked about? No android heaven? Just... nothing? ]

Connor was shut down by your "mom," right before she went and deleted herself. I was able to restart him later, but that doesn't change the fact that he was dead. Vivienne overloaded Connor with so much fear and pain that he died.