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

hello fellow dead people

[preconstruction]

[ hm. okay. connor blinks awake. in the common room, but also, not in the common room. at least, not where he was just bleeding out.

well. this isn't new, but also it's kind of weird. he knows he didn't have another body for him, but he also remembers what vivienne said to him. so. guess he'll stand here and get his bearings.

hello world. :) ]

[photomode]

Oh! Hello!

[she seems to have been waiting on him.]

My name is Eve.

[preconstruction]

Hello.

[ eve. thats familiar. ]

You're one of Vivienne's, aren't you...?

[photomode]

Yes, I am. Vivienne is my mother.

[she smiles at that acknowledgment]

But more importantly-- I needed to quarantine a program you had installed. It was... destabilizing for me.

[preconstruction]

A program?

[ people need to stop messing with his code god damn. ]

[photomode]

Yes. It looked like you had installed it 4 weeks ago?

[newhire]

[Well guess who has a promise to keep-- and more than anyone else, she knows where he'll appear so she's ready to greet him, still battling tears, but--]

...hey. Welcome... back. Kind of.

[....you know what she's just gonna hug you. Nothing else fits.]

[preconstruction]

[ whoa that's a hug. he's surprised for a moment but then puts his arms around her. ]

Thank you for backing me up.

1/2

[newhire]

Of course I did. I backed everyone up. But the first time I ever tested it was... well... me, when I died so I was worried at first-- but everything's running smoothly and everyone's doing okay right now.

Oh... but. Well this isn't usually how I greet people here.

2/2

[newhire]

[The data shifts but-- well, he'd still recognize true enough who it reflects. Who it really reflects.]

I can usually... just be me here.

[preconstruction]

[ he saw it in her memories, too, he knows whats up. ]

That's probably for the best. You could have just told me about all of this.

[ her comment, the back ups - he can put 2 and 2 together. he's a pretty advanced prototype. ]

[donotlick]

[ You know, Hank was actually enjoying a burger before this shit? One second you're enjoying a burger, the next you're looking over and......

And there's Connor.

There's Connor. ]

Connor!?

[ Hank is standing up, dropping his food and running over to his side. There's a lot of shit he wants to ask and even more going through his mind now but first he has to be sure-- ]

Connor, what...?

[ He doesn't even hesitate, he just pulls him into a hug. He's gonna be SO pissed at you, young man. Later. ]

What the fuck, Connor.

[photomode]

[i told you so]

[donotlick]

[ ]

[preconstruction]

Hank --

[ oh shit, it's his partner. he hugs him back right away, grabbing him tight and burying his face into hanks shoulder. he breathes deeply and bunches his fingers into hank's clothes. ]

Are you -- do you feel alright?

[donotlick]

[ Hank's been dead a little over 24 hours, so that question is pretty awful. Still Hank laughs. He will have time to be mad at Connor later. Right now he's just happy to see him again. Connor is his partner, without him -- well, he hadn't had much time to work out a plan, but the plan was basically just "wait for connor." ]

You fucking dumbass. I'm fine.

[ Hank keeps holding him tightly, squeezing with all his strength. It doesn't matter anymore here. They're dead. None of that shit matters, but he's not letting go. ]

How'd you go and get yourself killed, you plastic prick?

[preconstruction]

Han's evil twin clone killed me.

[ beat ]

Did you get the memory where mine tried to do that to you?

[machrophage]

[Let's pretend that Viral has been paying attention enough to know when new people show up.

Because that means that he's very aware that this isn't the normal arrival time.

And especially after the last, larger group - ]

What did you do?!

[Connor's getting punched.]

[preconstruction]

[ connor dodges, only just barely missing - and he only manages it because they fought before and he cataloged it.

but he can kind of tell this isn't a bad??? greeting?? so he smiles. ]

Hello, Viral. We have a lot to catch up on.

[machrophage]

[And because they're fought before, he'll also probably be expecting the follow-up blow.

But it stops after that, Viral's expression tense and only slowly relaxing.]

You're an idiot. How did you manage to - you dumb bucket of bolts.

[Nailed it.]

[preconstruction]

[ he lets that one hit -- it's probably good for the beastman. ]

Han's evil twin forced an android to rip out my most vital biocomponent and render by body broken enough that I could not be reloaded into it.

[12d3]

[Yesterday, three people and a hat died. It's hard getting used to the idea that this is the afterlife, and people are going to continue showing up but after the other day 2-D thought that it'd be over for at least a little while.

So seeing Connor show up a day later definitely catches him by surprise.]

Uhh... are you okay, mate?

[A pair of strangely normal blue eyes looks at him with concern. Connor's been really nice to everyone... who the fuck would kill him??]

[preconstruction]

[ it's a little harder to be happy with 2d than say viral. viral's death had been accidental, but that horrible way 2d had killed maya....

he tries to smile anyway. it's nice of him to be concerned. And the murder around here really was mostly this program's fault, probably. ]

I am doing better than when I was bleeding out, needless to say. And you?

[12d3]

[Honestly? Totally fair of you to be upset with 2-D over what he did to Maya. He wouldn't have been upset if Connor didn't try to be polite, but he does appreciate the effort and offers a little smile back.]

I'm alright, thank you.

[bleeding out sounds Nasty though, and it only leads him to wonder what the fuck happened]

Uhm.. er.... did you.. did you get murdered, too?

[preconstruction]

That's correct. By Han's evil twin.