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

[donotlick]

Yeeeah, that sounds like pretty specific denial alright.

[ Great. Evil Han is traumatized. Cool. ]

So what are we thinking? Clones? Twins? One of 'em from The Darkest Timeline?

[machrophage]

[A tapped pen for their attention.. It's... actually pretty loud, for being a pen]

Can someone actually explain what a twin is?

[Help him.]

[donotlick]

[ Hank gives Viral a look.... but also Viral is an alien and he explained that yeah, Beastmen don't procreate sexually so you know what? ]

Twins are what happens when -- shit. Do you understand where humans come from? Like... from inside of women, right? You get that?

[machrophage]

Yes, Hank, I understand the general concept behind placental mammals.

[Lordgenome save him.]

[donotlick]

Okay, just making sure here.

[ He shrugs. ]

Uhhh, I'll spare you the details and basically say that twins are what happens when two people are born at the same time, from the same woman. They can be identical or they can be fraternal.

This evil Han twin is identical. So he might just be a clone or like an alternate version of him, but an evil twin fits the fucking theme better.

[machrophage]

...I'll second the cat on confusion that humans have a specific word for that.

[Y'all are weird.]

[donotlick]

It's pretty fucking rare.

[ Also Hank probably could have been a little more inclusive and said "womb" instead of woman, I realize this now. Bad Hank. ]

But yeah, it's also kind of a cliche for people to have randomly-revealed evil twins. Like in soap operas, when they wanna create useless drama.

[starswink]

Huh? They're babies that were born at the same time.

[viral doesn't know about babies???]

[recodified]

You Twolegs have a word for that?

[ hey everyone!!!!! it's the talking feral cat!!!!!! ]

We just call them littermates.

[starswink]

...Well, twins are a lot more common in humans than, um, anything that could be called a "litter." It's only twins if there's two of them.

[Not that they call it a litter if there's more.]

[recodified]

A special word for only two kits?

Every time I think I understand humans...

[machrophage]

It's unusual for humans to have more than a single birth.

[It's okay Hollyleaf he's got you.]

[recodified]

...How do they keep their society populated?!

[machrophage]

Minimal infant mortality rate and a long lifespan with an extended fertile period.

[HE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THIS PART.]

[itwasfeyt]

Well, it's not like we can call our children a litter. We're not cats.

[Hi, talking feral cat!!]

[recodified]

Kits is a perfectly acceptable word!

[12d3]

You mean "kittens".

[he loves you, talking feral cat]

[recodified]

Yes, kits. If I was talking about my brothers, I'd call them my littermates.

[preconstruction]

Honestly, I don't really care. I'm glad it's not Han.

[donotlick]

Yeah, good point. Really had us going there.

Fuck, this means I got a text from Han's evil fucking twin weeks ago.

[preconstruction]

He hacked into me, Hank. He was in my garden.

[donotlick]

Wait, what!?

[ Holy shit, Connor........................ HOLY SHIT ]

How?

[preconstruction]

I suppose it's possible he exploited the connection that Han and I created, but I was careful to keep it isolated so it couldn't interact with me so deeply.

[donotlick]

Christ. That's fucked up.

[ Hank sets a hand on Connor's shoulder. Like that'll help?? ]

Are you -- I mean, that's how he got you, isn't it? He got into your garden?

[preconstruction]

He spoke to me there. I was -- my body was frozen.

[ actually they should have this convo yesterday i guess but now that its coming up he's reliving his Death Trauma. I guess because yesterday he was so happy to be reunited and have his memories but here it is, he's actually lowkey fucked up under the sass. ]

It was like...with Amanda.

[ at the end. with amanda at the end. ]

When I came back, the android had already ripped out my biocomponent and broken it.