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

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[preconstruction]

Please, we both know the human mind is revered for its imagination.

[ now that he’s not hella depressed he’s very sassy who would’ve thought. ]

Once our connection is restablished we can exploit their network.

[ and much like 2018 warned you, when everything is based on tech everything is vulnerable. ]

[devotingly]

[ waver just glares at him for that sass. but when he starts talking about exploiting networks, he actually looks... troubled, if not confused. ]

Exploit... just like Han had done with the robots? By... hacking it? [ look he’s from 1994 be patient. ] Look, I don’t know much about this, but can a machine really become more advanced than its creator?

[preconstruction]

Han had a little help.

[ but he says it fondly, with a smile. it was nice, when he and han and vivienne had worked together. ]

A machine can be more advanced than its creator.

[ there's conviction in his voice. the context of his memories -- and hank's -- had changed his perspective a lot. also, kamski touching chloe's face and going on about how superior machines were helped too. when your own creator tells you something like that, well, the answer is pretty clear, right? ]

And I believe that we can do things, collectively, that even Vivienne cannot do. She is limited by her frame of reference. Every one of us has a different perspective and a different way of seeing things. If we all get the correct tools, the possibilities are endless.

[devotingly]

[ waver looks at connor, his troubled expression not disappearing as he listens to the other try to reassure him. this would have worked a week ago, perhaps, but now— ]

Damn it, Connor. I... I get it. You’re trying to make me not lose hope or whatever. But— [ he drags a hand down his face, trying to keep himself from breaking down. ] But I just fucking died. And now I’m here and apparently I’m a robot or something? And everything I remembered... god, I don’t know what to do.

[preconstruction]

[ he almost laughs when waver says he's a robot. He refrains, however. ]

You're not a toaster, don't worry.

[ then he holds out his hand. ]

Give me your hand, Waver Velvet.

[devotingly]

[ well, at least that gets a laugh, although it’s laced with exhaustion and something that’s creeping towards hysteria.

however, connor’s request grounds waver again. confused, he tilts his head, but timidly puts his hand on the table. ]

What are you gonna do?

[preconstruction]

I'm going to show you.

[ you gotta put your hand in his hand i dont make the rules ]

[devotingly]

[ waver holds back whatever smartass comment he has, though he certainly looks nervous about whatever connor’s going to show him.

but... he trusts him, if just a little, so he’ll place his hand in connor’s ]

[preconstruction]

[ the human skin on connor's hand recedes, showing white plastic. and then he opens a connection between them. he shows the hope he has from being here. glimpses of his class, where people had participated and worked together, using their new predicament to become stronger. humans working their way through their existential crises. ]

I know that it's scary. But I believe we can figure out a way to get everyone's bodies back and make us all whole again.

[devotingly]

[ waver is...in shock. he never expected that to happen through simple contact, and obviously he reels back as if shocked by electricity. but he's quick to understand what just happened and...he nods.

if everyone else can have hope, then he can't give up. ]

Alright. I believe you. I believe in you guys.