R1 DEADLAND PT2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[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]

God, I never thought I'd say this, but why can't people just make artificial life and then fuck off to a creepy house in the middle of nowhere?

[ #KamskiWasBetter ]

[preconstruction]

[ connor laughs at that. i mean its laugh or cry so guess which one he picks. ]

As difficult as our experience with Kamski was, I do feel like I was lucky.

[ wait actually -- ]

In your timeline, I didn't shoot her, right?

[donotlick]

[ That's a mood, Connor. ]

Yeah. Course you didn't.

[ Hank nods, reassuring. ]

You made the right choice. Even if Kamski was an asshole.

[preconstruction]

Oh. Good.

[ he mightve been worrying about this... ]

[donotlick]

[ Aw, Connor.... ]

Far as I know, you spared every android you could.

[preconstruction]

I hope that was the case.

[donotlick]

You did your best with what you had.

[ Hank sets a hand on his shoulder. ]

You freed thousands of androids. They have a chance at a life thanks to you.

[preconstruction]

Now look where we are.

[donotlick]

Hey, showing up here had nothing to do with back home.

And the stuff with Markus dying wasn't anything you could've helped.

[preconstruction]

[ that's not what he means, though: ]

I almost killed all of them.

[donotlick]

[ Ah. That. ]

You didn't know. Vivienne coulda told you -- she didn't.

[preconstruction]

I should have known better! Or asked more questions. Or just checked through the network.

[donotlick]

Hey, stop blaming yourself. That's Vivienne talking, not you.

[ Hank takes his hand, hey it's so cool that he can interface and help Connor feel his conviction. ]

It wasn't your fault. She lied to you. She hid this shit from you. She could have just as easily fucking told you. And what did she do? She killed you.

You weren't wrong here, Connor. Stop blaming yourself.

[preconstruction]

[ he feels it, but he doesn't send anything back. it's too much to deal with his feelings here and he'd showed hank first hand experience of dying once before. he didn't need to put him through that again. ]

They don't hate me. I don't understand it.

[donotlick]

Part of her had to realize she forced you into that. With what she told you, what else could you have done?

[ Maybe she regretted doing it. That doesn't undo the hurt, but at least it means her "children" don't totally hate him. ]

[preconstruction]

I could've taken the time to think and put it together. I was wrong about so many things, Hank. It was just one in a long line.

[donotlick]

You had plenty of time to think. Weeks where she could've fucking told you.

She didn't. You were working with what you had.

[preconstruction]

It's so long compared to what we had, back home.

[donotlick]

Back home was kind of a special case, Connor.

Plus, you had access to Cyberlife's network and all their shit. If this place was connected the way shit is back home, nobody could keep a secret from you.

[preconstruction]

No, I meant that to say that you're right. She had a long time to say something. We learned how to trust each other much quicker.

[donotlick]

Oh, gotcha.

[ Hank nods. ]

Yeah, you would've thought if she fucking trusted you, she would've said something sooner. Not come around after the fact like "ohhh, I totally meant to tell you, but...."

[preconstruction]

Do you think she's told everyone by now?

[donotlick]

Knowing her and the stuff with the so-called "seance"... probably.

We might not be too safe here for much longer.

[preconstruction]

That's undoubtedly why she's kept us offline all this time.

[ he wants the internet back. ]

[donotlick]

Yeah. Because why keep shit a secret when you can just tell everybody and put people in a bunch of needless fucking danger?