Murderbot Memshare Time [MARCH]

[serialskiller]

Starters will be in the comments; please pay attention to the number of people for each prompt, as I don't want to overwhelm myself.

For the sake of ease, those entering memories will be assumed to not be noticed until they choose to take significant action in a memory. If, for example, in the kitchen memory, if someone wanted to clean up the mugs and meal packets or read over Ratthi's shoulder, they won't be noticed, but if they decide to stab Mensah, that'll be a notable alteration to the memory, and people are going to freak out.

Full crew depiction here, for visual reference, thanks to tenowls

Comments

[serialskiller]

"Rogue code, a combat override. We killed fifty-seven human miners. And four ComfortUnits."

It takes a deep breath, one she can feel.

"It was not my choice."

[decrypter]

Why it had shot itself when such a code was placed in it again is abundantly clear. Not fear, but a certainty of the known.

"...he is guilty in the sense that he feels guilt, and the guilt is his. I understand that, too. I remember you saying that."

By Security's choice or not, it had still happened. It didn't erase the feelings that were there. Things occurred, and even if it wasn't someone's active fault, the blood still was there. Even if all sixty one of those people had woken up the next day like Helena did, it wouldn't alter the cause of death.

[serialskiller]

"At the trial. Yes, that's what I was talking about at that time." It nods slowly, something tender and hoarse in its voice. "Now Skulduggery will carry that, regardless of if it was his fault."

[decrypter]

"Yes. And no one can carry it for him, wherever he might go. What guilt he feels is his to bear. But where he walks, he's not walking on his own. And those beside him do not pass judgement on the burden he carries."

She isn't just talking about Skulduggery.

[serialskiller]

"You actually think no one's judging him after everything? There's a divide in the passengers, with a few very strong loud voices who don't trust him or the Captain in the least."

Shhhh, it's pretending not to recognize the comparison.

[decrypter]

It can pretend all it wants, but currently, she's not letting go of it.

"Of course there are. But he can't let their mistrust stop him from ever taking a step forward, from living his life and proving that is not the entirety of who he is. Maybe, if allowed, the voices of the ones who trust him can fill his ears, so those who'd cast him down find little space to be heard."

Maybes, might be-s. It is far, far more than merely a killer, and that is an iron-clad fact to her. Everything that happened, it does not make her care for it one bit less. In fact, it only increases how she feels.