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SecUnit (Murderbot) ([personal profile] serialskiller) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-10-04 06:47 am

[OTA] All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

Who: Murderbot and You
When: Post Info Meeting, Post Muppets
Where: All over the place!
Summary: Critical failure to cope
Warnings: Discussion of slavery, exploitation of sentient beings, capitalism, death all likely here.


1. And I was runnin' far away [STELLAR DINING ROOM]
With no food being served in the dining room, there's no reason anyone is going to be there, so it's where a Murderbot hides while breaking down, while breaking apart internally. Those who regularly check in on it will find their messages returned unopened, because...look. It's too much. It's all too much.


2. Would I run off the world someday? [ANYWHERE PUBLIC]
As sense returns, Murderbot realizes others will be in similar broken states, emotionally. For the first time since Jinx expanded its drone fleet, it's going to be flying them all at once, trying to seek out those who have hidden away, those who need company but not people. Don't be surprised if a drone just comes and hovers near your character, listening and saying nothing. It means well, really it does.


A few of the drones do have speakers, though, so if you attempt to engage it in a conversation, you'll get that.


3. Nobody knows, nobody knows [ADULT POOL]
While not the same sort of Event the Muppets showing, there's a couple times early in October that the projector over the Adult Pool will inexplicably be showing episodes of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross. If someone looks for the source of this, they'll notice MB up by the projector itself, its media player auxed into the projector.

You know. Good calming relaxing material. Right?


4. And I was dancing in the rain [SAND DOLLARS]
Finally, coming back to itself, trying to figure out a path forward, Murderbot...it finds itself wanting to having something to hold onto of its crew that it now knows it'll never see again. Find it hiding in a closed cafe, where no one will look for company, surely. Find it with the one photograph it has of the PreservationAux survey team and its watercolors, trying desperately to capture the faces it has in memory and the personalities that go with it. A young woman with black hair and sharp eyes, looking like she's arguing about something. A motherly older woman with deep skin, smiling like she's proud of the viewer. A man with pale eyes and visible augmentations along one side of his face, his eyes narrowed in suspicion. Another man, a man too pretty for his own good, reaching out a tentative hand, compassion written across his face.

The paintings, they aren't enough to capture the personalities, but it has to try, it has to do something, it has to hold onto these people. Memories can be erased, but it wants the people it loves down on paper, for others to see.


5. I felt alive and I can't complain [WILDCARD]
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3. Nobody knows, nobody knows

[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Erin whiles away an hour and a half just listening to Bob Ross while sitting at the edge of the pool. Her boots are off, for once, and her socks with them so she can dangle her feet in the water and just listen. When she decides she's done and filters her way to the projector (someone's changing the episodes, after all), she looks much relaxed.

Oh. Hey!

"SecUnit, pleasant surprise," Erin greets. "For some reason I'd vaguely assumed someone from an Earth more like mine would have had Bob Ross up."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-04 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's very beloved back at home. His show is...big on being kind to yourself. Hard lesson to master."

Erin finds a wall to prop herself up against. "How you holding up, buddy? The news seemed like it hit you pretty hard...I wasn't exactly in a state to help others right then myself."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-04 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"That feeling is known to me. It sucks. If you can get a hold of it you might also...well. Do you object to children's programming?"

God above, is she shy?
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-04 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"My uh, romantic rival back home has a thing for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. It's. Well, you'd see, if anyone aboard has it."

Erin takes in a deep breath. "...Not going home opens up some possibilities."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-05 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Erin spreads her hands wide. "For instance, unless something really fucked happens my owner can never come here, so I can stop spending my nights constructing a dream-fortress and maybe focus more on getting my shit straight. Since my loved ones still have...me...they don't need Me Specifically, so I can give real thought to being part of this community where I don't have the baggage I do back at home. Hell, maybe I can even influence this fucking apotheosis and try to make sure the real reality doesn't just get a new asshole for a god. There's enough asshole gods."

Her tone lowers, gentles. "...It's about to be a lot to ask, but if you can set aside the tangle of emotions for a minute and look at the situation from the outside a bit, I'm willing to bet there's possibilities like that for you too. Worries that are now far away. Good works that are no longer on your shoulders to accomplish."
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[personal profile] crushed_pearls 2022-10-06 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes the weight of something means that whether it's a good thing or a bad thing is just...irrelevant," Erin admits. "God only knows I've been there. We both just soaked a pretty big hit, but...I think, after we get to our feet, we might wanna have this talk again, and see how much silver's in this lining exactly."