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aefenglom2019-10-21 07:59 am
firewalled) wrote in aefenglom2019-10-21 07:59 am
002 | Video
Name: Rich Goranski
Date: Backdated to Oct 14
Format: Video for initial post; various in comments
[Without so much as an introduction, a video plays. It's a little shaky with the recorder's nerves, and occasionally, a long talon partly covers the view of the scene, but it still shows what it needs to quite clearly.
Eventually, even with the struggle still continuing, the camera is turned away from the action, towards Rich. He has to hope what he just got will be enough to get the Coven to actually believe him this time, but right now, he doesn't have time to wait around. Direct action is needed, so he pings the friends he trusted: Michael Mell, Myr, and Niles. The message is still sent to everyone, however, so everyone can view the video and the panic in Rich's eyes when the camera is turned back to him.]
The SQUIP has lost it. It's going full villain again and I need back up. Meet me near the inn, I think it's trying to take Heere there.
[Without an explanation of what entails the SQUIP going full villain or who 'Heere' may be, he continues.]
Everyone else, please stay safe and-[He's cut off by something happening off screen, which makes him swear and stuff his watch into his pocket. There's about a minute more of muffled yelling and darkness before the recording eventually ends.]
~*~
[Hours later, there's another video tacked on to the earlier one, once the mist has finally started to fade away. Rich is back inside, his changes from before calming down enough that he isn't at risk of burning down Justine's whole cottage. He looks tired and worn, a few nasty scrapes on his face, but... there is a sort of relief in his expression, some sort of certainty that, no matter what happens next, he did what was right.]
Hey everyone. Sorry about that... I know I promised to be less of a downer the next time I posted on here, but... shit happens.
I'm just letting everyone know the SQUIP is knocked out. It had been using magic to charm and mind control several people, including someone I was bonded to, Justine, and a friend from home, Jeremy Heere.
Two of the people it was Bonded with, Linden Tailor and Connor, are also unconscious... guess some sort of trauma went through the connection when we stopped it. Since it was actively using mind control magic, I used Mountain Dew Red to deactivate... the part of it that was still a supercomputer, I guess. It should recover fine, and while it's passed out, I'm going to bring the recording to the Coven so they can see I wasn't lying when I told them what it did in my world.
If any of you were being controlled by it, let me know. It got to quite a few people when I saw it, but its powers should have worn off by now. It can be... a little traumatic, though, so my door's open if you wanna talk. Hopefully now that the SQUIP was... de-SQUIPped, somehow, this shouldn't happen again.
[With another tired wave, Rich signs off. He'd love to stay and chat but... he's pretty sure his roommates are still going to need a little more help in the fallout.]
((Everyone is free to respond! Rich will respond when he's done dealing with his roomies, who are likely either a) dealing with mind control withdrawal or b) having panic attacks over the SQUIP. Other players on Team Anti-Bastard Computer Man will also be responding a few hours after the events of the battle, providing information on what went down and vouching that yes, Shit Was Bad.))
Date: Backdated to Oct 14
Format: Video for initial post; various in comments
[Without so much as an introduction, a video plays. It's a little shaky with the recorder's nerves, and occasionally, a long talon partly covers the view of the scene, but it still shows what it needs to quite clearly.
Eventually, even with the struggle still continuing, the camera is turned away from the action, towards Rich. He has to hope what he just got will be enough to get the Coven to actually believe him this time, but right now, he doesn't have time to wait around. Direct action is needed, so he pings the friends he trusted: Michael Mell, Myr, and Niles. The message is still sent to everyone, however, so everyone can view the video and the panic in Rich's eyes when the camera is turned back to him.]
The SQUIP has lost it. It's going full villain again and I need back up. Meet me near the inn, I think it's trying to take Heere there.
[Without an explanation of what entails the SQUIP going full villain or who 'Heere' may be, he continues.]
Everyone else, please stay safe and-[He's cut off by something happening off screen, which makes him swear and stuff his watch into his pocket. There's about a minute more of muffled yelling and darkness before the recording eventually ends.]
~*~
[Hours later, there's another video tacked on to the earlier one, once the mist has finally started to fade away. Rich is back inside, his changes from before calming down enough that he isn't at risk of burning down Justine's whole cottage. He looks tired and worn, a few nasty scrapes on his face, but... there is a sort of relief in his expression, some sort of certainty that, no matter what happens next, he did what was right.]
Hey everyone. Sorry about that... I know I promised to be less of a downer the next time I posted on here, but... shit happens.
I'm just letting everyone know the SQUIP is knocked out. It had been using magic to charm and mind control several people, including someone I was bonded to, Justine, and a friend from home, Jeremy Heere.
Two of the people it was Bonded with, Linden Tailor and Connor, are also unconscious... guess some sort of trauma went through the connection when we stopped it. Since it was actively using mind control magic, I used Mountain Dew Red to deactivate... the part of it that was still a supercomputer, I guess. It should recover fine, and while it's passed out, I'm going to bring the recording to the Coven so they can see I wasn't lying when I told them what it did in my world.
If any of you were being controlled by it, let me know. It got to quite a few people when I saw it, but its powers should have worn off by now. It can be... a little traumatic, though, so my door's open if you wanna talk. Hopefully now that the SQUIP was... de-SQUIPped, somehow, this shouldn't happen again.
[With another tired wave, Rich signs off. He'd love to stay and chat but... he's pretty sure his roommates are still going to need a little more help in the fallout.]
((Everyone is free to respond! Rich will respond when he's done dealing with his roomies, who are likely either a) dealing with mind control withdrawal or b) having panic attacks over the SQUIP. Other players on Team Anti-Bastard Computer Man will also be responding a few hours after the events of the battle, providing information on what went down and vouching that yes, Shit Was Bad.))
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It's your conscience, I suppose. Do you have contingencies? I don't imagine it will understand mercy.
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If it gets pissed, then I try the Coven again. Then if they don't help, I'll come up with something else. People already thought I was too harsh on it, but I don't fucking know what else I can do to protect people.
That thing tried to take over the world using a bunch of abused kids. I don't get why people are sympathetic about it.
[There's a choked note in Rich's voice, exhaustion meaning it's getting harder to keep his overwrung emotions in check.]
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There are always some people who value intelligence over all else. It can be an appealing trait. Remind me and I will tell you about how that came into play in my peoples' war with the Yeerks.
Were you injured?
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[He supposes there is something to be said about intelligence... but he still doesn't see how that can excuse the garbage he went through.]
Not really. Got scraped up a bit, but it was patched up pretty easily.
[There's some mental scarring, to be sure, but he doesn't need to talk about something like that.]
Lots got it worse than me.
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[At least one side has to be huge and powerful, and it has to be drawn out.]
Yes, healers... that is a useful skill to have, I suppose. Worse how?
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[To be fair, Rich had been fighting a war in some interpretations of the word for two years... but here, it didn't have that level of power. Yet.]
Linden got a bad head injury and I'm pretty sure he's still knocked out. Connor got some bad wounds, since he was charmed into fighting us. And Myr got some bad burns...
[To say nothing of the mental trauma basically everyone under the SQUIP's control experienced.]
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I am glad none of them were killed and I hope they shall soon recover. [She hope she doesn't sound too awkward. Her peoples' healing abilities are just this side of supernatural, so even after months Toby's low-key weirded out by how much slower humans recover.] Knocked... do head injuries have that effect on humans?
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[He can catch that slight tone of awkwardness, but he's not exactly bothered by it. He knows Toby is different from humans, and likely has a lot of questions about how their bodies actually work. Rich isn't much of a doctor, but he'll try his best.]
Bad ones, yeah. If you ever have some sort of head trauma, they're always supposed to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't fall asleep.