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rubikscomplex) wrote2015-08-27 10:05 am
rubikscomplex) wrote2015-08-27 10:05 am
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Oh, good. Glad you've got 'em both there. They're both good people. I mean, I just met Flynn a few days ago, but anyone who likes learning as much as he does is okay with me.
[ Specifically, good people for House to be around right now. Flynn should keep his attention and Rhys'll keep an eye on his withdrawal. ]
Glad you're feeling better, too. It's gotta suck dealing with a body that's decades older than you're used to, especially with the whole medicine situation. The only upside is we're all kinda forced to rest some after lockdown.
[ Specifically, good people for House to be around right now. Flynn should keep his attention and Rhys'll keep an eye on his withdrawal. ]
Glad you're feeling better, too. It's gotta suck dealing with a body that's decades older than you're used to, especially with the whole medicine situation. The only upside is we're all kinda forced to rest some after lockdown.
Flynn's really cool! And so is Rhys. He has all kinds of tattoos. It's a druid thing.
[Said with an air of confidence he probably shouldn't have about it.]
We're gonna head to the tunnels soon. Do those have a lockdown in the different hubs, too?
[Said with an air of confidence he probably shouldn't have about it.]
We're gonna head to the tunnels soon. Do those have a lockdown in the different hubs, too?
The tattoos are a druid thing? I'll have to ask him about that later.
But no, the hubs don't lock down. It feels even more empty in there, but it's nice and open. And maybe it's just in my mind, but it feels just a little bit warmer down there, too.
But no, the hubs don't lock down. It feels even more empty in there, but it's nice and open. And maybe it's just in my mind, but it feels just a little bit warmer down there, too.
Probably just in your mind if it's all metal underground. [Look, he appreciates that you're a new friend, Sylar, but don't be kind of an idiot, please. House does have the good grace to pause for a moment after that, though.] Um... I mean, it's not bad if it feels warmer. I have a thermometer with me. Maybe I can check to see for sure?
[ That gets a good chuckle from Gabriel's end. It's the first thing- other than the intelligence- that sounds like older-House. It's nice to see that's still there. ]
You don't need to walk that back. We're friends, that means you can tell me if you think I'm being a moron. My mouth is unfortunately moving faster than my brain nowadays. I've got the 'mania' form of MN poisoning, so a lot of half-formed thoughts are making their way out here. It's really annoying, but it's what I've got to work with.
[ He doesn't want the kid to feel like he has to comment on that, so he continues. ]
Anyway, the only nights I spent down there, I spent pacing. With that, the fact that I wasn't touching the walls, and the lack of draft, that might explain it. Or maybe I was just psyching myself up, and giving them more credit than they deserve. Those tunnels are great to have, and it took a lot of suffering in order to gain access to them.
You don't need to walk that back. We're friends, that means you can tell me if you think I'm being a moron. My mouth is unfortunately moving faster than my brain nowadays. I've got the 'mania' form of MN poisoning, so a lot of half-formed thoughts are making their way out here. It's really annoying, but it's what I've got to work with.
[ He doesn't want the kid to feel like he has to comment on that, so he continues. ]
Anyway, the only nights I spent down there, I spent pacing. With that, the fact that I wasn't touching the walls, and the lack of draft, that might explain it. Or maybe I was just psyching myself up, and giving them more credit than they deserve. Those tunnels are great to have, and it took a lot of suffering in order to gain access to them.
Edited 2017-10-08 14:14 (UTC)
But they still don't go everywhere around town. That's kind of weird for maintenance tunnels, don't you think? Maybe parts of them were destroyed? Because it doesn't make much sense that we can only use them to get to one new area and not somewhere like the town hall. You'd think they'd have maintenance tunnels converging on a place like that.
Yeah, you would. The only thing I can think there is that it's a security measure. Things like NIMA and Andromeda were created here, maybe they've got other secret tech that they hadn't let the outside world look at yet. If so, maybe they tried to make sure any maintenance tunnels for the center of town didn't connect to the others?
That would make sense. I mean, this place kind of reminds me of a base, from what I've read. Remote location, experiments, special protections like giant metal walls. Have you guys talked to anyone who was in the military? Or found any military stuff?
Not that I can tell. But then, I'm not too familiar with military things. Plus, it sounds like the government kind of ran rampant in this sci-fi future- the government runs the Networks, and people are assigned towns to live in, and they have to be registered with the Network. So who knows what they could hide in a town that people are just assigned to, you know?
I remember hearing that Robert Miller was paranoid about Russians. Or maybe he didn't like Winter specifically. In my era, it's been awhile since the Soviet Union fell, so we're kinda over it. But maybe the Cold War got going again?
I remember hearing that Robert Miller was paranoid about Russians. Or maybe he didn't like Winter specifically. In my era, it's been awhile since the Soviet Union fell, so we're kinda over it. But maybe the Cold War got going again?
[That's all fascinating, but one thing in particular catches House's attention. You're talking to a Cold War kid, Sylar.]
How did the Soviet Union fall?
How did the Soviet Union fall?
[ He had a feeling the kid might be interested in that one. ]
Berlin wall went first, in 1989. After that, they pretty much lost all of their morale, and it was- geez, just a couple years later that the USSR went. Pretty much every communist country just fell apart.
We've still got dictators and terrorist attacks and other scary things in 2008, but at least you don't have to worry about a nuke falling on you constantly. Guess I got lucky and hit the nuke-free era with my generation.
Berlin wall went first, in 1989. After that, they pretty much lost all of their morale, and it was- geez, just a couple years later that the USSR went. Pretty much every communist country just fell apart.
We've still got dictators and terrorist attacks and other scary things in 2008, but at least you don't have to worry about a nuke falling on you constantly. Guess I got lucky and hit the nuke-free era with my generation.
...I think some of this magic stuff is easier to believe than that. I mean, everyone says we're gonna beat the ruskies. It's just weird to think about it actually happening. That's a long time from now, though. Are we in Vietnam through that entire thing?
[House really has no desire to be drafted and sent there when he's old enough.]
Or, I guess... do I go to Vietnam? Did I ever say I was there?
[House really has no desire to be drafted and sent there when he's old enough.]
Or, I guess... do I go to Vietnam? Did I ever say I was there?
Don't think that's something you would talk about, but-
[ He makes a thoughtful sound, trying to remember when that was over- it was before his time and not one of the things he glommed onto for study. ]
No, that would've ended before you hit eighteen, I'm pretty sure. They get rid of the draft anyway, after that.
Amazing what a few decades and a really awful war can do, I guess. I'm not surprised you find it hard to believe. I was only around for the tail end of the Cold War- I barely knew what was going on- and it was still a surprise.
[ He makes a thoughtful sound, trying to remember when that was over- it was before his time and not one of the things he glommed onto for study. ]
No, that would've ended before you hit eighteen, I'm pretty sure. They get rid of the draft anyway, after that.
Amazing what a few decades and a really awful war can do, I guess. I'm not surprised you find it hard to believe. I was only around for the tail end of the Cold War- I barely knew what was going on- and it was still a surprise.
[Living without any concerns about Russia... it really is hard to believe. House frowns to himself.]
I need to learn Russian. I guess it's good that ends, at least. And I'm alive, so... [Even if he had gone to war, he clearly made it through relatively intact.]
Anyway, has anyone talked to Robert about why he's scared of the reds? Or Winter?
I need to learn Russian. I guess it's good that ends, at least. And I'm alive, so... [Even if he had gone to war, he clearly made it through relatively intact.]
Anyway, has anyone talked to Robert about why he's scared of the reds? Or Winter?
No, sir. I can try to help if you need something anyway.
[Damn it.]
I need a trained medical professional, so you can't help, but thank you for the offer.
[Greg is a child right now, after all, which does make him a bit softer.]
Simply write down a note for you to contact Sherlock Holmes when you've returned to normal.
I need a trained medical professional, so you can't help, but thank you for the offer.
[Greg is a child right now, after all, which does make him a bit softer.]
Simply write down a note for you to contact Sherlock Holmes when you've returned to normal.
Okay. Sorry, Mr. Holmes.
[It's not until the morning of Day 289 that House responds.]
what did you want, holmes?
i'm assuming it's morally objectionable
and has something to do with you dying
or it's drugs
and since you got wilson for the drugs...
[It's not until the morning of Day 289 that House responds.]
what did you want, holmes?
i'm assuming it's morally objectionable
and has something to do with you dying
or it's drugs
and since you got wilson for the drugs...
[Okay, good, finally.]
Morally objectionable, perhaps, but with potentially significant reward.
It has already been established that the transfer of nanomachines from a healthy donor to an unhealthy one results in a temporary reprieve of symptoms, therefore it is logical to follow that forwards and assume that a complete transfer would result in a longer or more permanent reprieve. If the nanomachines from one of us, namely me, were to be transferred into the corpse of one of the original residents here, I believe that the revival process would be, at least temporarily, tricked.
The protocols would be triggered by the event of a recent death, the body with my nanomachines in it would be recovered and then revived. Though the process might not take with a rejection by the host, or simply the error being rectified, I think that it would temporarily provide a way to pose questions to the original resident.
John refuses to kill me twenty millilitres at a time, you seemed the logical choice.
Morally objectionable, perhaps, but with potentially significant reward.
It has already been established that the transfer of nanomachines from a healthy donor to an unhealthy one results in a temporary reprieve of symptoms, therefore it is logical to follow that forwards and assume that a complete transfer would result in a longer or more permanent reprieve. If the nanomachines from one of us, namely me, were to be transferred into the corpse of one of the original residents here, I believe that the revival process would be, at least temporarily, tricked.
The protocols would be triggered by the event of a recent death, the body with my nanomachines in it would be recovered and then revived. Though the process might not take with a rejection by the host, or simply the error being rectified, I think that it would temporarily provide a way to pose questions to the original resident.
John refuses to kill me twenty millilitres at a time, you seemed the logical choice.
you're a moron
a) we can pose questions to the residents right now
pick a house where we knew one of them were
talk at the air
b) we've already posed questions to the residents
(they were mostly useless, fyi)
c) you're assuming your body is actually your body
there's already something unique about us
if we're the ones getting constantly revived
and the rest of the crew ended up in mass graves
we know the admin has a virtually unlimited supply of nanomachines
how the hell else could they be pumping them into the new arrivals?
d) if we're actually still doing this
because you have some compelling reason to refute all that
i'm having you od before i bleed you out
any other way is just stupid
and torture
your veins are gonna be swiss cheese before i get through three liters
and i'll have to start pulling from anywhere i can get the needle in
a) we can pose questions to the residents right now
pick a house where we knew one of them were
talk at the air
b) we've already posed questions to the residents
(they were mostly useless, fyi)
c) you're assuming your body is actually your body
there's already something unique about us
if we're the ones getting constantly revived
and the rest of the crew ended up in mass graves
we know the admin has a virtually unlimited supply of nanomachines
how the hell else could they be pumping them into the new arrivals?
d) if we're actually still doing this
because you have some compelling reason to refute all that
i'm having you od before i bleed you out
any other way is just stupid
and torture
your veins are gonna be swiss cheese before i get through three liters
and i'll have to start pulling from anywhere i can get the needle in
Edited 2017-10-12 23:49 (UTC)
I don't think so, but I wasn't around when he was really messing with people. So I have no idea what his deal is. I just know he was a jerk, in the hopes of 'motivating' people here to fix broken parts of the town. Made it into some 'game', but people lost fingers if they didn't do well.
You might have some notes down somewhere about him- not sure if your older self kept notes. But he would've been the most likely one to look into all of that, I bet. You could see if you have anything in your message history?
You might have some notes down somewhere about him- not sure if your older self kept notes. But he would've been the most likely one to look into all of that, I bet. You could see if you have anything in your message history?
Mm... okay! I'll have to figure out how to check for notes. I wasn't keeping anything physically, I don't think. At least there wasn't anything in my notebook. Maybe they're on this thing?
We can pose questions to the scrambled ghosts of residents who might simply be hallucinations designed to assist or confuse, and assuming that all residents would be similarly ignorant is a foolish generalisation. The ones who reply now do so within the parameters of the town rules, allowed to 'survive' in some way without being purged, likely because of their ignorance.
These are residents who's bodies are still here, who died in this location, and who might know more about what happened than anyone else. I still believe it's worth the risk, though an overdose would be acceptable.
These are residents who's bodies are still here, who died in this location, and who might know more about what happened than anyone else. I still believe it's worth the risk, though an overdose would be acceptable.
Yeah, they might be on the tablet. If you look at the Messaging app, see if you can find Robert Miller's name- it should keep a history of any contact you've had with him.
You can also check the Notepad app- that might have something in there? But I know I was bad about keeping notes myself, right from the start. I should probably get better about it, but you get so used to cross-referencing with these things. You know you can follow your name on the network to get everything you've posted before, right? Let's see- the Robert Miller game thing happened before I got here, so that'd be before Day 144. You might be able to pinpoint that whole thing a little better that way.
You don't need to look into all this, of course. I just know if I were in the same situation, I'd want to learn as much about what happened as I could. You seem like you're the same way.
You can also check the Notepad app- that might have something in there? But I know I was bad about keeping notes myself, right from the start. I should probably get better about it, but you get so used to cross-referencing with these things. You know you can follow your name on the network to get everything you've posted before, right? Let's see- the Robert Miller game thing happened before I got here, so that'd be before Day 144. You might be able to pinpoint that whole thing a little better that way.
You don't need to look into all this, of course. I just know if I were in the same situation, I'd want to learn as much about what happened as I could. You seem like you're the same way.
[ Gabriel had been checking in every so often with the kid version of House. But after Will popped up on the Arrival post, it became clear that the guy was back to normal. And probably pretty cranky about that death price. Gabriel'd give him something to lash at, if he wanted. ]
Welcome back.
We're on the west side of the new area, probably going to head to that bunker/gate/whatever tomorrow or the next day. Anything you want us to check on?
Welcome back.
We're on the west side of the new area, probably going to head to that bunker/gate/whatever tomorrow or the next day. Anything you want us to check on?
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