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[Full, unadulterated consciousness -- something he hasn't had for many solar sweeps -- was a rude awakening. When the navigation code's electronic lullabys were replaced by the pain of severed biowires, he screamed.

[He tried to. But his ill-used voice was only a grating sound and hacking coughs. Computer systems aren't supposed to scream, but this is a resurfacing of simple, protein-based primal instincts. Speaking of protein, there goes his liquid lunch. It's tinted with the dull gold color of his blood. He chokes on the taste of his panic.

[Unable to lift his atrophied limbs, he tries moving his body with his psionics. But the pain of biowires trailing exposed nerves makes him scream in silence again. He writhes on the table, throwing red and blue light every which way. Instruments fly, appliances are destroyed, and windows shatter.

[As he wrecks the room, the mirror activates and begins playing its welcome message. He's not calm enough to listen, but he knows a communications device when he sees it. He quickly hijacks the easy-to-use interface. He can't move his hands, but psionically typing on the touchscreen is second-nature. So is hacking.

[He activates all mirrors and any other technological communications devices within the city. Without leave, his text dashes across the screens.]

Helmsman System to Battleship Condescension
Helmsman System to Battleship Condescension
HELMSMAN SYSTEM HAS BEEN COMPROMISED
Connection status: No direct connection available
Coordinates: UNKNOWN
Planet: UNKNOWN
Star system: UNKNOWN
No hostiles detected as of this message.

Requesting assistance from any and all intelligent life-forms.
Property of Her Imperious Condescension must be returned immediately, or face severe consequences.
Error: Cannot establish connection with Battleship Condescension
Will retry ii
Error: 01010111 01100001 01101011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01110101 01110000 00101110
Error: Ψ 01101001 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100011
Oh 2hiit
Oh 2hiit 2hiit iit hurt2 FUCK
Where am ii
Plea2e help me
Wiire2 2tiickiing out everywhere
IIt hurt2!!
Where the fuck am ii??
Where2 the 2hiip??
Where ii2 2HE?!?!
Oh 2hiit 2he2 goiing two cull u2 all!!
IIt2 all my fault!! Get out whiile you stiill can!!
01010010 01110101 01101110 00100000 01110010 01110101 01101110 00100000 01001110 01001111 01010111 00100001 00100001
Help me 2iignle22
01010011 01001001 01000111 01001110 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011
01000001 01001110 01001111 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01010011 01001001 01000111 01001110 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011 00100000 01010111 01001111 01010101 01001100 01000100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000101 00101100 00100000 01001000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01001100 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010100 01001001 01001101 01000101 01010011 00101110
WARNING: Bad code
Unable to handle paging request at
fan-proverbial(21117): 2hiit
local_optic_count[2] optics_running[0]
STATE: corrupt data

Error: Cannot restart system
Manual reboot required

WARNING: Please connect to a proper energy probe, or insert helmsman liquid nutrition formula.

[He's the kind of helmsman that isn't supposed to be removed. His mind and body shut down from the pain, and he falls into the first true sleep he's had in a long time.]

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Psii. Oh dear light, Psii, please, where are you? I'll come to you, it's okay, you're going to be okay...

[Kind of passed out now, but the presence of his friends may help. See you soon!]

[She's just going to be running after Signless to go find Psii, yelling at him to wait for her.]

You're goiing two need 2omewhere two put hiim when he'2 better. These 2hared apartment2 may not be good enough. 2tay wiith hiim untiil he'2 fully healed, II can fiind another place two move iin the meantiime. II'm pretty 2ure II have enough wiith me for that iif you wii2h.

i've b33n putting some money aside from my job to get us a new place anyway
you're right, he'll n33d somewhere more comfortable
where he can f33l calm and safe
i'll help with finding a new hive if you n33d help looking
i just n33d to stay with him until we're sure he's going to be okay

II'll be waiitiing then. Let me know iif there'2 anythiing II can do.

i don't know, psii
i don't know what to do
what they've done to him...
it's terrible, and we don't know how d33p the damage goes

II can't pretend two have any fuckiing iidea what'2 goiing on, but don't cry. IIt'2 goiing two be ok.

they turned him into a helmsman
a machine, a computer to power their spaceships

i don't...
i don't know if it can be okay

[Good call on the crying, Psii, because although he can't see her, tears are streaming down her face by this point.]

He'2 here, ii2n't he? They wouldn't briing 2omeone here two diie, they need our help. Don't get all pe22iimii2tiic on me now, that'2 my job.

yes
yes, you're right
he's here now
we'll look after him

but oh light how could anyone do this

You'd be able two an2wer that better than II. Ju2t calm down kiitty. Beiing worked up wiill get you no where.

it won't
but it's so hard s33ing him like this

At lea2t he'2 aliive.

at least...
at least he is
i was praying he'd join us here
but i never thought it would be like this

No matter how many tiime2 II tell you not two worry 2o, you're not goiing two lii2ten two me.

How many room2 wiill we need iin a hou2e?

i'm sorry
i'm trying not to
it's just really hard right now

uhm
i don't know
we never lived in a hive before

We could get the bare miiniimum, or we could get an extra room iin ca2e of other2 arriiviing that would wii2h two joiin u2. Depend2 on what we can afford at the moment and where we'd wii2h two move.

four rooms then?
you, psii, me and signless, and one more just in case?
maybe rosa will show up
yours or ours
we'll make it work somehow
i'll take another job if i have to
i don't really mind where we go...just not too close to any large bodies of water?
that's probably where the seadwellers will be

2peciifiically avoiidiing the water wiill make iit harder two fiind a place. And a2 II would per2onally avoiid the 2outh Dii2triict for obviiou2 rea2on2, that only leave2 u2 wiith the optiion of fiindiing a place on the 2tep2 a2 the other one2 are eiither by water or two expen2iive.

i could k33p us safe if we HAD to stay in the south district
but i think we'd all be happier in the steps
do you think we can manage that?

Beiing 2afe really ii2n't what II wa2 mo2t concerned about. IIt would be more annoyiing than anythiing. And wiith our money combiined, we could probably afford 2omethiing there. Maybe a three bedroom ju2t two be 2afe for now, we can 2hare room2 or move later iif we have two.

you're right
it would be better that way
and really me and signless and psii - the other psii - are used to sharing
the few times we had a roof over our heads
so it should be fine
whatever happens

Edited 2012-09-07 10:04 (UTC)

II've no problem wiith 2hariing eiither iif another come2 along, 2o iit'll work out.

We can 2tart lookiing later when you're done there.

that's good to hear :33

[seeing as he complains so much when she barges into his room or attaches herself to him]

all right
it might be a while though

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