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hadriel_logs2018-07-20 09:13 am
hardwearing) wrote in hadriel_logs2018-07-20 09:13 am
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[ closed ] * Agent Washington is now known as Agent Bad Decisions.
Who: Wash, Alphys, Name, RvB cast, Kyna, Lance, Julie, Margaery, Lup (+ more???)
What: Science experiments... Wash asks Name to do him a little favor and everyone gets angry. (More details under the cut.)
Where: the labs, Bluehaus, various people's apartments...... all over, really.
When: backdated to 7/15 or so?
Warnings: Spoilers: everything goes fine and everyone involved is safe but his friends are gonna be PISSED OFF, so rage and language, likely discussion of past mental trauma/torture/mind control/etc.
[ During the Null invasion, Wash found out the hard way that he was vulnerable to them in a different manner than most of the city. At least, he hadn't heard of it happening to anyone else, and this wasn't the kind of thing you advertised as being possible on the network -- the first thing the Null will check if they come back. No, he asked around quietly, he listened for gossip, and trusted it'd get back to him if someone else had been a puppet for the Null. Their personal killing machine, a toy they would have just discarded when its batteries ran down. There was precedent for it, of course -- AIs back home could do it too, take control of someone through their implant like that -- but Wash hadn't been ready for it here. Now? Now he knows. He swore to himself that when they came back he'd be prepared, and then his friends had arrived and the need increased sixfold.
They've been working on this project for awhile now. It hasn't been easy with how people come and go. Most of the volunteers Wash got initially have left the city since, but everyone provided a piece of the puzzle and maybe, finally, they're ready to be put together. Epsilon's code and Alphys' interface are both complete, and hopefully? It'll actually work. To hide the implant's signature entirely, or at least provide some protection to the hacking. He's heading to the labs now to have Alphys install it, but that's not enough.
He needs to test it, before sticking it into everyone else's heads. Before they start running around in armor during an attack thinking they're protected. And he has a way to do that. Name.
When he first signed on to help the little lost robot, he hadn't actually trusted it. It had been a strategic decision more than anything. But now it's been months they've spent in its company, and it hasn't hurt anyone. Hasn't sent a signal home. Seems to be developing a sense of self, and even wants to actively help them now rather than just being lonely and scared. Wash's paranoia whispers to him that it could be a long con, but... it's very convincing. He feels like it's safe enough to ask Name if it can get in. If it can't, great. They're still not completely in the clear, since the Null adapt to every obstacle put in front of them, but at least it'll prevent them from immediately becoming the puppet space marine death squad. If it can... well, a tiny dragon with a taser isn't the best safety net but it should work to get Name back out of his head. Worst case scenario it gets in and does try to control him, but a zap will get it out and then they'd know it's not trustworthy after all.
Wash heads to the labs out of armor just in case, nervous but oddly hopeful. He's not usually an optimistic person, but this has gotta work, right? It needs to work. There's too much at risk for it not to. He isn't even thinking about how it's going to backfire on him, but he hasn't told anyone what he's doing. Playing the guinea pig to keep them all safe, because if he said anything he'd be revealing he knows where Name is and they'd all line up to play tribute. They'd try to stop him but it needs to be done and he won't risk them. He's been through this already, after all. He can hack it.
Right? ]
(( ooc: I'm up for fallout threads with anyone interested, hmu @![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
cuddlebug for a closed starter. Please note again that nobody is getting hurt and Name's safety isn't going to be compromised, but if you want your character to have found out we can work you in. ))
What: Science experiments... Wash asks Name to do him a little favor and everyone gets angry. (More details under the cut.)
Where: the labs, Bluehaus, various people's apartments...... all over, really.
When: backdated to 7/15 or so?
Warnings: Spoilers: everything goes fine and everyone involved is safe but his friends are gonna be PISSED OFF, so rage and language, likely discussion of past mental trauma/torture/mind control/etc.
[ During the Null invasion, Wash found out the hard way that he was vulnerable to them in a different manner than most of the city. At least, he hadn't heard of it happening to anyone else, and this wasn't the kind of thing you advertised as being possible on the network -- the first thing the Null will check if they come back. No, he asked around quietly, he listened for gossip, and trusted it'd get back to him if someone else had been a puppet for the Null. Their personal killing machine, a toy they would have just discarded when its batteries ran down. There was precedent for it, of course -- AIs back home could do it too, take control of someone through their implant like that -- but Wash hadn't been ready for it here. Now? Now he knows. He swore to himself that when they came back he'd be prepared, and then his friends had arrived and the need increased sixfold.
They've been working on this project for awhile now. It hasn't been easy with how people come and go. Most of the volunteers Wash got initially have left the city since, but everyone provided a piece of the puzzle and maybe, finally, they're ready to be put together. Epsilon's code and Alphys' interface are both complete, and hopefully? It'll actually work. To hide the implant's signature entirely, or at least provide some protection to the hacking. He's heading to the labs now to have Alphys install it, but that's not enough.
He needs to test it, before sticking it into everyone else's heads. Before they start running around in armor during an attack thinking they're protected. And he has a way to do that. Name.
When he first signed on to help the little lost robot, he hadn't actually trusted it. It had been a strategic decision more than anything. But now it's been months they've spent in its company, and it hasn't hurt anyone. Hasn't sent a signal home. Seems to be developing a sense of self, and even wants to actively help them now rather than just being lonely and scared. Wash's paranoia whispers to him that it could be a long con, but... it's very convincing. He feels like it's safe enough to ask Name if it can get in. If it can't, great. They're still not completely in the clear, since the Null adapt to every obstacle put in front of them, but at least it'll prevent them from immediately becoming the puppet space marine death squad. If it can... well, a tiny dragon with a taser isn't the best safety net but it should work to get Name back out of his head. Worst case scenario it gets in and does try to control him, but a zap will get it out and then they'd know it's not trustworthy after all.
Wash heads to the labs out of armor just in case, nervous but oddly hopeful. He's not usually an optimistic person, but this has gotta work, right? It needs to work. There's too much at risk for it not to. He isn't even thinking about how it's going to backfire on him, but he hasn't told anyone what he's doing. Playing the guinea pig to keep them all safe, because if he said anything he'd be revealing he knows where Name is and they'd all line up to play tribute. They'd try to stop him but it needs to be done and he won't risk them. He's been through this already, after all. He can hack it.
Right? ]
(( ooc: I'm up for fallout threads with anyone interested, hmu @