Dark Future Meme

[notyourchauffeur]

Ten years later, humanity and the synthetic life on the station are at odds
Hypatia has inducted as many citizens of Sacrosanct into a private military and launched
an all-out war against organic life and the people of Asphodel.
Some were kept on the station as captives, some escaped down planet-side
to become part of the resistance, and countless others were re-purposed into
Hypatia's willing slaves.

Now, tensions are at a peak and both sides are preparing for a throwdown. Skirmishes break out on the station and planet. Many of Hypatia's prisoners have been freed, but many more have fallen to the clutches of reprogramming.

Where will you be?


How this works:
-If you are synthetic or part-synthetic, OR if you have special armor (Looking at you, Spartans, Troncast, EVERY ROBOT EVER) you are a target for re-purpose.
You can still have escaped down to the planet, but she'll be after you. Going to the station is dangerous, once you enter her wide-area-network you are at risk of being hacked

-If you are fully organic, you are either dead, kept prisoner and made to work on the station, or part of the resistance on Asphodel.

-Anything in-between? You decide. Be creative with this.

-Fill out the form below to give us an idea of what your character is up to, what happened to them etc. Thread with each other! RP it out!

-Also, bring in your extra journals! There won't be the same people on the station ten years from now! If you're planning to app someone, or just have something interesting lying around, toss them in!

<B>Name:</B> (Derp or Derpina.) <B>Current location:</B> (Where are they? Sacrosanct? Asphodel?) <B>Current Physical Appearance:</B> (What do they look like now? ) <B>Summary:</B> (Tell us the story. How did they get to this point? What happened to them? What are they like?

Comments

almost crying

[nyctophobias]

She appreciates it, from wherever she is.

[princeofhope]

He curls up a little, fuuuck he would have questioned that. "You know I've got this bad side, If someone tried t'come an' grab me from that side I'd probably flip the fuck out an' try t'harm them.... an' most likely kill them. It would probably be a bad idea if someone of ours decided t'try to say hi t'my blind side."

[supernova1006]

He studies him for a moment in silence, looking at the supplies in his hands. Ever helpful, even today.

Jin misses him. Ten years is such a short time in the grand scheme of things, and yet Jin has always been acutely aware of how important mere seconds are. Ten whole years.

He shrugs.

"Thought I should say hello." He looks at the supplies again. "Need help?"

[gamzgrewup]

Gamzee hits him square in the chest, claws outstretched, mouth open and aiming again for his prey's throat. He keeps his teeth sharp, the better to bite through thick magmaworm skin.

They all die so beautifully when you get the throat just right.

[selfkismesis]

He places her inside the thingyescapewhatever, buckles her up, and paps his forehead against hers.

"I've got one thing left to do, and we can go." With that, he's out the door, setting up their escape, remotely detonating the various bombs he placed before embarking on his mission. It'll either take out some bots or distract them, both of which buys him time. He's so goddamn glad he took this mission alone. Trying to organize a speedy trip with a large group would have been a nightmare.

With about half a minute to spare, he's back with Buffy, sending them back to the planet. Karkat knows she won't notice, but this trip has always been so ridiculously uncomfortable to him. He holds her hand.

[gamzgrewup]

He snarls again from the ceiling. No fun. His prey isn't showing fear. Annoying.

He flashsteps and snarls, making the sound echo. A few stones tumble to the ground from the ceiling. Then he lets things fall silent, reappearing in absolute silence behind Karkat.

[selfkismesis]

"Don't carry weapons around when you think assholes are going to say hi." PROBLEM. SOLVED.

[pariahdom]

Having a troll so much bigger and so much heavier than you slam into you and get ready to slice your throat to ribbons? It's not fun. He knew he had only a small opportunity to do this. He had one last chance to try to sway him over the right direction.

He really has nothing to live for, it seems. Man, he had a good run... for the most part. He had quadrants for the longest time, he did great things with them, man.... that's pretty sw---

Oh right, so he literally began slapping him in the face in an attempt to pap him. Well... it's close enough, right?

[princeofhope]

"I wasn't speakin' literally, I meant out when we're fightin'." Legit rolling an eye right now.

[selfkismesis]

"Then I'll send you on solo missions." Karkat has two eyes. He can doubleroll.

[princeofhope]

Well. Rude. "I appreciate it, but I'm also feelin' like I'm in some rut or somethin'."

[justamobster]

"Sorry, I never wanted--" That... doesn't really matter anymore, though. He just sighs, leans forward to prop his forehead on one hand. "If you manage that, doll, I won't even put up a fight."

He's not sure what she means about not seeing much. Can he really just leave it at this? Can he really turn around and go back to that hellhole of a space station with just her voice to go on? If he never sees her again, can he be content with just this?

No. He can't. He isn't. He's going to seek her out again otherwise.

Hypatia can fuck herself. He reaches up to his cybernetic eye, summons up a good helping of electricity in the same hand and zaps the hell out of the thing, until the vision dies off on one side.

It's going to leave him open on one side until he gets back to the station and it hurts like hell. But he is not compromising Toby just because he needs to see her, know she's there.

He stands then, slips out from behind the rock, and his breath hitches when he gets a good look at her. God, she's changed so much and yet so little at the same time.

[selfkismesis]

Karkat doesn't answer. His silence is practically shouting EXPLAIN YOURSELF for him.

[notthatbuffy]

She doesn't really register being left alone, or when he comes back and takes her hand. Her programming is under a lot of strain. She isn't built for long range. By the time they're almost landed, she's taken to murmuring "searching for network, network not found," every few seconds. Which is probably kind of annoying.

Still, if he just leaves her at Sollux's mercy for a few hours...

Well, she won't be instantly back to the way she was, but the programming will be cleared, and she'll be able to wake up.

soon soon soon soon awake soon...

[princeofhope]

"Because it's not fuckin' obvious I'm havin' trouble keepin' my last quadrant an' I'm not even feelin' like I'm fit t'be out in the world anymore an' I can't come up with any fuckin' plans that are actually useful." He grumbled, god he's so glad he can talk to Karkat about some of this stuff like this. "Though I already did whine about the injuries an' shit, but I'm serious. Th'last three plans I tried t'come up with ended in total failure. I'm the god damned sea troll, I should have this expertise encoded in my blood. The late Orphaner was as fuckin' great at them, if not better."

[agentdork]

[ He just looks at them both for a long moment, shoulders tight and jaw clenched.

It's not like that. They don't get how it is, not without him in their heads. He's a person, yeah, but he's data too and data can be uncorrupted.

They've had this same fight over and over and he usually just gives it up with a fine, fine, but he doesn't want to, not right now. ]

Don't get how all of you are just okay. Being like this.

[ He drags a hand through his hair, just looking at them, circles under his eyes. ]

Spent more time running and hiding in the last half of my life than I ever fucking expected to.

[ And it's true, too. He'd spent time with Delta, hiding and running and trying his best to remain under the radar. And then with this-- he's tired of running. He can't sleep, he can't think half the time, and much as he loves the other two, this is wearing him ragged and thin. ]

[selfkismesis]

It's after his attention. That much is obvious when the rocks start falling. So while Karkat continues to walk, he finally shouts, "SHUT UP, I KNOW YOU'RE FUCKING AROUND." He doesn't notice the massiveass troll behind him.

[hedgehogengine]

Sonic had a feeling that answer was coming, and when it comes, it's immediately apparent exactly how he feels about it.

"So you just want me to freakin' give up on the guys that are still there? That station is huge, she's gonna pull up stakes and move them somewhere else and we'll never find them again!

"Where the hell's all that 'we should do more raids' crap you're always talking about?!"

[selfkismesis]

Karkat's already standing before Sonic's finished speaking, getting his shout on.

"I'm talking about more raids that aren't terribly planned and fucking stupid! There's no point rushing in there ass first, and losing more idiots than we save!"

[balancetheblood]

She hears it, the electricity, his movement. Her sword's held low - easy to whip up if necessary, but not actually threatening anyone or anything yet. Her eyes look fine and healthy, thanks to the glamour, and they're flicking back and forth as if she's looking for the source of the sound, but...

Well, they don't focus on anything.

"Ladon?" she asks cautiously. "You're gonna have to reassure me all that noise wasn't you getting shock collared or something, 'cause you're being awful quiet all the sudden and it's kind of making me nervous."

[gamzgrewup]

The slaps do little except to annoy him even more, but they are keeping him from the goal of the soft throat. So when a hand comes at him again, he jerks forward and bites, jaws closing like a bear trap around the offending fingers.

[selfkismesis]

"Got it." He holds his hand out as if to say gimme.

[hows_the_knee]

[Sarah snorts, exhausted and bitter, letting her hands fall away from him.]

Yeah. Because it's just a bed of roses for the rest of us, you know.

[She backs away, sitting down heavily on a chair and resting her head in her hands, fingers buried in her hair.]

Because this is really what I want to be doing. It's not like it's exactly what I've been fighting against my whole life or anything.

[She looks up at him, the bags under her eyes as dark as his.]

What the fuck do you want us to say, York? I'm sorry about Delta. I am. But we can't get him back.

[gamzgrewup]

The distraction works. The monster grins to himself, edges closer and then reaches out with just one hand to try and snag the back of his prey's neck. He doesn't want to kill this one so quickly--that spoils all the fun--but startling him and hearing his screams would be wonderful.

This one's so angry and fierce. He wants to see this one brought down and terrified.

[justamobster]

Now that little, off-hand comment makes sense. It's like a knife to the gut, because he may be part machine now, but he can still tell magic when he sees it, especially when it winds up being relatively ineffective at this close distance.

Oh Toby.

"No collar, just me. I'm gonna come closer, all right?" And as he does, he takes her hand, guides it up to his face where she can feel the difference between the warm flesh of his cheek and cold metal where the eye implant starts. "Disabled my eye. She can see through it when it's workin'. Good thing I'm pretty damn defective, yeah?"

His sense of humor is still pretty terrible.