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

[astrometry]

There's a long pause as Jade's mind figures out what to say next. Usually they're fighting by now -- sickle swinging, rifle out, battering each other to pieces. But this is talking, such as a friend might do. Casual conversation.

"If I remember you run away no gotdammit beaten up pretty badly." It's a glitch, her body's trying to do both things at once so it comes out mangled and run together. If he could see her face, he'd see it drawn up in concentration, uncertainty. "Did you come back to let me do it again i told you not to come for me, huh?"

[selfkismesis]

There she is-- there she is. He can hear here, and Karkat fucking knows she's still there. So he keeps talking.

"Frankly, I'm fucking tired of fighting you. It's total bullshit, and neither one of us is ever going to win. I'm not even here to fight-- I'm never here to fight. I'm just here for you, and I'm going to keep being here for you until you come back with me." Karkat pauses, his shoulders tensed. He's never had the chance to say so many words before without getting shot at. But he keeps going.

"Dave's waiting for you. Sollux too. We all are."

[astrometry]

"Yyyyyy-you're waiting for me?"

The voice is incredulous; whatever tension there was in the hand that grasps his shoulder completely dissipates. Jade Harley is fighting back against her programming, even though she knows that she'll be punished for it; the hiss of displeasure is already in the back of her mind.

get back here you are my program and i am your
Mother
i Made You you can't escape from me

"I-- Iiiii I-- I--" The glitch happens again, and she's stuck repeating the same word over and over.

[selfkismesis]

He steps away, turning to face her. His sickle's down, and he's offering his free hand to her.

"Come on, Jade. It's time to go home." Karkat's surprised how tired he sounds.

[astrometry]

home isn't real you little bitch get back here She's waiting for you Stop Listening to Him home isn't real

"Home isn't real Karkat it hurts and she can't jade's busy now I want to see my friends agathey've died and left you alone!"

[selfkismesis]

He's losing her to her programing, but the fact that he made contact at all is a massive success. It means there's hope for future contact, be it through him or Dave or John. Karkat considers this a success. A small one, but definitely a success.

"You'll see us again, whether you come with me or not. Because we're not going to give up on you, Jade. It's not going to fucking happen, and you and your programing and Hypatia need to deal with it."

[astrometry]

"Give up give up on me, please just go home--"

But then her brain's gone into override and the human functions are shoved in a corner as she pulls out a rifle and aims for his head, intending to kill.

[selfkismesis]

He's already moving before she gets the rifle out, tossing bombs and bear traps in her general direction as a distraction as he absconds. Karkat Vantas: The Bear Trap Master.