[network] @Ecks; In the open [open] [video] evening 156

[ecks]

[She's been thinking about this for days and days now. She's thought about it since House said it was stupid to keep everything a secret and that she'd get more sympathy if she was honest about her age. Since Beckett didn't understand why it was a secret at all. Then since Watson told everyone she was a murderer, but then told Clint she was trying to be a good girl.

Since she ran away from Clint and his people this morning even though he didn't try to hurt her once he knew what she had done to Duster.

She waits until after lockdown just in case they are all wrong and someone will try to find her after this. The video opens with her looking into the camera, her scarf bunched around her neck but her patchwork face clearly on display. Her expression is blank, her voice toneless.]

My name is Ecks and I am not human. I have decided that it is not a secret anymore. I am a golem made out of dead people, but I am a person and that is the part that is important. I am two years old and a few months and I have decided that I do not want to hurt or kill people when I do not have to, and that is also important. Doctor House and Beckett say that it does not matter what I am and I think I would be happy if that is true.

[It seems like there should be more than that to say, but she just stares a moment longer before turning off the camera. She will not bring up the murder if she does not have to.]

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[bywolves]

I'm not looking to fight you either. Nor am I looking to hurt House. [ He wants to. But he can't. He can't risk being reported to the admin. ]

[redrooms]

Yes. Not in quite the same way, but yes, I hurt people. It gets easier, though. Just remember that you always have a choice, Ecks.

[coyoteking]

It's a good rule. Not that easy to keep sometimes, but it's a good one.

I don't know much about Frisk's world, but Frisk seems like a good kid, so it can't be that bad. [Solid logic there.

And then a sudden thought:]

Oh, hey, this is unrelated maybe, but I found some of those fake animals you were looking for.

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[mrcreamsicles]

im weird in my own world thats half the point im making
i know weird when i see it
where im from usually dead things stay dead and theres no fixing it
but some friends and i played this game where that got more complicated
im going to simplify it but theres a few ways things can happen
sometimes you have a spare life called a dream self so if your regular body gets killed you can be revived into that one
or if you die on something called a quest bed youll rise up again with more powers and conditional immortality as something called a god tier
god tiers cant be killed permanently unless their death is heroic or just otherwise they just revive on automatic
sometimes player powers can revive or reverse death
and theres also something called a sprite which is like a fancy game guide that you get by dumping junk into a glowy orb called a kernel
and if you put something into the kernel that was dead itll be alive again
like my friend prototyped his dead nanna
none of it is really what fiction normally considers necromancy though
sprites are like
sort of ghostly?
but not always and some of thats just sprites being weird to begin with

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[rubikscomplex]

[All right, he's amused. In the museum, anyone glancing over might see House wearing a very rare, genuine smile.]

glad you're finally getting sarcasm
also
totally didn't steal
i'm in the museum
which is in the tunnels
guess who got back here and went exploring while you were away, sucker?

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[ecks]

none of that is how it works where I am from
that does not sound like a game?
unless those things are not real
do you mean that is how it happens in a game where you pretend?

[ecks]

Then we do not have to fight each other.

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[mrcreamsicles]

no it was all real
it was a game that affected reality directly
which isnt how most games work but this wasnt the normal kind

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[ecks]

did you sell the cigarettes before or after?
that is what makes it theft or not theft

i will be there soon

[ecks]

made of spiders
swarms of spiders in skin and clothing

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[jumpthegun]

[He doesn't disagree with her, really. He's also not going to point out that contradiction.]

I'm sorting it out, Ecks. You don't need to worry about it. Just know that they're not going to hurt me for it. They know they don't need to. You've got your rules and they're a lot better, definitely. Don't follow their example.

[ecks]

Frisk is a good friend.

[Anything more she might say on the subject is lost, however, in favor of the new topic at hand.]

You found fake animals? How many fake animals? What kinds? I want to see them.

[ecks]

Always. That is important.

[But not as comforting as it might be. She's still afraid to ask and to make herself sound more dangerous, but maybe a little less afraid now.]

Do you ever make bad choices when you are angry? Choices you would not want to make when you are not angry?

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[ecks]

I will not follow their example. Their example is stupid.

Duster says he will not hurt Doctor House again. I do not think I will have to hurt Duster again. I do not want to hurt Duster again. I do not want to hurt people.

[redrooms]

We all do, but the important thing is trying to be better, relying on people to help you.

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[rubikscomplex]

considering i didn't sell them
your point is moot

and good
bring food

[bywolves]

Agreed. That's settled, then.

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[advanced]

It is easier to let yourself be controlled, but you can't allow it. It's the most important thing you'll ever do.

[0thingsonmymind]

*Oh.*

ok ay

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[coyoteking]

[Right, that got her attention.]

I found like, a few. Here, I'll dig them out.

[There's a pause between messages as he fishes them out of his bag. He's had some good luck with these things, actually. When he comes back, it's with a panning video of four stuffed animals: a giraffe, a sheep, an octopus, and a classic teddy bear.]

[bookofnope]

I've met a woman like that once. Though she was definitely aware that that was the case with her... them? Note to self, ascertain the pronoun preferences of werespiders.

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[jumpthegun]

I know. I know you don't want to hurt people and hopefully, everyone else will stay civil now they've learned where some of the boundaries are.

[ecks]

I understand.

[But there are not always other people with her...and Doctor Watson was trying and she did not let him stop her.]

I understand and I am going to keep trying.

[redrooms]

Good luck, Ecks.

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[ecks]

we do not have that in my world

in my world there are many kinds of magic
necromancy is one kind
that is when a dead thing is raised by magic
a golem is when a spirit is bound in a construct
it is a different thing