[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [DAY 394]

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We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:

Alfred Solomons
Royce Melborn
Peter Quill
Tess
Gamora

Comments

[cahooted]

'Quill-bad'? Are you kidding me right now? With the company you kept?

I'm not shutting up! Maybe I can't stop you but I will sure as hell speak up. Oh yeah, you're all so big, you're so above mere human emotions, wow, how impressive. It's so terrible to be decent, such a chore! Look at me, not caring about anyone else! What are you guys even trying to accomplish every time you do this, become the number one citizen of this hellhole? A nice pat on the back from the spiders maybe?

[himalayanyeti]

I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like I'm some kinda saint. I know I'm not. You, though--you've got that high-'n-mighty attitude that makes me want to beat your face in. You think anyone has the fuckin' moral high ground here, asshole? D'you think you're better than the rest of us 'cause you keep all your bad shit private-like? Fuck off.

[cahooted]

Wh-- No, I don't! No, I don't?

[His hands flail up and down in frustration.]

Nobody said anything about being a saint. There's a difference between a high-and-mighty attitude and having a problem with someone making fun over someone else's death.

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[rubikscomplex]

save it carsen
no one cares
because death doesn't mean anything here
take out revivals
maybe they'll start caring again

[cahooted]

Well, I care! And I guess you and Gen and everybody else will just have to deal with that!

If it's easier for you be all callous about it, fine, be my guest. But don't expect everybody to follow suit. Because it means something and it will always mean something. It's horrible and wrong and I don't have to take them out because you could just stop pretending that everybody always revives instead.

[rubikscomplex]

dude
i'm telling you there are better things to get worked up over

[cahooted]

Like what?

[rubikscomplex]

how about the puzzles in the bunker people still haven't worked out?
maybe the fact that there aren't any data ghosts talking out here anymore?
maybe these locked doors we need some kind of permissions for that are probably in the bunker?

at least be productive when you're being outraged
use it for something

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[himalayanyeti]

hate to say it but i agree stop fussing about this start fussing about important shit

[cahooted]

I can multitask.

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[himalayanyeti]

What d'you plan on doin' by turnin' me straight-edge? S'not like I've been talkin' about you. Mind your own business.

[cahooted]

Yeah, but you're talking about my friend.

[A frustrated growl.]

Look, I don't care what you think of Peter, that's between you two, but we really don't need to drag each other after dying! There's gotta be some line here. Don't tell me you wouldn't butt in if you saw someone making fun of Harley like this?

[himalayanyeti]

...Yeah, but--

[Magenta huffs, irritated.]

But Harley's good. There's a difference.

[cahooted]

And I think Peter's good. And I know, I know, you don't agree but some people around here care about him. I care about him.

You don't have to like him but you could at least respect that. These obituaries are the closest thing to a funeral that we have.

[himalayanyeti]

Fuck that! It's only a funeral if they're gone for good. Anythin' less is cheap shit. Death don't mean nothin' around here, and you know that.

[cahooted]

Coming back doesn't make dying any less horrible! It's still painful and traumatic and wrong and I think it's important not to lose sight of that.

Pretending it doesn't matter, that's cheap. That's normalizing pains and horrors and something that should never be treated as something casual.

[himalayanyeti]

Whatever. I know the deal, asshole. I've died here before. Twice! I've gotten the right to do what the fuck I want in regards to folks dyin', I think. Get out of my business.

[cahooted]

Yeah. Whatever.

[Another huff and he angrily cuts the connection.]

[cahooted]

[There's just an utterly frustrated sound somewhere between a growl and a stifled yell, all anger and pain because he is having such a bad day and his leg and his ribs are killing him and his best friend died again and now wants to kill him which really sucks and it's just all a bit much right now.

For a moment it looks like he'll just cut the connection but then his hand hovers angrily over the tablet.]

... What kind of puzzles.

[He's a bit out of the loop.]

[rubikscomplex]

the kinds where you need to figure out how to get the doors open
and how to search under toxic mold
without dying or getting attacked by poisonous, radioactive bugs

[cahooted]

[... Mmh. How to get doors open does sound right up his alley.

Toxic mold and poisonous, radioactive bugs less so, and he's not sure if he can convince Bucky to carry him there under those circumstances.]

Anyone working on the doors I can get in contact with?

[rubikscomplex]

plenty
you might just need to get creative with your contact methods

[Aka, Shadownet is the only thing regularly reaching those people in the bunker.]

Quark was in there last i checked
he's a good assistant
jumpy, too

[cahooted]

[He mellows a bit at that. He likes both Quark and Junpei, that doesn't sound so bad.]

Alright. I'll see what I can do.

[But he's still too upset for niceties today and this is just all a lot right now, so he cuts the feed at this point.]