@309_W1C_2DZ; audio; night 422

[howdull]

[Another body bag, another day.

Sherlock has gone through this enough times now that there's only a brief moment of terror and claustrophobia before he overcomes it and wrestles his way out. He mentally checks himself over for changes - nothing obvious - and then does the same physically - also nothing obvious. Annoying, that means it's likely to be something that will manifest without him being aware of the change.

He checks the network and sees that John and Mycroft both revived several days ago. Interesting. He feels a sudden overwhelming urge to share this with the network at large.]

So, it appears that I've taken rather longer to wake up than my compatriots, I suppose that makes some logical sense given the amount of times that I've been revived, it may take longer to repair me. Much like a car that's had to have multiple repairs and now fails its MOT, perhaps that means I won't be revived many more times if I continue to die.

[Hm, that was a longer ramble than he might have preferred. Death price? Possibly.]

Irrelevant, just theorising. On a more practical note, it would be sensible to compile a public list of the current "resident anomalies", their particular attributes, and their ways of attacking, to make it easier for others to avoid them.

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@jwatson; audio

[jumpthegun]

Where are you?

[He'll get to the rest of it in a moment, but that's the most important.]

[howdull]

There's no reason to sound so concerned, although I suppose it's hypocritical to say as much given my reciprocated concern for you. And Mycroft, I suppose.

[Oh dear God, no. So that's his price, spewing sentiment rubbish?]

I mean to say that I'm in the cultist funeral home, and I obviously can't leave until morning.

[jumpthegun]

[That answers that question, then. Tactfully, John isn't going to press at it.]

Funeral home. Right. I'm up at the convenience store in Residential Zone. I can head your way. Thinking it might be a good idea to head toward the Bunker. If we can keep the anomalies out of there, it should be the safest place in town.

[howdull]

It might be better to attempt to corral and trap the anomalies than make ourselves a sitting target by barricading ourselves in a place we cannot remain in for long. We've trapped anomalies before, why not again? And these ones would be much more interesting to keep imprisoned, given that they're capable of communication.

@guardian; text;

[phaseshifter]

I hope you have better luck compiling a list of anomaly copies than I did! ://// Here are the ones I've encountered:

Angel anomaly:
- Not intentionally aggressive, but still dangerous
- Capable of communicating, can be reasoned with to an extent
- Not immediately recognisable as being me. Looks kinda like this: anomaly.jpg
- Touching her (or vice versa) leaves crystals of eridium in your flesh at the point of contact; message me to get them removed without having to cut them out
- Leaves trails of glowing purple liquid (slag) that should be avoided if possible
- If you can't avoid touching the slag, avoid extreme temperatures until the nausea and weakness subsides (as much as possible, I mean! Try not to directly touch the snow or anything)

 

Beckett anomaly:
- Highly dangerous and aggressive
- Can communicate, but I still wouldn't recommend approaching him no matter how much the original Beckett likes you. He's really messed up, it's awful
- DO NOT LET HIM TOUCH YOU
- Seriously a light brush felt like, Iunno? Those last few breaths before you die?? It hurts it's horrible don't let him do it
- Being near him seems to induce some level of halluinatory effects? Like really vivid flashbacks of terrible things
- On that note you'll probably smell him before you see him: if you smell dead things, GET AWAY ASAP


Both caused nosebleeds as per usual, but not unconsciousness.

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[howdull]

Thank you, that's very useful and well compiled.

I can add to this:

Flynn anomaly:
- Appears friendly and is capable of communication
- Will attack without provocation
- Looks much like Flynn, with added appendages made of flowers, vines, and other plant life
- Has killed four people (confirmed), possibly more. Extremely dangerous.

[phaseshifter]

H...uh. I was figuring that the copies were getting abilities that were somehow significant to the original, but maybe not??
I mean if I'd had to guess what Flynn's copy would be like I'd have thought
Iunno
That he'd throw books at people or something, I guess? Dumb, but you get what I mean! Though maybe plants ARE somehow significant??

@librarian if you're around
Do you have a really nice garden back home or something? Or an exceptionally awesome collection of potted plants, maybe??

[howdull]

To my knowledge, the plants seemed mostly a means to an end, a way to create life in a land that has been barren for too long.

That may fit with a tendency towards restoration, though I admit that it's a stretch.

@librarian; text

[cahooted]

Okay first of all I have never thrown a book at anyone in my life but I see your point.

I do have a degree in botany and I think plants are really great.

And my mom had a lot of plants and she showed me how to take care of them, sometimes we'd work in the garden together. Definitely an awesome collection of potted plants, yes.

I mean, plants are really great? When they're not trying to kill people, I mean.

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[cahooted]

Do you remember what kind of plants? Could you identify any of them?

[Look, John wouldn't tell him.]

Did they seem to be affected by the cold at all?

[howdull]

Primarily various types of vine. None were affected by the cold.

[He doesn't mind answering these questions, and he has to even if he does mind.]

@hexappeal; text;

[sleight_of_fate]

Can confirm Angel copy: she touched me on the arm and I got nauseous and a nosebleed, but didn't knock me out and I was able to run. She can get angry very, very quickly, though. Be careful of that, but I don't think she wants to kill.

[howdull]

Do you remember what you said in order to trigger her temper? Such information may be useful for the future.

[sleight_of_fate]

She was dripping that eridium crap, the stuff that's poisonous, and when I tried to move away from her, she got angry at me for not wanting to touch her. I said we needed to get her help, and she said I "wasn't being very helpful" by moving away from her.

[He's reminded of all the hugs he's given the real Angel, and it hurts his heart a little bit.]

So I think it was the rejection. She touched me, and it fucked up my arm, and I ran.

@magenta2; text

[himalayanyeti]

so the theme here seems to be dont touch em. do you have any inside knowlege on your weak points. maybe your soft spot never went away or maybe the slag hurts it? also whats eridium

[phaseshifter]

Oh um well actually
She doesn't seem to HAVE any weak spots? Squalo sawed through half her freaking neck and she just healed right back up. Because eridium has restorative effects on sirens, I guess. I should probably have put that in the write-up :///
You could go for emotional weaknesses?? Guilt would probably be pretty effective.
If you make her mad, just fake a crying fit or something and run if she tries to hug you better!!

Oh and eridium is an extremely rare and valuable substance found on Pandora
It forms in violet crystals and has a lot of interesting applications! Especially in regards to weaponry. It's neat. ♥

@hotstud_xxx; voice-to-text

[rubikscomplex]

Gray anomaly

Dangerous and aggressive.

Communicates just fine.

Talks like a killer out of a bad horror movie.

Don't get near him. He's made of electricity and can jump inside you. Graham got a premier experience.

Rubber can stop him traveling around, so try to get some of that on you if you can.

Alternates between moving super fast and jumping around without making much progress.

He can't technically see like normal. He sees static and electricity, instead, like some of us saw during the first tablet seance. Might be useful if we can get corral him for using.

[howdull]

[That's pretty interesting, he'd like to see an anomaly jump inside someone.]

When the anomaly jumps inside a victim, do they immediately die, or does the anomaly take them over from the inside?

Additionally, do you believe a prison of rubber might be capable of containing him?

[rubikscomplex]

He jumped inside Graham. He's still alive and ticking. Assuming there's probably some brain damage in there, but nothing that's affected his cognitive skills or motor function. It wasn't like he was a zombie, either, he just started shaking like he was being electrocuted.

Rubber prison would probably work. He couldn't get past one of those rubber gloves you use for dish washing, so he's not that powerful. Maybe we could do something with condoms if we had enough of them.

@Aigis, text

[athenashand]

If we have not encountered an anomaly, but have reason to think that we may have one of our own, would it be beneficial to contribute information about ourselves that may be relevant?

[It seems like some of them reflect certain things about the...originals.]

[howdull]

There's not enough data to answer that accurately one way or the other currently; however, it may prove useful and I won't discourage it.

[athenashand]

Yes, you're right. I will try to avoid too much speculation on the details.

My body is made primarily of metal, and contains an array of weapons. Many of my parts were disabled upon arrival, but they could be made to function again with the right tools, and they would be quite dangerous in the wrong hands.

I have electrical components which could interrupt my functions if they are disrupted.

[It's difficult to continue with the next part... But she should, at least by the sounds of Angel's anomaly and its similarities to her.]

I sometimes feel envious of humans. I think such negative feelings could also be very dangerous in an anomaly.

These are the details that I believe are most likely to arise in an anomaly that was copied from me.

@theiceman, audio

[holmesice]

[He's alive. Mycroft's not even going to pretend there's any semblance of keeping up appearances here, he's bloody relieved and he doesn't care if anyone sees.]

The bees complete their stone house.

[Except he's still got his death price. Ah. Right.]

[howdull]

[What now?

It doesn't take much to figure out this has to be a death price, but what kind of death price? Speaking in nonsensical riddles?]

I suppose I am the bees in this analogy?

[holmesice]

[Good luck, brother dear.]

Ridiculous pastries.

[Mycroft is certain that Sherlock can...probably figure it out, but his leaps of logic are so tangential it might very well be a miracle if anyone can.]