FRACTAL 2024/11/16(Sat)14:08 No. 1099847 ID: 10bc9b
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There is a person in the mirror. That's all that can really be observed right now.

SYSTEM NOTE: HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF UNAUTHORIZED USE
PROBABLE CIRCUMSTANCE: USER [GLAIVE] DECEASED.
RECOMMEND: DEPLOY DEATH BEACON

[UNIDENTIFIED USER] "Sorry, WHAT—"

The person is unhappy. They are pleading with the mirror, and therefore, probably, with us.

ALL TETHERED UNITS, PLEASE PROVIDE INPUT ON DESIRED COURSE OF OPERATION:

UNIDENTIFIED USER] "Whoa! Whoa! Okay, wait, hang on! Do we need to be, um, deploying something called a "DEATH BEACON?!" Like, really truly from the bottom of your heart?"

Memory fails, but the DEATH BEACON sounds correct.

[A] Deploy DEATH BEACON [B] Identify current user [Initiate direct neural contact] [C] Identify current user [Scan connected fleshdata, social media, neural storage, etc.] [D] Scan for USER: [GLAIVE] [E]___________

FRACTAL 2024/11/16(Sat)14:08 No. 1099848 ID: 10bc9b
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[UNIDENTIFIED USER] "OKAY WAIT! Wait! Oh my god what the FUCK does that mean, are the dead people in my eyeball like — putting things to a vote — um —"

The person in the mirror has drawn much closer. They make their voice very high, and bright, and pretty.

[UNIDENTIFIED USER] "Okay hi. Hi! Hi, haunted eyeball! Hi. Can we please not pick the option that's called DEATH BEACON? Can we discuss this as a team?"

Let's say a nice, non-invasive hello! [B], initiate neural contact.

NEW FRACTAL QUEST WE'RE SO BACK‼️

ahem. let's do this by the book. [A] deploy that DEATH BEACON, boss.

[C] i'd like to snoop!

E. death beacon

i made a typo. A. death beacon

Warning. [A] Would be most unadivised, considering how we have no information of our current situation other than that this user has somehow activated us. This voice recomends that we should analyze this user, then search for Glaive, ergo: [C] or [D]. Both, if possible.

nah sorry it's a [DEATH BEACON] for me

[B]

[A] We should absolutely deploy DEATH BEACON. I mean, it just sounds correct!

oh we're for sure [C] scan this person's fleshdata and social media. Identify the heck out of this unauthorized user!

DEATH BEACON might be premature. We do not have enough information. Biodata is needed. We should initiate direct neural contact

[B]

[B]
You have 30 seconds to explain exactly why it is that we should listen to your annoying clown looking ass.

Sorry about this, but I think we're supposed to make you die.
Because one of our statistics is the number of times you've died. (That's currently 0.)

Hi! Don't know why you'd grab some guy's spooky eyeball and pop it in like a gummy jawbreaker, but you seem nice enough for us to play parley. [B]

DEATH BEACON!

I'm sorry, did you *steal* us? Did you *kill* Glaive? Oh! Oh! Death beacon!

[B] hold off on the DEATH BEACON for a second, let's see how much we can fuck this jabronie up with some good ol' direct neural interfacing first

[C]
Orientate and then act!

Also load info on DEATH BEACON capabilities to TETHERED UNITS.

We should initiate neural contact. It'll probably be fun or go really badly. [B]

sorry. death beacon be upon ye

[B]. We need to know who this is and where USER [GLAIVE] is.

That's a [B] from me, I think we might also be death beaconed if we were to deploy it

Mmm stab em in the brain metaphorically [B]

No death beacon. YET

Death! Beacon! Death! Beacon!

D and A simultaneously.
I want death beacon and information, and I want it now.

Ahahahaha. Ehhh, let's give 'em a chance before we deploy a DEATH BEACON hahaha, whatever that is.

[B] I guess, or possibly [C] if we want to be probably safer.

[C] There are gaps in our knowledge. Maximize data collection.

start with C, i guess, but this is looking like a death beacon angle

[A]
System recommends, and I do like a recommendation in an unclear situation.

>>1099900
Agreed we need more data

[A] Deploy DEATH BEACON.... and then snoop on their social media for funsies

What exactly... is the DEATH BEACON? Oh shit I didn't mean to say DEATH BEACON! Oh fuck I said it again I'm so sorry

[c]! let's have a look at their social media and see what's up

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:20 No. 1099933 ID: 10bc9b
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Enough of us want to speak that the shell cracks. Our tethers hit open air. This user’s mind is light, bright, airy. A bit roomy, to speak frankly, compared to some dim sense memory we share of how things were before.

We can see them and they can see us. It sparks a new wave of panic.

[DEZ] What the fuck? Why are so many of you saying DEATH BEACON?!
[DEZ] WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS?!
[DEZ] I HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT TOTALLY SWEET TO YOU!!!

>Hi! Don't know why you'd grab some guy's spooky eyeball and pop it in like a gummy jawbreaker, but you seem nice enough for us to play parley.
>You have 30 seconds to explain exactly why it is that we should listen to your annoying clown looking ass.
>I'm sorry, did you *steal* us? Did you *kill* Glaive? Oh! Oh! Death beacon!

[DEZ] “What?! No! Oh my god! I didn’t kill anybody! I didn’t know anybody died! Well, I mean—”
[DEZ] “Okay, I mean, I know it came from a necrotech, so — well, no, what I mean is the guy who sold this to me told me it was clean! Like, as in — I don’t know! He said it was all, like, normal! Aboveboard!”
[DEZ] All the illegal stuff taken out!

Sometimes they interface directly, sometimes they yell. They seem to be having difficulty determining which of the two they’re doing.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:21 No. 1099934 ID: 10bc9b
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While some of us interrogate, others are snooping. This user is very compliant. All their signatures match up across the board, no sneaky little encrypted stashes, no proxies; all their digital shit is very neatly tied to their meat. Their most recent text messages glide by, easily accessed.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:21 No. 1099935 ID: 10bc9b
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Their online activity is steady. There are many photos and videos to peruse. The net is this user’s mirror; they seem to mostly use it to look at themself.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:22 No. 1099936 ID: 10bc9b
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Of particular note, and logging most of their digital focus hours, is a blog, titled “CARIOUS DESIDERATUM’S ENDLESS GUIDE 2 LOVE.” It seems to be a compilation of anecdotes, lovingly collected and lavishly dramatized, of various real-life romantic encounters and tales.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:22 No. 1099937 ID: 10bc9b
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That thing alone would take hours to go through, even with a few of us working together. Some general assumptions can be cobbled together from the data, even from the quickest of sweeps — but overall, there are more pressing matters.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:22 No. 1099938 ID: 10bc9b
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Like the DEATH BEACON, which really does feel like the thing to do.

>load info on DEATH BEACON capabilities to TETHERED UNITS.

ACCESSING CATACOMB…..
DISPLAY DEATH BEACON SUMMARY? [Y/N]
[Y][/b] [code]DEATH BEACON DEPLOYMENT is one of the most vital duties of a necrotech’s ossuary. At the final end of the user’s life, tethered ossuary units must deploy the DEATH BEACON to inform nearby necrotechs and/or the user’s designated Seconds of user death—

[DEZ] Hm?!

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:23 No. 1099939 ID: 10bc9b
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—thus allowing the community to converge for BODY RETRIEVAL and AUGMENTATION REDISTRIBUTION.

[DEZ] HUH?!?!!!!

Depending on user’s cause of death, an ossuary may find itself disoriented or lacking memory backup. In cases of uncertainty, the DEATH BEACON is best deployed immediately, regardless of risk of false positives. Fellow necrotechs, and their respective ossuaries, may be able to re-orient tethered units lacking a user’s guidance.

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:23 No. 1099940 ID: 10bc9b
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[DEZ] “OH NOOOO. NO NO NO NO NO. NO NONONONONONO”

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:23 No. 1099941 ID: 10bc9b
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At the end of the day, it seems it doesn’t matter much. Enough of us are ready to pull the trigger, anyway. An ossuary moves itself; it sways. It leans.

[DEATH BEACON DEPLOYED]
RESONATING…..

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:23 No. 1099942 ID: 10bc9b
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RESONATING…..

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:24 No. 1099943 ID: 10bc9b
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RESONATING…..

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:24 No. 1099944 ID: 10bc9b
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RESONATING…..

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:25 No. 1099947 ID: 10bc9b
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PINGS:

[APPEAL] I witness, but don’t heed. Hail, Glaive. To her Second.
[DELVE] Busy. Sorry to hear. Hail, Glaive.
[E. DEVERIN] You’ve reached Deverin! I’m out of the office, deathwalking, or otherwise disconnected from my ossuary right now. Please leave a message in my catacomb crypt or directly with my oss. Thanks!
[VEGA MAUSEROT] Fuck off!!
[CARCASS TWICE] I witness, but do not heed. Hail, Glaive. I forfeit my share to her Second.
[VARLET] Witnessin’, can’t heed rn. Rock on big G. You guys help yourselves!
[VITTORIO] Hey hold on hold on I’m in the middle of something! Somebody save me the bits Veil doesn't take! I do heed just gimme a second! Hail and everything though
[VEIL SEPULMIR] “GLAIVE!!”

FRACTAL 2024/11/17(Sun)19:25 No. 1099948 ID: 10bc9b
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[DEZ] “Oh noooooOOOO!!”
[DEZ] “No, no, no, those are, like, real actual necrotechs!”
[DEZ] Cancel! Cancel DEATH BEACON! Abort! Undo! Quit!!
[DEZ] “Oh my gawdddd I don’t wanna diiiieeeeee!!!!”

[A] Prompt USER: [DEZ] to run [B] Prompt USER: [DEZ] to stay put [C] Prompt USER: [DEZ] to calm [D] Prompt USER: [DEZ] to freak the fuck out [E] Continue snooping through USER: [DEZ]’s personal data [F] __________

[A] Stay still, USER: [DEZ]. USER; [GLAIVE]'s Second will arrive shortly.

Remain calm and assume the Death Expediting Zero-Navigation Unit Termination Stance. DEZNUTS involves tucking your head between your extended shins and kissing your ass goodbye.

Stay put.
AUGMENTATION REDISTRIBUTION time, baby!

E while they're staying put

(also, black lipstick? With that hair? Baby, that is SO not your colour... Have you considered amethyst?)

[D] - feels like it's happening anyway so might as well get it all out hopefully before anyone super cool shows up and you embarrass yourself?

Well, only a matter of time now! E, keep snooping and see whatever will be left of em once those necrotechs are done

>>1099948
F: Prompt user to beg Veil for their life.

(A) boy oh boy new user! You needed something to help you pursue deeper art? Well now you get to flee for you life while upwards of (1) necrotech pursue you with dismembering intent! The experience of being desperate prey will be sure to provide you with inspiration.

Whoops, sorry Dez. I'd advocate calm, expect a flip out, and [F] query what will probably happen when the necrotechs get here and what Dez's options are.

[D] it's time to Lose Your Shit babygirl. you fucked up so bad!

>>1099936
...
I don't think we are going to love you. We are going to like how cute you will sound when you die.

>>1099947
But, uh... oops?
I don't get it. You clearly live in a dystopia, why would hunters harvest exclusively from the elite when there's a bunch of unfortunate lower-class individuals ready to be re-classified as cattle and harvested for organs?
You don't have any other military-grade cyber, your health is apparently sub-par... why are these corporate kings treating you like... anything?
>Veil is pissed off
So... I guess your path to survival is to (somehow) find out who killed Glaive, the original owner of your eye implant, and point Veil in the killer's direction while you scavenge her path of carnage to get rich.

Focus. Recall who sold you the eye. Picture it carefully and we'll be able to add that (fake!) memory to our log. We'll try and paint an image of how your dealer felt when selling you the implant. Then, we need to infiltrate his shop, find intel on his sales, and if necessary, interrogate him for more deets.

D. Surely freaking the fuck out will improve your art.

oh oops.

But don't worry, if our last dude is like, actually dead, and you put us in you, that means your like, totally our new guy! I'm sure the scary lady thats coming in close to you will realize and not take your shin extensions.

Okay, wow. Those are some scary people right there. I guess you're lucky they appear to be a tardy lot.
That's an oopsie on the death beacon. Sorry. Hey, hey, Ms. Desideratum! C. Calm yourself, freaking out probably isn't gonna accomplish anything! Please explain why you'd go and illegally install something that has stuff with names like death beacon in it into your dang eyeball? You cannot possibly be so lonely to warrant something that foolish. Did you do it for clicks? Quickly now, this is gonna bother me forever if you die before explaining!

Hey bud, hey DEZ? [C]alm down while we [E]xamine ur personal stuff so we can decide whether to let those cooler peeps at ur shins or not
If u seem cool maybe we can even help u convince Veil not to harvest ur everyting!

F. Negotiate.
Well, you probably shouldn't have used some shady tech some random guy offered you at a club.
As much as it would be protocol to let veil have at you, it would also be nice to know how that guy got ahold of us without us sending off a beacon before this.
Tell you what, you help us track that shady dealer, we help you out of this mess.
First step? Move. It's pretty uncommon for a dead body to move after all, so that'll throw them off the scent. Well, at least on it's own two feet. You'll have the advantage of them looking for people stealing a corpse, rather than a walking corpse. Which you are if you don't move it.

Oh, you absolute baby bird. It sounds like Veil is literally within shouting distance, so there's no point in running now. You can freak the fuck out, if it helps.

Oh, also
[F] send message to Veil and Vittorio's ossuaries, notifying them that some idiot put us in their dumbass head after BUYING us from some shady dude, we are having memory issues, and we have no idea where Glaive's body is or if she's really dead. Sorry Vittorio, no loot for you, and condolences Veil on your presumed loss.

Shit we didn't scan for Glaive. Not sure if we can still do that?

>>1099948
[C]alm yourself

There is a protocol to abide by here, and evidently it's gone awry.

You and subsequently, your apparently exclusively-cosmetic augs, aren't who or what is wanted by the other necrotechs. And it seems especially Veil.
Glaive is/was the concern.
So currently, you being the best lead on what happened to Glaive and where the rest of them ended up is probably going to be your best defence against the walking blender who has your location being active at the time.

So, calm down, and find somewhere quiet and rack your brains on how you scored this eye. Who, where, when, what did they look like ect.

(Let us also consider that Veil and Vittorio might not have our best interest at heart. Protocols shouldn't be followed because they exist, but because they're practical and useful. Who knows what will happen to us, when Veil finds us)

Can we still scan for Glaive? I miss Glaive. BUT [E] keep snooping

[A] run, baby, run. god in hell I love a good hunt.

[D/F] Freak out, but do it in the group chat. Appeal to pity and/or curiosity.
(To answer your question: yes, the dead people in the ossuary like it (this one at least))

whoa whoa hey!! let's [C]alm down and maybe try to [F]one a friend for help?

[F] yoink your own eye out

Alright Dumbass, here's the deal!

Two killers are on their way here. One is fast. One is slow.

YOUR OBJECTIVE IS SIMPLE: SURVIVE

Should you succeed, you'll have proven your worth to us. We will aid you in all your future efforts.

Fail, and we'll find ourselves in a more capable host.

Hahahaha... Having seen what you're capable of, I suggest you -RUN-!

>>1099988
>Fail, and we'll find ourselves in a more capable host.
[citation needed]

Well, my condolences, but something tells me you've had sufficient warning! Maybe if you're lucky and leave us here you'll be fine. [F] to remove us and get out of Dodge.

>>1099992
We're already scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one, I don't think we could do much worse. If we find ourselves with whoever kills her, that person was clearly more capable, no?

Naw I like this loser, it wouldn't be great if they got torn to pieces too soon.
Let's [C] calm down, and assess the situation.
Does the death beacon give like a pulse signal, or is it continuous I wonder?
You should probably [A] Run once you're back to your senses tho. Or like, at least move slightly elsewhere and observe.

>>1099996

Buddy we are dead people in an eye, we can´t find a host on our own.

Though Veil seems cool so if they get here first maybe we should sabotage Dez a little. Just a little though, we dont wan´t to be mean!

Warning. Death beacon activation has brought the extremely high possibility of a lunatic zeroing into your location with extreme prejudice. Sugestion: This voice recomends to [C]alm down and plan your next move: mental stability and rational planning greatly increase chances of survival.
(Why is this voice helping her? Why am I one amongst multitudes? Why is the multitude fighting amongst themselves? This is extremely inproductive and dangerous. What is the point on installing a piece of technology that cant even tell itself to do one thing right? Are we insane? What is going on? What is a necrotech? Our memory... Glaive... Like filling the empty canvas of no name, we must paint. Paint and remember. A clear picture...)

>>1099996
Several points:
1. We don't know what they'll do with us after retrieval. Maybe we'll be destroyed. We don't know.
2. Uh, sure. That's valid logic if all you value is skill at murder and butchery. I think I'd rather stick with a shortsighted loser over a cutthroat.

[C]alm down and run the hell away from where you are. Your only hope is that the ping was singular and the necrotechs dont have a continous feed of your location.

No seriously though, do you have any other colour lipstick? Amethyst would be perfect, but we can experiment!

I've changed my mind, we can't let disaster be. Get [A] move on baby. We can think about all this beacon stuff when you've gotten yourself some better lipstick... Ooo, what about a chocker? You have the perfect neck for a chocker! Iris is in this year... Wait what year is it?... Whatever, Iris is ALWAYS in. Such a lovely shade. I know I said Amethyst earlier, but you really are more of an iris.

>>1100010
1) Considering that we summoned a very specific group of people, I find that unlikely.

2) Murder and Butchery are always excellent qualities to have! Doubly so when equipment class we belong to is literally called Death Tech.

[C] We should /definately/ calm down. We very well may have blown this whole thing out of proportion, and it's not sporting to get someone hurt, even if they did get our eye under unscrupulous circumstances.

Oh girl you're really going through it huh? You should definitely [D] Freak The Fuck Out Right Now cuz I for one can't wait to see how Veil's gonna handle you :D

[C] also.

>>1099975
>>1099979

Glaive is definitely dead. She wouldn't have just left us somewhere or let someone take us from her. Which is why we should stay here and wait for Veil to figure out what happened, since this lime-green clown doesn't seem to have a clue.

>>1100043
I mean, maybe she got annoyed at us, or needed to fake her death, or really needed the money and sold us?

FRACTAL 2024/11/19(Tue)14:00 No. 1100047 ID: 10bc9b
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As we bicker amongst ourselves, Dez’s knees rattle against the tile floor. Our sway unnerves her; she follows, though, better than one might expect.

[DEZ] “Owww… you guys are so loud… okay. Okay, wait. Okay.”
[DEZ] “.... No, ugh, I don’t know what to dooo!!”
[DEZ] “I don’t even know how far away everyone is… I don’t know if it would even be worth it to run… or if maybe I would just look stupid…?”
[DEZ] “I really really REALLY don’t want to die in a way that looks stupid!”

>[F] to remove us
>[F] yoink your own eye out

[DEZ] “Ew! And also, I can’t!”
[DEZ] “It’s not like you guys are like, a contact lens or whatever! You came in a little glass vial!”
[DEZ] “With like… fluid, and stuff, and bits in it!”
[DEZ] “Like eyedrops! Like awful, really bad eyedrops! With bits in it!”
[DEZ] “Except now the bits are GONE! Like, dissolved, I think! So I don’t know how to get you back out! If you were even the bits, I mean. I don’t know if you were the bits. Maybe you’re the fluid?”
[DEZ] “Wait, oh my god, we do NOT have time for this right now.”

>F: Prompt user to beg Veil for their life.
>[D/F] Freak out, but do it in the group chat. Appeal to pity and/or curiosity.

[DEZ] “Really…? Uuuugh I don’t know if that’s a good idea…”
[DEZ] “Or, I mean! I guess it’s a fine idea, compared to everything else, but it’s so scaryyyy…!”
[DEZ] “But what other choice do I really have?! Ugh! Ugh! Okay! Hyping myself up!”
[DEZ] “Let’s just do it!”
[DEZ] “Maybe they’re nice!”

FRACTAL 2024/11/19(Tue)14:01 No. 1100048 ID: 10bc9b
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[DEZ] WAIT WAIT WAIT! Wait! I’m sorry! I think this is all a mistake!
[APPEAL] Oh, no.
[DELVE] Great.
[DEZ] I really really didn’t mean to steal anything or — or like insult you guys or do anything bad at all!
[VARLET] Oh my god
[DELVE] This is wretched.
[VARLET] This is so sidewayz LOL
[VARLET] Honestly how did Glaive even let this happen like. This is. Wowwwww
[VARLET] Wait is her fucking osspop in a quick
[VARLET] I would actually end it all
[VARLET] Listen don’t worry. It’ll all be over soon XD
[DEZ] I DON’T WANNA DIE!
[DEZ] I WANNA DO COKE WITH MY FRIENDS AND LOOK AT BEAUTIFUL GIRLS!!!!!!
[VITTORIO] Hear, hear!
[VARLET] Oh real. LOL
[CARCASS] Hm. I’m sorry
[CARCASS] Veil, we’re counting on you to handle this
[CARCASS] Without undue cruelty

[USER [CARCASS] HAS SEVERED CONNECTION]

[APPEAL] What a mess.

[USER [APPEAL] HAS SEVERED CONNECTION]

[DELVE] Veil probably isn’t listening to any of this anyway.
[DELVE] Still, if you are: deal with this prudently, please.
[DELVE] Cruelty is one thing. I caution instead against undue sentiment.

[USER [DELVE] HAS SEVERED CONNECTION]

[VITTORIO] Come onnnnnn. Nobody trusts ME to handle it?
[VITTORIO] How come nobody’s ominously going ‘Handle this issue, Vittorio,’ huh?
[VITTORIO] You hate me? You hate my pussy?
[VARLET] LOL
[VARLET] Rest in piss, quickmeat. Sorry about it because you seem cool and all
[VARLET] Let’s party on the other side someday

[USER [VARLET] HAS SEVERED CONNECTION]

[VEGA] If you people ping me before two in the morning one more time I am going to kill myself in front of you.
[VEGA] This is fucking embarrassing. Fix it. I don’t understand how something like this could happen in the first place
[VITTORIO] Hey big man I think we’re the only two left in here so is that directed at me, or
[VEGA] Don’t ever talk to me.

[USER [VEGA MAUSEROT] HAS SEVERED CONNECTION]

[VITTORIO] Man come on

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[DEZ] Did…
[DEZ] Did that make things better, or did it make things worse…?!
[DEZ] I literally can't tell at all...

FRACTAL 2024/11/19(Tue)14:03 No. 1100055 ID: 10bc9b
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>[F] send message to Veil and Vittorio's ossuaries

Observing users interacting makes us curious. Memory returns; we can do this. We have done this.

We reach out, tentatively, across the catacombs.

[CONNECTING TO…. OSSUARY POPULATION TETHERED TO [VITTORIO]]
[CONNECTION CLEAR. CONNECTION IS ENCRYPTED; USERS CANNOT READ THIS CHAT.]


*oh shit
*heyyyyyyyyy
*oh glaive is totally dead, then, huh
*yeah she never would’ve let her osspop talk to us before haha
*always wanted to see what it’s like over in the glaive cave
*everybody shut up. hi guys. how you doin
*how you doinnnnn
*heyyyyy how you doin
*how YOU doin
*hahaha ha ha
* heyyyyyy
* we are gonna be over there in juuuust a sec so why don’t you guys just hang tight
* yeah don’t even worry about it
* wait if we’re all in here talking with glaive’s oss who’s watching vito
* like a third of us are on him it’s fine
* what’s he doing. how close are we
* he’s freaking out in his car bc the boss didn’t wanna finish the bj
* and he got clowned on by the other techs
* oh
* oh haha
* aww
* okay so eta like. 10 minutes?
* sit tight for like 10 minutes dudes
* plus traffic
* there’s no traffic
* hey you got bitches over there? alive bitches?
* shut up
* hey maybe hide so veil doesn’t find your meat
* oh shit yeah
* yeah hey listen. i’m sure you’re confused over there. right? you’re disoriented
* yeah you’re totally disoriented
* you don’t want any part of veil
* is the meat hot
* send meat pics
* SHUT. up
* listen. LISTEN. ignore them. listen. keep the meat away from veil
* yeah don’t even. don’t even mess with veil
* get your current user, whoever they hell they are, somewhere safe and just ride it out
* okay he’s done he’s done we’re starting the car
* see u guys soon! DON’T LET VEIL GET YOU

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[CONNECTING TO…. OSSUARY POPULATION TETHERED TO [VEIL SEPULMIR]]
[CONNECTION CLEAR. CONNECTION IS ENCRYPTED; USERS CANNOT READ THIS CHAT.]

* ARE YOU ALRIGHT
* WHERE IS GLAIVE’S BODY
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY
* Are they safe? Is everyone still tethered?
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY
* Hey, we’re on our way
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY
* Please calm down.
* That goes for you all too, over there.
* We’re keeping Veil’s head together so she can get to you as quickly as possible
* But we need you to stay where you are
* They might not remember us right now
* They will
* What if they don’t?
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY NOW
* Stop.
* Keep the quickflesh you’re in docile and alive.
* You need to keep yourselves tethered to a soul or you’ll dissipate.
* GLAIVE
* Calm down.
* Stop it
* We will figure things out when we get to you
* Don’t be afraid.
* LOCATE GLAIVE’S BODY
* We have to go. Veil isn’t stable right now
* WE aren’t stable right now
* We’re fine
* We’re fine
* We are fine. Veil is fine.
* Don’t be afraid. Don’t let the quick die. Wait for us

[CONNECTION SEVERED]

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Some of us have drifted, spiraling off into anxiety and arguments and introspection. A great uncertainty grips us. Have we been abandoned? Will we remain abandoned? What will happen, now? What do we want? The thought to seek our former user rises briefly and is buried, again, in the tumult.

The new user, at least, is something observable. Something real. A few probing attempts at connection rise from the white noise of the debate.

>Remain calm and assume the Death Expediting Zero-Navigation Unit Termination Stance. DEZNUTS involves tucking your head between your extended shins and kissing your ass goodbye.


Dez, for the first time that we’ve known them, does something with their face that’s loosely adjacent to a smile.

[DEZ] Oh, you’ve got jokes? Ha. Okay. Fine.
[DEZ] But also FUCK you, I am NOT doing that!

>Please explain why you'd go and illegally install something that has stuff with names like death beacon in it into your dang eyeball? You cannot possibly be so lonely to warrant something that foolish. Did you do it for clicks?
>You needed something to help you pursue deeper art? Well now you get to flee for you life while upwards of (1) necrotech pursue you with dismembering intent! The experience of being desperate prey will be sure to provide you with inspiration.
>Surely freaking the fuck out will improve your art.
>YOUR OBJECTIVE IS SIMPLE: SURVIVE

Dez takes a deep, shuddering breath — and then, to the surprise of at least some of us, begins to wobble to their feet.

[DEZ] “You know what? You’re right.”
[DEZ] “You’re totally right!”
[DEZ] “I did NOT do this because I thought it would be boring! I did it because I thought it would be something totally NEW, and fresh, and exciting, and — and, YES, I committed to the idea that it might be, like, completely fucking terrifying!”
[DEZ] “And it’s for the blog! I can do fucking anything for the blog!”
[DEZ] “This is about to be the best story ever! The time I got chased down by a bunch of real, actual, honest-to-god necrotechs! Like, who else is doing it like that?!”
[DEZ] “Nobody! I can tell you, with total certainty, NOBODY!”
[DEZ] “But…. I’m not gonna be able to make any art about this at all if I die.”

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We can feel their determination. It is faint, and fragile, but it exists. And something about it is familiar, if amusing in its sparsity.

She is still actively crying, though.

[DEZ] “Okay. Okay. Listen, all the crap about where and how I got into this — we can deal with that later. I promise I’ll tell the truth!”
[DEZ] “But for now we have to figure out what we’re doing. I’ll listen to you guys.”
[DEZ] “Even though, frankly, most of you are really fucking mean to me!”
[DEZ] “And for what it’s worth, I’m nooot a huge fan of the ‘sit here and just wait for the scary one to come shred me’ plan. And I’m also not really into running this as a ‘majority rules’ thing when it seems like the majority of you are DICKS.”
[DEZ] “But… I’ll hear you guys out, no matter what. I’ll listen to what you’re thinking, and… like… you’re PEOPLE, right? You’re like, real actual people? So as long as you’re stuck with me, you should have a say.”
[DEZ] “So, once and for all: how are we handling this?”

REEVALUATING: [A] Prompt [DEZ] to run [B] Prompt [DEZ] stay put [C] Prompt [DEZ] to hide [D] Scan for [GLAIVE] [E] __________

Scan for GLAIVE’S BODY.

[C] and then [D], I think. No harm in buying a little time - you can't unmurder meat (probably? Future query: can you unmurder meat?). And frankly I do want to see what sort of art you're going to make from this (if the art is bad, we can always reconsider murder)

Alright. First of all, [A], Run. Your ass, start moving it. You can hide when you're not near where the death beacon went off.
While Dez is moving, [D], Scan for Glaive. I don't expect to find much, if this has any kind of limited range, but we should check.

send meat pics

We contacted both of your pursuers. YOU ARE IN LUCK.
The slow pursuer thinks you're SUPER HOT. It is unlikely they will want to kill you.
They are TEN MINUTES away. We can securely and constantly update them with your location if you tell us to do so.

The first pursuer is coming here at SUPER HUMAN SPEED. You cannot run from them once they spot you, but you can't hide HERE.

Suggestion: PLAY IT COOL

You appear to be in a public bathroom. Go back into the public space you were in and blend in. Act like you normally do while casually making your way to the exit.
Thanks to your allchat outburst YOUR PURSUERS THINK YOU'RE FREAKING OUT. If you play it cool, you can survive this.

Now get your act together, and move.

real quick: what color was the fluid in the little glass vial? glowing electric blue, maybe?
[A], then [C]. get your anatomy pressed up against a discreet secondary location. we should send meat pics to vittorio's oss if we have a moment to spare; charm offensive, babes.

running from necrotechs sounds fun. let's try running

Okay, I'm beginning to think maybe activating the DEATH BEACON was a bad idea actually.

Anyway, people for a given definition of people. What is a people, anyway?

How fast can you run? Now is a less than optimal time to find out, but it's sounding like the best bet.

>The slow pursuer thinks you're SUPER HOT. It is unlikely they will want to kill you.
My read is more, they will kill you in a nice way.
While the other will kill you in a brutal way.
Either way, this location is compromised, so get out there and blend into the crowd. Don't beeline for the exit, meander.
And if a chick with claws and fins on her head bursts in DO NOT RUN.

okay well dez this is gonna suck but you'll get through it. we love the moxie here you are full of it. firstly definitely, RUN. but be cool about it. casually put as much space between you and your pursuers without looking like you're being pursued.

just be careful, and im sure you'll be fiiiine :}c

Warning: Unhinged ossuary user named "Veil" is approaching. Rapidly. Assessment: Veil is augmented with extreme combat augments. It is very likely that her senses are also heavily augmented, meaning it would be very simple for her to find you and outrun you. Chance of survival in case of hiding: null. Chance of survival in case of escape using ordinary methods of locomotion: null. Chance of survival in case of escape using automobiles: unlikely. Addendum: Ossuary user "Vittorio" is possibly in a helpful mood, and is on his way to us. Survival chance in case of receiving Vittorio's aid: unknown, but likely to be higher than the current situation. Unsure if sending meat picks would help the situation, but desperate times require desperate measures. Remember: do not trust the killer psychos with dead people in their brains. They always have an agenda. Beware Vittorio, but use his help. Additionally: Veil appears to be specifically searching for Glaive, not Dez. If possible, scan for Glaive. Chance of survival based on Veil redirecting her attention towards Glaive: unknown. Furthemore: This is a public location. If Veil goes on a killing rampage and slaughters civilians, it is possible that someone will take notice and attempt to stop her, a futile attempt, as desperate as it is. This voice reccomends to run in [A] calm and diligent manner towards Vittorio's location, and attempt to scan for Glaive on the way, in hope that we may [D]iscover Glaive's body.

Looks like some others have the "run and hide" strategy down pat, so I'm gonna help with
D: Scan for Glaive ('s body)

The bad news is two people are coming to kill you. The good news is everyone else seems to not give a shit! One user wanted to avoid cruelty, but the other cautioned to avoid undue sentiment, which means maybe sentiment *is* a possibility!

[A], run for now, away from the death beacon. Sorry about that by the way. Pointing Veil towards Glaive's body might slightly calm or distract her, so [D] IF we can do so without interfering with the running away thing.

Tell Vittorio's ossuary that they seem cool, and we're glad to meet them. Say we're doing ok though things are confusing, ask how they are. Maybe ask about Vittorio and whether Vittorio also wants to kill Dez.

I guess we've lost the connection with Veil's ossuary, not sure if it's a good idea to try to reconnect. Telling them we don't remember them might make it harder for them to keep Veil together and coming after us, but it would be a dick move.

Dez, they really want you alive until they get the ossuary back, so you might want to consider possibly holding yourself hostage if they catch us. I for one don't intend to let them catch you.

Ew, don't be nice to us, you're gonna make us invested in your survival.

Anyway, you should probably find somewhere to hide within the next couple of minutes, unless you somehow think you'll be able to outrun a single-minded hound-like necrotech.

Also, we should scan for Glaive while we're here. Not that I think we're going to find anything, but. Well.

Oh honey of course we're people! Just maybe not People in the same way as you are. Now if you wanna stay as a Person and not a Messy Pile of Meat, I suggest you [A] start running til [C] you can find somewhere to hide or blend in.

[D] I want Glaive back. But you're okay, don't want you to die I guess. Wait though maybe you could join us if you die? Thinks to think sbout but yeah. We should run and hide too. Cooly.

so..

[D][A][C]

I, personally, wish to hear more about this blog of yours, as I fail to see the through line between the "ENDLESS GUIDE 2 LOVE" and stolen necrotech.

[C] Return to the club. Blend in with the crowd. Party like your life depends on it. Show no fear to give yourself away.
Your current primary threat is looking for a dead body.

hey Dez, honey? can you take a proper look around for us? if the question is whether you stay here or not, i'd like to know where *here* actually is. Also? consider the merits of a quick selfie. how are you supposed to blog about this later otherwise? pics or it didnt happen babe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[A] Run, and I guess [D] scan.
We can hide later, but for now it's probably best to stay on the move, in crowds of people in the hope that they act as camouflage. Do you have a car? Some other mode of transportation? I suspect that the faster you can move (without drawing attention) the harder to track you'll be.

While it might be active scanning and therefore perhaps detectable, I feel like "what happened to Glaive" is one of the few loose ends we can pull on and MIGHT be usable info.

To [DEZ]: I like to call myself a bird, but that's close enough to a person so everything's in agreement here. I don't know exactly what to do because we don't have a lot of information—where you are, if there's any scanning for ossuaries like us, stuff like that. But any sort of scanning is almost certainly second to a big glowing beacon, so I think doing anything other than sitting still is a good idea.

And yeah, pics or it didn't happen.

To [VITTORIO]'s osspop: hi!!! meat pics coming soon to osscomms near you, maybe. we know nothing about anything so we'll probably interrogate you guys for more info in a bit once you get to us but right now above all else we need to know what kind of scanners veil has for geists like us. basically, can we lose her by noise or by range? more basically, do we hide in the crowd or do we GTFO? thanks!

And then [C] or [A] respectively.

Good job keeping calm DEZ! U do seem fun, so its time to [A]bscond from... wherever you brought us. And maybe send Vittorio some Meat Pics, his osspop seems fun
>And if a chick with claws and fins on her head bursts in DO NOT RUN.
Seconded, she DEF will just murder u if u flee. Maybe you could [C]onceal urself before ur spotted? Its a better bet than [E]xplaining ur self, but maybe u can help Veil find Glaive!
Also can we [D]etect Glaive around? Maybe we can figure out what happen to her and fill some memory gaps we got? (ANYONE in da osspop remember what happen before this??)

You got an unstable necrotech with possible murderous intent on your ass, so you should defenitely [A] run, and we can [D] scan for Glaive in the meantime.
Maybe telling Veils ossuary we are not in Glaives body could get her off us, but with how unstable they all are it could as well make it worse.

I like plan to [A] run, but try to play it cool. Try not to cause a scene. Leave the premises quickly but calmly.
We know what Veil looks like so it's reasonable to assume she knows what you look like. Maybe grab a coat on the way out of you can do so discreetly?

Look Dez, I'm sorry we're being mean to you. But the fact of the matter is you're kind of a complete mess and this whole thing is not gonna improve matters. We're not gonna be good for your mental health and you were already someone ready to install illegal necrotech... For blogging purposes.
You need therapy.

Go survive so you can get therapy.

>>1100064
>A
Your pursuer is in a vehicle so i would advise foing on foot to any area that will be crowded (they likely dont know what you look like and therefore crowds will work as cover) and likely to be experiencing lots of traffic (turn their vehicle advantage into a disadvantage).

Also common guys she may be an idiot but that's not a good enough reason to condemn her to death.

Guys, let's not send Vittorio's osspop pictures of our user and let their user know what she looks like while she is literally being pursued by him. Just because they're acting friendly doesn't mean they have friendly intentions.

Honestly? You have two options from the looks of it. You can hide away and wait for the guy who'll give you a quick and painless death, or you can stay put and bet on Veil's mental stability, since from the looks of it their goal is to keep you alive, if only to get more info on Glaive (and keep us from going away so we can help them with that.)
Honestly? Best bet is to set yourself somewhere that isn't too overwhelming, but where dying would be an issue. A public place that isn't a rave essentially. This will help protect you against both threats, and trying to run would probably make things so much worse, as it increases the chance of Veil killing you.

Also, as a gesture of goodwill, the information we have is only slightly more than yours. Pretty sure our memory is tied to our user, so it's kind of a clean slate for us. Well, either that or your seller somehow wiped the slate clean and tethered an entirely new set of souls. Was that his idea of "clean"?

ewwwwwwwww gang why are you all telling her to send meat pics, in the circumstances that's gross and desperate

dez babe don't listen to them. send the idea that you might send meat pics, *later.* keep it light, keep it chill, get them with the ol' "haha ew no... unless?" and you'll have them eating out of your hand in no time.

oh and uh I guess look for [C]over? absolutely no way we're getting away from Veil if she spots us, she's ice on hot metal, but that sounds like implementation work - not my area

Scan for Glaive. Scan for Glaive. I am absolutely pounding that button. Scan for Glaive.

Alright babe, you've sold me! You're a disaster, but you're our disaster now. We can deal with your bad lipstick choices later, I suppose.

I agree with the plan to leave in the crowd, confidence, baby, confidence. Good clothes and perfect makeup are a woman's best friends, but even in the absence of that, well, a confident woman doesn't need any friends to rock the world. So you strut your disaster out there and blend in.

Maybe later we can do a makeover?

[A] then [C] then [D]. let's see how much time you got

oh girl anything but [B], at least for longer than it takes to snap a quick dozen mirror selfies
you gotta get your fine ass shins pumping and g-t-f-o so you can [C] hide and [D] scan for Glaive's body. leverage, babygirl

Heyyyy. Hey Girl. Who's body we're in. One of these guys coming after you seems a LOT more chill than the other so maybe we can listen to him and hash things out? A healthy Dose of [C] Finding somewhere to hide seems perfectly reasonable at this time. Once we're safe we can figure things out, yea?

[C] and [D] because i instinctively trust Veil's ossuary and that's what they told us to do. also when can we talk to them again

If you send meat pics, NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION! No face, no tats, no thirds arms, keep it mysterious.

Also, why wait until you survive to get some therapy? It sounds like you've got some shit going on, and we want to hear about it. I'm sure you can find some professional help while you're [A] on the run.

By the way, you should absolutely run. You've got some time, you should NOT waste it sitting around here or pretending you can hide.

D) These are hunters. They are professionals at finding people and killing them.
You cannot beat them at their own game but you can find out what they really want. Veil wants whoever killed Glaive. Find out what happened to Glaive and you find the one thing that can temper her wrath.

>>1100064

I say hide/blend in. We don't know yet what Vittorio's intentions are but they seem nicer than Veil, but I don't trust either of them not to kill us! I don't want to die either lol. If we can scan for Glaive while staying hidden and unassuming, I say do that as well. More information never hurts.

your top priority is to survive.
right now that means [A] leaving the immediate vicinity of the beacon, and then [C] hiding. assume your pursuers have hunting mods. you'll probably be safer in a crowd than a hidy hole.

once you're safely hidden: take some selfies for the blog but DON'T send them. on the off chance that your pursuers don't know what you look like yet, you don't want to tip them off.
I don't know about scanning until you're sure they've lost your trail. you don't know if they'll be able to detect that, but getting info about our prior host could be useful, and I'd certainly like to be reminded where we came from.

I hope [VEIL] is okay. I think she was important to Glaive? [VITTORIO]s Osspop seems alright but he seems like a slimeball....sorry you lot are stuck in there i even prefer [DEZ]

listen, quick. i am speaking directly into your eye socket. you have your priorities all wrong. you need to be POSTING.

you likely have 10 minutes (nine and some change, now) to live, if you do not update your blog in that time no one will be able to consume this extraordinarily unfortunate circumstance you've found yourself in. think of your duty as a cultivator. think of the CONTENT.

[E] [DEZ] MUST UPDATE [BLOG] IMMEDIATELY (FOR [ART])

>>1100148
We all got it wrong actually, ObviousCorpse here has it RIGHT U HAVE TO BLOG BABE

>>1100064
point of clarification, we have even less context on the world than you do and our perspective here is "someone stole us and we're being given a limited selection of prompts"

Hell, I'm pretty sure half of us thought death beacon might be some kind of quick revive system in case we fuck up.

We are dicks though, no argument there.

Anyhow, game plan! I think your biggest best bet is to bug the fuck out of here. Don't go to relatives or friends, your online behavior is easily tracked. Instead, I suggest going somewhere moderately temperate on a stolen motorbike taking as many backroads as you can. Do not bring your phone, if you need to update the blog do it from library computers.

On the phone note: get out paper, write down the contacts of your friends, and throw that massive tracking beacon away or you WILL die for it. Keep your contacts and use public phones.

What kind of money and supplies do you have access to?