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Noise

It starts as just irritation. A metaphorical crawling under your skin. Things are too noisy, too bright, there is too much happening all the time and you can't take it all in-

Then silence it, make it yours, make it you, take control and destroy what will not submit

It sounds so inviting, a freedom from the noise, but its wrong, its wrong, its wrong and the noise is getting louder, mechanical and foreboding as it sees you, it knows you are there, and it wants to make you apart of it.

Anatawa hitorijanai

For a moment, there is quiet.

You breathe.

And fall through water.

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Eeeeeeeh. Maybe I can make a generator like that with the parts we have, but it will be heavy.

[She does have an axe in her crafting table toolset and there are also things like swords and kunai about.]

Edited 2023-02-15 15:35 (UTC)

Do your best. It's the plan to keep me safe, remember?

[She'll select a sword for this job! Doesn't want to accidentally harvest this box for crafting material. Besides, maybe she can use the sword later.]

Scoff! Of course I always do my best-

[She starts to try and cut the seam-]

[Which is enough to allow the box to break open in energetic red burst as suddenly there is a red light construct of Raph there.]

Donnie, stop using Kraang stuff! [And he is Very Concerned]

[A shout, and she drops the box as it bursts, bringing up the sword!

-Oh. A hologram?

[Pokes Raph to confirm.]

Holo-whatsit?

[She can poke. He is a Very Solid Presence.]

You know what a hologram is, Raph.

Raph don't usually get accused of being one!

Not a hologram, either. . .So this must be their version of hard light?

[Shakes her head.]

Okay, I don’t think we have time for a full family argument. Raph, I’m. . .starting to think he’s got a point, here.

Nah. This is ninpo mystic stuff.

Or a splinter mental manifestation. I haven't determined it.

Do you know what the Kraang are?

A ninpo splinter, then.

[Glancing between them.]

I've been muddling through but - I don't really know, no.

Parasitic hivemind alien that wants to conquer everything.

I have it HANDLED, Raphela.

You're growing real tentacles!

Parasitic -

[WELL OKAY. Raph knows how to shift opinions.]

I don't like the sound of that. A conquering hivemind? That sort of thing usually spirals out of control, fast.

I have it under control. They can only do so much without compromising what they want from me.

Tell Raph you hear what's wrong with that? [He looks at Aloy with the most fretful big brother look.]

[Fretful big brother look is a one-hit KO.

She’ll step in close to Ralph, and lower her voice.]

What then, though? A purge protocol of some kind? Wipe the data in his systems?

Uuuuh. I think you just need to get rid of the Snake's corruption and whatever Dee playing with Kraang stuff is doing to his brain to make him summon Kraang tentacles.

You holding the chain is actually helping keep Protection here under control, but Mind Raph is pretty sure you can't stay.

I’ll have to move. And the only way I can be in two places at once - is Beta.

[Big frown.]

Find a place to confine him? [Cask of Amontillado a turtle.] Or cut the chain at the base, and tether him to me.

Is Beta like a Mind Raph and a Real Raph?

Clones who act as twins.

Oh, a Leo and Donnie situation. [Nod nod.] You probably shouldn't talk about her like she's you? That can't be good for like. Identity stuff.

But Protection can't leave the room and he usually has a leash. Its just our leash holder is out of commission.

It’s worked before. Uh - long story.

[Yeah, probably not healthy.]

The leash holder wouldn’t happen to be a man who used to caution you to get back to the sewers?

Doesn't make it healthier. Trust Mind Raph, he has experience.

[Confused look.] Oh! That's dad. No. Well, a bit?

He's got strong influence in one of the rooms.

Selfishness and Relations usually act as the leash, but those will be like. Donnie shaped.

Edited 2023-02-17 03:32 (UTC)

Experience has to count for something.

Your father - it sounded like he was careful.

We talked about cost - so Selfishness is probably the higher priority. But Relations sounds like he might be easier to talk to.

Experience counts for a lot and big brothers have loads of it. [Also potentially DID, there is Legit Strong Evidence.]

And yeah, pops was. We couldn't go live with the yokai because Big Mama and Draxum wanted him and us, and we definitely couldn't live with humans without them wanting to make us experiments. So he did what he could to take care of us on his own.

He...he worked really hard to try and be good for us. [Rubs the back of his neck.] Raph did what he could to help.

Relations also has Mikey whose a lot better at this mental stuff. I'm not sure all that's going on in Selfishness, except he's out of commission and he's usually one of the stronger voices.

You still are helping. In a way, the work keeps going.

That’s it, then. Let’s get Relations back into play. That should cover what we need for now.

The work keeps going. Luckily Raph is a good work horse.

Its a good step one. Did you figure out how to make the doors yet?

[Brothers are so good.]

I had Shelldon and PSDD to establish a connection. Is that what you mean?

No, but I see how that works.

You make a door and throw an emotion or memory at it and it makes a doorway.

I’ve been off the mark the whole time, then. - Well, it got me here.

Let me get a weapon, and then I know the right memory for relations.

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