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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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Its an invitation for all of you. [That is pointed to Crow and Aloy as well.]

Don't touch it. You won't like what you see. [To Crow specifically.]

Wasn't planning on it.

[ Crow knows better! He was just Looking. But he glances over at Donatello. ]

Anything I've got for family's gonna be pretty old. I figure I'll just let you guys handle that.

Pathways can't be shared.

Especially for the Core. That...that isn't how it works.

Just like I can't 'get better' like I know Hunter wants.

[He sighs, leaning against the console.] I can just...listen to the stronger parts now that I'm free.

…

[ Hunter bows his head, guilty. ]

Sorry. I - I get it. Sometimes you just ... learn to live instead. Yeah.

[ Deep breath. ]

When I use a memory for crafting, is it gone afterwards?

You don't have to apologize. You care. I just don't want you to waste your time trying to 'fix' what isn't fixable. I fulfill a function. You can't really get around that unless you find a way to fundamentally change that function which....

Well, maybe possible, but I don't know what that way is.

And no.

I wouldn't demand people to delete parts of themselves for me. Its just a copy.

Edited 2023-02-22 15:03 (UTC)

… No. I don’t want to change who you are, or who Donnie is. I just … want to make sure you know you’re cared about. That’s most important, in the end.

[ He nods. Anyway. ]

Then I’ll use a memory of my REAL family. The Nocedas. The Hamatos. And Mouse.

Then you may want to visit Relations and Selfishness too. After.

There are dossiers in Relations.

[He nods.]

Focus on the memory. It'll become a craftable and then you can use the wood or I guess the pumpkin for a door.

Or take some of the metal here.

...I would not recommend the Kraang parts.

I-I’ll definitely stop by Relations. Yeah.

[ He takes in a deep breath, then, and thinks …

He remembers the first time that the ninpo activated on him - the trust that he felt for his new turtle brothers, the warmth that had spread deep inside of him. How it had led Leo and Donnie into his head to toss Belos out. The pulse of warmth he feels now. And how amazing it had felt the first time to call himself Hunter Hamato…

This is home. THESE are his brothers. Belos might be able to claim blood, but he can NEVER claim Hunter as family. Not any more. ]

[Family memory is now a craftable item!]

[Memory + Wood = Door, glowing purple.]

[ Hunter makes it, then. Carefully. ]

Let’s go see Relations.

The Core will be able to get you there.

[Welcome to The Core]

I did wonder about that.

[ Whether pathways could be shared, he means. ]

Then my question is.... can I re-use a memory for a different purpose?

No. Especially not for The Core.

Deeper trust means more information.

[ Crow sighs, rubbing the back of his head. ]

.....That's a shame. Because I already shared my place in my family for something else.

You were younger once. It doesn't have to be recent.

Though if you are hesitant, you can read your dossier in Relations and decide then.

--I have a dossier in there?

Of course you have a dossier. I threw you in the bunker, I wasn't going to throw the whole of snek land in there.

I did not think that was subtle.

I kinda figured I was there because I got in the way...

[ But okay, back to Relations! Does he need to build a new portal or does he still have access to the old one?]

If that was the case, I would have waited until you FOUND the bunker. I have traps and ninpo alert systems in there, which was the plan for anyone not planned for the bunker who found it.

You were always planned.

[He still has access to the door.]

Re: Kraang

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[Well that makes her fidget, uncomfortable.]

If it's about my place with family...that's going to take some thought.

It does sometimes, yeah.

[She goes silent for a bit, pacing while the others hash things out for themselves.

When Aloy decides, she pulls up her crafting menu and selects a little more metal from the turtle tank. Then she puts in a memory: when Aloy stopped thinking of Beta as another clone, and started thinking of her as a sister.

Beta is huddled in the base’s server room, which Beta has claimed as her own. The two have been fighting. What part of Elisabet is Beta missing, that she can’t stand up and do what needs to be done, like Elsabet did - like Aloy does? And Aloy has decided, it’s Rost. She was raised by someone who cares. She’s showing Beta a hologram of the man.

Aloy: He loved me in his own way. And that was enough.
Beta: What did it feel like?
Aloy: . . .It was like having a strength that was always there. That’s still there. Even now, I hear him in my head when things get bad. “When it looks impossible, look deeper. And then fight like you can win.”

Aloy moves to sit next to Beta, resting her arms on her knees. Beta turns, and mirrors her. They look at the lost father figure as the old recording shows him turning to walk away - and Aloy ends the projection. They stay sitting, together. This is the moment she consciously thinks of her as a sister.

Aloy: You don’t have to go on the mission. We’ll find another way.
Quiet.
Beta: . . . I’ll go. You said you’d try to protect me. I believe you.
She shifts, closer to Aloy, more to her front.
Beta: But you have to promise me one thing.
Aloy, instantly: Yes. Of course.
Beta: If it goes bad. If the Zeniths find us. I don’t want to be their slave again. Do you understand?
Aloy: . . .Okay.
Beta: Promise?
Aloy: I promise.
Touch is rare for Aloy, but in this moment? She reaches out, and puts a hand on her shoulder. Just for a moment, but to Aloy, it’s a LOT.
Beta: I could use as much time as you can give me to study up on the merge, to make it as efficient as possible.
Aloy stands, and this time, she takes Beta’s hand to help her up. They’re united now, in a way.
Beta: I’ll be ready when you are. I swear.]

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[Family Memory, now a craftable item.]

[Family Memory + Metal = Door, with a purple glow]

[Deep breath, and she'll give Sacrifice a nod before stepping through.]

[Another pathway]

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