Mayfly
@fleetingFreedom
#death #gore #blood #violence [Image attached: A body takes the centre of the image, laying on a plain metal floor. Cobalt eyes stare straight ahead, the face locked in a grimace of fear and pain. The body lies limp, the head rolled to the side in a way that it shouldn't be able to. It's quickly clear why- the spine that ought to be preventing that from happening lies next to him, torn from his body. Cerulean blood pools around him, his back reduced to a pulped mass of blood and viscera. The athletic frame that had supported his escapades was now useless. A mass of flesh taking up the photo. Strands of skin and muscle cling to the spine, looking as though they're reaching towards the body.]
[⚙︎ Happens every day, but. He|| that is another |eve|. ⚙︎]
[BEGIN MESSAGE] ... quite tthe mezzage tthey zent with tthiz. [END MESSAGE]
action; statement input; statement: i did not need to see this again input; statement: i am not sure why i went |ooking on this account. input; statement: the photo is input; statement: it shows |ess than is |ocked in my memory fi|es
[BEGIN MESSAGE] perhapz it he|pz make it |ezz zh0cking. but i d0 n0t rec0mmend it. [END MESSAGE]
𐊥ell 𐊥or the oldest trick in the ؛ଓook, haha. [This user is o𐊥𐊥line] - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Always ؛ଓeen a 𐊥an o𐊥 the chase. Good thing they're strapped in. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Well, they're eating. That's something at least. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
I hope everyone's doing well tonight. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
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The sand comes 𐊥or us all. I'll get them out with what I've got le𐊥t. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ Will you stand for your morals in the face of oblivion? ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅
Yes. What other option do I have? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ Hm ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅
I do 𐊥eel it's worth saying this is a rescue, not a kidnapping. Though I suppose the empire may simply call it the𐊥t. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
It's a؛ଓout the message, my 𐊥riend. I've gotten away with worse. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
¶ "IT'S A R3SCU3" SAYS TH3 TROLL WHO N33DS TO T3LL TH3MS3LV3S THAT SO TH3Y CAN STILL F33L LIK3 TH3Y'R3 IN TH3 RIGHT AND THIS WASN'T ALL A WAST3
As 𐊥ar as I know? They're thriving, 𐊥riend. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
No⟡ a was⟡e. Even if you fail and your shoddy work makes rescue harder for ⟡hem in ⟡he fu⟡ure? ==⟢
I won't ؛ଓe 𐊥ailing this one, 𐊥riend. That's not on the cards. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
At least they've settled now. Goodness. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Helm Hazards Part 5 Viruses. ~~~~~~~~~~ While ؛ଓiological viruses need to ؛ଓe watched 𐊥or, the risk o𐊥 a technological virus is another 𐊥actor 𐊥or helms. While many have ways to protect against them, some o𐊥 these viruses are a little more insidious. The main risk comes 𐊥rom the 𐊥act that the thinkpan is a mess o𐊥 wires and code. I𐊥 your thoughts are ones and zeroes, what happens when something disrupts that, hm? Viruses can range in goal and type. 𐊥or example, there was the "Chrysididae Virus" that was o𐊥ten deployed on colony settlement ships, typically ؛ଓy re؛ଓel 𐊥actions. The virus would slowly change helm priorities to 𐊥avour the 𐊥action when it came to resource allocation and medical care. Typically done on ships that had mid؛ଓloods or lower, this could ؛ଓe quite e𐊥𐊥ective at allowing re؛ଓel 𐊥actions to overtake the ship with time. This has, o𐊥 course, ؛ଓeen stamped out and appropriate sa𐊥eguards placed to prevent this in current day codes. Not all viruses are re؛ଓel in origin. A more recent virus, la؛ଓelled "GoodAsNew" was a 𐊥ork o𐊥 an experimental Empire-؛ଓased ؛ଓehavioural program. The original program was designed to help correct and cur؛ଓ helms that exhi؛ଓited ؛ଓehaviours that were considered unruly, such as swearing at their senior o𐊥𐊥icers or having violent thoughts. GoodAsNew took this a step 𐊥urther, replicating itsel𐊥 in the 𐊥irst helm it ran on until the helm could think o𐊥 nothing else. Eventually, the code would mutate into a rudimentary AI personality and take over completely, deleting the helm and passing copies o𐊥 itsel𐊥 to others over the pilot network. The only way to get rid o𐊥 GoodAsNew so 𐊥ar has ؛ଓeen to do a hard reset, or i𐊥 caught early enough, roll ؛ଓack updates. Crews rarely pick this one up, unless they have a particular attachment and care to the helm's personality. Others still attack the helm's ؛ଓody. These move 𐊥ast, and are designed to cause the thinkpan to mis𐊥ire rapidly. This can result in seizures that ؛ଓecome surges, 𐊥ever and death among other things. Imagine all the ؛ଓodily 𐊥unctions your thinkpan controls at varying levels. Imagine disrupting those. It's a small wonder helms are so care𐊥ul with their code, hm? I𐊥 you're a technician, ؛ଓe sure to run regular checks on your helm's code security. #helmhazards #helmrisks #؛ଓodyhorror #identityloss #horror #viruses - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
⦓ I truly wish that you had simply stuck to informative posts, Mayfly. What's coming for you is such a shame. ⦔
Given that one o𐊥 these helms has apparently already su𐊥𐊥ered helmsickness and was a𐊥𐊥ected ؛ଓy GoodAsNew, don't you think it's time they got out? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
⦓ Neither you nor I have the right to decide that for them. If they wanted your "aid" they would not be biting. I stand by that. ⦔ ⦓ Like I said. It's a shame. It is not my place to comment on the lives of those I don't know, and perhaps you are right that they should be granted freedom, but that is irrelevant because, at the end of the day... You have kidnapped them against their wishes, and the Fleet is coming for you. My opinions have not mattered and do not matter. What will come will come. You may want to note down all of your other informative advice quickly and put it somewhere to be posted upon your death. ⦔
Rescued them. Stole them, i𐊥 we're going ؛ଓy what the 𐊥leet will say. You realise that they can't exactly say they want to ؛ଓe 𐊥ree, yes? Doing so would have resulted in a reset o𐊥 some degree. Even now, their reactions are out o𐊥 𐊥ear that we might get caught. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
I was in ⟡heir posi⟡ion once. My rescuers made con⟡ac⟡ firs⟡. Ensured I knew ⟡hey were ⟡ruly on my side. Gained my ⟡rus⟡. A⟡ ⟡he end of ⟡he nigh⟡, you, like ⟡he flee⟡, are ⟡rea⟡ing ⟡hem as objec⟡s. ==⟢
⦓ Tell yourself whatever helps you sleep at night. You will need the rest. I know your ship is zippy, but it's predictable. You're predictable. ⦔ ⦓ You got very cocky live-posting about this whole thing, and that has doomed you. I can only hope that your fuck up has not doomed the two you have kidnapped as well. Whether this was a kidnapping, a rescue or something else, it still stands; you put them in a horrific situation, and there is no good ending to this. ⦔
Perhaps I am. Does that really matters i𐊥 they won't see me once my part in this is done? Does it matter when they'll ؛ଓe 𐊥ree? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Good acts make a good troll at the end o𐊥 the night, 𐊥riend. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
#musicposting https://youtu.؛ଓe/0LwcvjNJTuM?si=DZPSpsx_MO_SeiT7 - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
AREN'T YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING ON THE RUN LMAO
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ Who are we to judge what one does with the last of their sand? ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ I am literally defending you ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅
My apologies, seems I put the wrong tone on the message. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Time 𐊥or us to get moving, I think. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
\ maybe 1'm be1ng a l1ttle paras0c1al, but be careful 0ut there dude. d0n't mess up l1ke that aga1n. 1t m1ght be y0ur last m1stake, and 1 d0n't wanna see that /
They provided me a new sensation and learning point. I can't ؛ଓe too mad at that. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
༄ ｡°it has been for perhaps longer than you realize.°｡ ༄
I'm relatively practiced at this. We're at my 𐊥avourite part. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
༄ ｡°What you know of anything can fit in a thimble. But yes, bark bark.°｡ ༄
When they realise, and we get away despite that. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
\ just... remember they're pe0ple, alr1ght? every0ne acts l1ke a c0rnered beast s0met1mes, but try and l1sten t0 them when y0u can /
What the 𐊥uck. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
I took o𐊥𐊥 the mechanical hand 𐊥or repairs so technically no. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Oh 𐊥uck o𐊥𐊥, they're ؛ଓoth ؛ଓiters? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
¶ SOR3 FOR M3? YOU'R3 TH3 ON3 LIV3 CHITTING YOUR H3ROICS NOT GOING TO PLAN AND COMPLAINING ABOUT TH3 LACK OF GRATITUD3 FROM P3OPL3 WHO DON'T S33M TO HAV3 ASK3D FOR IT AND AR3 CONTINUING TO PROV3 TH3Y DON'T WANT IT. I THINK THOS3 'TWO' OF YOURS AR3 PROBABLY SOR3 AND T3RRIFI3D, TO ADD. §2 YOU S33M TO HAV3 SOM3 D3LUSIONS OF GRAND3UR R3LAT3D TO YOUR "ACTIVISM." OR SHOULD I SAY, T3RRORISM.
I'd call it a rescue, 𐊥riend. Though some may call it a the𐊥t instead. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
It's a؛ଓout the example it sets. And previous missions like this certainly didn't get the same reaction, so I'm a little surprised. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
...you know, I expected more gratitude and less crying. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
⦓ Crying about what? Gratitude for what? If you mistake someone's desires, it's important to try and find out why! ⦔
Removal 𐊥rom a situation they didn't want to ؛ଓe in, poor things. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
A lot more requests to return them than anticipated. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Fucked up but sometimes your pan adapts to an awful situation so much that the instant things get better you start to break down from the lack of routine suffering. I know I was extremely going through it when my shitty mom died (#justified #deserved #lbozo), though my circumstances were hardly typical and I have bipolar disorder anyway.
Well, that's inconvenient. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
I'm a𐊥raid I'll ؛ଓe a little ؛ଓusy, so the #helmhazards series will have to ؛ଓe on hold 𐊥or a ؛ଓit. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Pesky thing. [Attached is an image o𐊥 a data chip that could ؛ଓe used 𐊥or tracking.] - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Poor things. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Some new 𐊥riends I've made. Darling little things, don't know what's good 𐊥or them. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Pro؛ଓa؛ଓly a good thing my visit to Agare Station was so short, hm? Always tough to get caught in a lockdown. - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
Shame, isn't it? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly
@su؛ଓparNova Something wrong? - Upli𐊥ting you and yours, May𐊥ly