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ximilia2022-10-31 03:14 pm
groupiedrifter) wrote in ximilia2022-10-31 03:14 pm
Video | UN: Newt | cw: talk of technical self-harm (to stop a possession)
... For the record, I'm claiming this infirmary bed officially. Like, I'm gonna put my name on it.
'Reserved: Newton Geiszler'. I'm gonna live in it. I'm gonna visit it for vacations.
[Okay, yes, Newton is slumped in an infirmary bed, propped up by pillows and looking a little guilty.]
So, like. I think a lot of us were under the influence of... whatever the fuck that orb was up to. Evil little bastard, huh? The whole... 'tormenting us with our own fears' thing? Not a fan. Hated it. Hated how easily it screwed with all of us. The point is, uh — take it from someone who knows what it's like to hurt people against your will: it's not... um. It's not all your fault. If you didn't choose to do it, it wasn't you.
I'm still trying to come to terms with that, so I'm, like... a massive hypocrite. I know I'm a massive hypocrite, so you'd be preaching to the choir if you said any different. But it's true, right? We don't deserve to be manipulated against our will like puppets. It's screwed up to trigger us into things we wouldn't normally do.
These orbs, they're just... I don't know if there are any out there that are actually good.
Freaks me out about where anyone here ends up, dealing with them.
[He sighs.]
Um! Anyway.
I'm kind of stabbed right now. I did it to myself, technically, which is actually nice if you think about it, because that means nobody has to feel bad about being the one who stabbed me. I'll be here moping in this bed for a coupla days, maybe even more than necessary to bless the staff with my handsome face and impeccable manners. Hell, maybe eat some hospital Jell-O and annoy the hell out of my pals that're stuck in here with me... After a nap, 'cause I'm pooped.
[VOICE MESSAGES SENT TO ROSINANTE, LAN WANGJI, AND HERMANN
(... or spoken aloud and in person iiiif they're in the infirmary, too):]
... I'm really fucking sorry. It wasn't me.
I know I use that excuse a lot these days, but I swear, it wasn't.
[Sometimes you just turn to a fellow stab victim and apologize for being the one who caused the stabbing between all of y'all.]
'Reserved: Newton Geiszler'. I'm gonna live in it. I'm gonna visit it for vacations.
[Okay, yes, Newton is slumped in an infirmary bed, propped up by pillows and looking a little guilty.]
So, like. I think a lot of us were under the influence of... whatever the fuck that orb was up to. Evil little bastard, huh? The whole... 'tormenting us with our own fears' thing? Not a fan. Hated it. Hated how easily it screwed with all of us. The point is, uh — take it from someone who knows what it's like to hurt people against your will: it's not... um. It's not all your fault. If you didn't choose to do it, it wasn't you.
I'm still trying to come to terms with that, so I'm, like... a massive hypocrite. I know I'm a massive hypocrite, so you'd be preaching to the choir if you said any different. But it's true, right? We don't deserve to be manipulated against our will like puppets. It's screwed up to trigger us into things we wouldn't normally do.
These orbs, they're just... I don't know if there are any out there that are actually good.
Freaks me out about where anyone here ends up, dealing with them.
[He sighs.]
Um! Anyway.
I'm kind of stabbed right now. I did it to myself, technically, which is actually nice if you think about it, because that means nobody has to feel bad about being the one who stabbed me. I'll be here moping in this bed for a coupla days, maybe even more than necessary to bless the staff with my handsome face and impeccable manners. Hell, maybe eat some hospital Jell-O and annoy the hell out of my pals that're stuck in here with me... After a nap, 'cause I'm pooped.
[VOICE MESSAGES SENT TO ROSINANTE, LAN WANGJI, AND HERMANN
(... or spoken aloud and in person iiiif they're in the infirmary, too):]
... I'm really fucking sorry. It wasn't me.
I know I use that excuse a lot these days, but I swear, it wasn't.
[Sometimes you just turn to a fellow stab victim and apologize for being the one who caused the stabbing between all of y'all.]
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But I'm the guy you go to if you want upgrades to any tech or weaponry. Or if you've got some kind of weird sickness or infection... or if you need to figure out the anatomy of some weird monster. All kinds of stuff, really! I can make tools to disarm alarms, hack cameras, all that fun stuff.
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[ His condition is already being treated with medication and it's not something he wants to reveal to people anyway, so that's out too. ]
But you sound useful to others.
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Being on a team means offering everything you can to that team, right?
For me, it's my big, beautiful brain.
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Yes. If you are dedicated to a cause, you would do all you can.
[ A pause. ]
I suppose I will turn to you if there is something I don't understand. The mission brief didn't take into account that I am still unused to all this technology.
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Just lay any questions you got on me, and I'll put my teaching credentials to the test.
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