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Topher Brink ([personal profile] andblockbuster) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2013-10-25 08:16 am
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010; (VIDEO) forward-dated to late on the 25th

 [What you are seeing is Topher. Topher looks a little like hell. Someone may or may not have been avoiding dealing with one of his empathy links for SCIENCE (the first one worked out fine- that's how he knows enough to figure this out, but the second one...) ... Also, it's possible he's been occupied running scans and trying to figure out if he's wrong, which... he's still not convinced he's not.]

I've been working.... [He pauses, plants a palm on his forehead, and sucks in a breath.] I've been working on a theory. It's not entirely sound yet, but I was trying to run through every logical possibility before entertaining the notion that it might actually be... that, and... no dice. None. And it was bad enough when it was just memories, but now- now. Oh, it's much worse. 

Whatever this is, it's on a synaptic level- whatever one person feels, the other person feels too. Observe. [He picks up something sharp and pricks himself, which makes him hiss in pain.] Now someone out there felt that. That means that we are doing some serious groupthink weirdness without the whole "all of us are Borg" BS- SO FAR. Who knows what it'll be in a few weeks. Or days. And what was the last thing 90% of us experienced that involved groupthink? Anyone?

[YEAH, TOPHER'S HAVING A BAD DAY. HOW ARE YOU?] I think we might be in trouble.

[He rubs his face.] And is anyone who was fully assimilated on Strela even still around? 'Cause that'd be a start to maybe possibly proving me wrong. Or right. But let's err on the side of blind optimism and assume my fancy medical degrees in neurology mean nothing and I'm just talking out of my... bottom area. Whatever.

[Maybe you should deal with your link first, Topher. MAYBE. There's science to do, okay.]
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-25 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
No, no one had to say it, because nobody wants to think about this sort of thing! Having someone in your head is bad enough without you giving a play-by-play of the worst case scenarios.
andblockbuster: (Got that handle undercover in Hanoi.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-25 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Technically, it's one scenario. Singular. [...Because that... makes it better.] And if anyone's got a reason to be tweaking out about this... this flies in the face of everything I've based my entire career off of. This doesn't just happen.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-25 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well of course it--of course this kind of thing doesn't just happen, none of the things on this rubbish boat just happen.

Do you want to scan my brain? Would that--would that help?
andblockbuster: (SCREW THE RULES.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-25 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It might. I mean I'd need the other person's brain too, for me to figure out if it goes any deeper than its little nest in the temporal lobe. That might be why the synapses are firing off in unison- everyone's memories are confused, so their wires are all crossed and that effects physical sensation. It could be that the TQ has just figured out how to... do certain things without other things happening.

If you... catch my drift. [Which is not ANY BETTER. Imprinting over a fully functional brain is terrifying, even if it's just a couple memories at a time. That's not eradicating your entire self. That's just making you're entire self... not whole.]
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-25 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I've got it. Drift...caught.

Sorry to say, though, that I haven't been able to find anyone I'm sharing with, which is...unfortunate. For...reasons I don't really need to elaborate, here.

[YOU KNOW THE REASONS]
andblockbuster: (You mean Obama?)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-27 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[HAHAHAHA YEAH.]

At least they're not posting 'em on that freakin' Craigslist thing for everyone to see.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-27 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
It's only--it's only a matter of time, if you ask me.

You haven't gotten any of mine, have you?
andblockbuster: (Who in God's green Smurf are you?)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-28 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Not... yet?

[GIVE IT TIME.]

I mean we could link up with the entire ship by the end of this. All of us could know everything about everyone. It would be cool, if it weren't terrifying. Or happening to us.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-28 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
No, no, nono, stop. Stop right there, don't go any further with your--with your speculation, and you're theories. That's enough, really.
andblockbuster: (I feel like I'm in that movie Limitless.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-28 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay. I'm done! No more. Also, you're gonna give someone else an anxiety attack doing that.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-28 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
What am I supposed to do!? There are--there are things I don't want people to know! Really important things!!

[You know which things!!]
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-28 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Threaten them with your rope wrench until they pretend they never saw it?
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-10-28 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'm sure everyone will respond well, like that.
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-10-31 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you could always try the tried and true method of opening a casual dialogue with them about the importance of context and... I-D-K. Tiny robot ball memories are not like human memories, so the human brain can't possibly comprehend them properly.
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-11-01 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yes, of course, I mean--context is--is very important. I will be explaining that to them, yes.
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-11-01 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
See? There you go. Nothing to worry about. Unless it's Miles, but we're all used to that from him.

[HE IS STILL UPSET ABOUT IT, HOWEVER.]
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-11-01 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The good news is that I have--I have no memories about being a lawyer, so I'm in the clear.
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-11-01 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
No, look he's tricky. Because the memory I got from him.... was not... lawyer-y. Apparently, he has other interests.

[AND TRAUMA.]
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[personal profile] testgasm 2013-11-01 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I would think the ruffles and the pink would be a dead giveaway no matter what. You know, just--just look down, check for a cravat.
andblockbuster: (Stop developing your characters.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2013-11-02 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny how that was not my first impulse. I'll remember that if I ever mindmeld with him again.
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