towerofanimus | #4: "Salvation comes with a cost."

Who: A brainwashed Shepard and YOU.
What: Drone Shepard goes about her work, doing little more than her assigned tasks. It seems like an opportune time to bother her, but...
When: Throughout the event -- specify the date you want to tag her at when you tag in.
Where: Various places.
Warnings: Possible death if you want her to malfunction on your character.
Format: Action spam.

[It had to be deliberate, there was no way it could have been anything else. Of all the times she could have been snatched off, it had to be right after she'd mourned for the family she lost on Mindoir. Impeccable timing, Jason. Simply impeccable.

Oh, how she could only wish she could fight free from whatever was bugging her though. While her mind was still hers, some strange compulsion to do what was deemed her work lingered there, buzzing as if to insist she did that instead of whatever else she could be doing--like hunting and trying to help those suffering. Or perhaps, even guarding the girl that was still in the same room. But that was all she was able to do, in the end--her body seemed to rebel against her whenever she tried to make it move the way she wanted it to, wouldn't respond the way she wished it would. It wouldn't break away from serving as one of the drones that emotionlessly maintain the inner workings of this godforsaken tower.

She hated it. She hated not having control over herself.

Shepard can be found anywhere the worker units would be, handling every task passed to her without question. Or, perhaps, you'd rather find her in the dorm rooms (perhaps, even the one she was assigned to), staring at those who occupied it listlessly...]

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[Romeo was so mad, mad at Jason, mad at the tower, mad that his friends had all been hurt again and turned into things. His friends and people he didn't even know. Like the woman he saw in his room when he woke up.] Are you okay miss?

[To patrol the halls seemed like nothing. The task that was required. Keep on tabs of the people, keep on tabs of the drones. The chains that wrapped around and pulled at his body, heaved down by the weight of bleeding, battered corpses, seem to not deter his movements, his strides slow but steady as he walks through the dormitory.

He pauses at one door, noticing a woman - another one of them - blankly standing and staring at the contents of the room, nothing in there to speak of. Was she malfunctioning?

Imbecile.]

Hey. Knock it off.

[It took her half a minute to register that someone'd taken notice of her presence, a little bit longer beyond that to realize she was in someone else's room.

Strange, she could have sworn she was working on something important...well, no matter. Shepard gives a weary nod--or at least, tries to, under the circumstances--even as she turns to leave, as if to say she won't bother him for much longer.]

[Seeing everyone twisted and warped like this was terrible..which meant that chaos needed to get some more rest to make sure that he could help everyone and handle it properly. However, when he was about to enter his dorm room, he saw..another altered person step into it before he did. Following her, he spoke.]

Do you have business with one of us here?

[Romeo sat up and got out of bed padding over to her] Can you speak miss?

*Enoch was not sleeping well lately, with everything going on, and the modified coming in to stare at people in the room on top of that.

Enoch slept light, you see. When enemies could spawn in and blend into the shadows, he learned to be ready for wakefulness in an instant, and while Meridian had seen to a deeper sleep, Animus brought him right back out of that.

He wakes as soon as he feels eyes on him, jerking upright at the sight of another silhouette standing over him. His armor forms in a swell of white light, but he can't get to his Arch from here, so he watches her, instead, wary and suddenly on high alert.*

[...It was hard to tell if she'd registered chaos' words at first, but it would probably become clear after a few minutes that something was so obviously off. She was still unresponsive, still staring out at the empty bed. That there was some obvious modification done to her probably only adds to it.

What was she doing there all this time? Does he still want to find out?]

[chaos did..but, more than anything, he wanted this poor person to leave the room before a fight broke out and his roommates things were destroyed. Or his.

So, this time, he walked up to her and attempted to put a hand on her shoulder to get her attention.]

Again, Miss, what are you doing here?

[Still no response, at least for the moment.

Her eyes seem oddly affixed onto the empty bed, though...was she watching over someone, or at the very least, trying to? Or was there something she needed the would-be occupant for...? It's hard to tell.]

[Not a sound--if she could even make one, at that point.

There was nothing there, and yet she'd continue staring at the space in front of her absent-mindedly. Not like she can really help it at that point; her mind has more or less taken a vacation by now.

The question is, what does Guy do about it?]

[Since she wasn't responding to words, chaos tried a different approach that he found had worked with some of the residents. Using his telepathy, he tried to talk to the person.]

'Can you hear me? If so, what are you doing here? And are you alright?'

[It doesn't look like anything's happening, though. ...Yet.

Shepard is still blankly staring at him, but the question is -- for how long?]

[Romeo doesn't get much response, sadly. If she wanted to try to express her inability to talk somehow, it just doesn't show--her wandering off back to her job might give off the vibe that she's ignoring him.

What will he do at that point? Follow, and try to catch her attention again?]

[He follows, because he is smart like that and he is worried about her. He wants to make sure she doesn't get hurt while the bad people have got control over her.]

*Enoch watches the unmoving modified person. When it's clear she will not move, Enoch attempts to slowly slip out of bed, on the nightstand side so he can at least have his weapon.*

[A frown settles onto his face as he strides forward, a hand firmly reaching out to twist her around to face him directly.]

Didn't you hear me? Knock it off.

Get back to the task at hand.

#4: "Salvation comes with a cost."

night of 15th/16th Hope this okay

17th (Guy = Group A and might kill her if he goes into malfunction mode??)

15's all good. I did mention you could choose any place you liked, after all. XD

Afternoon of the 15th

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Night of the 16th, malfunction or not is up to you.

That took too long for me to get back to, sob.

It's alright! Don't worry about it! ^^

Yaaaaaaaay ;; Also I'll probably have her wake up soon if things get hard to tag from here on out :X

Oh, wonderful times, let's confirm another kill! 8D

Which will also be alright. ^^

Ohoho, let's see how this goes. 8D;

Belated, but just let me know if you don't want Romeo killed. XD She might go into malfunction.

Killing him is fine!

Who knows!

Righto!