text (Lucy) | un: schadenfreude

[scarredhorns]

[Lucy's noticed how the internet here doesn't allow one to post anonymously, so she decides to go with a username that she'll probably never use again. It's the closest thing she's got to anonymous.]

So, I went through the whole forum and it doesn't look like this has been asked before.

Who else was dead, or in the process of dying when they arrived here?

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UN: geth

[agglomerate]

We apologize if this is a sensitive topic, but this presents us with a unique opportunity.

May we make an inquiry in regards to the specific topic of death and the process there of?

CW: descriptions of body horror

[scarredhorns]

[Unfortunately for Lucy, because the truth-telling effects from the blue minobi have yet to fade, she just goes right ahead and gives details of her death.]

My death was not a peaceful one.
It was awful. My body literally melted.
I could see some of my bones sticking out, and I felt as though half of my face was missing skin. Globs of my flesh were scattered all around me. The pain was unlike anything else I'd ever experienced before, like my body was just collapsing in on itself.

sorry for the delay!

[agglomerate]

[ Yikes, Lucy. That sounds decidedly... unpleasant. ]

We offer our condolences, albeit we understand that perhaps is not much in the face of that kind of pain.

Additionally: It is not our intention to appear calloused. We do not feel pain as organics do, so our perspective and understanding is limited.

It's okay!

[scarredhorns]

Organics? So you're not human then? Or not made of flesh and bone?

[agglomerate]

Yes.

[ Because they really aren't any of those things. ]

[scarredhorns]

I would ask, but then that might lead to questions asking about me
which I can't have right now.
So refrain from asking questions that could reveal any identifying information about me, such as names, age, etc.
I'll answer your inquiries about death, though.

[agglomerate]

[ Yikes-- they're beginning to consider that they may have stepped on a nerve, but
Legion isn't always the best at reading others' intentions. ]

If we have offended in some way, that was not our intention. If this individual does not wish for us to ask anything personal, we will refrain from doing so.

Would you prefer that we disengage from any inquiries at all?

[scarredhorns]

I'm not offended.

[She is annoyed now, though.]

We don't have to end things here. I have some anonymity thanks to the Internet.
I just don't want any questions that could be traced back to identify who I am in real life.

[She can't just come out and say that she's under the blue minobi's truth-telling effects, because her paranoia tells her that someone might then try to take advantage of her inability to lie.]

Even if I talk about my death in detail, it's not like that alone is enough for people to know who I am. They still don't know my face or name.

[agglomerate]

We will refrain from asking any identifying information. Your caution is understandable. We will respect your wishes.

[ Hey, it makes sense to Legion to want to protect one's self. They aren't going to question it, really. ]

While we do not wish to exacerbate any emotional pain you may feel over the mater, we cannot die as you can. It is our wish to understand organics. What emotions did you feel?

[ Legion knows it likely wasn't any good ones, but they still want to know. ]

CW: body horror

[scarredhorns]

First, I felt fear. But who wouldn't when they see their hand melt right off?

However, once I realized that the one I loved was still alive, I replaced my fear with resolve. I was sad too, because I knew I would not survive to enjoy more time with him if I saved him. Even so, I valued his life more than my own.

I succeeded, so even though it resulted in my death, I was relieved and happy, and felt a strange sense of peace in the very end.