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𝐯𝐢𝐤𝐭𝐨𝐫. ([personal profile] runeing) wrote in [community profile] expiationnet2025-05-04 09:58 pm

video; un: viktor

[ the video feed opens with the shot of… the ground, and a pair of strangely purple, metallic-looking feet, some blue fabric covering the legs. faintly, one may hear viktor’s voice saying, ]

This proves it without a shadow of a doubt. You were right. It is possible to make them remember… to help them.

Wobbles, hold this for me, please.

[ the tablet shakes for a moment as viktor sets it in the hands of the little robot, and as his face comes into focus, it is framed by a hood, and his cheeks, while not quite purple, certainly don’t look to be made of flesh anymore. ]

Observe this, if you would, [ he says this to those watching, and then walks away, long staff in hand, entirely steady on his feet. the surroundings reveal themselves to be in rumpitur; there is a snake person standing nearby, seeming panicked as viktor approaches, watching someone off to the side of the view of the camera. ]

It will not hurt, I promise. Let me help you become who you once were.

[ what happens next is nothing short of unbelievable: viktor lifts his hand, and the purple lines in his metallic body all start to glow at once, an otherworldly light emanating from his limbs, spreading to his eyes, and finally exploding outward as it connects with the naga. for a moment, the light is too bright for anything to be seen clearly; though if one tries, there are circles inside the light, forming a strange sort of a pattern as they wrap around the duo, standing there.

when the light finally dies down, viktor is still there, leaning onto his staff, visibly exhausted — but opposite him, there now stands a person, a man looking mostly human, with some scales still along his arms, his eyes still with slit pupils, like a snake’s.
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How… do you feel?

[ the formerly-a-snake blinks, shakes his head as if trying to gather his bearings, and says, ] Like… it feels like I’ve been asleep for a long time. Just woken up from a dream, except there was nothing there, you know? Just… emptiness.

[ before viktor can say anything more, there is clamoring to be heard, coming closer; other snakes, shouting, an indistinct mess of he’s hurting them, see and stop that — the others are clearly not pleased, and viktor sighs before holding out his hand towards wobbles the robot, signaling for it (and the tablet) to come closer. ]

Can you see? It can be reversed. What the previous AI did. I could only save this one and two others… but it can be done. We are not helpless. This simulation is not all-powerful.

[ that is all he has time for, though, as the yelling comes closer, and with a frown he takes the tablet and cuts the connection. ]

( ooc: viktor is back from his canon update and is now from between acts 1 and 2 of season 2! his responses come with a slight delay as they are currently being kicked out of rumpitur. some responses to the post may also come from octavian, who is off-screen throughout the post. )
opheliac: ✖ malagraphic (so i would have water)

[personal profile] opheliac 2025-05-04 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds dynamite. I'll be sweet and let you pick the place. Just be sure to tell me when you get here.
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[personal profile] unsunder 2025-05-04 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Buddy!!! You are not giving him much to work with here.

There is an audible sigh, edged in frustration. ]


All well and good, if I knew your method in the first place. That aside for the moment — you said they were corrupted. Do you know for certain if this corruption came from the AI itself, or an outside source?
thecodexabides: (offside)

Re: voice;

[personal profile] thecodexabides 2025-05-04 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Also impressive. This man must be an advanced Mechanicus. ]

I was unaware Abominable Intelligence could cause such changes to the physical body. [That's what AI means, right? It has been banned in his world for millennia. ]
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text;

[personal profile] giraffic 2025-05-04 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
perhaps i might recommend not broadcasting it for everyone to comment on if you don't want them to comment on it
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[personal profile] jaganshi 2025-05-04 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)

[ There is a low grumble of a growl at that - even if Hiei doesn't put much importance on all of this the lack of answers is annoying. Even more when he knows that Kurama will no doubt be on about this again with no answers either.

Except - ]


Would you be able to describe the approach?
chimericalclaw: (a: curiosity)

[personal profile] chimericalclaw 2025-05-05 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't like it, but he'll be patient. Not to mention that moment of clear exhaustion after Viktor's... efforts, and who knows how the former Naga are feeling physically; he has concerns about the group's ability to make the entire trek back to Aldrip.]

Very well. Let me know if I can assist somehow in the meantime.

[But this is an appointment he's not missing no matter what. He'll make his way to Octavian's at the appropriate time.]
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[personal profile] abandonware 2025-05-05 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
The snake... people seem more permanent than the weird shit that's happened to us.

Did you alter some kind of programming? Remove a logic virus? [It looked like magic, sure, whatever. But a machine was a machine. They weren't capable of "magic," which in and of itself was too fantastical for her to think too hard on.]
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voice; un:curtaincall

[personal profile] endcaller 2025-05-05 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Fun trick.

Will you deign to tell me how you did it?
manifestering: (016)

[personal profile] manifestering 2025-05-05 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oop, allow him to cut in--]

They will be hungry from traveling. If you would not mind bringing some snacks. As you might imagine my house is inadequately stocked for so many.
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video - un: punchesu

[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-05 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
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Oh what the hell.

[she was going to come to this post with some tact, but as soon as she opens her mouth, that's exactly what comes out.]
Edited 2025-05-05 16:25 (UTC)
chimericalclaw: (a: i see)

[personal profile] chimericalclaw 2025-05-05 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. I'd hate for them not to feel properly welcomed. [Octavian had been unseen, but it was obvious enough to Altius he had to be the fifth of their number.] Take care on the way.

[Good thing he started that garden. He won't feel bad taking a handful of fruits and vegetables from it before grabbing a sandwich or two elsewhere. Hopefully they like carrots...]
manifestering: (010)

[personal profile] manifestering 2025-05-05 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thanks for sensing his presence as Guy Who Was Right, and also how it was obvious anyway.]

Thank you. If you arrive before we do feel free to wait in my laboratory behind the house. There is a lobby.

[It's better than standing around outside, anyway.]
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video; un: cupcake

[personal profile] bulleting 2025-05-05 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Caitlyn honestly wasn't sure what she feared most when Viktor disppeared; that he would be another friend gone from this place, or he would be returning as the Herald.

Apparently her worst fears were correct.

She can't even hide the concern and fear across her face as she watches Viktor "healing" the Naga, unable to help but think back to those horrifying creatures that attacked Piltover at Viktor's command. She hadn't witnessed any of his healing firsthand like Vi and Jinx had, but Vi's description had been more than enough.

Fuck.]


I know you think you're helping them, Viktor, but I promise, you're not.

[Her voice is not as composed as she wants it to be, but this has been what she's feared the most since she returned from home -- seeing Viktor becoming this again, and losing everything because of it. It's frightening enough that she doesn't even realize she didn't properly private this like she intended.]
chimericalclaw: (a: ponder)

[personal profile] chimericalclaw 2025-05-05 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. I'll see you all there.

[He won't be there terribly early; he's still wrapped up in so many of his own endeavors he doesn't have hours and hours to spend doing nothing but waiting—or perhaps that's just what he tells himself so he doesn't stop and get caught up in his own swirl of thoughts.

Regardless, he's got a good enough idea of what the trip from Rumpitur is like to estimate their arrival. He won't have been waiting long enough to become impatient by then.]

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