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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. )
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[personal profile] manifestering 2025-05-06 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
They are restored.

[This he says like that should be enough.]

In any case. We will look after them. They will be taken care of.
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[personal profile] unsunder 2025-05-06 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ohhh, he has a lot he could say about restoring things that have been changed, for better or worse, but at the end of the day he hardly knows these people and owes them nothing, so. He'll keep his council to himself. ]

Very well. Do please share if aught of note happens. Until then, my apologies to your friend.

[ He sounds earnest enough about that, at least. ]
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[personal profile] manifestering 2025-05-06 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, a whole apology. That's nice!]

I will pass on your regards.
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[personal profile] unsunder 2025-05-06 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Look, he may be a grouchy asshole 97% of the time, but he does realize that he needs every source of information he can get if he wants to get out of here. He'll play nice when it suits him. ]

Appreciated. I am Emet-Selch, by the way.
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[personal profile] manifestering 2025-05-06 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[.........manners,] Good to meet you. If we make any other discoveries I will remember.
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[personal profile] unsunder 2025-05-06 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ "okay" help. ]

Thank you.

[ Alright Octavian you can be free. He won't make you socialize anymore. ]
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[personal profile] grappler 2025-05-06 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[there's so many conflicting emotions. the Viktor that she remembers from here. the Viktor that had tried to destroy their world. the Viktor that had tried to help Vander. the Viktor that had killed Vander.

he can probably see the conflicting emotions cross her face, and she grits her teeth and closes her eyes. she opens them again, more of a challenge on her face than anything else.]


What do you remember now?

[a beat. and then she goes for her actual point-]

Do you remember Vander?
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[personal profile] abandonware 2025-05-06 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. Maybe.

[This guy is so vague... what the hell.] "Corruption" could mean anything. [She sounds annoyed.] Is it a virus or not?

[Give her a minute... a moment later, a smooth, much more mechanical voice speaks.] Unit A2 and this Pod have experience in the analyzing and removal of complex viral programming.
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text -> voice;

[personal profile] giraffic 2025-05-06 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ her curiosity outweighs her caution, and suddenly Viktor has a teenage girl's voice coming through ]

You didn't hurt him, even if they said you did. The fuck did you do?
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Text; un: eyeofzaun

[personal profile] conflictresolution 2025-05-06 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Oh good, you've returned them to their senses for a life of ostracization and recalling potentially some of the worst experiences of their lives. I'm certain they will be a boon.

Where were you with your city needed help? Out from under a Piltie's shadow now. My, my, how we have aged brilliantly from our time in the sun.
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voice; un: spartan

[personal profile] melnik 2025-05-06 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Uhhh... this is great, he supposes, in a way! But it's hard to just accept it as a good thing at face value for a multitude of reasons. ]

Hold on. You didn't get to the most important part. Do any of these people remember anything? About what happened before they were transformed?
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video | un: echo

[personal profile] individualized 2025-05-06 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Hi, she hasn't really met him, but that's not going to stop her from asking the question that just came to her.]

Why were they changed before? Was there some purpose?
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[personal profile] nightwild 2025-05-06 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
... Not that I've figured out yet...
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audio; un: shades

[personal profile] laserguy 2025-05-06 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wait what happened to Viktor-- but also what?? He restored one of the Rumpiturs and he's heard about the theory about the Naga being former Chosen, but this kind of proves it??? Holy shit.]

How did you do that? Are... are you able to affect other parts of this world?

[A mixture of awe, shock, and maybe confusion too. Just. He doesn't know what this means. Does he have the power to fight back against the simulation itself?? Also he hopes that Viktor wasn't trampled by what it looked like to be a rising mob-- hopefully the scientist responds soon.]
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[personal profile] abandonware 2025-05-07 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Theoretical physics. [The woman's tone is peppered with doubt.] So math for something that doesn't exist.

[A joke, if a acerbic one. The other voice interferes.] Arcane magic?
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[personal profile] opheliac 2025-05-07 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not contradicting myself. I've been here way longer than you have, Metals, I know what I'm talking about.

[whether anyone else understands her line of thinking is very questionable.]

— We are real because we can go back home. These losers? Can't. We can die and come back, These losers? Can't. And why? Because they're part of this make believe world. If this universe of theirs dies, they won't exist. We will still be kicking with or without it.

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