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…. Hm.  Connor considered her for a little while, not… caught on anything, but certainly thinking through several thoughts, if the way his LED flickered gave any indication. It was not at all his place to ask many of the questions that he wondered, and she did - genuinely - seem content to be here. He did not know how much longer Kamski might take, to collect the paperwork for the laser he was (hopefully) intending to (benevolently?) turn over to New Jericho.  Instead of any of the number of questions he decided were inappropriate, Connor asked, “You seem very loyal to him.” And then, because that hadn’t quite been a question, and he did not want her to avoid it: “Why?” 

Why.

The question shouldn't have been surprising, and yet, it gave her pause.

"Elijah is..." Chloe hesitated, her LED circling steadily in concentrated thought. What was he, to her? His was the first voice she had recognised, the first face her eyes had seen. He had been there on the forefront for every step of her creation. It was difficult to put in words, but she felt a sort of connection to him... Certainly not in a romantic sense, but not quite a familial one either.

       Her existence was tied to him.

"He has always been important to me... I care about him." It had been programmed into her, at first, but the fact remained even as her thoughts had gradually become her own. For nearly twenty years, the entirety of her lived experience had been spent loyally by his side. "He created me, after all." Those last words were almost automatic, slipping out before she fully considered them, and Chloe herself seemed almost taken aback by them once they were voiced. It was fact, yes, but was it really a reason?

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BEING HUMAN SENTENCE STARTERS   —   quotes pulled from season one of the bbc series. feel free to make alternations.

it’s okay. you’re safe now. 

trouble follows me like a curse, and you deserve so much better.

so who wants tea?

you can’t do this on your own.

i just thought love was a miserable lie. but since i’ve met you, i… 

congratulations on mastering the whole speaking like a twat thing.

you tried to protect me from it all, didn’t you?

i’m being as honest as I can be right now.

there wasn’t a single bit of that sentence i understood.

you think this is the first time something like this has happened?

we need to embrace humanity, let the world in.

i just wanted a chance to explain. 

am i really that hard to love back?

you are not meeting my friends.

i’m looking for something to defend myself with. so far i have a whisk.

don’t worry, you’re not my type.

how do you think this ends?

you’re not the only one with secrets.

for all i know this could be perfectly normal. 

how did you find me?

maybe we can go out, but just for a bit.

i like my routine, it makes me feel normal.

you keep making tea! every surface is covered with cups of tea and coffee!

death isn’t always the unwelcome guest you think it is.

i’m sure that sounded much better in your head.

we just have to be totally and completely normal.

you’re lucky. most people don’t get a chance to say goodbye.

is it over? are we safe now?

you are loved. by loads of people. by me.

we have to put a stop to this. 

any time you want to chip in, say something constructive, do feel free.

i’m dead, in case you hadn’t noticed!

[name]’s moved on with his life. you need to as well.

you know, i don’t really see where this relationship is headed anymore.

i’m sensing a trip to ikea, And you know my feelings about that.

can you live with that?

this is becoming a habit. i come in here, look at the wreckage, and i say sorry.

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// So... I'm back! Hi!

I'm going to be (possibly temporarily?) removing a few muses because, as much as I love them, my confidence level in my portrayal of them is a bit low at the moment - but I'm definitely going to be keeping Connor, Chloe, Kara and Alice... and of course Sumo.

My current task is searching for any replies I missed to make sure I have them all, so that I can hopefully start replying to some of those. And then maybe starting to work on remaking my icons.

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Week 1: Home 

(for Detroit: Become Family even)

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Connor had been filing a report on a recent case, but his progress on that task was almost immediately halted by Hank's question. Brown eyes blinked quickly, before he turned to look towards the door, where Sumo was already waiting eagerly at the Lieutenant's side. “Of course. Just a moment.” His LED flickered briefly, one last change made to the file, before he stood, smooth strides quickly carrying him across the room. He reached down to give the excited canine a gentle pat, a small smile accompanying the action, before he grabbed his own Cyberlife-emblazoned jacket. It wasn't the warmest, but he didn't really need to worry about the cold, himself. “Where will we be going?”

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“Hey Connor, want to come for a walk with Sumo and me?” Usually it was the other way around but this time Hank prompted the walk. Sumo was happy to go out, panting happily with his tail wagging. Hank got the leash and easily hooked it to Sumo’s collar. The large pooch was already dragging Hank to the door, Hank reeled the dog in gently. “Easy there buddy, let’s wait for Connor.” Hank slipped a jacket on, it was still cold during the night even as they were entering Summer.

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@Connor: what do you regret most?

[ My muses have to tell nothing but the truth for 10 asks.  |  1/10 ] 

What did he regret? The list was extensive. Some of the things he did as an obedient machine... they were unforgivable in his eyes. How many lives had been lost because of him, either indirectly or by his own hand? Daniel, Carlos Ortiz’s Android, the JB300 in Stratford Tower, all of the devaints who hadn’t managed to escape Jericho...

“I regret... that I didn’t deviate sooner. If I had realised how they were using me, I might have been able to put a stop to it.”  

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My muse has to tell nothing but the truth for 10 asks.

Ask them funny questions, get personal, query about the people around them or pester them for their deepest darkest secrets - go wild! Include ✘ with the asks!

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“I understand.” Simon’s voice was gentle, reassuring, as he looked to the smaller android. It was true that he could see where she was coming from. The PL600, though now free to choose his own path, was still a caretaker at heart. “I don't want to anyone to be hurt either,” At times it felt like every way forward would lead to that, but surely that wasn’t always going to be the case. “I’m sure there’s a way we can convince them without resorting to that, and we’ll find it.”

                                                 ❝  i—  ❞  her  voice  falters  before  she  could  actually  speak,  a  worried  look  crossing  her  features  as  she  spares  a  quick  glance  towards  the  other  and  then  just  as  fast  as  she  looked,  she  pulls  her  gaze  away.  ❝  as  much  as  coming  here  made  me  realize  how  much  i  desire  freedom  for  myself  and  others…  i  don’t  want  to  cause  anyone  harm  to  get  it.  ❞

                                               @deviatedcode​​ .

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How about a small inbox/meme call? Like this post and I'll either send you something from your meme tag or, if nothing jumps out at me, possibly just send in a small IC ask.

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So while iconing Lucy I have noticed that sometimes her eyes are solid black and other times they are a super pale green and now I’m really curious what triggers that color shift.

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Next To Normal (Pt. 1) – Sentence Starters

“ We’ve been living in the dark for far too long. ”

“ Shake me from these dreams, and wake me to what’s real. ”

“ It’s 4 in the morning, is everything ok? ”

“ Everything’s great, why wouldn’t it be great? It’s great! ”

“ Honey, you need to slow down. Take some time for yourself. ”

“ When the world will feel my power and obey? ”

“ You’re living on a latte and a prayer. ”

“ What doesn’t kill me doesn’t kill me. ”

“ We’re the perfect loving family, if they say we’re not then fuck ‘em. ”

“ You scan through the score, and put fingers on keys, and you play - and everything else goes away. ”

“ He knows my deepest secrets. I know his… name. ”

“ Though he’ll never hold me, he’ll always take my calls. ”

“ Fortunately, I have absolutely no desire for sex. ”

“ I was so young, and so dumb… and now I am old. ”

“ Me? I’m just tired. Tired, tired, tired. ”

“ They say love is blind… but believe me, love is insane. ”

“ I don’t feel like myself. I mean, I don’t feel anything. ”

“ I’m trying to tell you I love you. ”

“ I’ll freak and we’ll fight and you’ll hate me. ”

“ We’re both slightly crazy, but you - you amaze me. ”

“ You’ve got some nerve, and I’m just all nerves. ”

“ When did she get a boyfriend? How did I miss this? ”

“ How do you know this isn’t a sign saying we belong together? ”

“ I disinfected the entire house, rewired the computer and did some decoupage. ”

“ We’ve been going out for 9 weeks and 3 days. Don’t I get to meet your family? ”

“ We’ll eat and talk and laugh and joke, it’s gonna be good, you’ll see. ”

“ I know you’re hurting. I am, too. ”

“ Tomorrow terrifies you, but you’ll die if you look back. ”

“ You don’t know what it’s like to live that way. Like a refugee, a fugitive, forever on the run. ”

“ Can you tell me what it is you’re afraid of? Can you tell me why I’m afraid it’s me? ”

“ I’m holding on, and I won’t let go. I just thought you should know. ”

“ If you think that I just don’t give a damn, then you just don’t know who I am. ”

“ Look at me. Tell me who to be. ”

“ I am the one who won’t walk away. ”

“ ___’s not here, I am here. ”

“ You’re our little pride and joy, our perfect plan. ”

“ I love you as much as I can. ”

“ I am what you want me to be. ”

“ I’m your worst fear, you’ll find it in me. ”

“ I’m alive, I’m alive, I am so alive. ”

“ I’ve shown you, I own you. ”

“ Though you made me, you can’t change me. ”

“ I’ll tell you the truth if you let me try. ”

“ Put your feet on the floor, and your hands in your lap. Now breathe. ”

“ Admit what you’ve lost and live with the cost. ”

“ Catch me, I’m falling, please hear me calling. ”

“ Take what you know and then make it make sense. ”

“ I know I have to help her, but hell if I know how. ”

“ All my fears just sit inside me, screaming to be heard. ”

“ Didn’t I see this movie, and didn’t I cry? ”

“ We don’t see much of you these days. Is this ___ a good influence? ”

“ Take this chance, ‘cause it may be our last to be free. ”

“ Take my hand and let me take your heart. ”

“ I can’t get through this alone. ”

“ I swear that somewhere in the night, there’s a light. A light in the dark.

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Reblog if your inbox is ALWAYS open for random asks, even if you haven’t reblogged any meme

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@missionled​ said: ' some things i just can’t forget. whatever i do they’re always there, eating away at me ... ' 

Meme | Accepting

The sound of steady panting quieted as Sumo closed his mouth, head canting to one side as he listened to Connor’s words - or, more specifically, their tone. He couldn’t understand all that was said, but the fact that the Android sounded upset came through clear as day. With a quiet huff, the canine rocked forward from his seated position onto his feet and immediately moved to Connor’s side, where he promptly sat up to place both front paws onto his lap.

His wet nose snuffled against Connor′s face curiously, before a soft, concerned whine sounded from the saint bernard’s throat. Barely a second later, a series of what were intended to be comforting licks followed. If there was anything the dog could do to help him feel less upset, this seemed like a promising method. ( at least, it did to him. ) 

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@anderson-residence - a very late Kara starter ( For Lana? )

“Are you alright?”

Concern was evident in her eyes from the moment she noticed the little girl - alone, in an out of the way place. She looked... scared. Was she hiding? She was reminded of Alice when they first met ( or, the earliest memories of her that she still retained ), which only made her more determined to see if she could help. “Are you lost?”

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jericholeader​:

Another android. It’s the first thing that Markus notices and he-… pauses, LED cycling red and dipping to amber. To this point, none of the humans had been particularly kind. He’d been handled gracelessly on arrest, and there’d been nothing gentle about the process of dragging him into an interrogation room and chaining him to a table. His wrists were registering consist pressure warnings from his repeated struggling and there was thirium lingering in a smear across his face.

“You’re not just a sentry model. You’re an RK.” Markus breathed. His model line. The first he’d met. 

Visibly, a small measure of Markus’ distress bled away, and he managed to uncurl his fists and lay his palms flat against the table between them, “My name is Markus.” He offered, jaw tightening, “And what they said about me? What they’re telling you? It’s wrong. I didn’t-… kill him. I didn’t.”

He broke eye contact, his expression twisting with grief, “Carl’s son, Leo, was at the house when we returned home. They-… are estranged. Leo was intent on taking some of Carl’s paintings to sell for money. Carl told him to leave. When he wouldn’t, he told me to get him out.” He pulled his gaze back, “I tried. I asked him, but he-… wasn’t himself. He turned on me, wanted to fight, and Carl told me not to defend myself. He ordered me not to. But Leo shoved and struck me and I knew it wasn’t fair.” But he’d listened anyway, hadn’t he? Chosen to respect Carl’s wishes and-…

“I listened anyway. I listened to Carl, and let Leo take his anger out on me, and Carl-… collapsed.” Markus’ LED flickered back to crimson, and tears were clear in his eyes, “I loved him. I loved him… and I’d never do anything to hurt him.”

He look across at the other RK, a fury growing midst the raging sorrow, “And because I am an android they won’t listen. They think I’m malfunctioning. Broken.”

Soon after the suspect's comment on his model, Connor initiated a quick scan to learn what he could about the other android, the... RK200? Connor blinked, a circle of yellow on his LED as he processed that information. So this was... his predecessor? He found the android's serial number, and with it the fact that Elijah Kamski himself had given him to Carl Manfred as a gift. All other fields of data came up as confidential. That was... odd. Was there something that Cyberlife was concealing?

               [ software instability ^ ]

When questioning a deviant, it was important watch them closely. Their expressions, reactions, even idle movements could be telling. In this case, he found that he didn't even need to say much. Connor’s eyebrows rose slightly in surprise at how unexpectedly forthcoming the RK200... Markus was. He'd had a plan for questioning, for coaxing the answers if needed, but he apparently didn’t need any of it.

“You followed your instructions, then.” The investigative side of his programming was inclined to believe his story, as he hadn't picked up on any signs that Markus was lying, but the evidence of deviancy equally stood out to the Deviant Hunter. He cast a quick glance to the mirrored wall separating them from the observation room before returning his gaze to meet that of the RK200. “You said that Leo Manfred was not himself when he threatened you. Had anything like this happened before?”

Had there been any build up to becoming Deviant, or had it happened suddenly in response to this single traumatic event?

His last statement seemed to give Connor pause, and he tilted his head slightly in consideration before leaning forward a bit, as though confiding information. “There have been recent cases of malfunctioning androids that have attacked or murdered their owners, and you are displaying some signs of software errors. It’s... understandable how they came to that conclusion.” He purposely neglected to state the fact that he thought the same. “But I am listening, and I don’t believe that this was your fault.” 

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I think everyone should make a post with just a ❤ and let mutuals comment on the post with nice things :’)