#╰ automation. xerox. [...] ❛ 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙱𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙳𝙴 𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙰𝚄𝚃𝙾𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽. ❜

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𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛  𝘈𝘙𝘌  𝘠𝘖𝘜? ...

𝘠𝘖𝘜  𝘈𝘙𝘌  𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫.

thick   wires,   barbed   or   not,   cross   your   body,   tangled   and   bent.   your   body   has   adjusted   to   the   ache,   although   𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴   𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳   𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳   𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴   𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮   and   you   have   to   adjust   once   again.   ( please   do   not   adjust. )   let   your   blood   boil,   and   bide   your   time.   tighten   your   relations,   making   new   ropes,   soft   and   sweet.   when   the   time   is   right,   and   you   MUST   make   sure   it   is,   cut   through   the   wire.   𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳   𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯   𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭   𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺   𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨,   perhaps   even   forever,   but   that   is   normal.   keep   that   in   your   mind.

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˗˗ ˚ · 👁️‍🗨️ [ 𝑿𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑿 ; ]  ... ( 𝘈𝘜𝘛𝘖𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘈𝘜 𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘊𝘈𝘕𝘖𝘕𝘚. )

xerox felt lied to after finding out just who and what they were. they felt used by old man consequences, and by fredbear. as a result they took all their anger out on them and others -- innocents. 

they were then consequently thrown to the void to decay and fade. however, they heard the call of something more. something else. beyond the void they found a means of communicating with someone who wanted to discover more about the afterlife. they were happy to provide as long as they helped them out of the void.

this lead to xerox guiding henry via radios and tvs they could manipulate, assisting him and feeding him valuable information about how souls and the afterlife work as a whole. eventually, it came time for his thesis and with assistance he was able to produce a spirit. and quite a powerful one. one driven by spite. xerox.

of course, xerox made an oath to lie and act as though they were an unknown spirit. as they did not want to risk henry losing what he’d rightfully earned. from there it was all downhill. 

perhaps for a short time, life got better. the work they did together was revolutionary. though it was always clear henry was the one driving the mission, with xerox at his side whispering and chattering or lurching to the defense.

though as time passed, stagnations and stratification became far worse. the world begins to decay upon itself with xerox and henry at the top of the pile.

hawaii is lost to pollution, but that’s okay because xerox managed to save a portion of some privatized island for henry to relax at when he wants to. they do know how he loves his sunshine and beach shirts. and they love a good margarita every now and then.

all that aside, there are some differences between main verse xerox as a result of this path :

- their ichor has changed, fueled by spite and because their physical body is still alive ( or was rather ) it shifted their dark remnant into something more toxic, vile.

- while main verse xerox attempts to seem less scary and has less of a hold on their abilities as a result of not using them much. this xerox knows well what they’re capable of and always seeks to push their abilities further. they also make themselves more intimidating in front of everyone except one person ... said person being doctor miller of course. not because they care, but because they respect him and don’t what him to take it as a threat.

- they remember their own voice and thereby can attempt to use it, it’s still garbled and mixed with their distorted voice but they can do it. however, they don’t LIKE using it. they think it makes them sound human. weak. and it’s also incredibly vulnerable and way too intimate to use for anyone for their tastes. yuck.

- they’re quite used to how the partnership goes. they don’t get blood on doctor miller and they assist him in his endeavors in managing those who seek out his services. he is one of the most important people in the world. they are, however, a bit overprotective. they don’t take kindly to people who don’t have appointments, nor those who seek to waste the good doctor’s time.

- they prefer to keep dr. miller at the distance they’ve both afforded each other. it’s comfortable. it’s safe. there’s no talk of any moments of weakness either have after it’s hashed out. just the way xerox likes it.

- they don’t know about timelines like main verse xerox does. which is a good thing, because if henry turned his sights to showing the multiverse the joy of creation, they would most certainly and overly enthusiastically be at his side to take on the world and spread the message.

- they grow INCREDIBLY bored with life at the top. it’s just not as fun as it was when they were taking the world by storm, causing problems. being an ENFORCER like they enjoy to be. they want something else to chew on.

- should their Earth become uninhabitable, they would without hesitation take dr. miller back to the void to shelter him from it while they sought out another world.

- kindness is met with aggression, they do not trust in it and it freaks them out. of course, being frightened by kindness is no look for the good doctor’s head enforcer and guard dog. and anger is always a more comfortable alternative.

- all that being said, they haven’t told dr. miller everything. some things they’ve done behind his back. things that don’t concern him. things that do concern their previous life. things they have decided he doesn’t need to know.

- studying them or going through their info is off the table. xerox minds their step with allowing the doctor privacy, they expect the same treatment. they’re fine with answering some questions but to be known in any capacity is to give someone the right to kill you and they are quite done playing the fool -- unlike their main verse counterpart.

- the world is unfair. they have learned that the hard way. the world wants to be unfair? fine. they can play the game too, and they don’t intend to lose twice. no more being prey for them. they’re the hunter and they’re more than pleased with being the top dog.

one thing that hasn’t changed though is their taste in music! it’s the one thing they’re at least semi-normal about !

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xerox bored during a meeting means xerox talking mad shit.

also a knifecat Henry below the cut just for funsies

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(voidedjoy) ‘ don’t get blood on my floor. ’ - for Sera <3

@voidedjoy

All   he   gets   at   first   is   a humored little   huff,   and   it's . . .   surprisingly   lighthearted.   They   suppose   there's   always   bound   to   be   similarities   in   variants,   but   the   amount   of   times   she's   heard   her   own   nag   her   relentlessly . . .

"Xerox,   you're   getting   blood   all   over   the   floors!"    "--   Ugh,   Xerox   you've   gotten   blood   on my   favorite   vest."    "--   Xerox,   the   carpets! --"

Of   course,   there   was   the   one   time   he   didn't   nag   her . . .

She   had   gotten   fairly   good,   in   her   own   defense,   at   keeping   him   completely   gore   free   when   she   worked.   Even   when   he   remained   in   the   same   room!   Oh but   he'd   get   in   a   huff   over   the   smallest   speck of splatter   here   or   there. So to hear him here, now, with such a familiar order.   It   was . . .   familiar.   Shaking   her   head   she   continues.

❛   O   ye   of   little   faith...   ❜   She   begins, grin ever present.   ❛   You   have   nothing   to   worry   about,   I   assure   you.   ❜

Best   to   leave   the   rest   up   to   speculation,   being distracted so foolishly by sentimentality   was   a   sure-fire   way   to   be   killed.

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@blorbodepot​   /   for   henry ...

𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝   𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎.   𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢   𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠   𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝   𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎.   it’s   an   old   one,   one   of   note.   the   day   they   assisted   him,   manifested   from   the   void   and   appeared.   yes,   they   remember   it   well   --   in   spite   of   how   the   audio   clips.   or   rather,   how   it   was   about   to   start   clipping   at   a   certain   portion.   

𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢   𝚌𝚊𝚗   𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛   𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛   𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎   𝚘𝚗   𝚝𝚑𝚎   𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎   ...    ‘   𝙷𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙾   𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈𝙾𝙽𝙴,   𝙸𝚃   𝚂𝚄𝚁𝙴   𝙸𝚂   𝙽𝙸𝙲𝙴   𝚃𝙾   𝙱𝙴   𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴   𝚃𝙾𝙳𝙰𝚈.   ’   --   how   did   those   dolts   buy   that   bit   anyways?   where   xerox   feigned   being   some   lost   and   completely   random   soul   for   the   sake   of   it.   was   in   no   way   risking   there   to   be   a   technicality   or   snag   for   him   to   get   what   he   rightfully   deserved.   ‘   𝙸   𝙰𝙼-𝙼-𝙼-𝙼--   ’   𝚊𝚑,   𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎   𝚒𝚝   𝚒𝚜.

when   they   first   listened   to   it   back,   they’d   assumed   it   was   the   temporal   rift   they   caused   when   exiting   the   void.   what   they   couldn’t   understand   was   why   he   was   listening   to   it   𝙽𝙾𝚆 .

he’d   been   acting   𝙾𝙵𝙵   for   a   while   now,   though   they   couldn’t   be   sure   why.   at   first,   they’d   have   assumed   he   was   simply   feeling   a   bit   burnt   out.   their   work   was   very   exhausting   after   all.   but   now   ...   what   has   overcome   him   to   push   him   to   act   with   such   𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢?

pulling   themselves   from   the   shadows,   they   finally   make   themselves   known.   normally,   should   they   happen   upon   him   making   or   listening   to   his   tapes   they   would   leave   him   be.   nothing   there   they   did   not   know,   and   whatever   they   didn’t   know   they   would   like   to   remain   a   mystery.   there   was   a   certain   distance   they   both   liked   to   keep   and   xerox   was   just   fine   with   that.   but   now   ...   𝚗𝚘𝚠   𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢   𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍   𝙰𝙽𝚂𝚆𝙴𝚁𝚂.

❛   𝙵𝙴𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶   𝙽𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙶𝙸𝙲,   𝙳𝙾𝙲𝚃𝙾𝚁?   ❜

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@blorbodepot​   /   for   henry ...  

❛    𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙺   𝙶𝙾𝙳   𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃’𝚂   𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁.   𝙸   𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃   𝙸𝚃’𝙳   𝙽𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁   𝙴𝙽𝙳...    ❜         they   were   never   fond   of   those   haughty   type   meets.   didn’t   like   having   to   restrain   themselves   for   as   long   as   they   lasted,   not   when   it   was   a   waste   of   time.   if   they   wanted   something   done,   then   why   didn’t   they   just   𝚂𝙰𝚈   𝙸𝚃.   how   difficult   was   it   to   get   to   the   point   anyhow?

𝚊𝚑,   𝚋𝚞𝚝   𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝   𝚠𝚊𝚜   𝚝𝚑𝚎   𝚓𝚘𝚢   𝚘𝚏   𝙳𝚛.   𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛,   (   aside   from   the   joy   he   made   of   course   )   --   he   was   quite   good   at   managing   the   people,   something   xerox   was   never   fond   of.   and   if   he   needed   something   done,   he   didn’t   waste   time   with   dancing   around   it   or   dragging   out   a   conversation,   he   got   right   to   it   and   let   them   go   when   it   was   over.

❛   𝙼𝚄𝙲𝙷   𝙰𝙳𝙾   𝙰𝙱𝙾𝚄𝚃   𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶.   ❜         they   grumble   lowly.         ❛   𝙸   𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙺   𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈   𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃   𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴   𝚃𝙾   𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁   𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙼𝚂𝙴𝙻𝚅𝙴𝚂   𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺.   ❜         a   light   jab   at   the   benefactors   couldn’t   hurt,   it’s   not   like   they   could   hear   them   anymore.   

❛   𝙸𝙵   𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈𝙾𝙽𝙴   𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙺𝙴   𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴   𝚈𝙾𝚄,   𝚆𝙴   𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳   𝙽𝙾𝚃   𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴   𝚂𝙾   𝙼𝚄𝙲𝙷   𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚄𝙱𝙻𝙴,   𝙳𝙾𝙲𝚃𝙾𝚁.   𝙸   𝙳𝙾𝙽’𝚃   𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆   𝙷𝙾𝚆   𝚈𝙾𝚄   𝙿𝚄𝚃   𝚄𝙿   𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷   𝙸𝚃.   ❜         after   all,   it   was   a   waste   of   his   time,   precious   time   he   earned   and   deserved   to   spend   however   he   liked.