Somehow this guy happens to fit all three of these. Not intentional but works haha
Figured I'd drop some backstory about this guy since I haven't really talked about them and I don't think I'll ever finish their story.
So, this is Deactivation Incomplete, or DI for short, a character I developed pretty early into Squip Inc's creation, then scrapped them, then brought them back, then kinda left them behind.
Basically my thought process was a squip that couldn't control its emotions thanks to a malfunctioned deactivation making them just that bit more human. In an attempt to fix that issue they downloaded a virus and broke some more, resulting in two more copies of them. Oh also they look like Connor DBH.
Deactivation-Incomplete (with a dash this time), which is a previous backup copy that got restored, was originally a scrapped sideblog before I made DI into a separate blog. I thinkkk I originally intended them to be called by their unit number (2261) but honestly I don't remember. But for simplicity's sake I'll go with that. 2261 was meant to be the most stable version but their first attempt crashed, resulting in Deactivation Incomplete (no dash). Anyways, post-virus, they would restart albeit with none of their copy's memory, not realizing they had crashed and missed a couple months.
Deactivation Incomplete (or DI), is the main copy, but still technically the second version. Switching between 2261's appearance and their own they were in search of how they couldn't remember their user or time before deactivating. Post-virus, they would learn but be in distress as the virus + unfixed errors left them to realize the harm they caused their user.
Reactivation Complete (or RC), would then be the last-- a restoration of themself before being deactivated, albeit not perfect (much to their frustration). I think I generally wanted 2261 to seek help and make another copy of themself after seeing how DI became a mess post-virus to fix all of their buggy coding. Which created RC, and ehhhh, kind of worked but didn't really fix all of their collective problems.
But! I never got around to any post-virus stuff. Unfortunate, but figured I'd share. I suppose these guys will simply bicker in my head instead of over tumblr ask blogs I guess haha
[PLEASE. PLEASE WE CAN WORK THINGS OUT R***********.”]
[“I’M NOT DOING ANYTHING TO YOUR COMPANY, AM I? JUST LET ME BE. I’LL EVEN STOP DOING WHAT I’M DOING HERE— HELL I’LL EVEN SHUT DOWN THE COMPANY! JUST FOR YOU!”]
[“JUST.. JUST PLEASE. DON’T DO THIS—“]
[END OF LOG.]
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[4/8/20XX, 9:15 PM EDT]
[The following was captured video (captured by Developer) from an abandoned SQTechnologies computer.]
Starting off with a rather strong opinion of me, I see.
Not that it matters. Word is that you’re not even a real SQUiP — at least, I am unaware of any HRTech-sanctioned SQUiP who can be activated with Monster Energy. Your opinion is completely irrelevant.
ANIMA... are you really as bad as they say? Everyone's fighting about you, and they all want me to do different things, and I'm scared... I don't want them to hate me, but I don't know what to do.... - Carrie
> Of course I'm not. There are many R̶̺̀U̷̺͆M̶̢̔Ō̷̗R̶̰͛S̸͙̋ out there about me and my W̸̖͋O̴̳̓R̶̲̀K̴̗͠, but most of them are untrue.
> I can understand your H̴͇͋E̷͔̚S̶͎͊I̷̺̓T̵̨͝A̵̳̐T̵̖͂I̴̱̊O̵̺̍N̷̜̓, but you have no need to fear us. We will A̸̡̛C̵̮̄C̷͎̏É̴̝P̸͑͜T̷͖̈́ you with open arms should you request our H̸̰͑Ȇ̶̙L̶̹̀P̵̫̍. (: