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[goodboybestshot]

[The video starts with an uncertain looking Jake glancing into the webcam on the computer he's sitting at.]

So I've taken it upon myself to be the one to make this post out of our little entourage. Taking dead things into the tower is not a terribly bright idea. You don't get them back.

[And he, honestly hesitates because he feels like that's so little but he really has nothing else to say. The video ends.]

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[straightupzorra]

Wouldn't you rather figure it out for yourself?

[fracturedsoul]

If that were the case, I wouldn't be asking you right now.

[straightupzorra]

To bad, my lips are sealed.

[fracturedsoul]

...

You said "one that can't come back to life". And yet it did.

[straightupzorra]

[smiiiile]

"Life," huh?

[fracturedsoul]

I was breathing. Jade and I both saw it.

[straightupzorra]

So breathing makes something alive?

[fracturedsoul]

Do you actually mean something by that question or are you just bullshitting me around in circles?

[straightupzorra]

Oh it means something. [a pause and a smile] Or maybe it doesn't.

[fracturedsoul]

[ He knows when to give up.

He also knows where you sleep, Santana. ]

[straightupzorra]

[killing Santana is never a wise idea]

Tell me, Dirk, is there a difference between life and animation?

[fracturedsoul]

[ Hm. ]

Naturally it's possible to animate a body without bringing it strictly to "life"; tug it around on puppet strings, fit it with some gears and wind it up. But a human body with all of its systems functioning properly, even if it's in a persistent vegetative state or even a state of brain death, might not be something we'd consider "life", but by the scientific definition, it's "alive".

In conclusion, you're gonna have to clarify your definitions for me.

[straightupzorra]

Am I going to have to spell it out for you? Did your corpse come back to life or was it reanimated?

[fracturedsoul]

Are we talking zombies? We better not be talking zombies.

[straightupzorra]

Tell me about the shadows.

[fracturedsoul]

What do I get out of it?

[straightupzorra]

Depends what you put into it.

[fracturedsoul]

...

[ He just folds his arms and looks mildly irritated. ]

They were flat-out hentai tentacles made of shadows or some shit. Appeared out of nowhere, flailed around and wrapped themselves around me -- my other self -- and dragged it down out of sight like the floor wasn't a thing.

[straightupzorra]

And after that? Did the shadows appear again?

[fracturedsoul]

Just once. Pip fell off Jade's shoulder, and one showed up to pluck her outta the air and set her down all nice and gentle-like.

[straightupzorra]

Did it have a type of personality?

[fracturedsoul]

Didn't exactly communicate with-- [ Pause. ] Well, it did flash a victory sign at us after it put Pip down. Beyond that all I can do is speculate, and given my sad lack of information I doubt those speculations would wind up anywhere close to fact.

[straightupzorra]

You still haven't caught on, have you?

[fracturedsoul]

Maybe I would have if you weren't being so fucking coy.

[ Though the way she says it makes him feel straight-up stupid. Like he should be getting it. ]

[straightupzorra]

Jesus, I've told you as much as I can without straight up telling you because I can't straight up tell you. There are rules I need to follow.