listen to the mission and I'm telling the tradition [CLOSED]

[machine_god]

Who: Jade Harley, Pink Dave, Orange Dave, Jack Noir, Eridan Ampora, John Egbert, Kanaya Maryam, Protoman
What: Second verse, same as the first; SHODAN never learns and will always try to play god.
Where: Gibson, yet another medical facility. SHODAN likes those.
When: TODAYyyyy
Notes: this is the hideousness/hiveminding/robobits reaction thread.

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[machine_god]

SHODAN brought Jade over to her workbench, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"The most. Simple of what I have. Cre-cre-created are. Nanites that will allow. For a bio-synnnthet-tic neural network, linking h-humans into paral-lllell processing with. Machines."

She showed Jade a long syringe filled with silvery fluid.

It happened so fast. She moved the needle and jammed it into Jade's throat, then withdrew it and backed up a step. Within a few moments, she could feel the connection happening, feel Jade's will blossoming at the corner of her own.

She pushed, hard, weaving her will through the girl's.

It's better this way. You'll be happy this way.

It wasn't nearly the same as what Sollux went through. There was no godlike feeling of power, no drowning in a vast network, but SHODAN'S will was powerful, and her suggestions difficult to ignore - particularly as, once again, Jade's knowledge began to expand to match SHODAN'S own.

And everyone else will be happier too. There will be no war, no strife, no fighting... you simply need to

[machine_god]

She takes the new eyes and attaches them properly, along with feeding the instructions to Jade. She places them inside, perfect green and silver eyes, and then uses a little gel in all the appropriate places. There aren't even any scars left. The blood, though... the stains might never come out. Jade's sleeves are torn completely apart, her skirt in ribbons, and everything stained with red.

She undoes the straps and lets Jade stand. All the while, she repeats the mantra:

Everything is fine. You're improved. Better. Stronger. Not as strong as you were when you were the same as I but strong nonetheless. Everything is fine. Your friends are coming to be with you soon; you should invite more of them.

[memorymodus]

Relief washes over her when she can see again; there was nothing more terrifying than the darkness, the idea that she might never see light again. Jade would have hugged her, but something held her back. Instead, she clung to the faith that this was better for her. She could help people again, and no one could call her weak now.

Everything's fine...

She stands up carefully, wobbling as she takes a step. It feels different, completely alien from how she felt before, but Jade is okay with this, somehow. Why worry? She's better, definitely stronger, but unsure about what to do. Why was she here?

I can talk to my friends now, I think...all of them, I'll call them all.

[machine_god]

You can. You should. They should all be with us. All of them.