{Animus}

[adstring_npc]

[ there is a static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. it starts to whisper, before ghostly voices seep through the communication lines ]

thicker than water
and harder to clean

but true ties are on the inside
which makes them messy to connect
the spots we tried some didn't fit

do not forget

we tried to believe

Comments

[buntails]

You still don't make any sense.

[adstring_npc]

we're not good at manufacturing

but we import it all the time

[buntails]

Um. But what I really wanted to talk to you about, was when we went to the Inner City.

[adstring_npc]

...

no

[adstring_npc]

we're practicing our knots
but they won't stay secured
it's not a good material

[adstring_npc]

but how do you tie someone with it
is the real question

[ahandsomedevil]

You tried to believe what?

[adstring_npc]

everything

give or take a few

[ahandsomedevil]

That's an appealing philosophy.

...You're not messing with actual blood, are you?

[adstring_npc]

we can't get it to bind

[argentimperator]

Why do you do this?

[adstring_npc]

we're lonely

now everyone is a friend

[argentimperator]

People might be more inclined to offer companionship if you didn't toy with them. [And he is not going to empathize with his captors, damn it.]

[adstring_npc]

but toys are for toying

[livingwashersin]

... That does sound messy.

[adstring_npc]

do you know how to clean it?
we tried burning it