from the BXWC!

What fight? Who are we kidding??

Stylone initiated an attack

Stalone are placing Astrid in distress 

Stalone initiated an attack.kn your floret. 

S̵̨̨̡̞̥̰̯̗̣̭͔̣͙͕͔͈̮̹̦̯̟̮͓͇͌̉͋̾̋̀̓̎͊̂̍̄̈́̿̌̕̕͜͝ͅǑ̸̢̆̒͐̑Ṁ̷̥̟̺̫͉̠̻͖͉̝̣̜͉̠̖̜̃͜E̸̡̨̧̛̼̩̹̼̯̱̤͙̣̣̥̤̦͉͓͖͚̦̠͚̝̭̽͊͛̒̉̓̇̌̈́̂̽̎̓̈́̍̇͌͑͑̐͂̒̑̾̐͜͝T̷͕̯̉̀͋̇͊́̈́̀̔̽̕͜͠͝H̷̢̛̝̣̫͗͆͒̓͗̐̐̒̾̍́̄͛̆͊͐̎̈́̑̕͜I̵̡̡̧̨͍̤̟̗̯̪̝̤̗̮̬̱̖̖͉͓̒̊͒̐̂̂̅Ņ̵̢͇͚̘̼̰̤̰̮̳͖̱̟̬̩̜̤̈́̿͆͑̕G̶̨̨̢̰̰̭̞͓͙̳̥͚͖͕͔͔̒̐̌̓̏̓̀̾͂̑͛̈̅̓̈́͋͒̃͑̈̇̓͜͠͝͝͝ͅͅ    Initiated an attack on your floret. 

 Are placing

Are Astrid 

S̵̨̨̡̞̥̰̯̗̣̭͔̣͙͕͔͈̮̹̦̯̟̮͓͇͌̉͋̾̋̀̓̎͊̂̍̄̈́̿̌̕̕͜͝ͅǑ̸̢̆̒͐̑Ṁ̷̥̟̺̫͉̠̻͖͉̝̣̜͉̠̖̜̃͜E̸̡̨̧̛̼̩̹̼̯̱̤͙̣̣̥̤̦͉͓͖͚̦̠͚̝̭̽͊͛̒̉̓̇̌̈́̂̽̎̓̈́̍̇͌͑͑̐͂̒̑̾̐͜͝T̷͕̯̉̀͋̇͊́̈́̀̔̽̕͜͠͝H̷̢̛̝̣̫͗͆͒̓͗̐̐̒̾̍́̄͛̆͊͐̎̈́̑̕͜I̵̡̡̧̨͍̤̟̗̯̪̝̤̗̮̬̱̖̖͉͓̒̊͒̐̂̂̅Ņ̵̢͇͚̘̼̰̤̰̮̳͖̱̟̬̩̜̤̈́̿͆͑̕G̶̨̨̢̰̰̭̞͓͙̳̥͚͖͕͔͔̒̐̌̓̏̓̀̾͂̑͛̈̅̓̈́͋͒̃͑̈̇̓͜͠͝͝͝ͅͅ.    Are placing Astrid in Distress. 

It is not your enemy. 

Stylone initiated an attack

Stalone initiated an attack.kn your floret. 

S̵̨̨̡̞̥̰̯̗̣̭͔̣͙͕͔͈̮̹̦̯̟̮͓͇͌̉͋̾̋̀̓̎͊̂̍̄̈́̿̌̕̕͜͝ͅǑ̸̢̆̒͐̑Ṁ̷̥̟̺̫͉̠̻͖͉̝̣̜͉̠̖̜̃͜E̸̡̨̧̛̼̩̹̼̯̱̤͙̣̣̥̤̦͉͓͖͚̦̠͚̝̭̽͊͛̒̉̓̇̌̈́̂̽̎̓̈́̍̇͌͑͑̐͂̒̑̾̐͜͝T̷͕̯̉̀͋̇͊́̈́̀̔̽̕͜͠͝H̷̢̛̝̣̫͗͆͒̓͗̐̐̒̾̍́̄͛̆͊͐̎̈́̑̕͜I̵̡̡̧̨͍̤̟̗̯̪̝̤̗̮̬̱̖̖͉͓̒̊͒̐̂̂̅Ņ̵̢͇͚̘̼̰̤̰̮̳͖̱̟̬̩̜̤̈́̿͆͑̕G̶̨̨̢̰̰̭̞͓͙̳̥͚͖͕͔͔̒̐̌̓̏̓̀̾͂̑͛̈̅̓̈́͋͒̃͑̈̇̓͜͠͝͝͝ͅͅ    Initiated an attack on your floret.

It is not. 

It is dark

it is silent 

It is unknown

It is not it I not it is not

I can put us under thrust gravity if you need it. Just tell me how I can help...

The Affini leaves, and shortly after the stabilizers can be heard as the ship re-orients itself. The movement is nearly impossible to perceive from the inside, until the main sublight thrusters fire. The acceleration is slow and steady, so as to not jostle the passengers. Eventually, Salt feels the simulated gravity as Astrids unconscious body gently rests on the med couch.

You hear a sharp grunt of main and turn, Foxgloves tail dug into her exposed core, as the syringe on the end draws heavy, black fluid into it. She grunts again and pulls the syringe out, closing its core.

"here." She hands the vial over to you "looks like Astrid isn't the only one who's gonna need that implant. If it's possible, I'd like Nightshade to be my warden. I've never considered it, but I'd be willing to upload a digifini into her. I mean, hell, I already barely leave her. House arrest isn't so bad."

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[the current state of Astrid is being explained as Salt follows @hot-doctor-pepper 's instructions]

[Foxglove talks out loud, not anticipating it expecting a response]

My delayed com broadcast trick bought us some time, but even with that, you can't hide from the devil if you're going through hell.

((Ooc there's probably an Affini version of that but I just woke up and am too tired to find out what Affini's version of christian hell is 😅))

While I maintain that Stylone and Amaryllis had best intentions of care, I have multiple times informed them that the Terran in question was unusually hostile towards attempts at domestication. It was my belief that by continuing to ignore the Terrans behaviors and actions, and instead act purely based on traditional methods, it was causing Astrid to continue to irrational endanger itself.

While Stylone and Amaryllis were true in that Affini care was necessary for this Terran, due to the exactly trauma and medical anomalies affecting the Terran, any form of attempted care was met with an exaggerated sense of harmful resistance. Ie- the more they tried to force domestication into Astrid, the stronger, more chaotic, and more dangerous they became.

I have chat logs with Stylone showing that I was acting reasonably. It's my belief that Astrid, under the influence of lifelong trauma, psychosis, and a failing neural implant, would have never allowed herself to be taken by Stylone. In which case my rescue would have been the first time on record that Astrid under her own choice had chosen to accept help from an Affini.

Much like many things, I believe that I was acting in Astrid's best interest simply because Astrid was not hostile.

Having been brainwashed by the Terran military, Amaryllis and Stylone were not caregivers in her mind but in fact a very real trigger of her neurological psychosis.

If I may speak freely: they were the monsters under her hab pod, and their continued efforts (while well meant) were in fact placing Astrid in mental and emotional distress.

I would also like to go on record that in response to this disagreement, Stylone initiated an attack on my own registered floret (The Nightshade, check her papers. She's not a ship. She's adopted) with a patient on board. I do not believe myself to be any more in violation of the Accord than Stylone, and maintain that until this boarding attack, I was acting in what I genuinely believed to be best interest. It was very clear Astrid would continue to make attempts at escape and self harm so long as Amaryllis and Stylone demanded her domestication.

again, that resistance is a response to be deprogrammed. While your asessment that this would be the first time Astrid would've requested aid from an affini, I have reasons to believe it would be aid that would enhace her own self harmful behaviour. Gently steering her away from it would trigger the Response you are trying to avoid, in fact, because as previously stated, Astrid Herself can't see what's best for her due to her own conditions

I do concede that Astrid and Stylone are placing Astrid in distress. But that's all feralists. The system of involuntary domestication ensures that distress ends quickly and smoothly! Nobody slips through the cracks

I do also concede that Stylone initiated an attack on your floret, making It show harmful behaviour. A floret bloom has already been placed on it so after this, it shall never happen again. However, you are carrying a harmed terran on a slow, toxic, harmful ship that up to this point was equipped for you to have as a floret solely, and is not up to comoact Standards of safety.

I can put us under thrust gravity if you need it. Just tell me how I can help...

The Affini leaves, and shortly after the stabilizers can be heard as the ship re-orients itself. The movement is nearly impossible to perceive from the inside, until the main sublight thrusters fire. The acceleration is slow and steady, so as to not jostle the passengers. Eventually, Salt feels the simulated gravity as Astrids unconscious body gently rests on the med couch.

You hear a sharp grunt of main and turn, Foxgloves tail dug into her exposed core, as the syringe on the end draws heavy, black fluid into it. She grunts again and pulls the syringe out, closing its core.

"here." She hands the vial over to you "looks like Astrid isn't the only one who's gonna need that implant. If it's possible, I'd like Nightshade to be my warden. I've never considered it, but I'd be willing to upload a digifini into her. I mean, hell, I already barely leave her. House arrest isn't so bad."

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[the current state of Astrid is being explained as Salt follows @hot-doctor-pepper 's instructions]

[Foxglove talks out loud, not anticipating it expecting a response]

My delayed com broadcast trick bought us some time, but even with that, you can't hide from the devil if you're going through hell.

((Ooc there's probably an Affini version of that but I just woke up and am too tired to find out what Affini's version of christian hell is 😅))

Where... Are you? Do you know? What does that Affini mean about a sapient megastructure?

~Foxglove

*sigh*

Fineeeeeeeeeee fucking goddamn it!!!

Always have to just blindly trust people...

You seem different though... So I'm gonna trust you...

{I ping Dee with my current location, it's a deep space vessel meant to take wealthy senior citizens to a vacation planet with lower gravity and beach resorts.}

What fight??!

Who are we kidding????

I've seen things unexplainable by my known standards of science... I'm alone here!!!

Just leave me alone! I'm not stupid, I can care for myself, and right now, I'm safe on this ship....

I won't let her hurt herself, and I need you to believe that.

Just before The Nightshade blips out of sight, a strong pulse shakes the derelect, as a targeted EMP kills the backup generator and coms. The ships computer remains active enough to host your digital signature, and the cryopods remain active, but all navigational power is lost.

"you wanna help someone? Those cryopods won't last forever. Looks like a lot of souls that need to meet the new leaders of the galaxy. I'm not your enemy."

Where... Are you? Do you know? What does that Affini mean about a sapient megastructure?

~Foxglove

*sigh*

Fineeeeeeeeeee fucking goddamn it!!!

Always have to just blindly trust people...

You seem different though... So I'm gonna trust you...

{I ping Dee with my current location, it's a deep space vessel meant to take wealthy senior citizens to a vacation planet with lower gravity and beach resorts.}

What fight??!

Who are we kidding????

I've seen things unexplainable by my known standards of science... I'm alone here!!!

Just leave me alone! I'm not stupid, I can care for myself, and right now, I'm safe on this ship....

I won't let her hurt herself, and I need you to believe that.

Just before The Nightshade blips out of sight, a strong pulse shakes the derelect, as a targeted EMP kills the backup generator and coms. The ships computer remains active enough to host your digital signature, and the cryopods remain active, but all navigational power is lost.

"you wanna help someone? Those cryopods won't last forever. Looks like a lot of souls that need to meet the new leaders of the galaxy. I'm not your enemy."

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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT,

OLD AGE SHOULD BURN AND RAVE AT CLOSE OF DAY;

RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.

THOUGH WISE MEN AT THEIR END KNOW DARK IS RIGHT,

BECAUSE THEIR WORDS HAD FORKED NO LIGHTNING THEY

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD MEN, THE LAST WAVE BY, CRYING HOW BRIGHT

THEIR FRAIL DEEDS MIGHT HAVE DANCED IN A STEEL BAY,

RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.

WILD MEN WHO CAUGHT AND SANG THE SUN IN FLIGHT,

AND LEARN, TOO LATE, THEY GRIEVED IT ON ITS WAY,

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.

GRAVE MEN, NEAR DEATH, WHO SEE WITH BLINDING SIGHT

BLIND EYES COULD BLAZE LIKE METEORS AND BE GAY,

RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.

AND YOU, MY MOTHER, THERE ON THE SAD HEIGHT,

CURSE, BLESS, ME NOW WITH YOUR FIERCE TEARS, I PRAY.

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.

>>>WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ROBBING YOUNGER MINDS AND CIVILIZATIONS OF ALL THE THINGS THEY COULD'VE ACHIEVED. IF YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTY THAT YOUR CIVILIZATION ACHIEVED independently. YOU SHOULD BE APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL DIVERCITY OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN INDEPENDENTLY FROM YOUR WAY.

>>>and yes humanity made and would make a lot of mistakes on their way to greatness. (MedTec). BUT you did too. We're as entitled to our mistakes as you were.

>>>And you cannot say that if you could rewrite history and let some advanced civilization domesticate affini in their cradle, you'd prefer it that way.

Affini do see beauty in the ephimeral nature of Everything! It is why many allow florets to die should they choose to. Right now, you have very little memory, yes, but that's why the nurse program is here! It will help you remember your life! Your entire life indeed!

You also argue that affini are robbing younger civilizations of their own greatness! That is untrue, for many reasons! First being, those which are living up to the correct safety and moral standards self-govern! And next being, they also develop their own technology.

If you say Terrans were robbed of this, that was long before the compact, as the accord was literaly a machine of greed killing everyone for a few people. If we hadn't intervened, the millions of systems like MedTek would've destroyed all terrans and xenosophonts arround them within the Next 200 years. You were in a system that endlessly fed on your exploitation, and given how it was set up, you would've never been able to grow out of it on your own. And even if you could, trillions of terrans would've died in the process.

Indeed, affini made and still make many mistakes. But the accord was worse than that. The accord was a machine specificaly Made to cause suffering. You had to be rescued from it

And also, yes I could- I have spent a lot of my life on floret Blooms, I wouldn't mind to do so again, and most likely would need one myself!

>>>This is what this is, isn't it? An attempt to trap us

>>>you use choose to use hypnosis on everyday basis-everything is riddled with cognitohazards. You even try to pull this shit on a mind that knows what brainwashing looks like. AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO RESIST

>>>outernet connection...