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[thingpuncher]

hey

raise ur hand if youve been abducted by aliens before

cool

now lower it if youve escaped

now use ur hands to tell me how

and for those of you not flapping ur hands around: dont let this shit get to you. its 101 bullshit. theyre probably studying longerm effects of isolation or systematic community building on a nonorganic environment or whatever bullshit the mad scientist of the week cooked up. social experimentation. the fucking showtunes are making it pretty obvious.

i mean has anybody been experimented on yet?

physically. i mean physically. blondie is probably torture but not what im talking about

ps: who the fuck took my name. do i got fans here? if yes: youre fucked up. i should not have fans. look at bludhaven if u need somebody to feel warm and fuzzy about

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[thingpuncher]

so someones impersonating me and using apollos name to do it
thats great actually
i need someone to beat senseless today

[neuralnet]

I can pull up the post from the archive logs, if you want to see it.

[ He sends a link. ]

[thingpuncher]

yeah this fucker doesnt even sound like me
nice tough guy act though
dont worry ill find him

thanks kid
you got a name
im assuming tokumei isnt it

[neuralnet]

[ WHY does everyone call him "kid"?? He's TWENTY FIVE. ...sort of. ]

Call me Hideki.

[thingpuncher]

[Call it a hunch.]

yeah and call me midnighter
or m if you want
im the genuine article
cowl or no cowl

[He sends a selfie to prove it-- a man far younger than the 'other' Midnighter, with a vastly different haircut.]

[neuralnet]

It's nice to meet you, Midnighter.
How do you know Apollo?

[thingpuncher]

would u answer that question if you were me?

[neuralnet]

Yes...? It's a fairly innocent question.

[thingpuncher]

so who have you been fucking lately hideki

[neuralnet]

Oh.

[ He's blushing. ]

No one, actually.

[thingpuncher]

holy shit you actually answered it
fairs fair i guess
apollos my ex

[neuralnet]

You asked.

I see.
Sorry to bring up bad memories?

[thingpuncher]

you didnt have to answer
i was trying to make you balk
but like i said fairs fair

a bit

[neuralnet]

Oh.

[ He's gone and missed a social cue again. Whoops. ]

Let's talk about something else then.
Where are you from?

[thingpuncher]

dont sweat it

earth
america probably
id be pissed if i was canadian

[neuralnet]

Oh, that's right.
Apollo told me you both couldn't remember.

[ He wants to ask about the computers in his brain, as he also has a computer for a brain. But that would be admitting too much. Maybe another time, under his more anonymous identity. ]

[thingpuncher]

uh
yeah
what else he tell you?

>>private

[neuralnet]

[ Thinking this is probably not a conversation Midnighter wants everyone to see, Haruto applies Ryo's encryption filters. ]

He told me a man named Henry Bendix turned the two of you into superheroes to try to save the world. He told me he has solar-based powers, and you have computers in your brain.

[ Well, there it is. ]

Re: >>private

[thingpuncher]

yeah all that shits right
except it was less "save" and more "control" but andrew was always
look uh
thanks for the privacy ok?

permaprivate

[neuralnet]

Of course. Here...

[ He sends over a package file with the encryption so that Midnighter can install it on his comm. ]

I understand that not everyone is as forthcoming with their unique history as Apollo is.

[ Case in point, himself. ]

[thingpuncher]

try to be honest about what i am but
cant make that choice for other people
so i get it

thanks kid

[neuralnet]

[ That hits home, more than Midnighter can know. He hates lying to everyone, really he does, but he's so scared what would happen if they found out the truth. ]

How do people respond... when they hear the truth of what you are?

[thingpuncher]

depends on how i told them
sometimes i do it to scare people
usually works
most times people are just curious
especially if they already know me a little
get some weird personal questions but thats the worst of it
small percentage call me a freak but honestly i think that has more to do with the gay thing sometimes
people are more okay with tech forcibly shoved into ur head than
whatever im not getting into it

why you wanna know?

[neuralnet]

[ He wants to know because he also has tech in his head. Except it's not in his head, it is him. He is an AI, masquerading as a human.

He's been wanting to trust, lately. It's a hard first step to take, though. ]

Because... I can relate. But I haven't been as open about my own differences.

[thingpuncher]

im open about my shit because i lied for a long fucking time
but thats my choice
plenty of people have secret identities
its up to them
i just couldn't do it anymore

[Because he's not sure how to respond to that. Nobody should be going to him for advice.]