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almightythirst ([personal profile] almightythirst) wrote2017-08-30 12:11 am
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-07 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
She eyes him for a moment. Then she reaches up to her visor, taps it gently, and a light goes dim. Slowly, the elevator begins to descend, a blue light washing over both of them as the numbers tick down.

"You may call me Symmetra. For the time being. And what you need to know is that we share a common goal." Her gaze cuts sideways towards him. "Difficult as that may be to accept, for a former hunter."
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-08 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"What they are doing with our research is monstrous. Barbaric."

Her lips thin tensely, and its clear that she's weighing a great deal in her mind before straightening, composing herself once more. "We were meant to be making the world a better place. This, there is no excuse for. The sooner this project of theirs is terminated, the better for all."

Her eyes return to the numbers, following their descent. Then, a few floors short of their goal, she extends one hand. Not a flesh and blood limb, but of the same elegant composition of many robotics within the city. Something in her palm flickers and glows brightly.

The elevator suddenly grinds to a halt, the blue lights changed for a flooded red, and the door slides open prematurely.

"They will not expect us from this direction. Come."
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-08 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
"It is not a thing simply or easily explained."

Taking the lead, she steps out into the hall. This one is silent. No movement, no lights save a few ambient glowing points from various hall decorations lazily turning in place. Her heels click softly as she progresses, leading him onward.

"...when we were assigned here to this project, I thought it would mean a life of stability and control, for those who lacked it. I was mistaken. Now I wish to correct that mistake." She glances back at him. "And there are others who wish the same. Some you may be familiar with, I believe."
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-08 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Everything comes with a price."

But this is a step too far, even for her.

At long last they appear at a doorway that requires another slip of a keycard. "The labs you seek are below. There is a small shaft meant for delivering samples, but it should be large enough to fit through, for someone of your composition." She gives him another coolly surveying look.

"I will lock the elevator down. They will not be able to reach you, but you will have to navigate your way out on your own. From what I have heard, you are more than equal to the task."
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-08 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps there is little difference at all. What would Jesse qualify as? What would the beasts being manipulated count as? These things are no longer quite so clear as they once were, not even for others of their kind.

"Sense enough to know that any such response would only tighten their own leash." The look on her face is almost a pitying one. Almost. But she quickly resumes that air of cold composure.

"No. We will remain where the most good can be done. We will see this through. You should do the same."
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[personal profile] symmetricks 2020-01-11 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
She gives him a curt nod, and once he's starting moving in that direction she lifts her mechanical hand, intending to close the entrance up behind him.

That leaves him only one direction to go. Down into the belly of the labs. The smell of chemicals and solvents creeps upwards, as does the distinct scent of wet dog. Unmistakable anywhere. It's like the mad scientist herself is hard at work even now, and might have a few specimens on hand.

Though whether they're there as security or fodder for her experiments, who can say.
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-11 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
There are a great deal of notes. On paper. Scattered through the lab. There is on occasion the sound of footsteps, the clinking of a vial, and a murmured 'fascinating' from a voice.

The USBs are kept closer to the main monitor and computer which, unfortunately, appears to be one of the positions the geneticist keeps moving back and forth between as she works.

There is no additional shuffling, at least. So perhaps the beasts aren't loose, after all.
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-13 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a momentary flicker of surprise -- and truth be told, it's almost more annoyance at being paused in the middle of her work than shock at the sigh of a gun.

But then she recognizes the face behind it, and her thin lips curve into a cold smile. "Jesse McCree."

He wouldn't find much amiss in her demeanor, to be certain. Moira retains the imperious posture that would have been familiar to anyone working with them back then, though Jesse would of course note that there's no sound of a heartbeat coming from the geneticist. There's also a strange, ethereal scent clinging to the air around her, like loam on a grave.

She, meanwhile, is giving him a clinical once-over with a flick of her mismatched eyes. "The years haven't been kind to you. To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?"
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-18 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
"An interrogation? How disappointing."

There's a snarl from nearby, as one of the sedated wolves being held on a nearby operating table stirs, attempting some drowsy semblance of resistance before falling under once more. It's not the only one down here...

But it is the only one still intact and breathing.

Moira doesn't even blink at the disturbance, sighing in a very put-upon manner. "You of all people should understand that circumstances sometimes result in unusual bedfellows. I wanted to further my work, Overwatch sought to restrict me, and Talon offered me the opportunity to see what could be accomplished. It's hardly a difficult choice."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-19 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"You always did lack imagination."

She surveys him a moment longer, debating going on about her work but no. He'd pull that trigger with little hesitation, wouldn't he. She knew him well enough to know when his blood was well and truly up. Not having a heartbeat himself didn't change that.

"What I did to him was free his potential. Humanity comes with such stark limitations. Surely you understand by now. Just look at you."

One hand gestures openly towards him, the space between them. "This is not death. This is evolving beyond death."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-20 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're asking the wrong question."

Clearly she's enjoying whatever is being held just out of his reach, watching him try to keep composed long enough to get what he came here for. Of course, now that he's here? She has other plans for him. And that oh-so interesting presence that clings to him like a hot desert wind.

"Did it never occur to you that I was simply following orders from the same man you were? Perhaps you simply didn't know our dear Gabriel as well as you thought."
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[personal profile] nockturnal 2020-01-20 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Her answer is a low, husky chuckle.

"No. I don't think I will."

Of course he might well follow up on that threat. But she shows no sign of concern, mildly amused by the promise of violence if anything. "If you were like the others, we wouldn't be having this conversation. But you're special, aren't you? Twice damned, if you believe that sort of nonsense." She taps her chin thoughtfully, those too-sharp eyes staring as if through him entirely. "I'd be quite interested in seeing how that works, exactly."

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