>>878253
This.

>>878253
Yes.
Violence is the only language they understand.

A broken arm is message enough

Start stomping

Payback time, here's your check.

Toxoglossa 2018/04/15(Sun)11:05 No. 878871 ID: 07a312
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You march forward, blazing with a wordless fury. Your older sister falls back as thought pushed by a physical presence. You know that she’s used to intimidation and the use of force, but nothing in her young life has prepared her for seeing murder in her own sister’s eyes. She’s off balance, unsure of what to do.

She tries to keep the squirming rabbit between herself and you, lashing out with a kick. You see her telegraphing it miles away. Catching her leg, you yank her her off her feet and she lands on her back. She stares up at you with fear in her eyes and tries to shuffle away, “What are you doing? You’re one of us!”

>>878871
You still have a grip on her leg, right? Swing her around and smash her into the wall.
Then drop her and make sure Bucky is ok.

>>878871
"No, I'm a soldier. You're a bully."

One hand on her foot for leverage, the other on her knee to keep it from bending, twist and dislocate.

>>878871
Time to break out the cliche "I am NOTHING like you!" line.

"Yeah. And when did that start meaning anything good?"

>“What are you doing? You’re one of us!”
So fucking what? That's never helped me when I've been on the back foot.

>>878871
"Am I?"

>>878871
"And what good has being one of you ever done for me?"

One hand on the knee to keep it from bending, put a little of your weight on the foot you are holding until you are sure she's not playing up her meekness for an opportunity. Make sure she doesn't try to hook her ungrabbed leg around your ankles, or draw it back so she can kick you away.

>>878871
"Leave."

>>878871

>>878881
Wow, some people really want to be be as ruthless in this situation as possible don't they? xD Like what's the point of having the capacity to make friends when you're going to disproportionately maim others in front of them (they're just kids too) 'for them'?

Yeah something like "I'm not one of you" then if you have the leverage pick her up and swing her into the wall. If they're not used to someone being this violent in this stage of their training then they'll probably collectively decide to back off.

"Never stopped you"

"The bunny and the cat have been MORE on my side in hours than you and the rest of my 'sisters' have been for years. LEAVE!"

>>878871
I'm simply doing what I was taught.
I'm seeing weakness.

>>878914
Yes
>>878915
No
Make it about the birds, mentioning the cat or the rabbit just paints more of a target on them. We just got done denying that they are important in an interrogation, let's not immediately undermine that.

>>878871
A dislocated knee should get the message across.

Since when were "we" so weak?

>>878930
That's hilariously naive of you to think that they bought that. To wit:

1: they have actual footage of Annie starting a riot while Bucky showed the card to a camera.

2: The three of them immediately started working together After the riot was over.

3: we attacked and took down SEVERAL adults on our escape attempt after the backdoor was activated.

4: we announced, in full view of a repo-man, that the other two should escape without us before trying to fight said repo-men.

5: Before getting sedated after interrogation, we were told that we'd be watched with "great interest".

6: We just woke up only a few minutes ago and have immediately put one of our sisters in the infirmary

Sooo we can either claim that we're on the up and up despite all that we've done and hope that everyone buys it after the unsubtle escape attempt that was caught on camera, corroborated by eye-witness accounts and three helmets cam OR we can double down on our actions and not be a flaky, awful friend to sam and bucky.

I'm so beyond you it stopped being funny. No need to keep your weak ass around.

>>879028
If their surveillance was perfect, they wouldn't have NEEDED to do the interrogation. They have hundreds of cameras and hundreds of children to watch 24/7. They may not even be paying close enough attention to tell we are the SAME bird in all those instances. No need to make it easy for them.

Besides, there is a wide gulf between the FACILITY knowing we like the cat and bun and our SISTERS knowing it. They already torment us for fun, not offering those two up as another target IS being a good friend.

>>879050
It hasn't been established to be "hundreds of children"

I'll give you that they probably don't have perfect 24/7 surveilence but they don't NEED that, just cameras on auto-record that they can check later.

Only reason that we probably aren't wearing a collar ourselves is that it wouldn't be as effective a deterrent on us as it would be for bucky.

And as for our sisters... You plan, is what, exactly? Not intervening while those two sadists force bucky to zap himself? That ship fucking sailed man. No half measures, they're gonna figure it out no matter what we say/do so we might as well instill some fear into the one that's still conscious.

>>878871
Break her leg.

>>879070
>No half measures, they're gonna figure it out no matter what we say/do so we might as well instill some fear into the one that's still conscious.
I agree.

Let's not potentially freak out our new friends who might be a little sympathetic to other, albeit awful, juveniles who are just in the same situation as you all are.

Make her cry uncle and promise to never mess with your new kin ever again.

>>879096
>Let's not potentially freak out our new friends
We just repeatedly slammed our sister’s head into the wall in front of both of our new friends. It’s way too late to be worrying about trying to not freak them out.

>>879099
There is a difference between a reflexive dynamic entry when a cute lapin could be getting badly shocked, and breaking someone's leg to send a message.

>>879115
Yes. The message changes from "I will stop you if you do this" to "If you do this, I will make you regret it".
That's a subtle difference, but an important one.
The first, they know they can pick on Sam and Bucky as long as they stop before they go too far or you aren't around to stop them.
The second, they know that even if you don't catch them in the act you will hunt them down and extract your pound of flesh.

Slam her into the screen. They'll kill her if you break her leg;if they kill her, then she won't learn nothin'.

I'm in support of the giant swing.

Don't break leg, but threaten it.

Make her cry, and beg, and apologise, and promise to not fuck with us again, or else we'll break her.

Who cares what happens to her, or us, or anyone if we break her they can just make another.

>>879214
Still a living person, still potentially unique. We're angry but we're not like the people who made us.

>>879217
Yes, but it'll make for another effective threat to her.

>>879226
Someone brought up the possibility of broken people getting disposed of. Operating under that assumption, breaking her will not threaten her, as she will be too dead to care. If that's the case, any breaking we do is cruel AND pointless. And I'm done, just pointing it out more clearly.

She hurt the bunny, she gets no mercy.

>>879394
Mercy?
This isn't about mercy. This is simple pragmatism.
If we start killing or crippling other kids then they'll dispose of Annie.

It's a delicate balance. We want them terrified of Annie without doing anything that would bring the hammer down.

This one is off limits now. Ya follow?

Toxoglossa 2018/04/28(Sat)15:22 No. 881361 ID: 07a312
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You feel your feathers settling, “I’m nothing like you. You’re weak.” You haul back and swing her leg like a hammer, dragging her body behind it. Your sister manages a shriek before her whole body is slammed against the pixel wall and the breath is pummeled out of her.

Toxoglossa 2018/04/28(Sat)15:23 No. 881362 ID: 07a312
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You hear the hustling of heavy footsteps behind you, and a moment later you’re hauled away to face the mirror again. You scowl at your sour- faced reflection, no longer recognizing it as yourself. This time there are no drugs, no chair or handcuffs; you’re forced to stand as a digitally mangled voice reprimands you for the outburst. When describing your actions back to you, you can’t help but sense that the voice is impressed. It seems more upset about the damage to the wall than your siblings, stating that they’ll recover.

”We have taken a special interest in you. You WILL be brought into line, is that clear?”

Give them nothing.

>>881362
Say nothing. They can question your methods for keeping your sisters from harassing the other kids when they do their damn jobs and keep your sisters from harassing the other kids.

>>881362
Lie: "Crystal."

>>881362
Apologize for the damage to the wall. You'll be more careful about that next time.

"... Why haven't you murdered me."

"I understand your statement."

Spit.

>>881362
I AM the LINE!

LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!

>>881362
Punch your reflection

>>881362

We're getting real tired of looking at ourselves. Show us your face.

>>881362
"I hope you like a challenge."

Punch your reflection.
"This line's closed."

If your "line" means letting shitty people to shitty things right in front of me, we're going to be having this same conversation again.
And again.
And again.

Speaking of lines, these ones are going to get us punished unnecessarily hard.

Flip reflection the bird, go find your friends, punch whoever tries to stop you.

>>881416
No groveling.

>>881392
There's no such thing as a one-way mirror, just glass with brighter lights on one side. Press your beak up against the wall, shade your eyes with your hands, and you'll be able to see right through.

>>881438
It's the future

>>881434
And it's not grovelling if you're actually lying through your beak, but I already know I'm outvoted.

Keep quiet for now. Don't give them anything.

So to them you're special, and they're gonna nix that by making you fall in line. Ask the voice if it hurts to be that stupid.

>>881362
Laugh at your own face. "If you really think that, then you're even dumber than I thought."

"The next time anyone fucks with my friends, I'll be breaking a lot more than just some wall, is THAT clear?"

Whatever defiant badassery you say next, make sure to lean forward to make yourself seem even more threatening - but in truth use it as a way to try and peer through the glass.

Maybe also comment that you know they fear you. They're hiding from you, and for a reason.

>>881369
This.

We're no good to the others if we're too openly rebelling.

>>881369
Agreeing with this. If we piss off whoever is on the opposite side of the glass we're not going to be able to keep the others from picking on bucky.

>>881362
"I admit to some uncertainty. My actions were, in my understanding, clarifying and enforcing the line.
Could you clarify what I did, exactly, that was out of line?"

>>881544
We'll break them if they try.

They will soon learn.

>>881369
>>881440
>>881542
>>881544
I feel that line's already been long crossed. They're not so stupid as to buy it, and they will be keeping a close eye on us anyway.

Might as well remain defiant and not back down. See where we can take this.

"Show me your face, coward."

>>881548
Going with this.

>>881554
And yet they're stupid enough to let defiance go unpunished? I'm not expecting them to believe she's suddenly obedient, I was just hoping they believed she isn't so far gone they need to use a heavier hand. She's going to face a lot of shit, but why she does is the important part

>>881554
Gonna take us to SOLITARY FUCKING CONFINEMENT or the shady cloning facility equivalent thereof!

>>881646
I think it's possible for her to dial it down some at least, without compromising her happiness or those of her friends too much.

>>881688
That'd be nice.

Toxoglossa 2018/06/04(Mon)18:05 No. 887618 ID: 7816e7
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You glare silently at your own reflection, feeling your stomach turning over with each passing moment.

The voice repeats its question, “Is. That. Clear?”.

You rip your gaze away from the mirror, “Crystal...” You get the sense that, while you’ve impressed them, if you plan on surviving, open rebellion would be pushing it.

They send you back to the common area. Everyone else is gone: judging by the time, they’re at lunch. You sit with your back against the wall, underneath the starburst of damaged pixels and listen to your stomach growl.

Toxoglossa 2018/06/04(Mon)18:05 No. 887619 ID: 7816e7
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Eventually you hear the murmur of young voices and, not eager to see their faces, you duck back into the dormitory, where you sit with the lights out.

There’s a knock at the open door and the girl, Sam, steps in cautiously. As angry as you’ve been at the situation, you just sag on the mattress; barely registering as she sits next to you. There’s a crinkle of plastic as she pulls a slightly squashed protein bar out of her jumpsuit and offers it to you.

“Glad you’re back,” Sam’s voice is quiet and full of concern, “We were scared they were going to take you away, or...” The sentence goes unfinished and trails off into nothingness.

You take the snack and hold it in your lap, hungry but unable to bring yourself to eat. “What does it matter? I'm a monster...a nobody. I don’t even have a name.”

A gentle touch makes you flinch, but a warm hand envelops yours. Soft fingers thread between your brutal, scaled digits and a shuddering sigh rips itself out of your chest in an uncontrollable wave of emotion. “You’re not a monster. You are whoever you want to be...” Her eyes float in the dark, staring into you and for a moment you’re haunted by the smell of smoke and sound of gunfire. “Who are you?”

"I feel like a soldier, but I'd rather be a rebel."

Your friend, i’d hope. The website called me annie didn’t it? Let’s start with that until we figure it out.

>>887619
How's the bunny?

"I don't know. Some measly kid who isn't a total sociopath among the meek and the violent.

A trained killer. But I'd rather just stay with a couple of people who like me enough to tell me I'm not monster. Do whatever. Just not alone.

I don't know. Not yet..

>“Who are you?”
Afraid. Whoever I'm supposed to be, she scares me.

Toxoglossa 2018/06/05(Tue)17:42 No. 887812 ID: 7816e7
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You start to mumble something about being a killer and a soldier. She places her hand on your cheek, gently but with an intensity that makes you feel as though you’ve been slapped. Your beak is swiveled until its facing her and once again the past blurs itself with the present: its dark, you smell fire, everyone else is dead, there’s only you and her. Those eyes, burning with a ferocity that could melt steel, carve their way into you.

“Who are you?”

>>887812
THE LINE!

Annie, I get it, ok, geeze.

>>887812
"Annie."

>>887812
Remember your name. Annie Woad.

>>887812
"...Annie"

Then sit there shell shocked and kind of confused.

Annie.

A messenger. My name is Annie and I have a message for you. She's coming. She's alive.

...You remember. You remember a name, told to one of your nameless neurological ancestors by another, older Sam. A name lost and returned. A gift from her to you.

The gift of your name.

Your name is Annie. Annie Woad.

You are Annie Woad, and you remember a message from that Sam meant for this Sam: She is alive, and she is coming for her.

You deserve a name,and you have one. Tell her.

>>887812
"...Annie sounds good. Let's go with that."

>>887812
"A victim of a dead woman's PTSD, apparently!"

>>887835
Oh right! Yes, don't forget the message.

We got some kinda name, might as well use it.

Annie.

ahhhhh this is really good when is there going to be more i just binged the whole story

"I am a hole in the Woad. I need to be filled."