Ugh. Okay. Last time, Gallen got an infodump of interesting information shoved into his head, thereby negating any potential interesting character element of being from a medieval-esque world. Maggie got the same thing, only traumatic and rapey. The only characters with an interesting plot were here and gone again.
Alix: What's up with the gratuitous rape?
"So, what are you going to do," Orick asked, "walk right into a shop and ask the fellow, 'By the way, how can I break one of those things?' and then hope he answers you square?"
"No," Gallen said. He knew the means had to be close by. He thought, If you were the most creative bodyguard in the world, Gallen O'Day, what would you do? He waited for a moment, and a familiar thrill coursed through him. He knew the answer. "I'm going to go speak to a past employee of the company that makes the Guides. A dead employee, to be precise."
Alix: I dunno, zombies are not cooperative.
Gallen took the dead man's pinky finger and bent it back at an excruciating angle until he feared it might snap. "There now," Gallen said. "How does that feel?"
...dude is dead, dumbass. And indeed, Brevin doesn't know what's happening. But Gallen's got a new angle:
Gallen saw that torture was no use. The dead man couldn't feel a thing. Gallen scratched his head, decided on another tact. "All right, you've pushed me too far. I didn't want to have to tell you this, but the reason you're so damned cold is because you're lying in this coffin naked. Did you know that?"
Pan: Is Gallen supposed to be the hero? Because this isn't heroic.
Alix: Well, at least the story acknowledges that torturing a dead person is useless.
Brevin's stomach muscles twitched, and for a moment Gallen feared that he would sit up, even though he was stiff as a twig. But the dead man said quickly, "First, you will need to catch her unawares. You should take her when she's asleep. If you can't take her in her sleep, you need to immobilize her so the Guide can't fight you. It will take control of her body at the first sign of danger. If you can, perform the abduction in a room that has metal walls to block any transmissions the Guide might send. Then insert a knife at the back of the Guide near the base of the skull. You will have to cut through two small wires. This will sever the Guide's neural connection to the victim. When you're done, destroy the Guide."
"What do you mean destroy it?"
"Put it in acid, or crush it, or burn it. It must be thoroughly pulverized on the atomic level."
Pan: At least these things are destructible.
Maggie, however, is not doing so well, as she's finally free to emotionally react to the horror that she was involved in. And to her credit, a lot of what horrifies her is that she was basically dissecting dronons. I like when characters realize non-human characters still count as y'know. Alive.
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Date: 2023-01-11 02:16 pm (UTC)Ugh. Okay. Last time, Gallen got an infodump of interesting information shoved into his head, thereby negating any potential interesting character element of being from a medieval-esque world. Maggie got the same thing, only traumatic and rapey. The only characters with an interesting plot were here and gone again.
Alix: What's up with the gratuitous rape?
"So, what are you going to do," Orick asked, "walk right into a shop and ask the fellow, 'By the way, how can I break one of those things?' and then hope he answers you square?"
"No," Gallen said. He knew the means had to be close by. He thought, If you were the most creative bodyguard in the world, Gallen O'Day, what would you do? He waited for a moment, and a familiar thrill coursed through him. He knew the answer. "I'm going to go speak to a past employee of the company that makes the Guides. A dead employee, to be precise."
Alix: I dunno, zombies are not cooperative.
Gallen took the dead man's pinky finger and bent it back at an excruciating angle until he feared it might snap. "There now," Gallen said. "How does that feel?"
...dude is dead, dumbass. And indeed, Brevin doesn't know what's happening. But Gallen's got a new angle:
Gallen saw that torture was no use. The dead man couldn't feel a thing. Gallen scratched his head, decided on another tact. "All right, you've pushed me too far. I didn't want to have to tell you this, but the reason you're so damned cold is because you're lying in this coffin naked. Did you know that?"
Pan: Is Gallen supposed to be the hero? Because this isn't heroic.
Alix: Well, at least the story acknowledges that torturing a dead person is useless.
Brevin's stomach muscles twitched, and for a moment Gallen feared that he would sit up, even though he was stiff as a twig. But the dead man said quickly, "First, you will need to catch her unawares. You should take her when she's asleep. If you can't take her in her sleep, you need to immobilize her so the Guide can't fight you. It will take control of her body at the first sign of danger. If you can, perform the abduction in a room that has metal walls to block any transmissions the Guide might send. Then insert a knife at the back of the Guide near the base of the skull. You will have to cut through two small wires. This will sever the Guide's neural connection to the victim. When you're done, destroy the Guide."
"What do you mean destroy it?"
"Put it in acid, or crush it, or burn it. It must be thoroughly pulverized on the atomic level."
Pan: At least these things are destructible.
Maggie, however, is not doing so well, as she's finally free to emotionally react to the horror that she was involved in. And to her credit, a lot of what horrifies her is that she was basically dissecting dronons. I like when characters realize non-human characters still count as y'know. Alive.
Pan: Agree.