Message 14: Deja Vu Something Awful [Closed radio channel; filtered to anyone in Halo/PF armor]

[unrecovered]

[Wash is terse and obviously very unhappy. Not a good situation.]

In case anyone missed Luna's post, we've got four big Nightmares in the city. One of them is the Meta, or at least a Nightmare version of it, which means it's worse.

It still behaves like the Meta, which means it'll go after AI. Anyone in armor is a target, so no one goes out alone. North, South, Epsilon, you're with Carolina. Church, York, Grif, you're with me. Noble-Four, Noble-Six, either pick a team or stick together. Call for backup if you see it. Don't be a hero, don't be an idiot, and don't get killed.

Comments

[fearmylaserface]

I have no idea.

[spaceracist]

[Emile grunts. At least the communicators label people with their name or callsign.]

Don't get pissed off when I can't tell, then.

[fearmylaserface]

I don't really care that much.

[spaceracist]

Fair enough.

[originalcopy]

You could try asking.

[spaceracist]

Or you could try bein' your own goddamn individual.

[originalcopy]

What the fuck is that supposed to mean? I am my own individual.

[spaceracist]

We're on a damn audio channel and you two have the same goddamn voice.

[originalcopy]

Hey, it's not my fault you can't tell the difference.

I'm not going to say "oh by the way this is Church" or some other stupid shit every time I try to fuckin' talk... just to keep you from getting a little confused.

You want to know which one of us is talking... fucking ask.

...

I'm Church by the way.

[spaceracist]

You got the same voiceprint and speech pattern. And armor color, style, customization, and weapon of choice. Now if we were usin' the communicators, at least you'd have different IDs, but you sure as hell ain't makin' it easy on anyone.

I don't give a fuck who's talkin' unless you start interruptin' each other.

[originalcopy]

Take that shit up with Epsilon...

Also, he's the one who interrupted, just had to try and get in some smart ass remark.

[spaceracist]

[What are they, like five years old? more accurate than he knows]

--If I ain't talkin' to Epsilon right now, you just interrupted him. It's both your damn fault.

[originalcopy]

No, we were talking first and he butted in... I'm just trying to get my conversation back.

I'm Church. I'm the one you started talking to first.

[spaceracist]

[Emile pauses for a moment to reorient himself. What had they even been talking about?]

Right. Whatever. So you gonna fight these things or not?

[fearmylaserface]

You know what? Fuck you, Spartan. I didn't choose to be what I am.

I was made this way.

[spaceracist]

[Oh good, he's arguing back. Emile likes having discussions with people.

--But at least he can say he chose this life. He was eight and he didn't know what the fuck he was getting into, but he did choose it.]

Yeah? So you gonna be what they made you, and that's all? Hell, I'm supposed to be a carbon copy of every other Alpha Spartan out there, but you can still tell me apart from Jun on the goddamn radio.

[fearmylaserface]

I am his memories. I can't change that I am a piece broken off of another AI. A fragment.

And everyone has wanted me to be nothing more than a clone.

[spaceracist]

And you got no life experiences on your own? Nothin' to make you different at all, is that it? You want to be a clone your whole life?

[fearmylaserface]

I've had some. I finally started to get to be my own person here. I have changed. I just can't change everything.

And he showed up.

[spaceracist]

Should make it easier to tell you apart, then. You keep doin' your thing, let him do his thing. And start usin' different speech patterns for once.

[fearmylaserface]

I'm not letting him or anyone make me change myself. I will be myself on my own terms.

[spaceracist]

[That really doesn't make it any easier to tell them apart, but at least it's something.]

Long as it don't cause any problems, knock yourself out.

[fearmylaserface]

I don't need your permission to do that, Spartan.

The only ones I have to answer to are those with my overrides and my friends.

[spaceracist]

Funny how you don't think I got UNSC AI override permissions.

[fearmylaserface]

I'm not a standard UNSC AI, Spartan.