[the bad news is that it smashes A2 flat against the platform and leaves a dent in her skull. the framework pops out of place, jabbing at the synthetic skin from underneath and raising jagged edges just barely sharp enough to break through and reveal A2 for the machine she truly is. there's no oil, no blood to stain Clover's hand as the red behind the machine's eyes dies out.]
[she won't die here. she'll be rebuilt for as long as the Knot can keep rebuilding her. but she can feel herself deactivating with what little awareness she has left. it tends to fade pretty quickly with a shard of metal stabbing through the CPU. this isn't how it's written. this shouldn't be how it ends.]
Break your code.
[the words are distant and weak, muffled like they're being spoken through a broken filter, but not distorted this time. whatever she could mean by that, they're the last words she speaks before her body goes still. the keyboard of the Knot blinks to life; the screen shows Clover the steps to get out of here, to open a portal of light at the threshold of the stairs and walk out of the dream. there won't be an option to modify her own code.]
no subject
[the bad news is that it smashes A2 flat against the platform and leaves a dent in her skull. the framework pops out of place, jabbing at the synthetic skin from underneath and raising jagged edges just barely sharp enough to break through and reveal A2 for the machine she truly is. there's no oil, no blood to stain Clover's hand as the red behind the machine's eyes dies out.]
[she won't die here. she'll be rebuilt for as long as the Knot can keep rebuilding her. but she can feel herself deactivating with what little awareness she has left. it tends to fade pretty quickly with a shard of metal stabbing through the CPU. this isn't how it's written. this shouldn't be how it ends.]
Break your code.
[the words are distant and weak, muffled like they're being spoken through a broken filter, but not distorted this time. whatever she could mean by that, they're the last words she speaks before her body goes still. the keyboard of the Knot blinks to life; the screen shows Clover the steps to get out of here, to open a portal of light at the threshold of the stairs and walk out of the dream. there won't be an option to modify her own code.]