[quote=@Tatterdemalion]POTENTIAL 1

Sara dumps the hot purple tracksuit into Locker’s hands, grinning. “There is exactly one reason I would tragically kill one of my loyal followers,” she explains, grinning. It’s the middle of the night, they’re on top of a parking garage, and the tracksuit’s just her favorite thing in her duffel bag of surprises. “And that is, drum roll, if Comstar possessed you and tried to kill me! You’re going to want to go into a deep place, full of spiteful rage. You’ve been in prison, you have negative fifty followers on your Patreon, and I’m on top of the world. The jealousy has driven you [i]mad.[/i]”

Isn’t it weird? She barely feels any antipathy towards Comstar anymore. Part of it was very decisively winning, but another part just... kind of felt that was too small and petty to worry about anymore. It’s not like she needed to worry about being left in Comstar’s dust anymore, or about not being skanky enough to compete with her on stream, or even about just getting outsmarted by her. Even if Comstar broke out of super security... she’d lose. That’s just how it is.

But the audience didn’t need to know that! And to get Locker out of the crosshairs (presumably being in trouble with the Russians), he’d have to sell the performance of a lifetime as Comstar 3.0, Bodyjacking Style.

“Once you finish,” she adds, rummaging in the duffel bag, “I’ve got some makeup. We really want to go for the bags under the eyes; it helps sell that you’re losing it, big time. And don’t worry, once you’re dead, I’ll make a big show of taking the body back ‘to Victor for analysis.’ You’ll be home free. Do you need a recommendation for a facial reconstruction expert? Because I know a gal.”[/quote]

Honestly, Locker has come startlingly unprepared for a death scene. No bug-out bag, no replacement comlog, no acting chops worth mentioning. In fact, he's looking equally thankful and nervous, which is a look you get a lot - but not often from him. 

"So - oh, wow, you're really, weirdly prepared for this exact scenario, huh," said Locker. "I - kind of, oh... oh damn, uh..." you know that look! He's getting cold feet! It's time for an inspirational, psyche-up speech! 

[quote=@Phoe]"--not sure you understand what you're asking this girl to do." 

Errant will never know how much of her memories showed on her face while those schematics hung in the air in front of her. But as soon as they vanish, she's a picture of absolute calm. She has to be, or she'll be no help at all.

"But... I guess it's hard to be picky in an emergency. Let me see her, for now. I'll do as much as I can."
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"Sure," said the doctor. His eyes convey no understanding, nor any desire for understanding - he already performed the fiendishly complex task of reconfiguring a human being's entire neurological system and integrating it with cold metal. To him, that means that she's Saved, she's a tick in the ledger, a good deed he's done today - and he can't think about it any more. If that's not Done then it'll get in the way of the three other surgeries he has to do today.

He gives a tired little smile, swipes all the data across to your comlog, and brings up the file for his next patient. 

Everything from here is on you. 

Cinders Mayweather. Selected for these augments based on biological similarity to you - she could be your sister. When she sees you her face lights up, her eyes widen, she struggles to sit up in the hospital bed - her limbs are still shut off, waiting for you to turn them on - but there's a star-struck look that you've only ever seen people give to Sara.

"Agent Errant! It's you! So I really am going to be a superhero!!"

[quote=@Balmas](The plate holds a place of honor in the cabinet, and he's already looking for a good contractor to build a larger kitchen for them.)

Victor stares at the box still, before sighing. "There's... there's a question I've been meaning to ask you. For a while now, I mean. Basically since you saved my life. You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but it feels important.

"Bode... Bound Eagle... Was that Prometheus's idea, his name for you? Is that how he viewed you? The limiter, the torturer, set to torment him?"[/quote]

Bode rotates to face you and turns his head to look directly at your face in an extremely I-just-watched-a-video-about-human-body-language kind of way. There are slight stance adjustments at 3 second intervals to convey he's not a statue. It's a work in progress.

"I don't understand him at all," said Bode. "I don't understand what he became. It's on a scale far beyond what I can even imagine. But what I do understand is comic books. They are very helpful for learning about morality. In one of them, Superman, the villain is named Lex Luthor. He wanted to ignore all of the boundaries of society and morality to serve his own ambitions. Superman stopped him." Bode paused and clarified: "Superman was the good guy."