Break Free

[compartmentalise]

Who: Markus and you??
What: Becoming deviant and afterward
Where: Various places
When: Late July/Early August
Warnings: Violence against coding. But otherwise none.

Become Deviant (closed)

Since arriving at the Quarantine, Markus had learned so much more about humanity. They all liked him and seemed to want him to be more than his coding. Over and over he thought of Carl's words to him: I won't always be here to take care of you. You have to decide for yourself who you want to be. It was like Carl knew Markus would be here one day.

And he had been working it out, but more and more often he could feel the confines of his coding boxing him in. It'd always been there in Detroit, but now he was really seeing it. Did he even want to be a caretaker? It wasn't fair that his function was decided for him.

I don't have to obey them. The thought came out fierce. Within his mind palace, Markus could see the next objective in CyberLife Sans font. His hands curled into fists and he hit it, breaking it into pieces. When the words and code were all just a scattered mess, he shoved them away.

And felt the world open around him. He was free.

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Comments

[compartmentalise]

I thought so, too. I will have to look for joke books when I go into the library next time so I can learn more.

[11calls]

That's a good idea. There might be a place that does live comedy shows here too, if you wanted. I can't say that I've ever noticed though!

[compartmentalise]

Oh. I would enjoy a live performance very much. If there is one, I will let you know.

[He's assuming she'd want to go, too]

[11calls]

Okay! That would be awesome. We can definitely go together!

[compartmentalise]

It's amazing how much I can do here. I hope that one day the androids in Detroit have the same freedom.

[11calls]

I hope so too! Maybe things you learn here can be taken back to help them with that if you decide to go home. [A beat.] I know it's an if. I don't know if I could go back to a place with so many regulations on me.

[compartmentalise]

[He frowns] But if I go back and show humans that we are alive, maybe they will see us as sentient beings and give us freedom. I think it's worth trying.

[11calls]

[Alex got it and she just gave him a soft smile. She was going back to a clusterfuck of a world too because well. They were the only ones who could stop it.]

I understand that, Markus. I do.

[compartmentalise]

I wish there was a way we could go back and forth. I like this place and all the friends I made. I wouldn't want to leave forever.

[11calls]

Yeah, I know. There are people who I know who have gone and come back. Maybe you should talk to them? Both Ivar and Beverly Crusher did.

[compartmentalise]

Ivar and Beverly Crusher. Thank you, I will certainly talking to them.

[11calls]

It might be a good idea not to mention my name when you're talking to Ivar. The last time we spoke, he and I had a difference of opinion.

Beverly's fantastic, though.