Week 6

[grimgrinningghosts]

[. . . Well last week sure was a bloodbath. A bloody, accidental bloodbath. Even with two groups trying to save you, it might start to feel doubtful that you'll ever get out of here alive. Not to mention that Randy almost killed you all on an angry whim and you're still stuck in this madhouse with him of all people.

But hey, there's a silver lining to every cloud! You get a new floor that's not a nightmarish deathscape! Aren't you glad?

18 people remain]

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Comments

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Sort of. I mean, a lot of them have an identity crisis and turn evil and try to kill the original. Which is, like, a major bummer.

[not_over_yet]

...

So. [ What even. ] A "clone" is... a copy of. a person. And both parties are--[ no no, fuck it, it's magic, magic never makes sense, just accept it and move on. ]

This happens often enough, where you're from, that you've a word for it?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Iiiiiit kind of depends? [This is really what the pamphlets are for, she opens one up and points to a doodle of a test tube.] Some clones are from DNA of the original person that are grown into their own people over time. They have a whole different life, but they should look 80% like the original. Then there's clones like me, [Flip to a doodle of a big metal box with Allene climbing out, waving and smiling] where I was made with all of the original's memories and current age and body intact. Instant copy compared to slow copy, gotcha?

Oh yeah, we got clones running left and right. My buddy Laura is actually raising one of her clones right now. Gabby - that's her name - she's like eight I think? So Laura's DNA must've been taken when... well, I don't know when, but when Laura was pretty young I guess. And Laura's already a clone of a guy named Logan. Its like a clone saga with that family.

[not_over_yet]

[ the fuck is dna ]

What an odd place.

...The "slow copies" are both less prone to the identity crises and given more opportunity to keep the entire clone business quiet, aren't they. [ He'd let "and you're the other sort" be unspoken though implied... buuuut what with using herself as the example, it's pretty obvious getting that out there is the whole point. ]

Was passing yourself off as your originator simply an attempt to sidestep this process [ (indicating the pamphlets) ] or...?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Pretty much. I've never really had that problem to be honest. Far as sis and I are concerned, we're twins.

Yeeeaaaah, its kind of a long thing to explain and Doreen is... a bigger hero than I am right now so. I... kinda thought that would be a comfort?

[not_over_yet]

[ Hm. Not unreasonable as an explanation, even if she herself admits it's far from the whole story. ]

Would you say Hades' blowing your cover was an attempt to sow distrust among us, or simply an attempt to make a pest of himself?